# List of science fiction films before 1920

A list of science fiction films released before the 1920s. These films include core elements of science fiction and are widely available with reviews by reputable critics or film historians.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 1895 |||||
| La Charcuterie mécanique | Lumière Brothers | No casts included | France | Short film |
| 1897 |||||
| Gugusse et l'Automate | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film, lost |
| The X-Rays | George Albert Smith | | United Kingdom | Short film Science Fiction film Silent film |
| 1898 |||||
| Les rayons Röntgen | Georges Méliès | | France | lost film |
| The Astronomer's Dream | Georges Méliès | | France | |
| 1902 |||||
| A Trip to the Moon | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film |
| 1904 |||||
| The Impossible Voyage Le Voyage à travers l'impossible | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany, Jehanne d'Alcy | France | Short film |
| 1907 |||||
| Under the Seas AKA Deux Cents Milles sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur AKA 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | Short film |
| The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and the Moon | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | France | |
| 1908 |||||
| El hotel eléctrico | Segundo de Chomón | Segundo de Chomón | Spain | Short film |
| 1909 |||||
| Airship Destroyer | Walter R. Booth | | United Kingdom | Short film |
| Viaje al planeta Júpiter | Segundo de Chomón | Segundo de Chomón | Spain | Short film |
| 1910 |||||
| Frankenstein | J. Searle Dawley | Augustus Phillips, Charles Stanton Ogle, Mary Fuller | United States | Short film |
| Viaje al centro de la tierra | Segundo de Chomón | Segundo de Chomón | Spain | Short film |
| 1911 |||||
| The Aerial Anarchists | Walter R. Booth | | United Kingdom | Short film, lost film |
| Little Moritz enlève Rosalie | Henri Gambard | | France | Short film |
| 1912 |||||
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Lucius J. Henderson | James Cruze, Florence La Badie | United States | Short film |
| The Conquest of the Pole | George Melies | George Melies | France | Short film |
| 1913 |||||
| Amerika – Europa im Luftschiff | Alfred Lind | | Germany | |
| Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola | Marcel Fabre | | Italy | |
| A Message from Mars | J. Wallett Waller | | United Kingdom | |
| 1915 |||||
| Der Kraftmeier | Ernst Lubitsch | Ernst Lubitsch | Germany | |
| Der Tunnel a.k.a The Tunnel | William Wauer | Friedrich Kayssler, Fritzi Massary, Hermann Vallentin, Felix Basch | Germany | |
| William Voss | Rudolf Meinert | | Germany | |
| 1916 |||||
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Stuart Paton | Leviticus Jones, Allen Holubar | United States | |
| Homunculus | Otto Rippert | Olaf Fønss, Friedrich Kuehne | Germany | Serial film |
| Tales of Hoffmann | Richard Oswald | Erich Kaiser-Titz, Werner Krauss | Germany | |
| Titanenkampf | Joseph Delmont | Erich Kaiser-Titz | Germany | |
| Verdens Undergang | August Blom | Alf Blütecher, Olaf Fønss, Johanne Fritz-Petersen | Denmark | |
| 1917 |||||
| Himmelskibet | Holger-Madsen | Ole Olsen | Denmark | |
| 1918 |||||
| Alraune | Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz | Géza Erdélyi, Gyula Gál | Hungary | |
| Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne | Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein | Max Auzinger, Joseph Klein | Germany | |
| The Master Mystery | Burton King | Harry Houdini, Ruth Stonehouse, William Pike, Floyd Buckley | United States | Serial film |
| The Star Prince | Madeline Brandeis | Zoe Rae, Dorphia Brown | United States |
| A Trip to Mars AKA Himmelskibet | Holger-Madsen | Gunnar Tolnæs, Zanny Petersen, Nicolai Neiiendam | Denmark | |
| 1919 |||||
| Die Arche | Richard Oswald | Leo Connard, Eva Speyer | Germany | |
| The First Men in the Moon | Bruce Gordon, J.L.V. Leigh | Bruce Gordon, Heather Thatcher, Lionel d'Aragon | United Kingdom | lost film |
| The Mistress of the World | Joe May | Mia May, Michael Bohnen, Hans Mierendorff | Germany | |