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Louis Lumière

Director · 393 credits · 105 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)

Frequent collaborators: Auguste Lumière

Best Louis Lumière movies by genre

Directed movies (390 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

    1896 · ★ 7.1 (548 votes)

    History

    1

  2. Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

    1895 · ★ 6.7 (378 votes)

    History, Documentary

    2

  3. The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

    1898 · ★ 5.7 (19 votes)

    Drama, History

    3

  4. The Sprinkler Sprinkled

    1895 · ★ 6.8 (276 votes)

    Comedy

    4

  5. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon

    1895 · ★ 5.5 (66 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Panorama de l’arrivée à Aix-les-Bains pris du train (temps de neige)

    1896 · ★ 5.7 (21 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Boat Leaving the Port

    1895 · ★ 5.4 (79 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    7

  8. Pompiers : sortie de la pompe

    1896 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Childish Quarrel

    1896 · ★ 6.0 (31 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Déjeuner du Chat

    1895 · ★ 5.5 (35 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train

    1896 · ★ 5.8 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Arc de Triomphe

    1896 · ★ 4.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. The Blacksmiths

    1895 · ★ 5.1 (70 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Poultry-Yard

    1896 · ★ 4.2 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Horse Trick Riders

    1895 · ★ 5.3 (59 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché

    1896 · ★ 5.4 (24 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Petit frère et petite sœur

    1897 · ★ 5.3 (11 votes)

    Documentary, Family

    17

  18. Le chat qui joue

    1899

    Documentary

    18

  19. Assiettes tournantes

    1896 · ★ 6.0 (25 votes)

    19

  20. Baby's First Steps

    1896 · ★ 5.6 (31 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Champs-Élysées

    1896 · ★ 5.3 (27 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Writing Backwards

    1896 · ★ 5.8 (23 votes)

    22

  23. The Nanny and the Soldier

    1897 · ★ 5.8 (30 votes)

    Comedy

    23

  24. Lyon : sauvetage de lapins

    1896 · ★ 4.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Snowball Fight

    1897 · ★ 6.5 (77 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    25

  26. Balançoires

    1896 · ★ 5.4 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Maximilianeum

    1896 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Berlin, Hallesches Thor

    1896 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Passage d'un tunnel en chemin de fer

    1898 · ★ 5.8 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    29

  30. Équilibre et moulinet

    1899 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.