Trick Film Movies

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted...

As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation...

Four prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one...

Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and...

A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.

In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and...

Innovative early 'trick' film showing the popular 'flying the foam' stunt performed on - or rather off - Brighton's West Pier.

A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.

This is a mesmerising little short that employs a peculiar bird’s eye view of a mischievous devil who dances around, performing strange tricks...

The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real...

A modern reimagining of the trick film, combining the love of spectacle, the artist's process and the dark state of today's politics.

A mischievous witch uses her dark magic on an innocent cyclist until he is all confused. He is forced to pedal backwards and at the same time, his...

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

Cretinetti sidesteps his creditors using several amazing tricks.