Best Picture 1901
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1. Bluebeard (1901)
12 min | Short, Horror
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy, Bleuette Bernon, Thomas White
Votes: 1,769
2. The Magician and the Human Pump (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Fantasy
In this trickery extravaganza, Excelsior, the wizard of illusion, pulls out a handkerchief from his pocket, and after that, everything is possible in his rare and spectacular show.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 641
3. The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,970
4. Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901)
3 min | Documentary, Short, History
This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. Wave to Morecambe's seasiders in ... See full summary »
Votes: 178
5. The Fat and the Lean Wrestling Match (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Comedy
Right in front of our very eyes, two attractive and feminine women metamorphose into two professional wrestlers who begin a no-holds-barred wrestling match.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,100
6. A Photographic Contortion (1901)
1 min | Comedy, Short
A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
Director: James Williamson | Star: Sam Dalton
Votes: 1,927
7. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901)
Unrated | 2 min | Documentary, Short
Time-lapse photography is used to show the manual dismantling and demolition of New York's Star Theatre over a period of about 30 days.
Director: Frederick S. Armitage
Votes: 1,030
8. Hat of Many Surprises (1901)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Fantasy
The picture opens showing a gentleman in full evening dress costume. Removing his opera hat and cloak, he leaves the hat on the table and by a few passes causes it to assume immense ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 330
9. The House of Mystery (1901)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Fantasy
In a mysterious cavern, a magician performs a magic show that includes a dancing skeleton and a woman who is levitated.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 337
10. Magical Sword (1901)
2 min | Short, Fantasy, Romance
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and ... See full summary »
Director: Walter R. Booth
Votes: 157
11. The Christmas Dream (1901)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Fantasy
The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by their governess, are about to retire. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 458
12. The Bachelor's Paradise (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short
A bachelor meets with a magician to conjure the perfect mate.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 307
13. Troubles in a Tenement House (1901)
2 min | Short
This picture shows the ground floor and also the first floor front of a modern lodging house. In the lower room the landlord and his lady are having dinner, while above them four young men ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 293
14. Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
6 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
It's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ... See full summary »
Director: Walter R. Booth | Star: Daniel Smith
Votes: 530
15. The Gigantic Devil (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A magnificent Venetian oratory. On the left a large bay window through which may be seen the Grand Canal of the city of Venice. In the centre a colonnade and a hemicycle; to the right is a ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 681
16. Stop Thief! (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A hungry vagabond snatches a wrapped leg of lamb and jumps into a large wooden barrel to hide. Will he get away scot-free?
Director: James Williamson | Star: Sam Dalton
Votes: 618
17. The Artist's Dilemma (1901)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
The scene opens in an artist's studio, the artist asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the artist, requests him to paint her picture... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 234
18. The Dwarf and the Giant (1901)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Fantasy
Georges Méliès plays the main character, as he splits into two versions of himself, and changes size.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 366
19. History of a Crime (1901)
5 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A burglar is arrested for a murder. He is condemned to death. Before his execution the murderer dreams of his past, of how he was a bank clerk, then turned to crime. The criminal is then ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Zecca | Stars: Jean Liézer, Bretteau, Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 725
20. The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Fantasy
A Brahmin comes upon a giant caterpillar, which turns into a cross between a butterfly and a girl: the Brahmin finally turns into a caterpillar.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 477
22. Ride on the Tramcar Through Belfast (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
These strikingly sharp scenes from Belfast present familiar thoroughfares including Bedford Street and Donegall Place. Fashionable residents peruse upmarket shops and we also glimpse ... See full summary »
Votes: 107
26. Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Factory workers including child laborers walk towards a camera and interact with it.
Votes: 127
27. Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Comedy
In this short silent film, we see Charmion an early vaudeville strongwomen, perform her famous Trapeze disrobing act. During the Victorian era, Charmion believed in promoting physical culture and dress reform for women.
Directors: George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter | Star: Charmion
Votes: 321
29. Fire! (1901)
5 min | Short, Action, Drama
Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down the street to a house fire. Inside a man... See full summary »
Director: James Williamson
Votes: 719
31. Pan-American Exposition by Night (1901)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at night. After a great deal of ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 571
32. Panorama of Esplanade by Night (1901)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 168
34. Off to Bloomingdale Asylum (1901)
1 min | Short, Comedy
Clowns ride in on a wagon drawn by a skeletal horse. The clowns proceed to transform from blackface performers to white costumed clowns, and back again, as they perform zany antics.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 276
36. The Wonderful Baby Incubator (1901)
1 min | Short, Comedy
An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the growth of her child enters, places her ... See full summary »
Director: Walter R. Booth
Votes: 150
37. Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901)
4 min | Short, Drama, History
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States. Some versions offer additional footage at... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 359
38. High Diving Scene (1901)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A daredevil rides his bicycle down a ramp and attempts to land in a pool of water as a crowd of spectators watches.
Votes: 145
39. The Clown with the Portable Body (1901)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The funniest of all mystical pictures yet produced. Several body parts of a dancing clown float away from his body and come back again.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: André Deed
Votes: 478
41. Rêve et réalité (1901)
1 min | Comedy, Short
A well-dressed middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his attentions. But is it all too good to be true?
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 489
42. Circular Panorama of Electric Tower (1901)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most perfect and diversified views of the ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 459
45. The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An old proprietor is startled by the sudden appearance of a skull. Just as he draws back from the uncanny object, the doors of a mediaeval wardrobe fly back and a hand prods him with a ... See full summary »
Director: Walter R. Booth
Votes: 458
46. What Came Out of the Cheese; or, The Lilliputians in a New York Restaurant (1901)
1 min | Short, Comedy