1. Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Lyon)
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.
It has an average vote of 6.692 on TMDB.
2. The Cabbage-Patch Fairy (La fée aux choux)
A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies of it online are actually the 1900 remake.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
3. The Sprinkler Sprinkled (Arroseur et arrosé)
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.
It has an average vote of 6.909 on TMDB.
4. The Four Troublesome Heads (Un homme de têtes)
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.
It has an average vote of 7.139 on TMDB.
5. A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune)
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
It has an average vote of 7.929 on TMDB.
6. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon)
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
7. Eye Myth
After the title, a white screen gives way to a series of frames suggestive of abstract art, usually with one or two colors dominating and rapid change in the images. Two figures emerge from this jungle of color: the first, a shirtless man, appears twice, coming into focus, then disappearing behind the bursts and patterns of color, then reappearing; the second figure appears later, in the right foreground. This figure suggests someone older, someone of substance. The myth? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
8. Washerwomen on the River (Laveuses sur la rivière)
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
9. The Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus)
The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer was falsely convicted of treason, and it was alleged that he was framed due to anti-semitism.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
10. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish (Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке)
The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
11. Game of Cards (Partie d'écarté)
Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
12. Post No Bills (Défense d'afficher)
A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
13. L'Homme Machine (L'Homme Machine)
Animated stick drawings representing a man walking.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
14. Blissfully Yours (สุดเสน่หา)
Min is an illegal Burmese immigrant living in Thailand who has contracted a mysterious painful rash covering his upper body. His girlfriend, Roong, and a middle-aged woman, Orn, take him to see a doctor. Min pretends that he cannot speak because he is not fluent in Thai and speaking would reveal him to be an illegal immigrant.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
15. Killing Kennedy
Drama documentary based on Bill O'Reilly's and Martin Dugard's 2012 non-fiction book "Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot". It follows the parallel lives of John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald from the winter 1959-1960 to those fatal days in Dallas in November 1963, when they both died within two days after each other and were buried on the same day - John F. Kennedy in a state funeral in Washington D.C., broadcast live both to Europe and the Pacific, while Oswald was buried in Forth Worth at a small funeral where the attending reporters were asked to act as pallbearers.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
16. Demolition of a Wall (Démolition d'un mur)
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
17. Snowball Fight (Bataille de neige)
Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the target of opportunity. He falls off his bicycle. He's not hurt, but he rides back the way he came, as the fight continues.
It has an average vote of 6.61 on TMDB.
18. Man Walking Around a Corner (Man Walking Around a Corner)
The last remaining production of Le Prince's LPCC Type-16 is part of a gelatine film shot in 32 images/second, and pictures a man walking around a corner. Le Prince, who was in Leeds at that time, sent these images to his wife in New York City in a letter dated 18 August 1887.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
19. Baby's Meal (Repas de bébé)
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding baby his lunch, while mum is serving tea.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
20. The Astronomer's Dream (La lune à un mètre)
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
It has an average vote of 6.855 on TMDB.
