After Dark in Central Park (1900)

After Dark in Central Park

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At the opening of this picture, a couple are seen in dim outlines, spooning on a park bench. In comes a policeman, armed with a dark-lantern, which he suddenly flashes on the couple. They cease their love-making, in great confusion, and the policeman walks on, but as soon as he is out of sight, the couple commence billing and cooing again. This picture is particularly interesting because of the photographic effect of the sudden flashing of a dark lantern on the couple. It is very cleverly worked out, and the picture has made a big hit wherever it has been shown. Written by AMB Picture Catalogue (1902)

The Big Swallow (1901)

The Big Swallow

The Big Swallow (AKA: A Photographic Contortion) is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by James Williamson, featuring a man, irritated by the presence of a photographer, who solves his dilemma by swallowing him and his camera whole. 

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A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1902)

Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, directed by Ferdinand Zecca, hand-tinted (in 1905) by Segundo.

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An early adaptation of the Ali Baba tale.

The Life and Passion of Christ (1903)

La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ

Vie et Passion du Christ (Life and Passion of the Christ) is a 44-minute French silent film that was produced and released in 1903. As such, it is one of the earliest feature-length narrative films.

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The Suburbanite (1904)

The Suburbanite

The Suburbanite is a 1904 American short comedy silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheion and starring John Troiano.

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"The Suburbanite", 1904, directed by Wallace McCutcheon, is a 9 min (211 m) honest comedy silent film of American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. Simple plot: It shows a family moving to the suburbs, with the movies spilling some of the house objects. Then we see three kids left alone out front to play and apparently they get muddy so they are brought inside. Then, the burly (of course) mother-in-law arrives and then other household help arrives, but the cook is an ornery woman who throws everyone out of the kitchen, even hitting one man over the head with the a frying pan. Subsequently, police are brought in to take her away. All of that, an anti-suburb message. 

Victoria (2015) Trailer

Victoria

One girl. One city. One night. One take.

Victoria is a 2015 German drama film directed by Sebastian Schipper, starring Laia Costa and Frederick Lau.

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This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It IS bank robbery. "Victoria" was shot in one single take. Two hours and eighteen minutes. No cuts. No CGI. No cheap tricks. No expensive ones, either. Just one shot.

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Pay the Ghost

Pay the Ghost is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Uli Edel and written by Dan Kay. 

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A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween parade.