The best movies 1908

A man steals a sheep and is chased by the shepherds and the police.

María Rosa is a Spanish silent film directed by Juan María Codina.

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.

A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".

Signed by neurology professor Camillo Negro and cinematographer Roberto Omegna for the Società Anonima Ambrosio of Turin, Neuropathology is...

Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is...

This film with a highly offensive and racist title tells the story of Jose, a handsome young Mexican, who leaves his home in the Sierra Madre...

A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.

A small village in Aragón, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. After being caught by her father fooling around with Melchor, an...

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The...

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his...

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.

A short film starring Clément Mégé.

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment....

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart...

George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the...

Very early footage of the streets of Barcelona, filmed from a tram.

María Rosa is a Spanish silent film directed by Juan María Codina.

A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".

A small village in Aragón, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. After being caught by her father fooling around with Melchor, an...

Very early footage of the streets of Barcelona, filmed from a tram.

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

In this simple melodrama, a boy loses his beloved girl, hence dying of a broken heart. The film presents advanced techniques in several fields.

The silent Spanish version of the story of Don Juan Tenorio.

The director Mario Gallo made the first film with an argument from Argentina, although the opinions of scholars are not coincident as to their...