Mimic

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows mimic

poster Conjuring

Conjuring

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's second film, and as his first to move beyond the actuality …

poster Dog Factory

Dog Factory

A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into dogs.

poster Mighty Like a Moose

Mighty Like a Moose

23mn - Comedy, Romance

After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.

poster The Mermaid

The Mermaid

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

poster Me and Marlborough

Me and Marlborough

84mn - Comedy, Romance

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

poster The Black Imp

The Black Imp

4mn - Fantasy, Comedy

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

poster Tweedledum as Aviator

Tweedledum as Aviator

Robinet, the lead in this Italian slapstick comedy, wants to be an aviator in the worst way, and this being an Italian slapstick, that's how he does it. Italian slapstick in this period was absolutely bon…

Bliss

A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."

poster Miniature Theatre

Miniature Theatre

5mn - Comedy, Animation

Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unrolls by itself. Two puppet figures then come out and be…

poster The Whispering Chorus

The Whispering Chorus

John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his place. He is later arrested for murdering himself. During the trial his mother, before dying from shock, as…

poster The Express Sculptor

The Express Sculptor

A sculptor creates several faces in a span of four minutes.

poster Scullion's Dream

Scullion's Dream

7mn - Comedy, Fantasy

When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands, which he cuts off while they snooze -- to do their work.

poster Daddy's Double

Daddy's Double

16mn - Comedy, Romance

This deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow.

poster The Dancing Pig

The Dancing Pig

A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.

poster Little Nemo

Little Nemo

12mn - Animation, Comedy

Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style. Also known as "Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Mov…

poster A Hundred Tricks

A Hundred Tricks

poster Saved by the Bell

Saved by the Bell

6mn - Animation

Herman the mouse installs a bell on a cat to help his mice friends.

poster Bulldog Courage

Bulldog Courage

When miner Slim Braddock is swindled out of his valuable mine by corrupt banker Williams, he becomes "The Phantom," a Robin Hood-like outlaw who robs stagecoaches carrying Williams' ill-gotten gains. Afte…

poster Rogues' Tricks

Rogues' Tricks

4mn - Comedy, Action

Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the directo…

poster Fun in a Bakery Shop

Fun in a Bakery Shop

A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into various faces and shapes. There is some experimental us…

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