Vieux films

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows vieux films

poster Os Óculos do Vovô

Os Óculos do Vovô

A naughty boy paints his grandfather's glasses while he sleeps. Upon awakening, the grandfather is frightened by the imagined blindness, creating a series of confusions in the house. Brazil's first fictio…

poster Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

poster The Voyage of M. Bourrichon

The Voyage of M. Bourrichon

An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.

poster Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang

Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang

In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly intere…

poster Kino Eye

Kino Eye

78mn - Documentary

This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers on the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly busy, pasting propaganda posters on walls, distributing hand …

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 The Oubliette

The Oubliette

29mn - Drama, History

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly …

poster An Old-Fashioned Girl

An Old-Fashioned Girl

A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.

poster Reckless Youth

Reckless Youth

A cautionary tale for aspiring flappers. Five of six reels survive.

poster The Miser

The Miser

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 keep all of his money to himself and refuses to help peo…

poster Vendémiaire

Vendémiaire

If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus Vendémiaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, Vendémiaire is wonder…

poster Entr'acte

Entr'acte

22mn - Comedy, Fantasy

Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp …

poster Felix Trifles with Time

Felix Trifles with Time

8mn - Sci-Fi, Animation, Comedy

Felix the Cat can't find anything to eat, so he bribes Father Time to send him back to when life was easier. However, the Stone Age turns out to have its own problems.

poster Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus: The Movie

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus: The Movie

15mn - Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus: The Movie is a short film adaptation of the game, consisting of modified cutscenes along with additional footage made specifically for the film. After the destruction of Rupture …

Protéa

50mn - Action, Crime, Mystery

Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in France. The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Jose…

poster Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly

Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly

Le Ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly is a bisexual, hardcore pornographic film from France. It is notable for being the earliest known adult film to incorporate bisexual and homosexual intercourse. It in…

poster Buncoed Stage Johnnie

Buncoed Stage Johnnie

This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to give s…

poster Ancient Fistory

Ancient Fistory

7mn - Comedy, Animation, Family

It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella st…

poster The Broken Violin

The Broken Violin

If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment. Hopefully one day a complete print will turn up but until…

poster Crainquebille

Crainquebille

Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protest…

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