Georges Méliès Movies

  • 1900
    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

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    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

    Joan of Arc
  • 1901
    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.21901HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

    Bluebeard
  • 1899
    An Up-to-Date Conjurer

    An Up-to-Date Conjurer

    An Up-to-Date Conjurer

    6.31899HD

    A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

    An Up-to-Date Conjurer
  • 1899
    The Devil in a Convent

    The Devil in a Convent

    The Devil in a Convent

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    A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into...

    The Devil in a Convent
  • 1902
    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    6.11902HD

    Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
  • 1897
    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

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    The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

    The Hallucinated Alchemist
  • 1908
    Sideshow Wrestlers

    Sideshow Wrestlers

    Sideshow Wrestlers

    4.11908HD

    A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

    Sideshow Wrestlers
  • 1909
    The Spider and the Butterfly

    The Spider and the Butterfly

    The Spider and the Butterfly

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    Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star. Exhausted, the magician falls asleep and the...

    The Spider and the Butterfly
  • 1909
    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.11909HD

    In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

    Whimsical Illusions
  • 1908
    Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream

    Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream

    Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream

    5.71908HD

    The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child before tucking them into bed. No sooner has the mite fallen asleep than they...

    Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream
  • 1907
    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

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    In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
  • 1896
    Playing Cards

    Playing Cards

    Playing Cards

    4.91896HD

    Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a...

    Playing Cards
  • 1908
    French Cops Learning English

    French Cops Learning English

    French Cops Learning English

    4.61908HD

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

    French Cops Learning English
  • 1903
    The Infernal Cauldron

    The Infernal Cauldron

    The Infernal Cauldron

    6.21903HD

    A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

    The Infernal Cauldron
  • 1900
    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    5.81900HD

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

    Addition and Subtraction
  • 1908
    The New Lord of the Village

    The New Lord of the Village

    The New Lord of the Village

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    There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then...

    The New Lord of the Village
  • 1902
    The Coronation of Edward VII

    The Coronation of Edward VII

    The Coronation of Edward VII

    4.7171902HD

    King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

    The Coronation of Edward VII
  • 1908
    The Miser

    The Miser

    The Miser

    4.81908HD

    This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

    The Miser
  • 1908
    Excursion to the Moon

    Excursion to the Moon

    Excursion to the Moon

    5.41908HD

    Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

    Excursion to the Moon
  • 1896
    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    6.2081896HD

    Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

    The Vanishing Lady