1. The Man with the Rubber Head (L'Homme à la tête de caoutchouc)
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
2. The Temptation of St. Anthony (La tentation de Saint-Antoine)
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
3. Fire!
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 sleeps, he awakes amidst flames and throws himself back on the bed. In comes a firefighter, hosing down the blaze. He carries out the victim, down a ladder to safety. Other firefighters enter the house to save belongings, and out comes one with a baby. The saved man rejoices, but it's not over yet.
It has an average vote of 5.865 on TMDB.
4. Serpentine Dances by Annabelle
Annabelle Moore performs her popular serpentine dance routine. She twirls around, and as she does so, she uses her long skirts to create a variety of patterns. Each print consists of Annabelle's serpentine dance from 1894-1897.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
5. The Merry Skeleton (Le squelette joyeux)
A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. The Magician (Le Magicien)
In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead of containing the magician a lively clown steps forth who further mystifies the audience by causing the box to disappear, and in its place is seen a fully laid table with a smoking dinner, to which the clown applies himself. The table, however, suddenly disappears much to the astonishment of the clown, who is confronted by the magician in the garb of Mephistopheles. This he suddenly changes to that of a sculptor, and in the background is seen a pedestal with the bust of a young lady, which comes to life as the sculptor applies the mallet and chisel.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
7. Bluebeard (Barbe-bleue)
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. The Famous Box Trick (Illusions fantasmagoriques)
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. 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.
10. Atacada: la teoría del dolor (Atacada: la teoría del dolor)
A young woman is sexually assaulted by a powerful businessman, starting a public trial in which she will have to endure the abuse of those who do not want justice to be made.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
11. Caught in the Rain
When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
12. A Nightmare (Le Cauchemar)
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
It has an average vote of 5.922 on TMDB.
13. Couch Potatoes (Gli sdraiati)
Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, eating, talking about nothing and playing video games. Until one day when he suddenly informs his father that he would join him in this trip. After a series of accidents and misunderstandings, at the end, somehow father and son will find the way to communicate … or at least they will try.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
14. The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat)
Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
It has an average vote of 7.104 on TMDB.
15. Bad
For the first short film for one of five consecutive record-breaking No. 1 hits from "Bad," Michael Jackson and director Martin Scorsese created an epic 18-minute tale of urban and racial challenges in the 1980s. "Bad" was named the second greatest of Michael's short films by Rolling Stone in 2014.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
16. The Last Unicorn
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
17. Red Tails
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
It has an average vote of 6.522 on TMDB.
18. Ivan's Childhood (Иваново детство)
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
It has an average vote of 7.859 on TMDB.
19. Un Chien Andalou (Un chien andalou)
Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.
It has an average vote of 7.446 on TMDB.
20. The Quick and the Dead
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
It has an average vote of 6.544 on TMDB.
