1. 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.
2. 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 6.892 on TMDB.
3. 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.
4. Malice in Wonderland
A jet-propelled white rabbit flies through the vulva of a supine woman into a wonderland where people and objects turn inside out, changing shapes and identities at warp speed. Events roughly follow Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland." The caterpillar and the queen make appearances, as does Alice. Images and symbols are often sexual. At the end, Alice asks, "Who has had such a curious dream?"
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
5. Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs
A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme was identified as being from this film.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
6. Course en sacs (Course en sacs)
Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
7. Line 9 (Línea 9)
In a city with constant movement like the subway rides, the paths of Andrés and Miguel are crossing. It seems like the beginning of a new Romance but Andrés doesn't know which direction to take.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
8. Playing Cards (Une partie de cartes)
Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funny story in it and the three friends burst out laughing while the waitress merely smiles.
It has an average vote of 4.83 on TMDB.
9. The Countryman and the Cinematograph
A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
10. La lupa (La lupa)
She was tall, dark and thin, with a proud and voluptuous bust. They called her "The she-wolf" because she seemed never to be satisfied. All the men were obsessed with her but one day the she-wolf fell madly in love with young Nanni.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
11. 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.
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. Zygote
The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.
It has an average vote of 7.022 on TMDB.
14. Napoléon (Napoléon)
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
15. The Lion Woman (Løvekvinnen)
Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he hides her away from the world in their apartment. However, Eva’s nanny fights for her right to be treated like everyone else.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
16. Cartel Land
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.
It has an average vote of 7.175 on TMDB.
17. The Scarlet Letter
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
It has an average vote of 6.033 on TMDB.
18. The Great Train Robbery
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
19. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
20. 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 7.9 on TMDB.
