Georges Méliès Movies

The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side...

A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the...

A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into...

A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a...

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.

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...

Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he...

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...

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...

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

A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

An incident of the Franco-Prussian War. It shows the bombardment of a house at Bazeille. It is the animated reproduction of de Neuville's celebrated...