Georges Méliès Movies

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...

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping...

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the...

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

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

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

The interior of a trolley car. A menagerie of passengers notices a foul odour, and pinpoint the source of the stench at a cheese saleswoman. The...

Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.

Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

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 woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

A magician's hat offers many surprises.

John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the...

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while...

The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room,...