Georges Méliès Movies

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

A magic show.

An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

Reconstruction, with models, of the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana. Samir Benhalilou contacted Méliès' granddaughter and...

A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.

A colonel in the military receives an unorthodox shower, an unorthodox shower indeed!

Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...

A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to...

"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.

Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

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...

The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is...

The interior of a trolley car. A menagerie of passengers notices a foul odour, and pinpoint the source of the stench at a cheese saleswoman. The...

A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man...

A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The...