A list of the earliest American films released in the 1890s.
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| 1890
|
| Monkeyshines, No. 1 |
William K.L. Dickson, William Heise |
|
Short |
First ever American film: contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890
|
| Monkeyshines, No. 2 |
William K.L. Dickson, William Heise |
|
Short |
|
| Monkeyshines, No. 3 |
William K.L. Dickson, William Heise |
|
Short
|
disappeared and may be lost
|
| Monkeyshines, No. 4 |
William K.L. Dickson, William Heise |
|
Short
|
| Monkeyshines, No. 5 |
William K.L. Dickson, William Heise |
|
Short
|
| 1891
|
| Dickson Greeting |
William Kennedy Dickson |
William Kennedy Dickson |
Short |
|
| Newark Athlete |
William Kennedy Dickson |
|
Short |
|
| 1893
|
| Blacksmith Scene |
William K.L. Dickson |
|
Short |
First Kinetoscope film shown in public exhibition
|
| 1894
|
| The Dickson Experimental Sound Film |
William K.L. Dickson |
|
Short |
First Kinetophone film (i.e., first film with synchronous sound). Possibly 1895.
|
| The Barbershop |
William K.L. Dickson, William Heise |
|
Short |
|
| 1896
|
| Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep |
|
|
Short |
|
| Dancing Darkies |
William K.L. Dickson |
|
Short |
|
| McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio |
|
William McKinley, Ida Saxton McKinley, George Cortelyou |
Short |
|
| The Kiss |
William Heise |
May Irwin, John Rice |
Short |
|
| 1897
|
| The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight |
Enoch J. Rector |
James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons |
Feature |
First feature film, first wide screen film, most successful film of the century
|
| Peeping Tom |
|
|
Short |
|
| 1899
|
| How Would You Like to Be the Ice Man? |
|
|
Short |
|
