Georges Méliès Movies

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

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.

A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.

A group of people take roller skating too far.

A traveller is shown to a room in an inn. After a brief dispute with the hostess and a porter, he is left to himself. But strange things begin to...

A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.

A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father...

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

A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.

Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends,...

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then...

A witch curses a town's well.

The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks...

The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

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...