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1. The House of the Devil (1896)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Horror
With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,992
2. The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
2 min | Short, Horror
Two demons throw helpless captives into a boiling cauldron, and then try to summon forth their spirits.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,318
3. The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin (1896)
1 min | Short, Horror
As an elegant maestro of mirage and delusion drapes his beautiful female assistant with a gauzy textile, much to our amazement, the lady vanishes into thin air.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,058
4. L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc (1901)
TV-14 | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,183
5. A Nightmare (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Horror
In this fantastic scene, a man who is eager to retire has a difficult time finding peace, as his nocturnal illusions come to life out of thin air.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,993
6. Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898)
TV-PG | 1 min | Short, Comedy
Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,021
7. Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Marvin | Star: Anonymous
Votes: 781
8. Santa Claus (1898)
1 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
Brother and sister are sent to bed on Christmas Eve, and while they are asleep, Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills their waiting stockings with toys.
Director: George Albert Smith | Stars: Laura Bayley, Dorothy Smith, Harold Smith
Votes: 1,069
9. The 400 Tricks of the Devil (1906)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Two travelers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,368
10. A Photographic Contortion (1901)
1 min | Comedy, Short
A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
Director: James Williamson | Star: Sam Dalton
Votes: 2,095
11. The Bewitched Inn (1897)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
At a solitary cheap inn, a distant traveller overcome with fatigue has a close encounter with the supernatural.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,220
12. The Magician (1898)
1 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
In a traditional "magician" attire, the wizard of illusion and jump cuts, Georges Méliès, says the magic words and conjures up wonders from a plain wooden box.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 988
13. A Trip to Mars (1910)
5 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
A scientist discovers reverse gravity and goes to Mars in the process.
Director: Ashley Miller
Votes: 505
14. The Mermaid (1904)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Fantasy
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,277
15. The X-Ray Fiend (1897)
TV-PG | 1 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A man and woman are flirting when a professor turns on an X-ray machine, revealing their insides. After turning it off again the two have a dispute and break up.
Director: George Albert Smith | Stars: Laura Bayley, Tom Green
Votes: 1,051
16. The Clown with the Portable Body (1901)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The funniest of all mystical pictures yet produced. Several body parts of a dancing clown float away from his body and come back again.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: André Deed
Votes: 518
17. The Devil's Laboratory (1897)
1 min | Short, Horror
"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he disappears in a cloud of smoke, to reappear ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 146
18. Photographing a Ghost (1898)
Short, Horror
Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.
Director: George Albert Smith
Votes: 31
20. The Corsican Brothers (1898)
Short, Drama
The ghost of a man's twin shows him a vision of how he was killed in a duel.
Director: George Albert Smith
Votes: 36
21. The Tulips (1907)
4 min | Short, Fantasy
In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the black background of the wonderful garden... See full summary »
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Votes: 193
23. The Spiritualist Photographer (1903)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Fantasy
A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès
Votes: 423
25. A Mysterious Portrait (1899)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
A magician has a picture frame set up. He then proceeds to make a second version of himself appear inside it.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 600
26. Going to Bed with Difficulties (1900)
Not Rated | 2 min | Comedy, Short, Fantasy
As if by magic, a weary traveller trying to undress, is foiled by his mutinous clothes as they teleport and multiply before his eyes, refusing to stay on the clothing rack.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 842
27. The Magic Lantern (1903)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
In this brief "trick film" two clowns assemble an enormous magic lantern which first projects moving images, then emits dancing girls.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Zizi Papillon
Votes: 811
28. The Mesmerist (1898)
Short
Professor draws the spirit from a girl's body, and restores it.
Director: George Albert Smith
29. Willie's Magic Wand (1907)
3 min | Short, Comedy
A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.
Director: Walter R. Booth
Votes: 57
30. Faust and Mephistopheles (1898)
Short, Fantasy
Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young.
Director: George Albert Smith
Votes: 30
31. The Turn-of-the-Century Barber (1896)
1 min | Short
To get a closer shave, the barber pulls off the head of the customer and puts it on the counter. After finishing the barber returns the head back to the customer's body and all is well.
Votes: 107
32. Phantasmagoria at the Music Hall (2021)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A trick film in tribute to 1910s Melies films, using the famous technique of the reverse sequence.
Directors: Achille Brunet, Vincent Brunet | Stars: Achille Brunet, Vincent Brunet
Votes: 6