1900 Movies

The Films of 1900

<Before the 1900s | Forward to 1901 >

Lists of Wide Release Films on Wikipedia from 1900

My Top Picks

1. Joan of Arc - 9 Min: A film in which individual frames were hand-tinted, so it's in "colour". There's some reasonable sets and they do overuse a few shots -- and there's no title cards but it's generally good storytelling.
2. Going To Bed Under Difficulties - 2 Mins: A tramp gets increasingly angry as he tried to get undressed while new clothes keep appearing on him in jump cuts.

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

• Joan of Arc (9 Minutes): I never expected to see the level of colour detail this far back in history.

The Biggest Disappointments

• How It Feels to Be Run Over - 1 Min: Nobody actually gets run over.
• Attack on a China Mission - 2 Mins: Repeated shots and no storytelling.

All the films I've seen from 1900

• Attack on a China Mission
• How It Feels to Be Run Over
• Joan of Arc

What's Left to see from 1900

1. 20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2. Army Life
3. As Seen Through a Telescope
4. Beggar's Deceit, The (aka Georges Méliès: The Christmas Dream)
5. Biter Bit, The
6. Enchanted Drawing, The
7. Explosion of a Motor Car
8. Grandma's Reading Glass
9. How He Missed His Train
10. Kiss, The
11. Ladies Skirt Nailed To A Fence
12. Let Me Dream Again
13. Messrs Lumb And Co., Leaving The Works, Huddersfield
14. One Man Band, The
15. Reproduction of the McGovern and Dixon Fight
16. Rough Sea (aka A Storm at Sea)
17. Sherlock Holmes Baffled
18. Spanish Bullfight