Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.

A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding baby his lunch, while mum is serving tea.

Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme was identified as being from this film.

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.

She was tall, dark and thin, with a proud and voluptuous bust. They called her "The she-wolf" because she seemed never to be satisfied. All the men were obsessed with her but one day the she-wolf fell madly in love with young Nanni.

Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

The last remaining production of Le Prince's LPCC Type-16 (16-lens camera) is part of a gelatine film shot in 32 images/second, and pictures a man walking around a corner. Le Prince, who was in Leeds (UK) at that time, sent these images to his wife in New York City in a letter dated 18 August 1887.

Sara is an overweight teen who lives in the shadow of a clique of cool girls holidaying in her village. Not even her childhood friend, Claudia, defends her when she's bullied at the local pool in front of an unknown man. Her clothes are stolen and Sara must get home wearing nothing but her bikini.

Abel Gances mastodontfilm var tänkt att skildra hela Napoleon Bonapartes liv i en film om sex delar. Endast första delen blev klar, den tog fyra år att göra och är över fem timmar lång. Filmens historia slutar 1797 när Napoleon invaderar Italien. I filmen använder Gance många för tiden nya filmisk grepp. Till exempel placerades en handhållen kamera på hästar och vagnar och i slutet av filmen visades tre filmprojektioner bredvid varandra. Filmen betraktas tillsammans med D.W. Griffiths "Intolerance" och Erich von Stroheims "Greed" som ett av stumfilmsepokens mästerverk.

Den handlar om en journalist som påstår sig själv vara en jude för att skriva en artikel om antisemitismen i Amerika. Han utforskar hur det påverkar honom och andra människor i hans liv. Filmen påvisar hur rasismen påverkar en person, särskilt den dolda formen som får gå obeaktad förbi många i dagens värld. Den visar också hur annars bra människor medverkar och uttrycker rasism.

The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.

The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed to be the second moving picture ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK), possibly on 14 October 1888. The film shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince's son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley (Le Prince's mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley, and Miss Harriet Hartley walking around in circles, laughing to themselves, and staying within the area framed by the camera. The Roundhay Garden Scene was recorded at 12 frames per second and runs for 2.11 seconds.

En stjärnklar vinternatt 1912 kommer Eva Aretander till världen samtidigt som hennes mor dör i barnsäng. "Det där är inte mitt barn", säger den förkrossade fadern och blickar ner på en flicka olik alla andra. Från topp till tå är hennes kropp täckt av yvigt hår, som på ett lejon. Detta är starten på ett liv i isolering och utanförskap, men Evas exceptionella intelligens kommer att ta henne från den lilla byn och ut i den stora världen.

I filmkonstens första rymdäventyr får vi följa sex medlemmar från astronomiföreningen på en makalös expedition till månen. Där möter de bland annat himlavalvets invånare, jättelika svampar och ogästvänliga utomjordingar som de lyckas undfly i sista sekunden.

I ett land som bombats sönder och den stigande inflationen gjort slut på många av invånarnas besparingar, återstår bara att börja om från ingenting. Den unge Edmund kämpar för sin överlevnad och hans hopp tänds då han träffar en gammal lärare.

Väninnorna Romy och Michele blir inbjuda till ett tioårsjubileum med sin high school-klass. De inser genast att de inte har så mycket att komma med, men låter sig inte hindras av det, eftersom de alltid kan ljuga ihop något trovärdigt.