The best movies 1905

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...

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 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...

A portrait of the Dam family.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

In order to photograph this film, the cameraman placed his equipment on a broad sidewalk in the business district of a large city, probably New York....

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...

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

Early Balkan footage.

A respectable fellow has quietly taken a seat upon a bench in a park, and worn out from the excessive heat of the day, has fallen asleep. Two...

Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early...

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

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

A servant kills his miser master and buries his corpse. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his victim....or is it his own conscience?

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

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

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.