Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1888 |
Roundhay Garden Scene | | Adolphe Le Prince, Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley | Live action | The world's earliest surviving film |
| 1889 |
Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses | | | Live action | |
| 1890 |
London's Trafalgar Square | | | Live action | 10 frames only, believed never shown publicly |
| 1895 |
The Clown Barber | | | Comedy | |
The Derby | | | Documentary | A silent film of that year's Derby |
Opening of the Kiel Canal | | | Documentary | |
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race | | | Documentary | A silent film of that year's race |
Rough Sea at Dover | | | Documentary | |
| 1896 |
Breakers | | | | |
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon | | | Documentary | |
Rocky Shore | | | | |
A Soldier's Courtship | | | Drama | |
Barnet Horse Fair | | | Documentary | |
The Boxing Kangaroo | | | Documentary | |
Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest | | | Documentary | |
| 1897 |
The Miller and the Sweep | G.A. Smith | | | |
Women Fetching Water from the Nile | | | | |
Weary Willie | G.A. Smith | | | |
Tipsy-Topsy-Turvy | G.A. Smith | | | |
The Sign Writer | | | | |
Nursing the Baby | | | | |
Making Sausages | | | | |
The Maid in the Garden | | | | |
The Haunted Castle | | | | |
Hanging Out the Clothes | | | | |
Gymnastics - Indian Club Performer | | | | |
Comic Shaving | | | | |
Comic Face | | | | aka Man Drinking (UK) |
Children Paddling at the Seaside | | | | |
The X-Rays | | | | |
| 1898 |
Come, Along Do! | | | | |
Waves and Spray | | | | |
The Runaway Knock | | | | |
A Practical Joke | | | | |
The Policeman, the Cook and the Copper | | | | |
Photographing a Ghost | | | | |
The Miller and the Sweep | | | | |
The Mesmerist | | | | |
The Lady Barber | | | | |
Faust and Mephistopheles | | | Horror | |
The Corsican Brothers | | | | |
Cinderella | | | | |
Animated Clown Portrait | | | | |
Ally Sloper | | | | |
| 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 | | | | |
The Legacy | | | | |
The Kiss in the Tunnel | | | | |
A Good Joke | | | | |
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | | | | |
The Haunted Curiosity Shop | | | Horror | |
The Miser's Doom | | | Horror | |
| 1900 |
A Wreck in a Gale | unknown | | short; documentary | |
As Seen Through a Telescope | | | Short | |
The Beggar's Deceit | Cecil Hepworth | | | |
Explosion of a Motor Car | Cecil Hepworth | | | |
Grandma's Reading Glass | | none | Drama | One minute film |
A Railway Collision | | none | Drama | 22 secs film |
| 1901 |
Scrooge; or, Marley's Ghost | | none | Short | 11 minutes long (5 minutes surviving) |
The Death of Poor Joe | | | | |
| 1903 |
A Daring Daylight Burglary | Frank Mottershaw | | | |
Alice in Wonderland | | | | 8 minutes long |
Desperate Poaching Affray | | Will Haggar Jr. | Chase | 3 minutes long |
Mary Jane's Mishap | George Albert Smith | | | |
Sick Kitten | George Albert Smith | | | |
| 1905 |
Baby's Toilet | Cecil Hepworth | | Documentary | 3 minutes long |
Rescued by Rover | | | Drama | 6 minutes long |
| 1906 |
Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving | | James Williamson | short comedy | |
The '?' Motorist | | | short comedy | |
| 1907 |
Ben Hur | Sidney Olcott | | Historical | 15 minutes long |
The Sleigh Belle | Sidney Olcott | | | |
| 1908 |
A Visit to the Seaside | George Albert Smith | | | |
| 1909 |
The Airship Destroyer | | | Science fiction | |
| 1910 |
The Blue Bird | Unknown | | Comedy | |
| 1911 |
Aerial Anarchists | Walter Booth | | Science fiction | |
A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization | | | Drama | |
Princess Clementina | | | Adventure | |
| 1912 |
Oliver Twist | | | Drama | |
With Our King and Queen Through India | | | Documentary | |
| 1913 |
Adrift on Life's Tide | | | Drama | |
David Copperfield | | | Drama | |
David Garrick | | | Historical | |
East Lynne | | | Drama | |
The Forsaken | | | Crime | |
Greater Love Hath No Man | | | Drama | |
Hamlet | Hay Plumb | Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliott | Drama | |
The Harper Mystery | | | Drama | |
The House of Temperley | Harold M. Shaw | Charles Maude, Ben Webster | Drama | |
In the Hands of London Crooks | | | Crime | |
Ivanhoe | Leedham Bantock | | Historical | |
Kissing Cup | Jack Hulcup | | Sports | |
Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn | | | Drama | |
A Message from Mars | J. Wallett Waller | | Sci-fi | |
A Midnight Adventure | | | Drama | |
One Fair Daughter | | | Drama | |
Popsy Wopsy | | | | [1] |
Scrooge | | | Drama | |
A Throw of the Dice | | | Drama | |
The Vicar of Wakefield | | | Drama | | |
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Altar Chains | | | Crime | |
Annie Laurie | Cecil Hepworth | Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome | Romance | |
The Answer | | | Drama | |
Arsène Lupin | | | Crime | |
The Battle of the Somme | | | First World War Documentary/Propaganda | |
Beau Brocade | Thomas Bentley | Mercy Hatton, Charles Rock | Adventure/Drama | Based on a novel by Baroness Orczy |
The Broken Melody | | | Romance | |
A Bunch of Violets | | | Drama | |
The Chance of a Lifetime | | | Sports | |
The Charlatan | | | Drama | |
Comin' Thro' the Rye | | | Drama | |
Cynthia in the Wilderness | | | Drama | |
Diana and Destiny | | | Drama | |
Disraeli | Charles Calvert Percy Nash | Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold | Biopic | Based on a play by Louis N. Parker |
Doorsteps | | | Drama | |
Driven | | | Drama | |
Dr. Wake's Patient | | | Romance | |
East Is East | Henry Edwards | Florence Turner, Henry Edwards | Drama | |
Esther | | | Historical | |
Eve's Daughter | | | Drama | |
A Fair Impostor | | | Drama | |
A Fallen Star | | | Drama | |
Fatal Fingers | | | Crime | |
The Game of Liberty | | | Comedy | |
The Girl Who Didn't Care | | | Drama | |
The Girl Who Loves a Soldier | | | War | |
The Grand Babylon Hotel | Frank Wilson | Fred Wright, Marguerite Blanche | Thriller | |
The Greater Need | | | Drama | |
The Green Orchard | | | Drama | |
Grim Justice | | | Drama | |
The Hard Way | | | Crime | |
Her Greatest Performance | Fred Paul | Edith Craig, Ellen Terry | Crime | |
His Daughter's Dilemma | | | drama | |
Honour in Pawn | | | Crime | |
The House of Fortescue | | | Drama | |
The Hypocrites | | | Drama | |
Iris | | | Romance | |
It's Always the Woman | Wilfred Noy | Hayden Coffin, Daisy Burrell | Drama | |
Just a Girl | | | Romance | Based on a novel by Charles Garvice |
Kent, the Fighting Man | A.E. Coleby | Billy Wells, Hetty Payne | Sport | |
The King's Daughter | | Gerald Ames, Janet Ross | Historical | |
Lady Windermere's Fan | | | Comedy | |
The Lifeguardsman | Frank G. Bayley | | Adventure | |
The Little Damozel | | | Drama | |
The Lyons Mail | Fred Paul | Harry Irving, Nancy Price | Drama | Based on the play The Courier of Lyons by Charles Reade |
The Man Who Bought London | | | Crime | |
The Man Without a Soul | | | Drama | |
The Manxman | | | Drama | |
The Marriage of William Ashe | | | Drama | [2] |
Me and Me Moke | | | Comedy | |
Meg the Lady | | | Crime | |
The Merchant of Venice | Walter West | Hutin Britton, Matheson Lang | Drama | |
Milestones | Thomas Bentley | Isobel Elsom, Owen Nares | Drama | |
Molly Bawn | | | Drama | |
Mother Love | | | Drama | |
The Mother of Dartmoor | | | Drama | |
The New Clown | Fred Paul | | Comedy | |
On the Banks of Allan Water | | | Drama | |
Partners at Last | | | Crime | |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | | | Horror | |
A Place in the Sun | | | Drama | |
The Real Thing at Last | L.C. MacBean | | Comedy | |
Sally Bishop | | | Romance | |
Sally in Our Alley | Laurence Trimble | | Romance | [3] |
The Second Mrs Tanqueray | | | Drama | |
She | | | Adventure | |
Sir James Mortimer's Wager | Leslie Seldon-Truss | Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Hyland | Romance | [4] |
A Soldier and a Man | | | War drama | |
Sowing the Wind | | | Romance | |
Still Waters Run Deep | | | Crime | |
Tom Brown's Schooldays | Rex Wilson | Joyce Templeton, Jack Coleman | Drama | |
Trapped by the London Sharks | | | Drama | |
Trelawny of the Wells | | | Romance | |
Ultus and the Grey Lady | | | Crime drama | [5] |
Ultus and the Secret of the Night | | | Crime | |
The Valley of Fear | | | Detective drama | Sherlock Holmes mystery based on a story by Conan Doyle |
The Vicar of Wakefield | | | Historical | |
Vice Versa | | | Fantasy | |
A Welsh Singer | | | Drama | |
When Knights Were Bold | | Gerald Ames, Marjorie Day | Comedy | |
Whoso Is Without Sin | | | Drama | |
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The American Heiress | | | Crime | |
Auld Lang Syne | Sidney Morgan | Violet Graham, Henry Baynton | Crime | |
A Bid for Fortune | | | Crime | |
The Blindness of Fortune | | | Drama | |
Broken Threads | | | Drama | |
The Cobweb | | | Thriller | |
The Cost of a Kiss | Adrian Brunel | Bertram Wallis, Ethel Griffies | Drama | |
Daddy | Thomas Bentley | Langhorn Burton, William Lugg | Drama | |
Derelicts | | | Drama | |
Dombey and Son | Maurice Elvey | Norman McKinnel, Lilian Braithwaite, Hayford Hobbs | Drama | |
Drink | | | Drama | |
The Eternal Triangle | | | Romance | |
Everybody's Business | Ralph Dewsbury | Norman McKinnel, Gerald du Maurier | Drama | |
Flames | | | Drama | |
For All Eternity | Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby | Janet Alexander, Malvina Longfellow | Crime | |
A Gamble for Love | | | Sports | |
The Gay Lord Quex | Maurice Elvey | Ben Webster, Irene Vanbrugh | Comedy | |
The Grit of a Jew | | | Drama | |
The Happy Warrior | | | Sports | |
Her Marriage Lines | | | 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 | |
In Another Girl's Shoes | | | Romance | |
Justice | Maurice Elvey | Gerald du Maurier, Hilda Moore | Crime | |
The Labour Leader | Thomas Bentley | Fred Groves, Fay Compton | Drama | |
The Laughing Cavalier | | | Adventure | |
Little Women | Alexander Butler | Daisy Burrell, Minna Grey | Drama | |
The Lost Chord | | | Drama | |
Love's Old Sweet Song | | | Drama | |
The Man Behind 'The Times' | | | Drama | |
Mary Girl | | Norman McKinnel, Margaret Bannerman, Edward O'Neill | Drama | |
Masks and Faces | Fred Paul | Irene Vanbrugh, Gerald du Maurier | Biopic | |
Merely Mrs. Stubbs | | | Drama | |
A Munition Girl's Romance | | | Thriller | |
My Lady's Dress | | | Drama | |
Nearer My God to Thee | | | Drama | |
One Summer's Day | Frank G. Bayley | | Drama | |
A Pit Boy's Romance | Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby | Jimmy Wilde, Tommy Noble | Drama | |
The Princess of Happy Chance | | | Romance | |
Profit and the Loss | | | Drama | |
The Profligate | | | Drama | |
The Ragged Messenger | | | Drama | |
Smith | | | Romance | |
The Sorrows of Satan | | | Fantasy | |
Tom Jones | | | Historical | |
Ultus and the Three-Button Mystery | | | Crime | |
The Village Blacksmith | Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby | Janet Alexander, Arthur Rooke | Drama | |
The Ware Case | Walter West | | Drama | |
What Every Woman Knows | | | Comedy | |
The Woman Who Was Nothing | | | Crime | |
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Adam Bede | Maurice Elvey | Bransby Williams, Ivy Close | Drama | Adapted from the novel by George Eliot |
The Admirable Crichton | | | Comedy | |
Ave Maria | | | Drama | |
Because | | | Drama | |
Betta, the Gipsy | | | Romance | |
Big Money | | | Drama | |
Bonnie Mary | | | Romance | |
Boundary House | | | Drama | |
Consequences | Arthur Rooke | Gordon Craig, Joyce Templeton | Comedy | |
Deception | | | Crime | |
Democracy | | | War | |
The Divine Gift | Thomas Bentley | Joyce Dearsley, Henrietta Watson | Drama | |
The Elder Miss Blossom | | | Drama | |
A Fortune at Stake | | | Drama | |
God and the Man | Edwin J. Collins | Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey | Drama | |
God Bless Our Red, White and Blue | | | Drama | |
Goodbye | | | Drama | |
The Great Game | | | Drama | |
The Great Impostor | | | Drama | |
The Greatest Wish in the World | | | Romance | |
The Hanging Judge | | | Drama | |
Hindle Wakes | Maurice Elvey | | Drama | |
Jo the Crossing Sweeper | | | Drama | |
The Key of the World | J.L.V. Leigh | | Romance | |
The Kiddies in the Ruins | George Pearson | Emmy Lynn, Hugh E. Wright | War | |
The Life Story of David Lloyd George | | | Biopic | |
The Man and the Moment | | | Drama | |
The Man Who Won | | | Romance | |
Meg o' the Woods | Bertram Phillips | | Romance | |
Missing the Tide | | | Drama | |
My Sweetheart | | | Comedy | |
Nature's Gentleman | | | Romance | |
Nelson | Maurice Elvey | Donald Calthrop, Malvina Longfellow | Biopic | |
Not Negotiable | | | Crime | |
On Leave | | | Crime | |
Once Upon a Time | Thomas Bentley | Lauri de Frece, Manora Thew | Romance | |
Onward Christian Soldiers | | | 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 | |
The Romance of Old Bill | | | War comedy | |
A Romany Lass | | | Drama | |
The Secret Woman | | | Drama | |
The Slave | | | Drama | |
The Snare | | | Romance | |
Spinner o' Dreams | | | Drama | | |
The Splendid Coward | | | Crime | |
Thelma | Arthur Rooke | Malvina Longfellow, Maud Yayes | Drama | |
The Ticket-of-Leave Man | | | Crime | |
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor | | | Drama | |
The Top Dog | | | Drama | |
The Touch of a Child | | | Drama | |
Towards the Light | | | Drama | |
A Turf Conspiracy | | | Sports | |
Victory and Peace | Herbert Brenon | | War | |
The Wages of Sin | | | Drama | |
The Way of an Eagle | | | War drama | |
What Would a Gentleman Do? | | | Comedy | |
The Woman Wins | | | Crime | |
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| 1919 |
12.10 | Herbert Brenon | Marie Doro, Ben Webster | Thriller | |
After Many Days | | | Drama | |
All Men Are Liars | | | Drama | |
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 | |
Barnaby | | | Drama | |
Bladys of the Stewpony | | | Drama | |
The Bridal Chair | | | Romance | |
Broken in the Wars | | | Drama | |
Castle of Dreams | | | Drama | |
The Chinese Puzzle | | | Crime | |
City of Beautiful Nonsense | Henry Edwards | Chrissie White, Henry Edwards | Drama | |
Comradeship | Maurice Elvey | Gerald Ames, Lily Elsie, Guy Newall | Drama | |
Convict 99 | | | Drama | |
The Cry for Justice | Albert G. Frenguelli | | Crime | |
Damaged Goods | Alexander Butler | Campbell Gullan, Marjorie Day | Drama | |
A Daughter of Eve | Walter West | Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome | Crime | |
The Disappearance of the Judge | | | Mystery | |
The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton | Arthur Rooke | Kenelm Foss, Ivy Duke | Comedy | |
Edge O' Beyond | | | Drama | |
The Elusive Pimpernel | | | Adventure | |
Fancy Dress | Kenelm Foss | Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke | Comedy | |
Father O'Flynn | | | Drama | |
Fettered | | | Drama | |
The First Men in the Moon | | | Sci Fi/Fantasy | |
The Flag Lieutenant | | | War drama | |
The Forest on the Hill | Cecil Hepworth | Alma Taylor, James Carew | Crime | |
The Further Exploits of Sexton Blake | | | Crime | |
Gamblers All | | | Crime | |
The Garden of Resurrection | Arthur Rooke | Guy Newall, Ivy Duke | Drama | |
The Gentleman Rider | | | Sports | |
God's Clay | Arthur Rooke | Janet Alexander, Humberston Wright | Drama | |
God's Good Man | | | Drama | |
A Great Coup | George Dewhurst, Walter West | | Sports | |
The Greater Love | | | Drama | |
The Green Terror | W.P. Kellino | Aurelio Sidney, Heather Thatcher | Crime | |
Heart and Soul | A.V. Bramble | George Keene, Constance Worth | Crime | |
The Heart of a Rose | | | Drama | |
Her Cross | | | Drama | |
Her Heritage | Bannister Merwin | Jack Buchanan, Phyllis Monkman | Crime | |
His Dearest Possession | | | Drama | |
His Last Defence | | | Crime | |
The Homemaker | | | Romance | |
I Will | Kenelm Foss, Hubert Herrick | Guy Newall, Ivy Duke | Comedy | |
The Impossible Woman | | | Comedy | |
In the Gloaming | | | Drama | |
The Irresistible Flapper | | | Comedy | |
Keeper of the Door | | | Drama | |
The Kinsman | Henry Edwards | James Carew, Henry Edwards | Comedy | |
'The Knave of Hearts' | | | Romance | |
The Lackey and the Lady | Thomas Bentley | Leslie Howard, A.E. Matthews | Drama | |
The Lads of the Village | | | Comedy | |
The Lady Clare | | | Drama | |
The Lamp of Destiny | | | Drama | |
A Lass o' the Looms | | | Drama | |
The Life of a London Actress | | | Romance | |
Linked by Fate | Albert Ward | Isobel Elsom, Malcolm Cherry | Drama | |
A Little Bit of Fluff | | | Comedy | |
The Man Who Forgot | | | Drama | |
The March Hare | Frank Miller | Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke | Comedy | |
A Member of Tattersall's | Albert Ward | | 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 | |
The Nature of the Beast | | | Drama | |
Nobody's Child | George Edwardes-Hall | Jose Collins, Godfrey Tearle | Drama | |
Not Guilty | | | Comedy | |
The Odds Against Her | Alexander Butler | Milton Rosmer, Edna Dormeuil | Drama | |
Onward Christian Soldiers | Rex Wilson | Isobel Elsom, Owen Nares | Romance | |
Pallard the Punter | J.L.V. Leigh | | Sports | |
Patricia Brent, Spinster | | | Comedy | |
The Polar Star | | | Mystery | |
Possession | Henry Edwards | Henry Edwards, Chrissie White | Romance | |
The Power of Right | | | War | |
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 Rocks of Valpre | | | Drama | |
The Romance of Lady Hamilton | | | Historical | |
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The Sands of Time | | | Drama | |
The Secret of the Moor | Louis Willoughby | Gwen Williams, Philip Hewland | Drama | |
Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic | | | Documentary | |
Sheba | | | Drama | |
The Silver Greyhound | Bannister Merwin | James Knight, Marjorie Villis | Crime | |
The Silver Lining | | | Sports | |
The Single Man | A.V. Bramble | Cecil Mannering, Doris Lytton | Drama | |
A Sinless Sinner | | | Drama | |
A Smart Set | A.V. Bramble | Concordia Merrel, Neville Percy | Crime | |
Snow in the Desert | | | Drama | |
The Soul of Guilda Lois | | | Drama | |
Splendid Folly | | | Romance | |
The Starting Point | Edwin J. Collins | Constance Worth, Evan Thomas | Drama | |
Sunken Rocks | | | Drama | |
Sweet and Twenty | | | Romance | |
The Swindler | | | Drama | |
The Thundercloud | | | Crime | |
The Toilers | Tom Watts | | Drama | |
Tower of Strength | | | Romance | |
Under Suspicion | Walter West | | Drama | |
The Usurper | | | Drama | |
The Warrior Strain | | | War | |
Westward Ho! | | | Historical | |
When It Was Dark | | | Drama | |
Whosoever Shall Offend | | | Crime | |
Wisp o' the Woods | Cecil M. Hepworth, Louis Willoughby | Constance Worth, Evan Thomas | Romance | |
Women Who Win | | | Drama | |
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