Georges Méliès Movies

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his...

A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

Maître Labori is seen approaching the bridge of Rennes in company with Colonel Picquart and M. Gast, Mayor of Rennes. They notice that they are...

The fairest maiden is crowned queen of the May Day festival and the dignitaries of the town, surrounded by the cheering populace, music and...

A compilation of three short trick films by Georges Méliès: El melómano (1903) (The Melomaniac aka The Music Lover)(1903), El...

The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer...

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window. He is suddenly awakened...

AN UNEXPECTED BATH" shows the astronomer watching women rain down from the heavens.

Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by...

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage...

Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled...

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

Melies short.

The staff of an inn play a cruel trick on a guest.

Two couples, one old and one young, have blind dates at the same meeting place. The arrival of the wrong people at different times makes a fun...

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.