Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster El satario
El satario
(3.5/5)
9mn - Fantasy, Horror
One of the earliest surviving pornographic films. A group of young women is frolicking in the countryside. Then a satyr appears and forces one woman to receive and perform oral sex and then have sex with…
poster Games of Youth
Games of Youth
1mn - Documentary
Compilation of two shorts also distributed independently: Cricket und Reifenspiel [Croquet and the Arc and Hook Game], and Springschnur und Amazonen [Jump Roping and the Amazons]. In a sunny day, on a law…
poster A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
(4.1/5)
14mn - Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the man…
poster The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
(3.3/5)
44mn -
The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven.
poster Mazeppa
Mazeppa
(2.8/5)
15mn - Drama, History
Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria runs away. The furious father won’t submit. This intrigu…
poster Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
(3/5)
14mn - Fantasy
Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The Royal Edict; The Princess is Sixteen Years Old; Searching…
poster The Vain Parlor Maid
The Vain Parlor Maid
(2.7/5)
4mn - Comedy
A housemaid is cleaning a studio. When she sees a sculpture of a nude woman in life-size, lying on a couch, she starts to compare this idealized body with her own. She takes off her clothes one by one, th…
poster Le coucher de la mariée
Le coucher de la mariée
4mn - Comedy
On their wedding night, the newlyweds are ready to go to bed with the ceremony of taking off their clothes, the bride, and the groom wanting to see what he has not seen yet.
poster Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
12mn - Adventure
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it. Originally a 15 minute film, twelve a…
poster A Desperate Crime
A Desperate Crime
7mn - Thriller, Drama, Crime
A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.
poster The Dashing Merchant
The Dashing Merchant
10mn - Drama
An adaptation of Ivan Nikitin's poem 'Ukhar-kupets' for Pathé.
poster Faust and Marguerite
Faust and Marguerite
1mn - Fantasy, Horror
Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to behead the fair Marguerite. Faust refuses, whereupon Meph…
poster The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery
(3.7/5)
11mn - Crime, Action, Western
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
poster Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
(3.3/5)
4mn - Fantasy
Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic story. Color was rare in 1902 (and many years after) as non-tinted c…
poster A Winter Straw Ride
A Winter Straw Ride
(2.8/5)
7mn - Comedy
Two groups of young women get into a pair of horse-drawn carts, and go off for a straw ride through the snowy streets. As they pass by a group of children, the children throw snowballs at the riders, and …
poster A Seaside Girl
A Seaside Girl
(2.8/5)
5mn - Comedy
Three suitors try to impress a girl by chasing her all over the place. Finally she makes her choice.
poster Interrupted Bathers
Interrupted Bathers
1mn - Crime, Comedy
Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter suddenly discovers two hoboes coming toward the bathers…
poster Faust and Marguerite
Faust and Marguerite
(2.8/5)
4mn - Drama, Fantasy
Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
poster Fantasmagorie
Fantasmagorie
(3.5/5)
2mn - Animation
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with…
poster Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
(3.2/5)
3mn - Comedy, Animation
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.