Notable Films: 1887 - 1899
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- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA frame sequence featuring a man walking around a corner.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAnnie HartleyAdolphe Le PrinceJoseph WhitleyIn the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceA shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAdolphe Le PrinceA very brief film of a man playing the accordion.
- DirectorOttomar AnschützA horse with rider jumping over an obstacle
- DirectorWilliam Friese-GreeneLost film from 1888, directed by William Friese-Greene.
- DirectorWilliam Friese-GreeneA lost film not seen since it was made.
- 18891m5.0 (489)ShortDirectorWilliam Friese-GreeneAlleged silent black-and-white short film shot at Apsley Gate, Hyde Park, London.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsGiuseppe Sacco AlbaneseOne of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera.
- DirectorWilliam Carr CroftsWordsworth DonisthorpeA shot of Trafalgar Square.
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyShot of the flight of a fly.
- DirectorWilliam Friese-GreeneLost film from 1890, directed by William Friese-Greene.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsWilliam K.L. DicksonThe very first American film shown to public audiences and the press. It depicts William K.L. Dickson taking off his hat and greeting the audience.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsJames C. Duncan
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsJames C. DuncanShort, experimental film depicting James C. Duncan smoking a pipe.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseTwo men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseShort film featuring two monkeys fighting.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonAn athlete swings Indian clubs.
- DirectorGeorges DemenÿStarsGeorges DemenÿMedium close-up of a man saying "Je vous aime".
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyIn this early film experiment a wave crashes against a jagged rock.
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyShot of two people fencing.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudLost short film consisting of 300 painted images. It shows a clown entering a circus ring and greeting the audience before he starts to perform tricks with three dogs. The dogs jump through hoops, walk on a ball and jump over a wand.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudOne night, Arlequin come to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudLost 1892 French short animated film directed by Émile Reynaud about a wanderer who orders a good beer ("Un bon bock") and meets a traveler who also orders a beer. They enter an argument because a kitchen boy steals their beers.