| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1888 |
| Roundhay Garden Scene |
Louis Le Prince |
Adolphe Le Prince, Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley |
Live action |
The earliest surviving film |
| 1889 |
| Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses |
William Friese-Greene |
|
Live action |
|
| 1890 |
| London's Trafalgar Square |
Wordsworth Donisthorpe |
|
Live action |
10 frames only, believed never shown publicly |
| 1895 |
| The Clown Barber |
James Williamson |
|
Comedy |
|
| The Derby |
Birt Acres |
|
Documentary |
A silent film of that year's Derby |
| Opening of the Kiel Canal |
Birt Acres |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race |
Birt Acres |
|
Documentary |
A silent film of that year's race |
| Rough Sea at Dover |
Birt Acres
Robert W. Paul |
|
Documentary |
|
| 1896 |
| Breakers |
|
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| A Sea Cave Near Lisbon |
R.W. Paul |
|
Documentary |
|
| Rocky Shore |
|
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| A Soldier's Courtship |
R.W. Paul |
|
Drama |
|
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| Barnet Horse Fair |
Robert W. Paul |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Boxing Kangaroo |
Birt Acres |
|
Documentary |
|
| Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest |
Birt Acres |
|
Documentary |
|
| 1897 |
| The Miller and the Sweep |
G.A. Smith |
|
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| Women Fetching Water from the Nile |
R.W. Paul |
|
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| Weary Willie |
|
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| Tipsy-Topsy-Turvy |
|
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| The Sign Writer |
|
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| Nursing the Baby |
|
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| Making Sausages |
|
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| The Maid in the Garden |
|
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| The Haunted Castle |
|
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| Hanging Out the Clothes |
|
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| Gymnastics - Indian Club Performer |
|
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| Comic Shaving |
|
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| Comic Face |
|
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|
aka Man Drinking (UK) |
| Children Paddling at the Seaside |
|
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| The X-Rays |
|
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| 1898 |
| Come, Along Do! |
|
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| Waves and Spray |
|
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|
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| The Runaway Knock |
|
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| A Practical Joke |
|
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| The Policeman, the Cook and the Copper |
|
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| Photographing a Ghost |
|
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| The Miller and the Sweep |
|
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| The Mesmerist |
|
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| The Lady Barber |
|
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| Faust and Mephistopheles |
|
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| The Corsican Brothers |
|
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| Cinderella |
|
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| Animated Clown Portrait |
|
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| Ally Sloper |
|
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| 1899 |
| Major Wilson's Last Stand |
|
|
War |
Studio: Levi, Jones & Company. Based on the historical events of the Shangani Patrol (1893) |
| The Visit of Santa Claus |
|
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| The Legacy |
|
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|
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| The Kiss in the Tunnel |
George Albert Smith |
|
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| A Good Joke |
|
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| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp |
|
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| 1900 |
| As Seen Through a Telescope |
George Albert Smith |
|
Short |
|
| The Beggar's Deceit |
Cecil Hepworth |
|
|
|
| Explosion of a Motor Car |
Cecil Hepworth |
|
|
|
| Grandma's Reading Glass |
George Albert Smith |
none |
Drama |
One minute film |
| A Railway Collision |
Walter R. Booth |
none |
Drama |
22 secs film |
| 1901 |
| Scrooge; or, Marley's Ghost |
Walter R. Booth |
none |
Short |
11 minutes long (5 minutes surviving) |
| The Death of Poor Joe |
George Albert Smith |
|
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| 1903 |
| A Daring Daylight Burglary |
Frank Mottershaw |
|
|
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| Alice in Wonderland |
Cecil Hepworth |
May Clark |
|
8 minutes long |
| Desperate Poaching Affray |
William Haggar |
Will Haggar Jr. |
Chase |
3 minutes long |
| Mary Jane's Mishap |
George Albert Smith |
|
|
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| Sick Kitten |
George Albert Smith |
|
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| 1905 |
| Baby's Toilet |
Cecil Hepworth |
|
Documentary |
3 minutes long |
| Rescued by Rover |
Cecil Hepworth |
Mabel Clark, Sebastian Smith |
Drama |
6 minutes long |
| 1906 |
| Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving |
James Williamson |
James Williamson |
short comedy |
|
| The '?' Motorist |
Walter R. Booth |
|
short comedy |
|
| 1907 |
| Ben Hur |
Sidney Olcott |
Herman Rottger, William S. Hart |
Historical |
15 minutes long |
| The Sleigh Belle |
Sidney Olcott |
|
|
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| The Pony Express |
Sidney Olcott |
|
|
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| 1908 |
| A Visit to the Seaside |
George Albert Smith |
|
|
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| 1909 |
| The Airship Destroyer |
Walter R. Booth |
|
Science fiction |
|
| 1910 |
| The Blue Bird |
Unknown |
Pauline Gilmer, Olive Walter |
Comedy |
|
| 1911 |
| Aerial Anarchists |
Walter Booth |
|
Science fiction |
|
| A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization |
Cherry Kearton |
|
Drama |
|
| Princess Clementina |
William G.B. Barker |
H.B. Irving, Alice Young, Dorothea Baird |
Adventure |
|
| 1912 |
| With Our King and Queen Through India |
|
|
Documentary |
|
| 1913 |
| Hamlet |
Hay Plumb |
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot |
Drama |
|
| The House of Temperley |
Harold M. Shaw |
Charles Maude, Ben Webster |
Drama |
|
| Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn |
Maurice Elvey |
Elizabeth Risdon |
Drama |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1914 |
| Eugene Aram |
Edwin J. Collins |
Jack Leigh, Mary Manners |
Drama |
|
| The Life of Shakespeare |
Frank R. Growcott, J.B. McDowell |
Albert Ward, George Foley |
Biopic |
|
| Lights of London |
Bert Haldane |
Arthur Chesney, Fred Paul |
Drama |
|
| The Old Curiosity Shop |
Thomas Bentley |
Mai Deacon, Alma Taylor |
Drama |
|
| She Stoops to Conquer |
George Loane Tucker |
Henry Ainley, Jane Gail |
Comedy |
Based on the play by Oliver Goldsmith |
| A Study in Scarlet |
George Pearson |
James Bragington, Fred Paul |
Drama |
First film to feature Sherlock Holmes |
| 1915 |
| The Baby on the Barge |
Cecil Hepworth |
Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome |
Drama |
|
| Barnaby Rudge |
Thomas Bentley |
Tom Powers, Stewart Rome |
Drama |
Based on Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens |
| Far from the Madding Crowd |
Laurence Trimble |
Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Malcolm Cherry |
Drama |
|
| Fight for the Dardanelles |
Percy F. Smith |
|
World War I documentary |
|
| The Heart of Sister Ann |
Harold M. Shaw |
Edna Flugrath, Hayford Hobbs |
Drama |
|
| Honeymoon for Three |
Maurice Elvey |
Charles Hawtrey, Elisabeth Risdon |
Comedy |
|
| Jane Shore |
Bert Haldane, F. Martin Thornton |
Blanche Forsythe, Roy Travers |
Historical |
|
| John Halifax, Gentleman |
George Pearson |
Fred Paul, Peggy Hyland |
Drama |
|
| Rupert of Hentzau |
George Loane Tucker |
Henry Ainley, Jane Gail |
Adventure |
|
| 1916 |
| Annie Laurie |
Cecil Hepworth |
Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome |
Romance |
|
| The Battle of the Somme |
Geoffrey Malins
John McDowell |
|
First World War Documentary/Propaganda |
|
| Beau Brocade |
Thomas Bentley |
Mercy Hatton, Charles Rock |
Adventure/Drama |
Based on a novel by Baroness Orczy |
| Disraeli |
Charles Calvert
Percy Nash |
Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold |
Biopic |
Based on a play by Louis N. Parker |
| East Is East |
Henry Edwards |
Florence Turner, Henry Edwards |
Drama |
|
| The Grand Babylon Hotel |
Frank Wilson |
Fred Wright, Marguerite Blanche |
Thriller |
|
| Her Greatest Performance |
Fred Paul |
Edith Craig, Ellen Terry |
Crime |
|
| It's Always the Woman |
Wilfred Noy |
Hayden Coffin, Daisy Burrell |
Drama |
|
| Just a Girl |
Alexander Butler |
Daisy Burrell, Owen Nares, Minna Grey |
Romance |
Based on a novel by Charles Garvice |
| Kent, the Fighting Man |
A.E. Coleby |
Billy Wells, Hetty Payne |
Sport |
|
| The Lyons Mail |
Fred Paul |
Harry Irving, Nancy Price |
Drama |
Based on the play The Courier of Lyons by Charles Reade |
| The Marriage of William Ashe |
Cecil M. Hepworth |
Henry Ainley, Alma Taylor |
Drama |
|
| The Merchant of Venice |
Walter West |
Hutin Britton, Matheson Lang |
Drama |
|
| Milestones |
Thomas Bentley |
Isobel Elsom, Owen Nares |
Drama |
|
| The Naughty Otter |
Charles Urban |
|
Animal comedy |
|
| Sally in Our Alley |
Laurence Trimble |
Hilda Trevelyan, Reginald Owen |
Romance |
|
| Sir James Mortimer's Wager |
Leslie Seldon-Truss |
Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Hyland |
Romance |
|
| Tom Brown's Schooldays |
Rex Wilson |
Joyce Templeton, Jack Coleman |
Drama |
|
| Ultus and the Grey Lady |
George Pearson |
Frank Dane, Mary Dibley |
Crime drama |
|
| The Valley of Fear |
Alexander Butler |
H. A. Saintsbury, Arthur Cullin, Daisy Burrell, Booth Conway |
Detective drama |
Sherlock Holmes mystery based on a story by Conan Doyle |
| A Welsh Singer |
Henry Edwards |
Henry Edwards, Florence Turner |
Drama |
|
| 1917 |
| Auld Lang Syne |
Sidney Morgan |
Violet Graham, Henry Baynton |
Crime |
|
| The Cost of a Kiss |
Adrian Brunel |
Bertram Wallis, Marjorie Day |
Drama |
|
| Daddy |
Thomas Bentley |
Langhorn Burton, William Lugg |
Drama |
|
| Dombey and Son |
Maurice Elvey |
Norman McKinnel, Lilian Braithwaite, Hayford Hobbs |
Drama |
|
| Everybody's Business |
Ralph Dewsbury |
Norman McKinnel, Gerald du Maurier |
Drama |
|
| The Gay Lord Quex |
Maurice Elvey |
Ben Webster, Irene Vanbrugh |
Comedy |
|
| For All Eternity |
Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby |
Janet Alexander, Malvina Longfellow |
Crime |
|
| Holy Orders |
Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby |
Malvina Longfellow, Maud Yates |
Romance |
|
| The House Opposite |
Walter West, Frank Wilson |
Matheson Lang, Violet Hopson |
Drama |
|
| Justice |
Maurice Elvey |
Gerald du Maurier, Hilda Moore |
Crime |
|
| The Labour Leader |
Thomas Bentley |
Fred Groves, Fay Compton |
Drama |
|
| Little Women |
Alexander Butler |
Daisy Burrell, Minna Grey |
Drama |
|
| Masks and Faces |
Fred Paul |
Irene Vanbrugh, Gerald du Maurier |
Biopic |
|
| A Pit Boy's Romance |
Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby |
Jimmy Wilde, Tommy Noble |
Drama |
|
| The Ragged Messenger |
Frank Wilson |
Violet Hopson, Gerald Ames |
Drama |
|
| The Village Blacksmith |
Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby |
Janet Alexander, Arthur Rooke |
Drama |
|
| 1918 |
| Adam Bede |
Maurice Elvey |
Bransby Williams, Ivy Close |
Drama |
Adapted from the novel by George Eliot |
| Consequences |
Arthur Rooke |
Gordon Craig, Joyce Templeton |
Comedy |
|
| The Divine Gift |
Thomas Bentley |
Joyce Dearsley, Henrietta Watson |
Drama |
|
| God and the Man |
Edwin J. Collins |
Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey |
Drama |
|
| Hindle Wakes |
Maurice Elvey |
Colette O'Niel, Hayford Hobbs |
Drama |
|
| The Kiddies in the Ruins |
George Pearson |
Emmy Lynn, Hugh E. Wright |
War |
|
| Nelson |
Maurice Elvey |
Donald Calthrop, Malvina Longfellow |
Biopic |
|
| Once Upon a Time |
Thomas Bentley |
Lauri de Frece, Manora Thew |
Romance |
|
| The Passing of the Third Floor Back |
Herbert Brenon |
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Molly Pearson |
Drama |
|
| A Peep Behind the Scenes |
Kenelm Foss, Geoffrey H. Malins |
Ivy Close, Gerald Ames |
Drama |
|
| Red Pottage |
Meyrick Milton |
C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Dibley and Gerald Ames |
Drama |
|
| Rock of Ages |
Bertram Phillips |
Queenie Thomas, Leslie George |
Drama |
|
| Thelma |
Arthur Rooke |
Malvina Longfellow, Maud Yayes |
Drama |
|
| Victory and Peace |
Herbert Brenon |
Matheson Lang, Marie Lohr |
War |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1919 |
| 12.10 |
Herbert Brenon |
Marie Doro, Ben Webster |
Thriller |
|
| Angel Esquire |
W.P. Kellino |
Aurelio Sidney, Gertrude McCoy |
Crime |
|
| The Artistic Temperament |
Fred Goodwins |
Louis Willoughby, Margot Kelly |
Romance |
|
| The Beetle |
Alexander Butler |
Maudie Dunham, Fred Morgan |
Horror |
|
| City of Beautiful Nonsense |
Henry Edwards |
Chrissie White, Henry Edwards |
Drama |
|
| Comradeship |
Maurice Elvey |
Gerald Ames, Lily Elsie, Guy Newall |
Drama |
|
| Damaged Goods |
Alexander Butler |
Campbell Gullan, Marjorie Day |
Drama |
|
| A Daughter of Eve |
Walter West |
Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome |
Crime |
|
| The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton |
Arthur Rooke |
Kenelm Foss, Ivy Duke |
Comedy |
|
| Fancy Dress |
Kenelm Foss |
Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke |
Comedy |
|
| The First Men in the Moon |
Bruce Gordon
J.L.V. Leigh |
Bruce Gordon, Heather Thatcher |
Sci Fi/Fantasy |
|
| The Forest on the Hill |
Cecil Hepworth |
Alma Taylor, James Carew |
Crime |
|
| The Garden of Resurrection |
Arthur Rooke |
Guy Newall, Ivy Duke |
Drama |
|
| God's Clay |
Arthur Rooke |
Janet Alexander, Humberston Wright |
Drama |
|
| A Great Coup |
George Dewhurst, Walter West |
Stewart Rome, Poppy Wyndham |
Sports |
|
| The Green Terror |
W.P. Kellino |
Aurelio Sidney, Heather Thatcher |
Crime |
|
| Heart and Soul |
A.V. Bramble |
George Keene, Constance Worth |
Crime |
|
| Her Heritage |
Bannister Merwin |
Jack Buchanan, Phyllis Monkman |
Crime |
|
| I Will |
Kenelm Foss, Hubert Herrick |
Guy Newall, Ivy Duke |
Comedy |
|
| The Kinsman |
Henry Edwards |
James Carew, Henry Edwards |
Comedy |
|
| The Lackey and the Lady |
Thomas Bentley |
Leslie Howard, A.E. Matthews |
Drama |
|
| Linked by Fate |
Albert Ward |
Isobel Elsom, Malcolm Cherry |
Drama |
|
| The March Hare |
Frank Miller |
Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke |
Comedy |
|
| A Member of Tattersall's |
Albert Ward |
Isobel Elsom, Malcolm Cherry |
Sports |
|
| Midnight Gambols |
James C. McKay |
Marie Doro, Godfrey Tearle |
Drama |
|
| Mrs. Thompson |
Rex Wilson |
Minna Grey, C.M. Hallard |
Drama |
|
| Mr. Wu |
Maurice Elvey |
Matheson Lang, Roy Royston, Lillah McCarthy, Meggie Albanesi |
Drama |
|
| Nobody's Child |
George Edwardes-Hall |
Jose Collins, Godfrey Tearle |
Drama |
|
| The Odds Against Her |
Alexander Butler |
Milton Rosmer, Edna Dormeuil |
Drama |
|
| Onward Christian Soldiers |
Rex Wilson |
Isobel Elsom, Owen Nares |
Romance |
|
| Possession |
Henry Edwards |
Henry Edwards, Chrissie White |
Romance |
|
| Queen's Evidence |
James MacKay |
Godfrey Tearle, Unity More |
Adventure |
|
| Quinneys |
Rex Wilson |
Henry Ainley, Isobel Elsom |
Romance |
|
| The Right Element |
Rex Wilson |
Campbell Gullan, Miriam Ferris |
Drama |
|
| The Secret of the Moor |
Louis Willoughby |
Gwen Williams, Philip Hewland |
Drama |
|
| Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic |
|
|
Documentary |
|
| The Silver Greyhound |
Bannister Merwin |
James Knight, Marjorie Villis |
Crime |
|
| The Single Man |
A.V. Bramble |
Cecil Mannering, Doris Lytton |
Drama |
|
| A Smart Set |
A.V. Bramble |
Concordia Merrill, Neville Percy |
Crime |
|
| The Starting Point |
Edwin J. Collins |
Constance Worth, Evan Thomas |
Drama |
|
| Wisp o' the Woods |
Cecil M. Hepworth, Louis Willoughby |
Constance Worth, Evan Thomas |
Romance |
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