# List of French films before 1910

A list of the earliest films produced in the Cinema of France between 1892 and 1909 ordered by year of release. For an A-Z list of French films see Category:French films

## 1890s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1892 |||||
| Le Clown et ses chiens | Émile Reynaud | | Animation | One of the first animated films in the world |
| Pauvre Pierrot | Émile Reynaud | | Animation | One of the first animated films in the world |
| Un bon bock | Émile Reynaud | | Animation | The first film to be screened using Reynaud's optical theatre |
| 1895 |||||
| L'Arrivée d'un Train en Gare de la Ciotat | Lumière brothers | | | Pioneer film |
| L'Arroseur Arrosé | Louis Lumière | | | First film comedy |
| Autour d'une cabine | Émile Reynaud | | Animation | |
| Barque sortant du port | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| Les Forgerons | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| La Mer | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| Neuville-sur-Saône: Débarquement du congrès des photographes à Lyon | Louis Lumière | P.J.C. Janssen (himself) | Documentary | |
| Partie de cartes | Louis Lumière | Antoine Féraud | Documentary | |
| La Pêche aux poissons rouges | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| Place des Cordeliers à Lyon | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| Repas de bébé | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| Le Saut à la couverture | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| La Voltige | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory | Louis Lumière | | | |
| 1896 |||||
| Arrivée d'un train gare de Vincennes | Georges Méliès | | | |
| L'Arroseur | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Baignade en mer | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Bataille de boules de neige | Louis Lumière | | Documentary | |
| Bateau-mouche sur la Seine | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Batteuse à vapeur | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Bébé et fillettes | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Le Bivouac | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Les Blanchisseuses | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Bois de Boulogne | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Boulevard des Italiens | Georges Méliès | | | |
| La Fée aux Choux | Alice Guy Blaché | | | Pioneer film |
| Le Manoir du diable | Georges Méliès | Jeanne d'Alcy Georges Méliès | Horror | The first horror film ever made |
| 1897 |||||
| Danse Serpentine | Lumiere Brothers | Papinta | | |
| 1898 |||||
| Un homme de têtes | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | | IMDb |
| 1899 |||||
| Illusioniste fin de siècle | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Georges Méliès | Jeanne d'Alcy Georges Méliès | | |

## 1900s

| Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notes |
| 1900 |||||
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Clément Maurice | Benoit Constant Coquelin | Drama | |
| Duel d'Hamlet Le | Clément Maurice | Sarah Bernhardt | | |
| L'homme orchestre | Georges Méliès | | | |
| Madame Sans-Gêne | Clément Maurice | | | |
| Le Repas fantastique | Georges Méliès | | | |
| The Two Blind Men | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | | |
| 1901 |||||
| Barbe-bleue | Georges Méliès | Jeanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès | Crime / Drama | IMDb |
| 1902 |||||
| The Man With The Rubber Head | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | Comedy / Fantasy | |
| Restitution inattendue | unknown | | Comedy |
| A Trip to the Moon | Georges Méliès | | Fantasy / Sci-fi | |
| Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants | Georges Méliès | | | |
| 1903 |||||
| L'Auberge du Bon Repos | Georges Méliès | | | English:The Inn Where no Man Rests |
| The Infernal Boiling Pot | Georges Méliès | | Short, Fantasy, Horror | |
| 1904 |||||
| The Impossible Voyage | Georges Méliès | | Fantasy | Pioneer in special effects |
| 1905 |||||
| Vie et Passion du Christ | Lucien Nonguet Ferdinand Zecca | | | Hand painted color |
| 1906 |||||
| Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse | Albert Capellani | | Fantasy / Adventure | |
| 1907 |||||
| 20,000 Lieues Sous les Mers | Georges Méliès | | | |
| L'Enfant prodigue | Michel Carré | | | First European feature film |
| Satan in Prison | Georges Méliès | | | |