Direction: Louis Lumière
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Louis Lumière. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Danse serpentine (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Cast Loie Fuller
Plot Shortfilm is hand-colored frame by frame. Made at the end of the 19th Century; still breathtaking today. A beautiful example of the earliest cinematic art. Lumière Brothers record Loie Fuller...
6.8
1K votes
6.8
1K votes
Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière · Auguste Lumière
Plot Another of the Lumiere Brothers' one-shot films, this time showing a steam train arriving at a station.
6.6
6K votes
6.6
6K votes
Tables Turned on the Gardener (S)
1895 · Movie · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Cast François Clerc · Benoît Duval
Plot This may well be the first sight gag in cinema history, and it's certainly one of the most famous - a gardener is watering the flowers; a young boy steps...
6.4
3K votes
6.4
3K votes
Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory (S)
1895 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot The 'plot' is outlined by the title: the film consists of a single shot of workers leaving the Lumiere factory, and the film would be of virtually no interest (except...
6.3
5K votes
6.3
5K votes
Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory (S)
1895 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot A man opens the big gates to the Lumière factory. Through the gateway and a smaller doorway beside it, workers are streaming out, turning either left or right. Most of...
6.2
134 votes
6.2
134 votes
Lancement d'un navire (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot At the launching of the ship, of which only the hull is visible, the public departs.
6.2
96 votes
6.2
96 votes
Laveuses sur la rivière (S)
1897 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot Many of the Lumière films have deep compositions, while this film is an exception there are multiple actions on the two levels. The women in this film occupy the center...
6.1
157 votes
6.1
157 votes
Snowball Fight (S)
1897 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot Wintertime in Lyons. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
6.0
112 votes
6.0
112 votes
Écriture à l'envers (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Cast Félicien Trewey
Plot Felicien Trewey performs a trick by writing the words "Ladies and Gentlemen Acknowledgments" on a chart, starting from the end and upside down.
6.0
107 votes
6.0
107 votes
6.0
110 votes
Baignade en mer (S)
1895 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
5.9
302 votes
5.9
302 votes
5.9
223 votes
Transformation by Hats, Comic View (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Cast Félicien Trewey
Plot The transformation of the same character in six different characters. A vision of the act of transformation.
5.9
25 votes
5.9
25 votes
Arrivée d'un train à Perrache (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
5.9
135 votes
5.9
135 votes
Sauts périlleux par deux (S)
1899 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
5.9
30 votes
5.9
30 votes
5.9
452 votes
Parvis de Notre-Dame (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot Pedestrians and cars on the forecourt of the cathedral Notre-Dame.
5.8
104 votes
5.8
104 votes
Children Digging for Clams (S)
1896 · Documentary · 1 min. · France
Direction Louis Lumière
Plot One toddler and about ten children, not yet adolescents, use a shovel, rakes, and nets to scour an eddy by the sea as fully-dressed women (hats and all) and a...
5.8
27 votes
5.8
27 votes
5.8
115 votes