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1. Frankenstein (1910)
Unrated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
The first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips
Votes: 4,749
2. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
81 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve.
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald | Stars: Violet MacMillan, Frank Moore, Raymond Russell, Leontine Dranet
Votes: 568
3. Electrocuting an Elephant (1903)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
The execution of Topsy, a female elephant, in a publicity stunt advertising the opening of Luna Park on Coney Island. Topsy was originally owned by Forepaugh Circus where she killed a ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Carl Goliath, Topsy
Votes: 1,929
4. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, History
This short film, one of the first to use camera tricks, depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Director: Alfred Clark | Stars: Robert Thomae, Mrs. Robert L. Thomas
Votes: 2,563
5. The First Film (2015)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Leeds born filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson's thirty three year quest to prove that the worlds film industry started in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1888.
Director: David Wilkinson | Stars: David Wilkinson, Bernard Atha, Tom Courtenay, Nigel Cross
Votes: 199
6. Blacksmith Scene (1893)
Unrated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Charles Kayser, John Ott
Votes: 2,775
7. Edison Kinetoscope Records: Annie Oakley (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Western
Annie Oakley, the 'Little Miss Sure Shot' of the 'Wild West' gives an exhibition of rifle shooting at glass balls and clay pigeons in a film from the Edison Catalog.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Francis E. Butler, Annie Oakley
Votes: 1,492
8. Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. (from the Edison Catalog)
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise | Star: The Sarashe Sisters
Votes: 669
9. Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
This is the lady whose graceful interpretations of the poetry of motion has made this dance so popular of recent years. - From 'The Phonoscope' (1899)
Director: James H. White | Star: Fatima
Votes: 389
10. Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Sport
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise | Stars: James J. Corbett, Peter Courtney
Votes: 860
11. Jack's Joke (1913)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Jack tells two people, privately, on a blind date that each of them is hard of hearing and wacky hijinks ensue.
Director: Allen Ramsey | Stars: Edward Boulden, Arthur Housman, Cora Williams, Alice Washburn
Votes: 44
12. Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Western
A group of Sioux Indians from Buffalo Bill's Wild West exhibition demonstrates a dance called a "ghost dance".
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise
Votes: 819
13. Thomas Edison, Train Films 1897-1906 (1906)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Railroading in the east contains the earliest train films ever made. This film has been produced was made for the earliest steam train motion pictures at the turn of the century.
Director: Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 17
14. Nursery Favorites (1913)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Characters from various nursery rhymes sing together.
Director: Allen Ramsey | Stars: George Ballard, Viola Dana, Edna Flugrath, Robert Lett
Votes: 76
15. Cock Fight (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Two roosters fight while two men make bets in the background. No (onscreen) deaths of the animals involved.
Votes: 326
16. Admiral Cigarette (1897)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A commercial. Four men sit in animated conversation in front of a billboard for Admiral Cigarettes. The billboard fills the entire background. Beside them is a large box, also marked ... See full summary »
Director: William Heise
Votes: 583
17. Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist (1896)
Not Rated | 2 min | Documentary, Short
Artist draws Thomas Edison.
Director: James H. White | Stars: J. Stuart Blackton, Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 251
18. True. (1999)
3 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Charles Stone III, Kevin Lofton, Fred Thomas Jr., Paul Williams
Votes: 123
19. The Old Guard (II) (1913)
11 min | Short, Drama
Director: Allen Ramsey | Stars: William Bechtel, A.H. Busby, Cora Williams
Votes: 8
20. Rescue - Resuscitation (1897)
Short
A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through the surf to the shore, where he is rolled and patted and worked over until resuscitated.
Director: James H. White
Votes: 19
21. The Edison Affair (2015)
70 min | Drama
James Edison's rise and fall and fall and rise and fall as the heir to the Edison Hotel Chain.
Director: Lynnette Morley | Stars: Stewart Morley, Sjaan Bosman, Adam Woodacre, Tarnia Cooper
22. Julius Caesar (1913)
Short, Drama, History
An excerpt of the Shakespeare play presented in the Kinetophone sound system, in which the sound was provided by synchronized Edison cylinders.
Director: Allen Ramsey | Star: Antony Andre
Votes: 11
23. Brown Digital Camera Record of a Sneeze (2017)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
A man (Fred Ott IV) takes a pinch of pepper and sneezes. This is an homage to, "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)," one of Thomas Edison's earliest films. AKA, "Fred Ott's ... See full summary »
Director: Chris J.P. Brown | Star: Chris J.P. Brown
Votes: 7
24. Parsifal (1904)
25 min | Drama, Short
Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of Amfortas. Carrying Amfortas to his bath. Kundry... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Adelaide Fitz-Allen, Robert Whittier
25. The Musical Blacksmiths (1913)
6 min | Short, Music
Director: Allen Ramsey | Stars: George Ballard, Robert Lett, Shirley Mason, O.J. McCormack
Votes: 15
26. Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory (1897)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
"This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the great inventor. The scene is an actual one, ... See full summary »
Director: James H. White | Star: Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 723
27. L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art (2021 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Stefan Cornic | Stars: Olivier Assayas, Veronika Bachfischer, Tacita Dean, Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 25
28. Serpentine Dance, Annabelle (1897)
5 min | Short
Annabelle Whitford performs the Serpentine Dance in this brief hand-tinted film.
Director: James H. White | Star: Annabelle Moore
Votes: 151
30. American Falls from Above, American Side (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
The camera shows a view of the American Falls and Goat Island.
Director: James H. White
Votes: 348
31. Lucia di Lammermoor (1911)
Short
Metropolitan Opera stars, tenor Enrico Caruso and bass-baritone Pol Plancon, in a scene from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" filmed in Edison sound-on-disc process known as Cinephonograph.
Stars: Enrico Caruso, Pol Plancon
Votes: 14
33. A Minstrel Show (1913)
Short, Music
Director: Allen Ramsey | Star: William Meadowcraft
Votes: 12
36. Votes for Women (1913)
Short
Stars: Harriet May Mills, Mrs. James Lee Laidlaw, Mrs. Raymond Brown, Mrs. John Rogers Jr.
37. Mutual Weekly, No. 44 (1915)
Short, News
Tulsa, Okla: $200,000 goes up in smoke. Lightning strikes big oil tanks, causing enormous loss. Brooklyn, N.Y: New junior police brigade organized. Brownsville district jubilant over new ... See full summary »
Stars: Elico Arredondo, Luther Burbank, Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford
38. Hearst-Pathé News, No. 86 (1917)
Short, News
New York City: Another U-boat arrives in U.S. waters, but it is only a captured one, brought from England to aid the Liberty Loan. Subtitles: The submarine is the mine layer U.C.5, seized a... See full synopsis »
Stars: Newton Baker, Thomas A. Edison, King George V, William C. Redfield
39. Indian War Council (1898)
Short, News
"Here is a group of genuine Sioux Indians sitting around in a war council, deliberating. Buffalo Bill is addressing them."
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Buffalo Bill Cody
Votes: 23
40. The Deaf Mute (1913)
Short, Drama
Director: Allen Ramsey | Stars: Robert Lawrence, W.B. Wainwright, Henry Grady, Robert Lett
Votes: 9
41. Pathé News, No. 40 (1916)
Short, News
Columbus, N.M: U.S. transport drivers are given revolvers to guard against threatened attacks by Mexicans. Subtitle: 1. A few of the hundreds of auto trucks which are being used in Mexico. ... See full summary »
Stars: Thomas A. Edison, Rene Husson, Samuel W. McCall, Eddie Rickenbacker
42. Alciede Capitane (1898)
Short
The great Lady Trapezist. Her daring acts on the flying bar command breathless attention. Her graceful figure warrants her billed description, The Perfect Woman."
Star: Alciede Capitaine
43. Pathé News, No. 81 (1915)
Short, News
Baseball Championship: Philadelphia Nationals, winners of the Pennant of the National League. Subtitle: Boston Red Sox, the American League winners. Salem, N.H: Visitors of the Rockingham ... See full summary »
Stars: Josephus Daniels, Konstantin Dumba, Thomas A. Edison, Hudson Maxim
44. Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships (1904)
Documentary, Short, Sport
Director: Edwin S. Porter
45. Selig-Tribune, No. 41 (1916)
Short, News
New York, N.Y: Reviewed by Mayor Mitchel, General Wood and Admiral Usher, 140,000 persons, led by Thomas A. Edison, march in a monster parade in the cause of Preparedness. Glen Springs, ... See full summary »
Stars: Thomas A. Edison, Samuel W. McCall, John Purroy Mitchel, Leonard Wood
46. Mikhail Bondarev: Heck of a Great Man (2015)
4 min | Short, Biography, Comedy
A short mockumentary about a good friend.
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Mark Twain, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Mikhail Bondarev
Votes: 15
47. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1909)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Clara Clemens, Jean Clemens, Mark Twain
Votes: 8
48. The Edison Kinetophone (1913)
6 min | Short
A spoken prologue to Thomas Edison's 1913 sound movie road show.
Director: Allen Ramsey | Star: Allen Ramsey
Votes: 12
49. The Five Bachelors (1913)
Short, Comedy
Director: Allen Ramsey | Stars: Edward Boulden, George Ballard, O.J. McCormack, Leo Parmet
Votes: 8
50. Mutual Weekly, No. 46 (1915)
Short, News
Latest Pictures from the Seat of War: The French Troops are reviewed at Moiselles. The Red Cross hospital ship "Le Charles Roux" off for the Dardanelles. American War Correspondents visit a... See full summary »
Stars: Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Josephus Daniels, Thomas A. Edison, William Truesdale