Georges Méliès Movies

The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

A walk through the life and work of the brilliant French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), pioneer of special and visual effects.

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...

A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under it to show us it's only a wreath…

A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of...

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

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...

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.

Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment....

A lost film. A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

After an evening of excessive wining and dining Baron Munchausen must be helped to bed by his servants. Once asleep, he has bizarre and frightening...

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.