The best movies 1896

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where...

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a...

The first Dutch fictional film. This very short silent slapstick comedy featured famous Dutch comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesse. Considered lost.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

Lumiere short

Mexicans lassoing a horse.

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

A lion in its cage as the keeper passes it food through the bars.

The veil covering the statue of William I falls away. The crowd stirs, men uncover themselves, and some of the horsemen move.

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

Footage of the visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

Part of a documentary-type projections made in Argentina by Federico Figner.