Georges Méliès Movies

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

A comprehensive landmark collection celebrating the foundational work of French illusionist and cinema pioneer Georges Méliès....

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

An actor tries to get to a show on time. Many mishaps along the way.

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 traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

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...

Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star. Exhausted, the magician falls asleep and the...

There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in...

Shows hobbies of people who do an ordinary job in the day. Made for New York Fair.

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

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....

Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

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...

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

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

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

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

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...

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.