Georges Méliès Movies

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

Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted...

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

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...

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...

A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of...

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then...

Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

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

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...

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

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

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

Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and...

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

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

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

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

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.