Georges Méliès Movies

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...

The film poked fun at phrenology—a highly popular 19th-century pseudoscience that claimed a person's skull shape and "bumps" could determine...

An easel appears, and soon after a canvas "walks" up from the floor of its own accord and takes its place on the easel. Now an artist's portfolio is...

This 10 second fragment is available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

Two cooks fight, one pushing the other into a barrel and pouring a saucepan of liquid over his head. 10 second fragment available in flipbook format,...

A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.

A street scene.

"This view represents a grand transformation scene of several tableaux, the more interesting and the more surprising in the order of their...

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

"Scene opens showing interior of woods in India. In the centre is displayed a native altar of worship. The high priest enters, and at his command...

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

Shows a drunkard in a road man's cell, raving. He sleeps and dreams that he has a huge flask before him; this he attempts to grasp, but awakens,...

Two bakers enjoy a break from work by drinking wine and playing cards. Soon enough, they're intoxicated and enter into a brawl with messy and fun...

A fraudster is at work in his laboratory, where he pretends to make synthetic diamonds.

A Serpentine dance performance, possibly featuring Loie Fuller (though the record is unclear). While the film is lost, there is a new digital version...

In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.