Movies: Star Film
- 1902
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
A Trip to the Moon7.91902HD
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...
- 1898
The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
The Four Troublesome Heads7.21898HD
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 ...
- 1904
The Impossible Voyage (1904)
The Impossible Voyage7.21904HD
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....
- 1912
The Conquest of the Pole (1912)
The Conquest of the Pole6.21912HD
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 Captain Hatteras" by Jules Verne....
- 1896
Le manoir du diable (1896)
Le manoir du diable6.41896HD
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 interloping cavaliers....
- 1899
The Devil in a Convent (1899)
The Devil in a Convent6.21899HD
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 pandemonium....
- 1907
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea5.21907HD
The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including...
- 1906
The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)
The Merry Frolics of Satan6.41906HD
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 takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit....
- 1903
The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)
The Kingdom of the Fairies6.91903HD
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 organi...
- 1902
Robinson Crusoe (1902)
Robinson Crusoe5.51902HD
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it. Originally a 15 minute film, twelve and a half minutes of painted film have been fo...
- 1909
The Diabolic Tenant (1909)
The Diabolic Tenant6.71909HD
A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion....
- 1899
Cinderella (1899)
Cinderella6.11899HD
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 ...
- 1902
The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique (1902)
The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique5.31902HD
This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place during the eruption are plain to be seen. Thousands upon thousands of tons of molten lava, sand, rocks and...
- 1907
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon6.01907HD
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of youn...
- 1902
The Treasures of Satan (1902)
The Treasures of Satan5.11902HD
The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the seven bags in a strong box, and makes with his han...
- 1900
Joan of Arc (1900)
Joan of Arc6.91900HD
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured....
- 1898
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" (1898)
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"5.71898HD
Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....
- 1903
The Infernal Cakewalk (1903)
The Infernal Cakewalk5.61903HD
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 well-known dancers, who start their favorite dance amidst the flames....
- 1897
Naval Combat in Greece (1897)
Naval Combat in Greece5.21897HD
An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the camera to look in the distance. At the same time the ship is hit! This scene is a filmed reconstructio...
- 1901
Bluebeard (1901)
Bluebeard6.21901HD
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances....