Georges Méliès Movies

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

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...

A look back at the life, style and influences of the famed filmmaker Georges Méliès and an examination of his role in the story of "Hugo."

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 p...

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer the...

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

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

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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...

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a dem...

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

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...

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer wa...