List of science fiction films before 1920

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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.

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Title Director Cast Country Sub-Genre/Notes
1895
La Charcuterie mécanique Lumière Brothers France Short film[1]
1897
Gugusse et l'Automate Georges Méliès Georges Méliès France Short film[2]
1902
A Trip to the Moon Georges Méliès Georges Méliès France Short film
1907
20.000 Lieues Sous les Mers Georges Méliès Georges Méliès France Short film
1909
Airship Destroyer Walter R. Booth United Kingdom Short film[3]
1910
Frankenstein J. Searle Dawley Augustus Phillips, Charles Stanton Ogle, Mary Fuller United States Short film
1911
Aerial Anarchists Walter Booth United Kingdom Short film
1916
Homunculus Otto Rippert Olaf Fønss, Friedrich Kuehne Germany Serial film[4]
Verdens Undergang August Blom Alf Blütecher, Olaf Fønss, Johanne Fritz-Petersen Denmark [5]
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Stuart Paton Leviticus Jones, Alan Holubar United States
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[6][7]
1919
The First Men in the Moon Bruce Gordon, J.L.V. Leigh Bruce Gordon, Heather Thatcher, Lionel d'Aragon United Kingdom
Die Arche Richard Oswald Leo Connard, Eva Speyer Germany

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Hardy, Phil (1994). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction. Overlook Press. p. 19. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-87351-626-7|0-87351-626-7 [[Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs]]]] Check |isbn= value (help). 
  2. ^ Benson, Michael (2002). Fighting Robots: A Guide to Radio-controlled Combatants. Citadel Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-8065-2372-7. 
  3. ^ Paris, Michael (1995). From the Wright brothers to Top gun: aviation, nationalism, and popular cinema. Manchester University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-7190-4074-4. 
  4. ^ Prince, Stephen (2004). The Horror Film. Rutgers University Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8135-3363-5. 
  5. ^ Mitry, Jean (1965). Filmographie Universelle (in French) 5. Paris, France: Institut des hautes Etudes cinématographiques. p. 155. 
  6. ^ Wollstein, Hans J. "The Master Mystery (1918)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 
  7. ^ Telotte, J. P. (1999). A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. Wesleyan University Press. p. 100. ISBN 0-8195-6346-3. 
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