1878
The Horse in Motion (US…Eadweard Muybridge)
1887
Woman Kicking (US…Eadweard Muybridge)
1888
Roundhay Garden Scene (UK…Louis Aime Augustin le Prince)
Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (UK…Louis Aime Augustin le Prince)
1889
Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses (UK…William Friese-Greene)
1892
Pauvre Pierrot (France…Émile Reynaud)
1894
Auteur d’un Cabine (France…Émile Reynaud)
1895
Annabelle’s Serpentine Dance (France…Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière)
L’Arrivée d’un train en Gare de la Ciotat (France…Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière)
L’Arroseur Arossé (France…Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière)
The Derby (UK…R.W.Paul)
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (US…Alfred Clark, Thomas A.Edison)
Sortie des Usines Lumière (France…Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière)
1896
The Kiss (France…William Heise)
The Moon at One Metre (France…Georges Méliès)
Three Burlesque Dancers (UK…Birt Acres)
1897
L’Affaire Dreyfus (France…Georges Méliès)
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (US…Enoch Rector)
1898
The Corsican Brothers (UK…George A.Smith)
1899
A Kiss in the Tunnel (UK…George A.Smith)
A Ray of Sunshine After the Rain (US…Frederick Armitage)
Scenery from a Passing Train (France…Léon Gaumont)
1900
Grandma’s Reading Glasses (UK…George A.Smith)
Jeanne d’Arc (France…Georges Méliès)
The One Man Band (France…Georges Méliès)
20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong’s Elswick Works (UK…Sagar Mitchell, James Kenyon)
1901
The Big Swallow (UK…James Williamson)
Funeral Procession of Queen Victoria (UK…Cecil M.Hepworth)
History of a Crime (France…Ferdinand Zecca)
Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost (UK…R.W.Paul)
1902
The Victims of Alcoholism (France…Ferdinand Zecca)
Le Voyage dans la Lune (France…Georges Méliès)
1903
Alice in Wonderland (UK…Percy Stow, Cecil M.Hepworth)
A Daring Daylight Burglary (UK…Frank Mottershaw)
The Great Train Robbery (US…Edwin S.Porter)
The Life of an American Fireman (US…Edwin S.Porter)
Le Mélomane (France…Georges Méliès)
The Sick Kitten (UK…George A.Smith)
1904
Voyage à Travers Impossible (France…Georges Méliès)
1905
The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (France…Ferdinand Zecca, Lucien Nonguet)
Rescued by Rover (UK…Lewis Fitzhamon, Cecil M.Hepworth)
1906
The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (US…Edwin S.Porter)
The Life of Charles Peace (UK…William Hagger)
A Policeman’s Tour of the World (France…Charles-Lucien Lepine)
The ? Motorist (UK…Walter R.Booth)
The True Story of the Kelly Gang (Australia…John Tait)
La Vie du Christ (France…Alice Guy-Blaché)
1907
The Horse That Bolted (France…Charles Pathé)
Le Tunnel sous le Manche (France…Georges Méliès)
1908
The Assassination of the Duc de Guise (France…André Calmettes, Charles le Borgy)
The Execution of Dorrega (Argentina…Mario Gallo)
Fantasmagorie (France…Emile Cohl)
Henry VIII (UK…Will Barker) LOST
The Kiss of Judas (France…Armand Bour)
A Narrow Escape (France…Alberto Capellani)
1909
L’Assammoir (France…Alberto Capellani)
A Corner of Wheat (US…D.W.Griffith)
Les Joyeux Microbes (France…Amile Cohl)
1910
The Abyss (Denmark…Urban Gad)
Belshazzar’s Feast (France…Louis Feuillade)
Frankenstein (US…J.Searle Dawley)
Lucrezia Borgia (Italy…Mario Caserini) LOST
A Tale of Loyal Retainers (Japan…Makio Shozo) LOST
1911
The Destiny of Mothers (France…Louis Feuillade)
The Fall of Troy (Italy…Luigi Romano Borgnetto, Giovanni Pastrone)
How a Mosquito Operates (US…Winsor McKay)
L’Inferno (Italy… Francesco Bertolini, Alberto Padovan, Giuseppe de Liguoro)
The Lonedale Operator (US…D.W.Griffith)
Les Misérables (France…Alberto Capellani)
1912
The Cameraman’s Revenge (Russia…Wladyslaw Starewicz)
The Conquest of the Pole (France…Georges Méliès)
A Cure for Pokeritis (US…Laurence Trimble)
The Cry of the Children (US…George Nichols)
Falling Leaves (France…Alice Guy-Blaché)
From the Manger to the Cross (US…Sidney Alcott)
The Girl and Her Trust (US…D.W.Griffith)
The Greater Love (US…Rollin S.Sturgeon)
The Land Beyond the Sunset (US…Dorothy G.Shore)
The Lieutenant’s Last Fight (US…Thomas H.Ince)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (US…D.W.Griffith)
The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador (France…Léonce Perret)
Poor Jenny (Denmark…Urban Gad)
Queen Elizabeth (France…Louis Mercanton, Henri Desfontaines)
Quo Vadis? (Italy…Enrico Guazzoni)
Richard III (US…James Keane, André Calmettes)
The Water Nymph (US…Mack Sennett)
1913
Atlantis (Denmark…August Blom)
The Bartered Bride (Czechoslovakia…Max Urban)
David Copperfield (UK…Thomas Bentley)
L’Enfant de Paris (France…Léonce Perret)
Fantomas (France…Louis Feuillade)
Germinal (France…Alberto Capellani)
The Glue (France…Alberto Capellani)
The Gusher (US…Mack Sennett)
Hamlet (UK…Cecil M.Hepworth)
Ingeborg Holm (Sweden…Victor Sjöstrom)
The Insects’ Christmas (Russia…Wladyslaw Starewicz)
King Harishchandra (India…D.G.Phalke)
The Last Fight (US…Ralph Ince)
Old Scrooge (UK…Leedham Bantock)
Richard Wagner (Germany…Carl Fröhlich)
Traffic in Souls (US…George Loane Tucker)
1914
Les bords de le Tamise d’Oxford a Windsor (France…Sul Tamigi)
Cabiria (Italy…Giovanni Pastrone)
Child of the Big City (Russia…Evgenii Bauer)
The Exploits of Elaine (US…Louis Gasnier, George B.Seitz)
Gertie the Dinosaur (US…Winsor McCay)
Home Sweet Home (US…D.W.Griffith)
Judith of Bethulia (US…D.W.Griffith)
Lost in the Dark (Italy…Nino Martoglio)
Mabel’s Strange Predicament (US…Mabel Normand)
Making a Living (US…Henry Lehrman)
The Mysterious X (Denmark…Benjamin Christensen)
Opium Dreams (Denmark…Holger Madsen)
The Perils of Pauline (US…Louis Gasnier, Donald Mackenzie) PARTIALLY LOST
Photo Drama of Creation (US…Charles Taze Rusell)
The Squaw Man (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
Tillie’s Punctured Romance (US…Mack Sennett)
The White Rose (Germany…Urban Gad)
The Wishing Ring (US…Maurice Tourneur)
1915
The Birth of a Nation (US…D.W.Griffith)
The Champion (US…Charles Chaplin)
The Cheat (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
A Fool There Was (US…Frank Powell)
A Free Ride (US…anon)
The Golden Chance (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
Hearts and Planets (US…Mack Sennett)
Hypocrites (US…Lois Weber)
Inspiration (US…George Foster Platt) LOST
The Penitentes (US…Jack Conway) LOST
Pool Sharks (US…Edwin Middleton)
Regeneration (US…Raoul Walsh)
The Tramp (US…Charles Chaplin)
Les Vampires (France…Louis Feuillade)
Work (US…Charles Chaplin)
1916
The Aryan (US…Thomas H.Ince) LOST
The Battle of the Somme (UK …anon)
Behind the Screen (US…Charles Chaplin)
Burlesque on Carmen (US…Charles Chaplin)
Blind Justice (Denmark…Benjamin Christensen)
Cenere (Italy…Febo Mari)
Civilization (US…Thomas H.Ince, Raymond B.West, Reginald Barker)
Daughter of the Gods (US…Herbert Brenon) LOST
The Dying Swan (Russia…Evgenii Bauer)
Easy Street (US…Charles Chaplin)
The Fire (Italy…Giovanni Pastrone)
Hell’s Hinges (US…Charles Swickard)
Intolerance (US…D.W.Griffith)
Joan the Woman (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
Judex (France…Louis Feuillade)
A Life for a Life (Russia…Evgenii Bauer)
Manhattan Madness (US…Allan Dwan)
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (US…John Emerson)
The Ocean Waif (France…Alice Guy)
One a.m. (US…Charles Chaplin)
The Pawnshop (US…Charles Chaplin)
The Queen of Spades (Russia…Yakov Protazanov)
The Ragged Princess (US…John G.Adolfi) LOST
The Return of Draw Egan (US…William S.Hart)
Thais (Italy…Anton Giulio Bragaglia)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (US…Stuart Paton)
1917
The Adventurer (US…Charles Chaplin)
The Butcher Boy (US…Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle)
Cleopatra (US…J.Gordon Edwards) FRAGMENTS
The Cure (US…Charles Chaplin)
Father Sergius (USSR…Yakov Protazanov)
The Girl from Stormycroft (Sweden…Victor Sjöstrom)
The Immigrant (US…Charles Chaplin)
The King of Paris (Russia…Evgenii Bauer)
The Narrow Trail (US…William S.Hart)
Poor Little Rich Girl (US…Maurice Tourneur)
Satan Triumphant (Russia…Yakov Protazanov)
Straight Shooting (US…John Ford)
A Tale of Two Cities (US…Frank Lloyd)
Terje Vigen (Sweden…Victor Sjöstrom)
Thomas Graal’s Best Film (Sweden…Mauritz Stiller)
1918
The Blue Bird (US…Maurice Tourneur)
The Count of Monte Cristo (France…Henri Pouctal)
La Dixième Symphonie (France…Abel Gance)
A Dog’s Life (US…Charles Chaplin)
The Floor Below (US…Clarence Badger)
Hearts of the World (US…D.W.Griffith)
Hell Bent (US…John Ford)
I Don’t Want to be a Man (Germany…Ernst Lubitsch)
Johanna Enlists (US…William Desmond Taylor)
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (UK…Maurice Elvey) UNRELEASED
The Man With Crooked Eyes (Portugal…José Leitão de Barros) PARTIALLY LOST
Mickey (US…F.Richard Jones, James Young)
The Outlaw and His Wife (Sweden…Victor Sjöstrom)
Shifting Sands (US…Albert Parker)
Shoulder Arms (US…Charles Chaplin)
Die Sieger (Germany…Rudolf Biebrach)
The Sinking of the Lusitania (US…Winsow McKay)
The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Sweden…Mauritz Stiller)
Stella Maris (US…Marshall Neilan)
Thomas Graal’s Best Child (Sweden…Mauritz Stiller)
Tih Minh (France…Louis Feuillade)
The Whispering Chorus (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
1919
Back Stage (US…Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle)
Barabas (France…Louis Feuillade)
Blind Husbands (US…Erich Von Stroheim)
Broken Blossoms (US…D.W.Griffith)
Bumping into Broadway (US…H.M.Walker)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Germany…Robert Wiene)
Daddy-Long-Legs (US…Marshall Neilan)
The Doll (Germany…Ernst Lubitsch)
Don’t Change Your Husband (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
Eerie Tales (Germany…Richard Oswald)
La Fête Espagnole (France…Germaine Dulac)
The Garage (US…Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle)
The Grey Motor Car (Mexico…Enrique Rosas, Joaquin Coss)
J’Accuse (France…Abel Gance)
Karin Ingmarsdotter (Sweden…Victor Sjöstrom)
The Lost Battallion (US…Burton L.King)
Madame Dubarry (Germany…Ernst Lubitsch)
Male and Female (US…Cecil B.de Mille)
The Miracle Man (US…George Loane Tucker) FRAGMENTS
Nerven (Germany…Robert Reinert)
A Norway Lass (Sweden…John W.Brunius)
The Oyster Princess (Germany…Ernst Lubitsch)
The President (Denmark…Carl T.Dreyer)
Rose-France (France…Marcel l’Herbier)
Satanas (Germany…Friedrich W.Murnau) LOST
Sir Arne’s Treasure (Sweden…Mauritz Stiller)
South (UK…Frank Hurley)
Die Spinnen (Germany…Fritz Lang)
True Heart Susie (US…D.W.Griffith)
Do you know where I can see “Leisurely Pedestrians” from 1889?
you stated for 1917 there was a film
“Father Sergius (USSR…Yakov Protazanov)”
my concern is: did USSR existed in 1917?
As wikipedia knows: it existed only between 1922 and 1991.
This means: it was constituted by Lenin 2 years before he was murdered by Stalin.
[...] Movie Timelines (at Wonders in the Dark): A good series of chronological year-by-year checklists here. All of the timelines can be accessed about three-quarters down the page on the blogroll at right, but one wishes that at the end of each timeline the structurally more sensible and easier option of being able to go forward or backward to the next or previous decade was offered. Good lists, though. [...]
Surely the 1913 full length feature film ‘Raja Harishchandra’, made in India that year deserves a note in the 1913 section of the timeline?