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...

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)

“These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the founding of the Kingdom of...

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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...

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

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

A crowd leaves the cinema and disperses into the street while cabs circulate or park.

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

Pedestrians and a tram crossing the bridge in front of the Maximilianeum.

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

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...

Vehicles are moving in the street. A crowd is gathered in front of the entrance to the Lumière cinematograph.

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

Passersby stroll through the market aisles.