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poster Enoch Arden: Part II

Enoch Arden: Part II

Annie remains faithful to her husband, Enoch, even though he's been lost at sea for many years. Finally her grown children convince her to marry Philip, her former suitor. Enoch is rescued from the desert…

poster Eclipse: The Rise of Ink

Eclipse: The Rise of Ink

81mn - Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure

A devoted comic book fan abandons his life in North Carolina to pursue his superhero dreams in New York City, only to become convinced that his favorite comic has predicted an imminent catastrophe. With j…

poster Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman

138mn - History, Drama, Adventure

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

poster The Lilliputian Minuet

The Lilliputian Minuet

1mn - Comedy, Fantasy

The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.

poster Rentrée à l'étable

Rentrée à l'étable

1mn - Documentary

Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.

poster Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs

A magical woman and her magical eggs.

poster A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

78mn - Drama, Romance

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is …

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 Love Everlasting

Love Everlasting

90mn - Romance, Drama

Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise Sthar steals military documents, Julius is accused of be…

poster Beau Ideal

Beau Ideal

82mn - War, Adventure, Romance

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.

poster The Prophetess of Thebes

The Prophetess of Thebes

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly refuses to forecast the coming events of his sovereign,…

poster Mark's Secret to Eternal Life

Mark's Secret to Eternal Life

76mn - Drama, Sci-Fi

An 18-year-old awakens in a parallel world where nobody recognizes him, and must absorb the life force of the dead to prevent everyone he loves from dying horrific deaths.

poster Tarts and Flowers

Tarts and Flowers

7mn - Animation

While waiting for her cookies to bake, Audrey dreams about a marriage between the Gingerbread Man and Angel Cake.

poster Bedtime for the Bride

Bedtime for the Bride

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film considered to be one of the first erotic films made.

poster Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

86mn - Fantasy, Adventure

A young prince and his loyal companion venture into a cursed kingdom to awaken a sleeping princess, battling an evil queen and her army of undead monsters to break the spell.

poster The King and the Jester

The King and the Jester

French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).

poster A Spectre Haunts Europe

A Spectre Haunts Europe

Set in an imaginary land where the threat of revolution spurs the Emperor to seek exile in one of the most distant parts of his realm. There he meets Elka, the daughter of a revolutionary who has been ban…

poster The Child of Paris

The Child of Paris

The young daughter of an army captain missing in action runs away from school and is kidnapped by Parisian lowlifes. When the kidnapper flees to Nice with the child, the kind-hearted employee of one of hi…

poster Song of Surrender

Song of Surrender

93mn - Romance, Drama, Music

In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail, the 19-year-old daughter of a local farmer. In addition to the differences in their ages in this…

poster The Magic Sword

The Magic Sword

80mn - Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

George, the foster son of a benevolent sorceress, has fallen deeply in love with Princess Helene from afar. When the evil wizard Lodac kidnaps the princess and threatens to feed her to his dragon in seven…

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