Georges Méliès

Born on December 8, 1861· Paris, France

† Died on January 21, 1938

345Filmography★ 6.1Average rating

Georges Méliès (December 8, 1861 - January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. One of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, tracking shots, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work, Méliès pioneered effects that would… Read more

Known for

A Trip to the Moon1902The Astronomer's Dream1900Le manoir du diable1896The Impossible Voyage1904

Filmography

YearRating

Features 69

Georges Méliès: The First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913)2008

Gala Méliès1929

A Night With Masqueraders in Paris1908

★ 9

A Night With Masqueraders in Paris1908

A Mistaken Identity1908

★ 10

A Mistaken Identity1908

A Lover's Hazing1908

★ 8

A Lover's Hazing1908

A Fake Diamond Swindler1908

★ 7

A Fake Diamond Swindler1908

Curiosity Punished1908

★ 7

Curiosity Punished1908

Pranks With a Fake Python1908

★ 7

Pranks With a Fake Python1908

Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning1908

Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning1908

Hunting the Teddy Bear1908

★ 7

Hunting the Teddy Bear1908

The Little Peace Maker1908

★ 7

The Little Peace Maker1908

A Love Tragedy in Spain1908

★ 7

A Love Tragedy in Spain1908

The Mystery of the Garrison1908

★ 9

The Mystery of the Garrison1908

The Magic of Catchy Songs1908

★ 7

The Magic of Catchy Songs1908

The Forester's Remedy1908

★ 8

The Forester's Remedy1908

Two Crazy Bugs1908

★ 9

Two Crazy Bugs1908

The Hotel Mix-Up1908

★ 7

The Hotel Mix-Up1908

Oriental Black Art1908

★ 10

Oriental Black Art1908

Two Talented Vagabonds1908

Two Talented Vagabonds1908

Fun With the Bridal Party1908

★ 10

Fun With the Bridal Party1908

The Helping Hand1908

★ 7

The Helping Hand1908

The Old Footlight Favorite1908

★ 7

The Old Footlight Favorite1908

The Wonderful Charm1908

★ 10

The Wonderful Charm1908

Honeymoon in a Balloon1908

★ 8

Honeymoon in a Balloon1908

Incident from Don Quixote1908

Incident from Don Quixote1908

The Duke's Good Joke1908

★ 7

The Duke's Good Joke1908

The Fairy Dragonfly1908

★ 9

The Fairy Dragonfly1908

Moitié de polka1908

★ 7

Moitié de polka1908

Hypnotist's Revenge1908

★ 8

Hypnotist's Revenge1908

The Living Doll1908

★ 8

The Living Doll1908

A Mischievous Sketch1907

★ 8

A Mischievous Sketch1907

A New Death Penalty1907

★ 8

A New Death Penalty1907

Drink! A Great Temperance Story1907

★ 8

Drink! A Great Temperance Story1907

The Bewildering Cabinet1907

★ 8

The Bewildering Cabinet1907

Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued1907

★ 8

Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued1907

A Forester Made King1907

★ 9

A Forester Made King1907

Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar"1907

★ 9

Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar"1907

Bakers in Trouble1907

★ 8

Bakers in Trouble1907

Old and New Style Conjurers1906

★ 9

Old and New Style Conjurers1906

Who Looks, Pays!1906

★ 7

Who Looks, Pays!1906

A Spiritualist Meeting1906

★ 9

A Spiritualist Meeting1906

A Seaside Flirtation1906

★ 7

A Seaside Flirtation1906

The Tower of London1905

★ 8

The Tower of London1905

The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles1905

★ 10

The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles1905

Life-Saving Up-to-Date1905

★ 10

Life-Saving Up-to-Date1905

The King of Sharpshooters1905

★ 8

The King of Sharpshooters1905

Mr. Dauber and the Whimsical Picture1905

★ 9

Mr. Dauber and the Whimsical Picture1905

The Venetian Looking-Glass1905

★ 7

The Venetian Looking-Glass1905

The Chloroform Fiends1905

★ 9

The Chloroform Fiends1905

The Providence of the Waves1904

★ 8

The Providence of the Waves1904

The Invisible Siva1904

★ 8

The Invisible Siva1904

The Fake Russian Prophet1904

★ 10

The Fake Russian Prophet1904

Uncle Rube's Birthday1904

★ 8

Uncle Rube's Birthday1904

The Animated Costumes1904

★ 7

The Animated Costumes1904

Simple Simon's Surprise Party1904

★ 10

Simple Simon's Surprise Party1904

The Astonishing Frame1904

★ 10

The Astonishing Frame1904

The Shadow Lady1904

★ 9

The Shadow Lady1904

A Wedding by Correspondence1904

★ 7

A Wedding by Correspondence1904

The Grotto of Surprises1904

★ 8

The Grotto of Surprises1904

The Impossible Dinner1904

★ 10

The Impossible Dinner1904

★ 9

Les Mousquetaires de la reine1903

The Two Blind Men1900

★ 9

The Two Blind Men1900

Guerre de Cuba et l'explosion du Maine à La Havane1898

★ 8

Guerre de Cuba et l'explosion du Maine à La Havane1898

Visite de l'épave du Maine1898

★ 4

Visite de l'épave du Maine1898

A Novice at X-Rays1898

A Novice at X-Rays1898

Dancing in a Harem1897

★ 10

Dancing in a Harem1897

A Funny Mahometan1897

★ 10

A Funny Mahometan1897

A Twentieth Century Surgeon1897

★ 10

A Twentieth Century Surgeon1897

An Angelic Servant

★ 8

An Angelic Servant—

Short films 276

Méliès: Tales of Terror2021

★ 4.3

The Voyage of M. Bourrichon1913

★ 6.2

The Conquest of the Pole1912

★ 5.9

The Knight of the Snow1912

★ 5.8

Cinderella or The Glass Slipper1912

★ 6

The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen1911

★ 5.7

The Diabolical Church Window1911

★ 6.8

The Diabolic Tenant1909

★ 5.9

The Spider and the Butterfly1909

★ 6.3

Whimsical Illusions1909

★ 5.3

The Doctor's Secret1909

★ 5.5

Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler1908

The Indian Sorcerer1908

★ 5.7

The Indian Sorcerer1908

★ 5.5

Long Distance Wireless Photography1908

★ 4.9

The Prophetess of Thebes1908

★ 5.4

The Dream of an Opium Fiend1908

★ 5.3

The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess1908

★ 4

Buncoed Stage Johnnie1908

★ 5.1

A Tricky Painter’s Fate1908

★ 4.4

Not Guilty1908

★ 5.1

French Cops Learning English1908

Why That Actor Was Late1908

★ 5.1

Why That Actor Was Late1908

★ 4.8

The Broken Violin1908

★ 4.8

Les malheurs d'un photographe1908

★ 5.4

The New Lord of the Village1908

★ 6

Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream1908

★ 4.8

Justinian's Human Torches1908

★ 4.1

Les infortunes des patineurs1908

★ 5.4

The Genii of Fire1908

★ 5.2

His First Job1908

★ 5.5

Pharmaceutical Hallucinations1908

★ 5.3

The Miser1908

★ 4.6

Sideshow Wrestlers1908

★ 5

In the Barber Shop1908

Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race1908

★ 7.3

Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race1908

★ 2

Humanity Through the Ages1908

L'agent gelé1908

★ 10

L'agent gelé1908

The Fortune Favors the Brave1908

★ 9

The Fortune Favors the Brave1908

★ 6

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon1907

★ 4.9

Good Glue Sticks1907

★ 5.1

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1907

★ 6.5

Tunneling the English Channel1907

★ 5.8

The Skipping Cheese1907

★ 5.7

Satan in Prison1907

★ 5.6

Delirium in a Studio1907

★ 5.2

Sightseeing Through Whisky1907

★ 5.5

Rogues' Tricks1907

★ 4.8

The Knight of Black Art1907

★ 5.1

The King and the Jester1907

★ 4.9

How Bridget's Lover Escaped1907

★ 4.9

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'1907

★ 5.2

In the Bogie Man's Cave1907

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark1907

★ 1.8

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark1907

★ 6.1

The Hilarious Posters1906

★ 5.7

The Mysterious Retort1906

★ 6.5

The Merry Frolics of Satan1906

★ 4.1

Punch and Judy1906

★ 5.5

Soap Bubbles1906

★ 5.3

A Mix-Up in the Gallery1906

★ 5.9

A Roadside Inn1906

★ 6.3

The Witch1906

★ 5.4

The Luny Musician1906

★ 6.4

A Desperate Crime1906

★ 5.6

Jack the Chimney Sweep1906

★ 5.4

The Tramp and the Mattress Makers1906

★ 5.6

Robert Macaire and Bertrand1906

★ 6.4

The Living Playing Cards1905

★ 5.1

The Enchanted Sedan Chair1905

★ 5.8

The Scheming Gambler's Paradise1905

★ 6.5

The Black Imp1905

★ 4.8

The Lilliputian Minuet1905

★ 4.7

The Magic Dice1905

★ 5.4

A Mesmerian Experiment1905

★ 5.7

The Palace of the Arabian Nights1905

★ 5.8

An Adventurous Automobile Trip1905

★ 5.5

A Crazy Composer1905

★ 5.8

Rip's Dream1905

★ 4.4

An Improvised Fireworks Display1905

★ 5.8

Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus1905

★ 5.8

The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship1905

★ 7.3

The Impossible Voyage1904

★ 6

The Untamable Whiskers1904

★ 5.8

The Mermaid1904

★ 5.5

The Cook in Trouble1904

★ 5.2

The Imperceptible Transmutations1904

★ 5

The Wandering Jew1904

★ 4.6

The Firefall1904

★ 4.2

The Bewitched Trunk1904

★ 4.9

Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter1904

★ 5.1

The Fugitive Apparitions1904

★ 5.9

Tit for Tat1904

★ 5.3

The Clockmaker's Dream1904

★ 4.7

The Devilish Plank1904

★ 5.6

A Miracle Under the Inquisition1904

★ 5.9

The Christmas Angel1904

★ 5

Faust and Marguerite1904

★ 5.2

The Wonderful Living Fan1904

★ 4.9

Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer1904

★ 8

A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself1904

★ 5.5

The Wonderful Rose Tree1904

Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion1904

Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion1904

The Mischances of a Drunkard1904

The Mischances of a Drunkard1904

The Barber of Seville1904

★ 10

The Barber of Seville1904

★ 6.9

The Kingdom of the Fairies1903

★ 6.1

The Monster1903

★ 6.3

The Infernal Cauldron1903

★ 6.6

The Melomaniac1903

★ 5.6

The Infernal Cake-Walk1903

★ 5.6

The Oracle of Delphi1903

★ 4.7

The Marvellous Wreath1903

★ 6

The Magic Lantern1903

★ 5.7

Apparitions1903

★ 5.6

The Enchanted Well1903

★ 6.1

Extraordinary Illusions1903

★ 5.9

The Inn Where No Man Rests1903

★ 5.6

Misfortune Never Comes Alone1903

★ 6.1

Ten Ladies in an Umbrella1903

★ 5.4

Jupiter's Thunderballs1903

★ 5.8

Faust in the Underworld1903

★ 5.3

A Moonlight Serenade1903

★ 5.1

The Mystical Flame1903

★ 6.2

The Terrible Turkish Executioner1903

★ 5.5

The Mysterious Box1903

★ 4.8

Jack Jags and Dum Dum1903

★ 5.1

Alcofribas, The Master Magician1903

★ 5.3

Comical Conjuring1903

★ 5.1

The Witch's Revenge1903

★ 5.8

The Ballet Master's Dream1903

★ 4.8

Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid1903

★ 4.9

The Drawing Lesson1903

★ 5.9

A Spiritualist Photographer1903

The Enchanted Basket1903

★ 8

The Enchanted Basket1903

Beelzebub's Daughters1903

★ 7

Beelzebub's Daughters1903

★ 7.9

A Trip to the Moon1902

★ 5.7

The Microscopic Dancer1902

★ 5.2

The Treasures of Satan1902

★ 5.1

The Magician and the Imp1902

★ 4.7

The Colonel's Shower Bath1902

★ 6

The Human Fly1902

★ 5.9

An Impossible Balancing Feat1902

★ 4.6

The Coronation of Edward VII1902

★ 6

Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants1902

★ 5.7

Robinson Crusoe1902

★ 5.4

The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique1902

★ 6

The Prolific Magical Egg1902

★ 7

Sure Cure for Indigestion1902

Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers1902

★ 8

Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers1902

The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"1902

★ 8

The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"1902

Wine Cellar Burglars1902

★ 9

Wine Cellar Burglars1902

Drunkard and Inventor1902

★ 7

Drunkard and Inventor1902

Marvelous Suspension1902

★ 4.3

Marvelous Suspension1902

★ 6.3

Bluebeard1901

★ 7.1

The Man with the Rubber Head1901

★ 5.9

The Dwarf and the Giant1901

★ 5.5

The Brahmin and the Butterfly1901

★ 6.4

The Prince of Magicians1901

★ 6

Hat of Many Surprises1901

★ 6.2

The Magician's Cavern1901

★ 6.1

An Extraordinary Dislocation1901

★ 5.3

The Bachelor's Paradise1901

★ 5.4

The Devil and the Statue1901

★ 5.3

Off to Bedlam1901

★ 5.8

The Triple Headed Lady1901

★ 4.2

Little Red Riding Hood1901

A Maiden's Paradise1901

A Maiden's Paradise1901

The Temple of the Sun1901

★ 8

The Temple of the Sun1901

Painless Dentistry1901

★ 8

Painless Dentistry1901

Fun in Court1901

★ 9

Fun in Court1901

The Sacred Fountain1901

★ 8

The Sacred Fountain1901

A Good Trick1901

★ 7

A Good Trick1901

Crying and Laughing1900

Crying and Laughing1900

★ 6.8

The One-Man Band1900

★ 7

The Astronomer's Dream1900

★ 5.9

Addition and Subtraction1900

★ 6.9

Joan of Arc1900

★ 5.3

The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy1900

★ 6.3

The Cook's Revenge1900

★ 6.2

The Magic Book1900

★ 5.7

The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood1900

★ 6.3

A Fantastical Meal1900

★ 5.5

Eight Girls in a Barrel1900

★ 5.7

How He Missed His Train1900

★ 5.1

What Is Home Without the Boarder1900

★ 5.6

The Doctor and the Monkey1900

★ 5.6

The Christmas Dream1900

★ 5.9

The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head1900

★ 6.6

The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match1900

★ 6.5

Going to Bed Under Difficulties1900

Up-to-Date Spiritualism1900

★ 5.7

Up-to-Date Spiritualism1900

★ 4.5

The Misfortunes of an Explorer1900

★ 4.8

The Artist and the Dummy1900

L'homme aux cent trucs1900

★ 10

L'homme aux cent trucs1900

China Versus Allied Powers1900

China Versus Allied Powers1900

Les miracles du Brahmine1900

★ 6.5

Les miracles du Brahmine1900

★ 6

Cooks fight1900

The Flea1900

The Coup of Pere Francois1900

The Bath1900

The Stick1900

The Unexpected Bath1900

★ 7

The Unexpected Bath1900

★ 7.5

Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail1899

★ 7

The Degradation of Dreyfus1899

★ 6.2

An Up-to-Date Conjurer1899

★ 5.8

The Pillar of Fire1899

★ 6.3

The Devil in a Convent1899

★ 6.1

The Mysterious Portrait1899

★ 5

Suicide of Colonel Henry1899

★ 5.6

The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori1899

★ 5.6

The Fight of Reporters1899

★ 5.3

Dreyfus Put in Irons1899

★ 5.3

Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes1899

★ 5.4

Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon1899

★ 4.9

The Court Martial at Rennes1899

★ 4.9

Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus1899

★ 6.3

The Mysterious Knight1899

★ 6.2

Cinderella1899

★ 5.5

The Dreyfus Affair1899

The Human Pyramid1899

★ 5.6

The Human Pyramid1899

★ 5.2

Summoning the Spirits1899

★ 1.7

Cleopatra's Tomb1899

Fantastic Dining Room1899

★ 5.6

Fantastic Dining Room1899

★ 4.3

A Midnight Episode1899

Lightning Change Artist1899

★ 4

Lightning Change Artist1899

★ 6.2

Extravagant Struggles1899

★ 5.2

Devil's Island - Within the Palisade1899

★ 5

Christ Walking on Water1899

Murder Will Out1899

★ 4

Murder Will Out1899

★ 4.3

The Clown and Automobile1899

Le conférencier distrait1899

★ 4.5

Le conférencier distrait1899

★ 7.2

The Four Troublesome Heads1898

★ 5.7

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"1898

★ 5.3

Panorama from Top of a Moving Train1898

★ 6.2

The Famous Box Trick1898

★ 5.8

The Temptation of St. Anthony1898

★ 5.6

Adventures of William Tell1898

★ 6.1

The Magician1898

★ 4.7

The Damnation of Faust1898

★ 5.2

Pygmalion and Galatea1898

★ 6.7

The Bridegroom's Dilemma1898

★ 4

A Woman Surprised1898

The Cave of the Demons1898

★ 2

The Cave of the Demons1898

★ 4.5

Carrefour de l'opéra1898

★ 5.1

After the Ball1897

★ 6.3

The Bewitched Inn1897

★ 5.1

The Surrender of Tournavos1897

★ 5.4

Between Calais and Dover1897

★ 5.3

Naval Combat in Greece1897

On the Roof1897

★ 5.2

On the Roof1897

★ 5.2

The Last Cartridges1897

★ 6

The Hallucinated Alchemist1897

★ 3.9

The Devil's Laboratory1897

Faust and Marguerite1897

★ 3.9

Faust and Marguerite1897

★ 6

Boxing Match1897

★ 6

An Irritable Model1897

★ 6

Fencing at the Joinville School1897

The Grasshopper and the Ant1897

★ 5.5

The Grasshopper and the Ant1897

★ 4

A Terrible Night (Remake)1897

★ 4.8

D. Devant, Conjurer1897

★ 5.7

Le château hanté1897

★ 6.8

Gugusse and the Automaton1897

Bois de Boulogne1897

★ 6.2

The Vanishing Lady1896

★ 4.9

Playing Cards1896

★ 6.1

A Nightmare1896

★ 5.2

A Terrible Night1896

★ 5.2

Post No Bills1896

★ 6.4

Le manoir du diable1896

★ 4.2

Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station1896

★ 5.3

Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station)1896

★ 4.5

A Serpentine Dance1896

Watering the Flowers1896

★ 5

Watering the Flowers1896

★ 5.2

Conjuring1896

★ 3.5

Les tribulations d'un concierge1896

★ 4.1

Miss de Vère - English Jig1896

★ 4.2

Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds1896

★ 6.1

A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation1896