The best movies 1896

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, on horseback, parade in front of the cheering crowd, during the inauguration ceremony of William I's monument in Breslau,...

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

Two boxers from the French city of Joinville have a boxing contest in front of the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

The German infantry parades in front of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Part of a series of military views produced by Eugène Pirou

Short documentary film produced by Eugène Pirou.

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

The first Dutch fictional film. This very short silent slapstick comedy featured famous Dutch comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesse. Considered lost.

Passers-by on a street market in Marseille.

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

Footage of the visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

The Czar in France - Procession of the troops.