The best Georges Méliès’s movies

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès

08/12/1861- 21/01/1938
Today we present the best Georges Méliès’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Georges Méliès’s movies.
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A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon
8.1/10
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious satellite.

The Extraordinary Voyage

The Extraordinary Voyage
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 08/12/2011
  • Character: Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece “A Trip to the Moon” (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.

The Impossible Voyage

The Impossible Voyage
7.5/10
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

The Vanishing Lady

The Vanishing Lady
6.3/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 01/01/1896
  • Character: Magician
Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

Cinderella

Cinderella
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaFamilyFantasyRomance
  • Release: 01/10/1899
  • Character: Le Gnome de la Pendule / Le Suisse à l'Entrée de l'Église
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès based the art direction on engravings by Gustave Doré. First known example of a fairy-tale adapted to film, and the first film to use dissolves to go from one scene to another.

The Haunted Castle

The Haunted Castle
6.7/10
  • Genre: FantasyHorror
  • Release: 24/12/1896
  • Character: Mephistopheles
Le Manoir du diable or The House of the Devil, released in the United States as The Haunted Castle and in Britain as The Devil's Castle, is an 1896 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film tells the story of an encounter with the Devil and various attendant phantoms. It is intended to evoke amusement and wonder from its audiences, rather than fear. However, because of its themes and characters, it has been considered to technically be the first horror film, as well as potentially the first vampire film. The film opens with a large bat flying into a medieval castle, circling a room, and then suddenly changing into the Devil. Producing a cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a young girl and various supernatural creatures in an effort to scare two cavaliers, eventually succeeding in causing one to flee. Ultimately the remaining cavalier is confronted face-to-face by the Devil before reaching for and brandishing a large crucifix, which causes the Devil to vanish.

The Astronomer's Dream

The Astronomer's Dream
7.4/10
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Release: 01/01/1898
  • Character: Astronomer
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

The Man with the Rubber Head

The Man with the Rubber Head
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 01/01/1901
  • Character: The Chemist / The India Rubber Head
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

Bluebeard

Bluebeard
6.9/10
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

The One-Man Band

The One-Man Band
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 01/01/1900
  • Character: All the members of the orchestra
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, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.

A Nightmare

A Nightmare
6.5/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 25/12/1896
  • Character: Man
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

The Méliès Mystery

The Méliès Mystery
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/01/2021
  • Character: (archive footage)
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, and the Library of Congress.

The Four Troublesome Heads

The Four Troublesome Heads
7.5/10
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

The Infernal Cauldron

The Infernal Cauldron
6.6/10
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

The Black Imp

The Black Imp
7/10
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

The Kingdom of the Fairies

The Kingdom of the Fairies
7.3/10
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon returns, summons some of her servants, and carries off the princess. A rescue party is quickly organized, but the unfortunate captive has been taken to a strange, forbidding realm, from where it will be impossible to rescue her without some special help.

The Pillar of Fire

The Pillar of Fire
6.3/10
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Release: 01/01/1899
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 pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from the pot. The devil and the pot vanish as the woman performs a dance, waving about her diaphanous sleeves until she conjures forth another fire, then she rises amongst the smoke into the air.

A Terrible Night

A Terrible Night
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 01/01/1896
  • Character: L'homme qui essaie de dormir
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.

Playing Cards

Playing Cards
5.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/1896
  • Character: Un joueur de cartes
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 tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funny story in it and the three friends burst out laughing while the waitress merely smiles.

The Diabolic Tenant

The Diabolic Tenant
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 01/01/1909
  • Character: Le Locataire diabolique
A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

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