Georges Méliès Movies

An actor tries to get to a show on time. Many mishaps along the way.

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

Two couples, one old and one young, have blind dates at the same meeting place. The arrival of the wrong people at different times makes a fun...

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.

A woman climbs out of bed and lifts her nightdress to search for a flea. Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book

On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

This 10 second fragment is available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

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...

A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

A derelict discovers that a surgeon performing unnatural experiments has replaced his body.

The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is...

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring...

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.

The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

Characters from a large magic book come to life.