The best movies 1905

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

'Zandvoort in an uproar! On Saturday morning at roughly 10 o’clock, with beautiful weather and calm seas, a Frenchman sat in a beach chair to...

Ferdinand Zecca's remake of his own film "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901) with the same premise, showing a diver with reverse...

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special...

An adaptation of an episode in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, where Jean Valjean is welcomed into the Bishop of Digne's home, and steals his...

On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.

The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a...

A woman confessing her sins to a priest who gets more and more excited.

The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

Monsieur Beaucaire, a French nobleman & relative of the King, engages in a sword fight with the jealous Duke of Winterset over a card game, leading...

Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel's 'Lilas-blanc'.

The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the...

Early Balkan footage.

A tramp who unwittingly starts a fire is chased by a mob of peasants.

A portrait of the Dam family.

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Another magic short of Méliès.

A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught...

A short drama featuring three fictitious scenes of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814).

A millionaire girl publishes a personal ad wishing to marry a young, gallant man, using the Park's Swiss Cowshop as the meeting point.

Short documentary about this Valencian tradition directed by Ángel García Cardona.

Spanish lost film about the 30 August 1905 solar eclipse.

Lost film in which we see the football basque team Athletic Club of Bilbao.