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 |
Sub-Genre/Notes |
| 1895 |
| La Charcuterie mécanique |
Lumière Brothers |
|
|
Short film[1] |
| 1897 |
| Gugusse et l'Automate |
Georges Méliès |
Georges Méliès |
|
Short film[2] |
| 1902 |
| A Trip to the Moon |
Georges Méliès |
Georges Méliès |
|
Short film |
| 1907 |
| 20.000 Lieues Sous les Mers |
Georges Méliès |
Georges Méliès |
|
Short film |
| 1909 |
| Airship Destroyer |
Walter R. Booth |
|
|
[3] |
| 1911 |
| Aerial Anarchists |
Walter Booth |
|
|
|
| 1916 |
| Homunculus |
Otto Rippert |
Olaf Fønss, Friedrich Kuehne |
|
Serial film[4] |
| Verdens Undergang |
August Blom |
Alf Blütecher, Olaf Fønss, Johanne Fritz-Petersen |
|
[5] |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
Stuart Paton |
Leviticus Jones, Alan Holubar |
|
|
| 1917 |
| Himmelskibet |
Holger-Madsen |
Ole Olsen |
|
|
| 1918 |
| Alraune |
Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz |
Géza Erdélyi, Gyula Gál |
|
|
| Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne |
Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein |
Max Auzinger, Joseph Klein |
|
|
| The Master Mystery |
Burton King |
Harry Houdini, Ruth Stonehouse, William Pike, Floyd Buckley |
|
Serial film[6][7] |
| 1919 |
| The First Men in the Moon |
Bruce Gordon, J.L.V. Leigh |
Bruce Gordon, Heather Thatcher, Lionel d'Aragon |
|
|
| Die Arche |
Richard Oswald |
Leo Connard, Eva Speyer |
|
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See also
References
- ^ Hardy, Phil (1994). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction. Overlook Press. p. 19. ISBN 0873516267.
- ^ Benson, Michael (2002). Fighting Robots: A Guide to Radio-controlled Combatants. Citadel Press. p. 15. ISBN 0806523727.
- ^ Paris, Michael (1995). From the Wright brothers to Top gun: aviation, nationalism, and popular cinema. Manchester University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0719040744.
- ^ Prince, Stephen (2004). The Horror Film. Rutgers University Press. p. 22. ISBN 0813533635.
- ^ Mitry, Jean (1965) (in French). Filmographie Universelle. 5. Paris, France: Institut des hautes Etudes cinématographiques. p. 155.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans J.. "The Master Mystery (1918)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/236116/The-Master-Mystery/overview. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ Telotte, J. P. (1999). A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. Wesleyan University Press. p. 100. ISBN 0819563463.
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