List of British films before 1920

List of British films from 1888 to 1919:

1888–1913

Keep the films in alphabetical order, ignoring leading articles (The, A or An)

Please keep number of cast members down to 3 or 4

Entries in the 'Notes' column should be outstanding details about this film in relation to other films in the same period. Anything about the film itself can be discovered by following the link to the film Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1888Roundhay Garden SceneLouis Le Prince Adolphe Le Prince, Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley Live action The world's earliest surviving film 1889Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses William Friese-Greene Live action 1890London's Trafalgar SquareWordsworth Donisthorpe Live action 10 frames only, believed never shown publicly 1895The Clown BarberJames Williamson Comedy The DerbyBirt Acres Documentary A silent film of that year's DerbyOpening of the Kiel CanalBirt Acres Documentary The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat RaceBirt Acres Documentary A silent film of that year's raceRough Sea at DoverBirt AcresRobert W. Paul Documentary 1896Breakers A Sea Cave Near Lisbon R.W. Paul Documentary Rocky Shore A Soldier's Courtship R.W. Paul Drama Barnet Horse Fair Robert W. Paul Documentary The Boxing Kangaroo Birt Acres Documentary Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest Birt Acres Documentary 1897Women Fetching Water from the Nile R.W. Paul Weary Willie G.A. Smith Tipsy-Topsy-Turvy G.A. Smith The Sign Writer Nursing the Baby Making Sausages The Maid in the Garden The Haunted Castle Hanging Out the Clothes Gymnastics - Indian Club Performer Comic Shaving Comic Face aka Man Drinking (UK)Children Paddling at the Seaside The X-Rays 1898Come Along, Do! Waves and Spray The Runaway Knock A Practical Joke The Policeman, the Cook and the Copper Photographing a Ghost George Albert Smith Horror The Miller and the Sweep George Albert Smith Comedy The Mesmerist The Lady Barber Faust and Mephistopheles Horror The Corsican Brothers Cinderella Animated Clown Portrait Ally Sloper 1899Major Wilson's Last Stand War Studio: Levi, Jones & Company. Based on the historical events of the Shangani Patrol (1893)The Visit of Santa Claus The Legacy The Kiss in the Tunnel George Albert Smith A Good Joke Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp The Haunted Curiosity ShopWalter R. Booth Horror The Miser's DoomWalter R. Booth Horror 1900A Wreck in a Galeunknownshort; documentaryAs Seen Through a TelescopeGeorge Albert Smith ShortThe Beggar's DeceitCecil Hepworth Explosion of a Motor CarCecil Hepworth Grandma's Reading GlassGeorge Albert Smith none Drama One minute filmA Railway CollisionWalter R. Booth none Drama 22 secs film 1901Scrooge; or, Marley's GhostWalter R. Booth noneShort 11 minutes long (5 minutes surviving)The Death of Poor JoeGeorge Albert Smith 1903A Daring Daylight Burglary Frank Mottershaw Alice in WonderlandCecil Hepworth May Clark 8 minutes longDesperate Poaching AffrayWilliam Haggar Will Haggar Jr. Chase3 minutes longMary Jane's MishapGeorge Albert Smith Sick KittenGeorge Albert Smith 1905Baby's ToiletCecil Hepworth Documentary3 minutes longRescued by RoverCecil Hepworth Mabel Clark, Sebastian Smith Drama 6 minutes long 1906Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving James Williamson James Williamson short comedy The '?' Motorist Walter R. Booth short comedy 1907Ben Hur Sidney OlcottHerman Rottger, William S. Hart Historical 15 minutes longThe Sleigh BelleSidney Olcott 1908A Visit to the SeasideGeorge Albert Smith 1909The Airship Destroyer Walter R. Booth Science fiction 1910The Blue BirdUnknown Pauline Gilmer, Olive Walter Comedy 1911The Aerial Anarchists Walter Booth Science fiction A Primitive Man's Career to CivilizationCherry Kearton Drama Princess ClementinaWilliam G.B. Barker H.B. Irving, Alice Young, Dorothea Baird Adventure 1912 Oliver Twist Thomas Bentley Alma Taylor, Harry Royston Drama With Our King and Queen Through India Documentary 1913Adrift on Life's Tide Warwick Buckland Alma Taylor, Flora Morris, Harry Royston Drama David Copperfield Thomas Bentley Reginald Sheffield, Alma Taylor Drama David Garrick Leedham Bantock Seymour Hicks, Ellaline Terriss, William Lugg Historical East Lynne Bert Haldane Blanche Forsythe, Fred Paul, Fred Morgan Drama The Forsaken Warwick Buckland Flora Morris, Harry Royston Crime Greater Love Hath No Man Alexander Butler Blanche Forsythe, Fred Paul Drama HamletHay PlumbJohnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude ElliottDrama The Harper Mystery Laurence Trimble Florence Turner, Frank Tennant Drama The House of TemperleyHarold M. ShawCharles Maude, Ben Webster Drama In the Hands of London Crooks Alexander Butler Thomas H. MacDonald, Blanche Forsythe, Fred Paul Crime Ivanhoe Leedham Bantock Lauderdale Maitland, Hubert Carter Historical Kissing Cup Jack Hulcup Harry Gilbey, Chrissie White, Cecil Mannering Sports Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red BarnMaurice Elvey Elizabeth Risdon, Fred Groves Drama A Message from Mars J. Wallett Waller Charles Hawtrey, E. Holman Clark Sci-fi A Midnight Adventure Frank Wilson Alma Taylor, Jack Raymond, Harry Royston Drama One Fair Daughter Warwick Buckland Alice De Winton, Chrissie White, Jamie Darling Drama Popsy Wopsy Maurice Elvey Fred Groves Scrooge Leedham Bantock Seymour Hicks, William Lugg Drama A Throw of the Dice Frank Wilson Alice De Winton, Harry Royston, Stewart Rome Drama The Vicar of Wakefield Frank Wilson Chrissie White, Violet Hopson, Harry Royston Drama

1914 Title Director Cast Genre Notes Beauty and the Barge Harold M. Shaw Cyril Maude, Lillian Logan, Gregory Scott, Mary Brough Comedy The Black Spot George Loane Tucker Jane Gail, Gerald Ames Crime The Bosun's Mate Harold M. Shaw Mary Brough, Charles Rock Wyndham Guise Comedy The Brass Bottle Sidney Morgan Doris Lytton, E. Holman Clark, Mary Brough Fantasy By Whose Hand? Warwick Buckland Alma Taylor, Lionelle Howard, Stewart Rome Crime Called Back George Loane Tucker Henry Ainley, Jane Gail, Charles Rock Crime The Chimes Thomas Bentley Stewart Rome, Violet Hopson, Warwick Buckland Drama A Christmas Carol Harold M. Shaw George Bellamy, Charles Rock, Edna Flugrath Drama Creatures of Clay Frank Wilson Alice De Winton, Stewart Rome, Jack Raymond Crime The Cry of the Captive Frank Wilson Stewart Rome, Violet Hopson, James Lindsay Drama The Cup Final Mystery Maurice Elvey Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves, Joan Morgan Sports The Difficult Way George Loane Tucker Jane Gail, Gerald Ames, Langhorn Burton Drama England Expects George Loane Tucker Jane Gail, Charles Rock, George Bellamy Drama England's Menace Harold M. Shaw Edna Flugrath, Gerald Ames War drama Enoch Arden Percy Nash Gerald Lawrence, Fay Davis, Ben Webster Drama Eugene AramEdwin J. CollinsJack Leigh, Lionel d'AragonHistorical For Her People Laurence Trimble Florence Turner, Rex Davis Drama The Girl Who Lived in Straight Street Warwick Buckland Stewart Rome, Alma Taylor, Chrissie White Drama The Harbour Lights Percy Nash Gerald Lawrence, Mercy Hatton, Daisy Cordell Drama The Heart of Midlothian Frank Wilson Flora Morris, Violet Hopson, Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome Historical Her Luck in London Maurice Elvey A.V. Bramble, Fred Groves Drama The Idol of Paris Maurice Elvey Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves Drama In the Days of Trafalgar Maurice Elvey Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves, A.V. Bramble Historical In the Ranks Percy Nash Gregory Scott, Daisy Cordell, James Lindsay Crime In the Shadow of Big Ben Frank Wilson Tom Powers, Alma Taylor, Jack Raymond Thriller The Incomparable Bellairs Harold M. Shaw Edna Flugrath, Gregory Scott, Mercy Hatton Drama Justice Frank Wilson Alec Worcester, Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome Crime The King's Minister Harold M. Shaw Edna Flugrath, Langhorn Burton, Gerald Ames Thriller The King's Romance Ernest G. Batley Fred Morgan, Henry Victor Adventure Lawyer Quince Harold M. Shaw Charles Rock, Lillian Logan, Mary Brough Comedy Liberty Hall Harold M. Shaw Ben Webster, Edna Flugrath, O.B. Clarence Comedy The Life of ShakespeareFrank R. Growcott, J.B. McDowellAlbert Ward, George FoleyBiopicLights of LondonBert HaldaneArthur Chesney, Fred PaulDrama Little Lord Fauntleroy F. Martin Thornton Harry Agar Lyons, Jack Denton Drama The Loss of the Birkenhead Maurice Elvey Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves Historical The Lure of London Bert Haldane Ivy Close, M. Gray Murray Drama The Midnight Wedding Ernest G. Batley George Foley, Ethyle Batley Drama The Murdoch Trial Laurence Trimble Florence Turner, Frank Tennant Drama The Old Curiosity ShopThomas BentleyWarwick Buckland, Alma Taylor Drama Old St. Paul's Wilfred Noy Lionelle Howard, Cyril Smith Historical On His Majesty's Service George Loane Tucker Jane Gail, Douglas Munro, Gerald Ames Thriller The Ring and the Rajah Harold M. Shaw Edna Flugrath, Edward O'Neill Crime She Stoops to ConquerGeorge Loane Tucker Henry Ainley, Jane Gail Comedy Based on the play by Oliver Goldsmith The Shepherd Lassie of Argyle Laurence Trimble Florence Turner, Rex Davis Drama Shopgirls Laurence Trimble Florence Turner, Hector Dion Drama The Stress of Circumstance Warwick Buckland Stewart Rome, Violet Hopson, Lionelle Howard Crime A Study in ScarletGeorge Pearson James Bragington, Fred Paul Drama First film to feature Sherlock HolmesThe Suicide Club Maurice Elvey Montagu Love, Elisabeth Risdon Drama The Third String George Loane Tucker Jane Gail, Frank Stanmore, George Bellamy, Judd Green Sports Through the Valley of Shadows Laurence Trimble Florence Turner, James Lindsay Drama Trilby Harold M. Shaw Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Viva Birkett, Charles Rock Drama The Whirr of the Spinning Wheel Frank Wilson Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome, Alice De Winton Romance The World, the Flesh and the Devil F. Martin Thornton Jack Denton, Mercy Hatton Drama

1915