List of French films before 1910
| Cinema of France  |
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| 1892–1909 |
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1910s |
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1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 |
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1920s |
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1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 |
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1930s |
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1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 |
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1940s |
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1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |
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1950s |
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1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
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1960s |
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1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
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1970s |
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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 |
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1980s |
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
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1990s |
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
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2000s |
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
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2010s |
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 |
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2020s |
| 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 |
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A list of the earliest films produced in the Cinema of France between 1892 and 1909 ordered by year of release. For an A-Z list of French films see Category:French films
1890s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | ||||||
| Le Clown et ses chiens | Émile Reynaud | Animation | One of the first animated films in the world | |||
| Pauvre Pierrot | Émile Reynaud | Animation | One of the first animated films in the world | |||
| Un bon bock | Émile Reynaud | Animation | The first film to be screened using Reynaud's optical theatre | |||
| 1895 | ||||||
L'Arrivée d'un Train en Gare de la Ciotat |
Lumière brothers |
Pioneer film | ||||
| L'Arroseur Arrosé | Louis Lumière | First film comedy | ||||
| Autour d'une cabine | Émile Reynaud | Animation | ||||
| Barque sortant du port | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| Les Forgerons | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| La Mer | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| Neuville-sur-Saône: Débarquement du congrès des photographes à Lyon | Louis Lumière | P.J.C. Janssen (himself) |
Documentary | |||
| Partie de cartes | Louis Lumière | Antoine Féraud |
Documentary | |||
| La Pêche aux poissons rouges | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| Place des Cordeliers à Lyon | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| Repas de bébé | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| Le Saut à la couverture | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| La Voltige | Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
| Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory | Louis Lumière | |||||
| 1896 | ||||||
Arrivée d'un train gare de Vincennes |
Georges Méliès | |||||
L'Arroseur |
Georges Méliès | |||||
Baignade en mer |
Georges Méliès | |||||
Bataille de boules de neige |
Louis Lumière | Documentary | ||||
Bateau-mouche sur la Seine |
Georges Méliès | |||||
Batteuse à vapeur |
Georges Méliès | |||||
Bébé et fillettes |
Georges Méliès | |||||
Le Bivouac |
Georges Méliès | |||||
Les Blanchisseuses |
Georges Méliès | |||||
| Bois de Boulogne | Georges Méliès | |||||
Boulevard des Italiens |
Georges Méliès | |||||
| La Fée aux Choux | Alice Guy Blaché |
Pioneer film | ||||
Le Manoir du diable |
Georges Méliès | Jeanne d'Alcy Georges Méliès |
Horror | The first horror film ever made | ||
| 1897 | ||||||
Danse Serpentine |
Lumiere Brothers |
Papinta | ||||
| 1898 | ||||||
Un homme de têtes |
Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | IMDb | |||
| 1899 | ||||||
Illusioniste fin de siècle |
Georges Méliès | |||||
Jeanne d'Arc |
Georges Méliès | Jeanne d'Alcy Georges Méliès |
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1900s
| Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1900 | ||||||
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Clément Maurice | Benoit Constant Coquelin |
Drama | |||
| Duel d'Hamlet Le | Clément Maurice | Sarah Bernhardt | ||||
L'homme orchestre |
Georges Méliès | |||||
| Madame Sans-Gêne | Clément Maurice | |||||
Le Repas fantastique |
Georges Méliès | |||||
| The Two Blind Men | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | ||||
| 1901 | ||||||
Barbe-bleue |
Georges Méliès | Jeanne d'Alcy , Georges Méliès |
Crime / Drama | IMDb | ||
| 1902 | ||||||
The Man With The Rubber Head |
Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | Comedy / Fantasy | |||
| Restitution inattendue | unknown | Comedy | ||||
A Trip to the Moon |
Georges Méliès | Fantasy / Sci-fi | ||||
Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants |
Georges Méliès | |||||
| 1903 | ||||||
L'Auberge du Bon Repos |
Georges Méliès | English:The Inn Where no Man Rests | ||||
The Infernal Boiling Pot |
Georges Méliès | Short, Fantasy, Horror | ||||
| 1904 | ||||||
| The Impossible Voyage | Georges Méliès | Fantasy | Pioneer in special effects | |||
| 1905 | ||||||
| Vie et Passion du Christ | Lucien Nonguet Ferdinand Zecca |
Hand painted color | ||||
| 1906 | ||||||
| Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse | Albert Capellani | Fantasy / Adventure | ||||
| 1907 | ||||||
20,000 Lieues Sous les Mers |
Georges Méliès | |||||
| L'Enfant prodigue | Michel Carré | First European feature film | ||||
| Satan in Prison | Georges Méliès | |||||
See also
- 1892 in France
- 1895 in France
- 1896 in France
- 1898 in France
- 1899 in France
- 1900 in France
- 1901 in France
- 1902 in France
- 1903 in France
- 1904 in France
- 1905 in France
- 1906 in France
- 1907 in France
External links
- French film at the Internet Movie Database