Movies by Year - 1912 (62)| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Affinity [Le roman de Max]Max Linder is spending a holiday at the seaside, and reaches his hotel at the same time as a charming unknown. Their respective rooms adjoin. They put their footgear outside their doors at the same moment. The boots, during the night | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy | 6.0 (79 votes) | 3 | 20211228 |
| An Unseen EnemyThe physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's ho | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Crime, Short, Thriller | 6.5 (858 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Beast at Bay, AA young, and fickle girl ( Mary Pickford ) dumps her admiring boyfriend ( Edwin August ) because she views him as a coward. Meanwhile a ruthless convict ( Alfred Paget ) has escaped and takes the girl as his hostage. After a harrowin | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.8 (203 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Burglar's Dilemma, TheIn this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young burglar is about to enter the house. The jealous brother summons police, who then charge the young intruder with murder. How can the b | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 6.1 (390 votes) | 15 | 20211228 |
| Cameraman's Revenge, The [Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora]Mr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adul... | 1912 | Wladyslaw Starewicz | Animation, Short, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.7 (3.2K votes) | 12 | 20240605 |
| Cinderella or the Glass Slipper [Cendrillon ou La pantoufle merveilleuse]George Melies's second adaption of the classical fairy-tale, from 1912. | 1912 | Georges Méliès | Fantasy, Short, Romance | 5.8 (208 votes) | 24 | 20211228 |
| Copper Beeches, TheAn adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story about a father trying to gain control of his daughter's inheritance does not include Watson. | 1912 | Adrien Caillard | Short, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 5.7 (66 votes) | 25 | 20211228 |
| Cupid Through PadlocksOld Bob Langfall guarded two pretty daughters carefully. When Jim and Charley Bradley met them by accident, old Bob showed them the butt of his gun and bade them adieu. But Jim and Charley had a widowed mother, and old Bob was a wido | 1912 | Allan Dwan | Short, Comedy | 5.1 (25 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| A Dash Through The CloudsAviation enthusiast Josephine rescues her suitor, Chubby, from an angry mob with the help of Slim and his airplane. | 1912 | Mack Sennett | Crime, Short, Comedy | 5.8 (198 votes) | 12 | 20220423 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. | 1912 | Lucius Henderson | Short, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.0 (652 votes) | 12 | 20211228 |
| Entente CordialeMax and his friend, who came to visit him in Paris both fall in love with his new maid. The girl is very friendly, and while one plays the piano, she dances with the other - and they are so happy that even the decor dances at the rhy | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy, Fantasy | 6.3 (94 votes) | 14 | 20211228 |
| Eternal Mother, TheJohn and Mary divorce their spouses to marry each other. Mary dies after giving birth and the baby is taken in by John's first wife, Martha. She refuses all contact with John until many years later when he becomes ill and she finally | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 4.6 (75 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Farm House Romance [Une idylle à la ferme], AMax's uncle, tired of supporting the wild youth, sends him to the home of his wealthy friend, a farmer, who has two daughters, object matrimony. The farmer wishing to marry his eldest daughter, who is quite homely, disguises his youn | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy, Romance | 5.4 (61 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Female of the Species, TheFour survivors from an abandoned mining town - a married couple, the wife's sister, and a younger woman - are making a desperate trip to safety across the desert. The wife suspects the younger woman of having an affair with her husba | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.8 (298 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| FriendsThe orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners. | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Western, Romance | 5.6 (275 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| From the Manger to the CrossAn account of the life of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament, told as a series of tableaus interspersed with Bible verses. | 1912 | Sidney Olcott | Biography, Drama | 5.8 (648 votes) | 71 | 20240715 |
| Furs, TheHer mother-in-law strenuously objects to her extravagance, and so wifey has to resort to subtle means to get a set of furs that strikes her fancy. She gets the furs all right, but in scheming to get them home, plays her game right in | 1912 | Mack Sennett | Comedy, Short | 4.9 (54 votes) | 8 | 20211228 |
| Girl and Her Trust, TheSome tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured. | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama, Thriller, Western | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Girl in the Arm-Chair, TheFrank Watson was spending a month in New York when one day he receives a letter from his father requesting him to come home and also that a surprise awaits him on his return. This aroused Frank's curiosity, so immediately he made pre | 1912 | Alice Guy | Short, Drama | 5.5 (122 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| A Grocery Clerk's RomanceThe grocery clerk's sympathies are aroused by the sight of hard-working Mrs. Brown, whose shiftless husband sits around and smokes, and spends his time at the saloon. The clerk wins Mrs. Brown's gratitude by doing the washing for her | 1912 | Mack Sennett | Short, Comedy | 5.1 (147 votes) | 7 | 20220423 |
| Joe Teaches Max a Lesson [Max et son âne]Joe Dawson is in the part of the donkey. He, Joe, is represented as being engaged to a pretty girl, who is accustomed to take a ride on her donkey every day. Max writes to the girl for an appointment. Joe decides to teach Max a lesso | 1912 | Max Linder, René Leprince | Short, Comedy | 5.8 (51 votes) | 7 | 20211228 |
| la conquête du Pôle, AAboard the futuristic flying machine of his own invention, Professor Mabouloff and his team of intercultural explorers set off on yet another impossible expedition to North Pole's vast landscapes. What wonders await the bold adventur | 1912 | Georges Méliès | Short, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (961 votes) | 33 | 20211228 |
| Land Beyond the Sunset, TheA young boy, opressed by his mother, goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group where he dares to dream of a land where the cares of his ordinary life fade. | 1912 | Harold M. Shaw | Short, Drama, Fantasy | 6.9 (796 votes) | 14 | 20220731 |
| Lena and the GeeseFor reasons of state, the first-born, a baby girl, is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who is the widowed mother of a little child about the same age. The two children grow up as sisters. Later, | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Romance, Short, Fantasy | 5.9 (54 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Lesser Evil, TheA young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smugglers, who then also turn against their captain. | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.7 (187 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Life and Death of King Richard III, The [Richard III]Richard of Gloucester uses manipulation and murder to gain the English throne. | 1912 | André Calmettes, James Keane | Drama | 5.7 (268 votes) | 55 | 20211228 |
| Love Unconquerable [Amour tenace]Max Linder again to the fore as a lover who undertakes to convince Papa that Max is the son-in-law he is going to have. Of course, the girl has decided that no one will do but Max, and with these two agreeable, there is nothing for f | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy, Romance | 6.1 (97 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Maison des lions, LaThe lions escape from a private menagerie during a fashionable party. | 1912 | Louis Feuillade (*) | Drama, Short | 5.6 (30 votes) | 13 | 20221212 |
| Making an American CitizenA recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave. | 1912 | Alice Guy | Short, Comedy, Drama | 5.3 (338 votes) | 16 | 20211228 |
| Maniac, The [Una partita a scacchi]An insane asylum is shown, with various inmates. One of the patients constantly plays chess, and one day makes his escape, carrying his board and chessmen. He boards a railroad train and enters a compartment occupied by a traveler... | 1912 | Luigi Maggi | Short, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.2 (21 votes) | 8 | 20240803 |
| Man's GenesisA man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man. Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also been cowering since her mother died. But whe | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Adventure, Drama | 5.8 (84 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Massacre, TheThe story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation. | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Action, War, Western | 6.5 (301 votes) | 20 | 20211228 |
| Max and His Dog [Max et son chien Dick]When Max, a newly married man, suspects that his wife may be cheating on him, he gives his faithful dog Dick orders to keep on eye on her when he's not at home. | 1912 | René Leprince, Max Linder | Comedy, Short | 6.1 (133 votes) | 8 | 20211228 |
| Max and the Maid [La malle au mariage]The guardian of Mamie, with whom Max is in love, wishes to make the girl his wife. Mamie, holding her guardian in mortal terror, insists upon Max concealing himself one day when the former obtrudes his presence upon them. Max obeys, | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy | 5.9 (49 votes) | 8 | 20211228 |
| Max and the Statue [Max et l'inauguration de la statue]Max, arrayed in the disguise of a knight in armour, is preparing to attend the opera ball, where he is to meet a fair admirer, disguised in a blue domino. The knight appears in the midst of the gay crowd, and, spying Blue Domino, mak | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy | 5.9 (73 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Max Fears The Dogs [Max a peur des chiens]Max, who fears dogs, is chased by them through the city, over walls, and even up a chimney and onto a roof. | 1912 | Unknown | Comedy, Short | 5.6 (60 votes) | 2 | 20211228 |
| Max Joins the Giants [Max veut grandir]Our versatile friend, Max Linder, is an objectionable suitor because of his small stature. To remedy this defect of nature he tries walking on stilts and his maneuvers are extremely funny . Before he has perfected himself in this dif | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy | 5.6 (42 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Max Juggles for Love [Max jongleur par amour]Max Linder is a forgotten comedian--a man who apparently strongly influenced Chaplin and other early film comics. Yet, despite his success he is mostly forgotten today--mostly because not many of his film have been saved and because Linder killed himself in the 1920s--at the prime of his career. | 1912 | Unknown | Short, Comedy | 5.3 (63 votes) | 6 | 20211228 |
| Max Sets the Fashion [Max lance la mode]Max, on his way to his wedding, loses his shoes and after trailing along in his stocking feet for several blocks finally buys a pair of brogans from a workman and arrives with his feet encased in these hobnail monstrosities. His futu | 1912 | René Leprince, Max Linder | Short, Comedy | 5.9 (66 votes) | 9 | 20211228 |
| Mender of Nets, TheA young woman who works mending fishermen's nets is engaged to be married. But her fiancé has an old love who refuses to let him go. Further, his former girlfriend has a brother who is willing to use violence to protect his sister's | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Romance | 6.1 (219 votes) | 16 | 20211228 |
| The Musgrave RitualThe strained expression on the face of one maid servant in a group of six, gives to the mind of Sherlock Holmes, the master of all detectives, the clue to the unraveling of this remarkable and unusual mystery. The maid and the butler | 1912 | Georges Tréville | Short, Mystery | 5.2 (49 votes) | 18 | 20220423 |
| Musketeers of Pig Alley, TheA young wife and her musician husband live in poverty in a New York City tenement. The husband's job requires him to go away for for a number of days. On his return, he is robbed by the neighborhood gangster. Sometime later, an unrel | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Crime, Drama | 6.6 (2.2K votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Mystère de Notre-Dame de Paris, LeNo need to waste time endlessly browsing?here's the entire lineup of new movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix this month. | 1912 | Emile Chautard, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset | Short, Drama | 6.1 (18 votes) | 36 | 20211228 |
| Mystery of the Rocks of Kador, The [Le mystère des roches de Kador]The action takes place in Brittany .Fernand De Keranic wants to latch on to his niece and ward Suzanne's fortune.He tries to do away with her and her lover when she goes for a sail with captain D'Erquy.A tempest rises.The man is g... | 1912 | Léonce Perret | Crime, Drama | 6.6 (409 votes) | 45 | 20231109 |
| Narrow Road, TheTwo men are released from prison after having served their sentences. One is determined to go straight and stay out of trouble, but his fellow ex-con has other ideas, and his plans wind up spelling trouble for both of them. | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.9 (148 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| New York Hat, TheThe young village minister was not quite as discreet as he might have been in fulfilling the strange trust left by the dying mother, but it certainly worked for the common good. By the bequest the mother desired that her daughter pos | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 6.4 (845 votes) | 16 | 20211228 |
| One Exciting Night [Une nuit agitée]A young man's wedding night is constantly interrupted by an annoying insect in his bed that, no matter how much he tries, he can't get rid of. | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy | 5.7 (65 votes) | 7 | 20220423 |
| One Is Business, the Other CrimeGriffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other is poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured a g | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 6.2 (305 votes) | 15 | 20211228 |
| Painted Lady, TheA lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems interested in her. However, unknown to her, he is a burglar who is only interested in | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Short, Drama | 5.9 (584 votes) | 12 | 20211228 |
| PantoffelheldenAfter reading a pamphlet urging everyone to go to war, Werner falls into disagreement with his future father-in-law. A number of friends dress up as soldiers and give the father-in-law a letter in which he is summoned by the army. | 1912 | Unknown | Short | 4.0 (6 votes) | 13 | 20231001 |
| ParsifalThe Story of the gallant knight Sir Parsifal (Percival) of Arthur's Round Table and his quest to find the Holy Grail. | 1912 | Mario Caserini | Drama | 5.3 (36 votes) | 50 | 20211228 |
| Sands Of Dee, TheA young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day she meets a wily artist painting on the beach, he seduces the young girl and gives her a ring, with the promise of marriage. When the | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Romance, Short | 6.5 (80 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Sherlock Holmes in The Copper BeechesAn adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story about a father trying to gain control of his daughter's inheritance does not include Watson. | 1912 | Adrien Caillard | Short, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 5.7 (66 votes) | 25 | 20211228 |
| So Near, Yet So FarA very pretty girl, is always surrounded by many male admirers, much to the dismay of one very shy fellow, who never can get a chance to speak with her. One day the girl visits a friend in another town and by coincidence the shy fell | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Romance, Short | 6.3 (109 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Springtime of Life, The [I lifvets vår]Little Gerta, when her mother dies. is brought to her father, Carl Von Seydling, a government official, who deserted his wife and child a few years before. Councilor Van Seydling found the child's presence in his household to be cumb | 1912 | Paul Garbagni | Drama | 6.3 (107 votes) | 54 | 20211228 |
| Sunbeam, TheSet in a tenement boarding house, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks. Believing the bachelor perpetrated one particular prank, the spinst | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, Short, Romance | 6.3 (371 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Temporary Truce, AMexican Jim, a good-for-nothing of the mining camp, spends most of his time in the tavern of the little town. On this particular day, having drunk up more than usual, he quarrels with Jack Hardy, a young prospector. Jack, under other | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Action, Short, Western | 5.1 (35 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| Terrible Lesson, AThe story involves a man who goes to a gambling den regardless of the protestations of his wife. He is extremely lucky and his luck attracts attention. Strangers become friendly with him and he being a "good feller," "sets up" the cr | 1912 | Alice Guy | Drama, Short | 5.6 (16 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| TrädgårdsmästarenA gardener runs a nursery. His son has fallen in love with the daughter of one of the workers at the nursery. The gardener, who has a good eye for daughter, runs furiously his son out of the house. | 1912 | Victor Sjöström (*) | Short, Drama | 5.9 (203 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Transformation of Mike, TheMike breaks into an apartment to steal an old man's money, not realizing it's his girlfriend's father. When he discovers whose apartment it is, he begs her for forgiveness. | 1912 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Crime, Short, Drama | 5.4 (49 votes) | 17 | 20211228 |
| The Water NymphMabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father. | 1912 | Mack Sennett | Comedy, Short | 5.3 (235 votes) | 8 | 20220423 |
| Water-Funker [Max a peur de l'eau], TheMax and Dora, his fiancée, are together with some friends, playing at tennis. Dora wearies of this, and, dilating on the pleasures of a dip in the briny, leaves the tennis court, and makes Max accompany her to the shore. Here they en | 1912 | Max Linder | Short, Comedy | 6.5 (99 votes) | 14 | 20211228 |