Greatest Films by Year 1800s
The Birth of Motion Pictures
Criteria: Lists of the Greatest Films of each year 1899, 1898, 1897, 1896, 1895, plus pre-1895 films, Chronophotographies and proto-films. These films are ranked according to their initial and lasting acclaim, influence as well as initial and lasting popularity.
10 Greatest Films of 1899 |
Cinderella |
#. Movie Title - (Directors Name) 1. Cinderella - (Georges Méliès) 2. The Kiss in the Tunnel - (George Albert Smith) 3. The Devil in a Convent - (Georges Méliès) 4. Kidnapping by Indians - (Sagar Mitchell & James Kenyon) 5. King John - (Walter Pfeffer Dando, William K. L. Dickson & Herbert Beerbohm Tree) 6. Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb - (Georges Méliès) 7. Upside Down; or, the Human Flies - (Walter R. Booth) 8. An Up-to-Date Conjuror - (Georges Méliès) 9. The Pillar of Fire - (Georges Méliès) 10. The Jeffries-Sharkey Contest - (unknown) |
10 Greatest Films of 1898 |
The Four Troublesome Heads |
1. The Four Troublesome Heads - (Georges Méliès) 2. Santa Claus - (George Albert Smith) 3. The Astronomer's Dream - (Georges Méliès) 4. Come Along, Do! - (Robert W. Paul) 5. The Temptation of Saint Anthony - (Georges Méliès) 6. Something Good, Negro Kiss - (William Selig) 7. The Famous Box Trick - (Georges Méliès) 8. Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" - (Georges Méliès) 9. The Miller and the Sweep - (George Albert Smith) 10. The Humpty Dumpty Circus - (J. Stuart Blackton) |
10 Greatest Films of 1897 |
Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer |
1. Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer - (Alexandre Promio) 2. Bataille de neige - (Louis Lumière) 3. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight - (Enoch J. Rector) 4. After the Ball - (Georges Méliès) 5. The Haunted Castle - (Georges Méliès) 6. The X-Rays - (George Albert Smith) 7. The Haverstraw Tunnel - (unknown) 8. The Bewitched Inn - (Georges Méliès) 9. Admiral Cigarette - (William Heise) 10. Sea Fighting in Greece - (Georges Méliès) |
10 Greatest Films of 1896 |
L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat |
1. L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat - (Louis & Auguste Lumière) 2. La fée aux choux - (Alice Guy-Blaché) 3. The Kiss - (William Heise) 4. The House of the Devil - (Georges Méliès) 5. Démolition d'un mur - (Louis Lumière) 6. The Vanishing Lady - (Georges Méliès) 7. Barque sortant du port - (Louis Lumière) 8. Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau - (Alexandre Promio) 9. Awakening of Rip - (William K. L. Dickson) 10. A Nightmare - (Georges Méliès) |
10 Greatest Films of 1895 |
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory |
1. Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory - (Louis Lumière) 2. L'Arroseur Arrosé - (Louis Lumière) 3. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots - (Alfred Clark) 4. Repas de bébé - (Louis Lumière) 5. Annabelle Serpentine Dance - (William K. L. Dickson & William Heise) 6. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon - (Louis Lumière) 7. Boxing Kangaroo - (Max Skladanowsky) 8. La charcuterie mécanique - (Louis Lumière) 9. Rough Sea at Dover - (Birt Acres & Robert W. Paul) 10. Baignade en mer - (Louis Lumière) |
20 Greatest Films pre-1895 |
Roundhay Garden Scene Blacksmith Scene The Dickson Experimental Sound Film |
1. Roundhay Garden Scene - (Louis Le Prince) (1888) 2. Blacksmith Scene - (William K. L. Dickson) (1893) 3. The Dickson Experimental Sound Film - (William K. L. Dickson) (1894) 4. Fred Ott's Sneeze - (William K. L. Dickson) (1894) 5. Monkeyshines, No. 1 - (William K. L. Dickson & William Heise) (1890) 6. Pauvre Pierrot - (Émile Reynaud) (1892) 7. Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge - (Louis Le Prince) (1888) 8. Newark Athlete - (William K. L. Dickson) (1891) 9. Dickson Greeting - (William K. L. Dickson) (1891) 10. Carmencita - (William K. L. Dickson) (1894) 11. Man Walking Around a Corner - (Louis Le Prince) (1887) 12. The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) - (William K. L. Dickson & William Heise) (1894) 13. Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses - (William Friese-Greene) (1889) 14. Annabelle Butterfly Dance - (William K. L. Dickson) (1894) 15. Annie Oakley - (William K. L. Dickson) (1894) 16. Autour d'une cabine - (Émile Reynaud) (1894) 17. Un bon bock - (Émile Reynaud) (1892) 18. Falling Cat - (Étienne-Jules Marey) (1894) 19. The Barbershop - (William K. L. Dickson & William Heise) (1894) 20. Monkeyshines, No. 2 - (William K. L. Dickson & William Heise) (1890) |
Chronophotographies/proto-films |
The Horse in Motion |
1. The Horse in Motion - (Eadweard Muybridge) (1878) 2. Passage de Vénus - (Jules Janssen) (1874) 3. Le rosace magique - (Émile Reynaud) (1877) 4. Buffalo Running - (Eadweard Muybridge) (1883) 5. Bullet Piercing a Soap Bubble - (Lucien Bull) (1904) 6. The Kiss - (Eadweard Muybridge) (1882) 7. Athlete Swinging a Pick - (Eadweard Muybridge) (1881) 8. Déplacement des globules de sang dans un vaisseau capillaire - (Étienne-Jules Marey) (1892) 9. Pferd und Reiter Springen über ein Hindernis - (Ottomar Anschütz) (1888) 10. L'homme machine - (Étienne-Jules Marey) (1885) |
Georges Méliès
Louis Lumière
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Edited By: Tim, pauldrach, Bruno, Luuk, ManPerson
List Begun: 2023-09-19