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Movies: Popular Movies of 1895

Movies in chronological context: 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1895th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 895th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1895, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. ()

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Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory(1895)

1min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 138 votes)

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.

Directed by Louis Lumière

The Sprinkler Sprinkled(1895)

1min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 107 votes)

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.

Directed by Louis Lumière - With François Clerc, Benoît Duval

Baby's Meal(1895)

1min | Documentary, Kids & Family
2.8/5 (with 66 votes)

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.

Directed by Louis Lumière - With Auguste Lumière, Andrée Lumière

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots(1895)

1min | History, Horror
3.1/5 (with 44 votes)

A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a dummy. The axe comes down and severs the head of the dummy from the body. The executioner picks up the head and shows it around for everyone else to see. One of the first camera tricks to be used in a movie.

Directed by Alfred Clark - With Robert Thomae

Annabelle Serpentine Dance(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.9/5 (with 43 votes)

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of the flowing cloth. She moves to her right and left across an unadorned stage. Many of the prints were distributed in hand-tinted color.

Directed by William Kennedy Dickson, William Heise - With Annabelle Moore

The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.7/5 (with 39 votes)

Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.

Directed by Louis Lumière - With Auguste Lumière, Pierre Janssen

The Sea(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.7/5 (with 37 votes)

Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.

Directed by Louis Lumière

Boat Leaving the Port(1895)

1min | Drama, Documentary
2.7/5 (with 35 votes)

In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching them from the nearby pier.

Directed by Louis Lumière

The Blacksmiths(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 31 votes)

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water, causing a cloud of vapor in the process.

Directed by Louis Lumière

Fishing for Goldfish(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 29 votes)

A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with his bare hands.

Directed by Louis Lumière - With Auguste Lumière

Cordeliers' Square in Lyon(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.7/5 (with 29 votes)

Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.

Directed by Louis Lumière

Jumping the Blanket(1895)

1min | Documentary, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 26 votes)

Four men stand holding what appears to be a blanket, while one wearing a hat stands watching. A sixth man then runs towards them and attempts to jump into the blanket.

Directed by Louis Lumière
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Horse Trick Riders(1895)

1min
2.7/5 (with 26 votes)

In the background is a house. In the foreground, a groom holds the reins of a sleek black horse that stands in profile. A tall man, dressed in a black uniform, demonstrates how to mount the horse then encourages and tries to assist a man in white. The man in white keeps falling, and soon it's apparent that he's an putting on a show. His pratfalls become more elaborate and stylish. The horse stands patient. The little groom laughs to see such sport. And finally, the man in white finds a comic accommodation. The story, though brief, has a beginning, middle, and end.

Directed by Louis Lumière

The Mechanical Butcher(1895)

1min | Comedy, Science Fiction
2.8/5 (with 18 votes)

A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already packaged for sale.

Directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière

Transformation by Hats(1895)

1min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 17 votes)

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

Directed by Louis Lumière - With Félicien Trewey

Rough Sea at Dover(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 16 votes)

The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at least 100 feet into the water. A large wave rolls picturesquely along the wall toward the shore. Smaller waves follow. Then the scene changes to river water flowing. We see both shores: in the foreground a log and tree branch are visible; on the far shore, there appears to be a low wall with trees beyond it. The camera is stationary in both shots.

Directed by Birt Acres, Robert W. Paul

Le maréchal-ferrant(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 16 votes)

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.

Directed by Louis Lumière

Lyon, place Bellecour(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.7/5 (with 16 votes)

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.

Directed by Louis Lumière

The Boxing Kangaroo(1895)

1min | Documentary, Action
2.4/5 (with 15 votes)

A man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky

Déjeuner du Chat(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

A small boy brings a plate of milk to a big cat, grooming itself.

Directed by Louis Lumière

Wintergartenprogramm(1895)

7min
2.5/5 (with 12 votes)

On 1 November 1895, the brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky presented their pioneer film work and legendary Bioscop program in Berlin′s Wintergarten Theater. With live musical accompaniment, the compilation program included short film sequences with famous artists of the time: Italienischer Bauerntanz, Komisches Reck, Der Jongleur, Das boxende Känguruh, Kamarinskaja, Die Serpentintänzerin, Akrobatisches Potpourri, Ringkampf, and Apotheose, with the Skladanowsky brothers bowing to their audience.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky

Photograph(1895)

1min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 11 votes)

A photographer has his camera all set up to take a gentleman's picture. The subject checks his face in a hand mirror, and the photographer poses him. Just as the photographer is about to take the picture, the subject gets up to look at the camera more closely. The frustrated photographer soon becomes quite impatient.

Directed by Louis Lumière - With Auguste Lumière, Clément Maurice

Partie de tric-trac(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.6/5 (with 10 votes)

A man and a woman, observed by others, are playing a game of Tric-trac, a French variant of Backgammon. During the course of the game, the man gets caught red-handed, which results in him closing the game board.

Directed by Louis Lumière

Ringkämpfer(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Two men in white leotards and tights, and black slips over it, wrestle on a theatre stage.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky - With Eugen Sandow

Die Serpentintänzerin(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.3/5 (with 9 votes)

A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky

Komisches Reck(1895)

1min | Comedy, Documentary
2.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky

Apotheose(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.0/5 (with 9 votes)

The two inventors of the Bioskop, a sort of magic lantern that projected images so fast as to give the illusion of movement, bow to the camera at both sides of an empty screen. The scene was shown in continuity, at the end of the session, as if the producers and directors of the session were beading the public a farewell.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky - With Max Skladanowsky, Emil Skladanowsky, Eugen Skladanowsky

Italienischer Bauerntanz(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.1/5 (with 8 votes)

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky

Kamarinskaja(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.2/5 (with 8 votes)

Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky

Akrobatisches Potpourri(1895)

1min | Documentary
2.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky, Emil Skladanowsky
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