A list of fantasy films released before the 1930s.
Title Director Cast Country Notes Cinderella (1899 film)Georges Méliès Georges Méliès FranceFairy tale short film The Infernal Boiling PotGeorges Méliès Georges Méliès FranceShort film The Impossible VoyageGeorges Méliès Georges Méliès FranceShort science fantasy film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Otis Turner Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie BessererUnited StatesShort film L'Inferno Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe de Liguoro Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro ItalyShort film Santa ClausWalter R. Booth, R. H. Callum and F. Martin Thornton Leedham Bantock, Margaret Favronova Short film The Story of a StoryTod Browning United StatesShort film Flames Maurice Elvey Douglas Munro, Owen Nares, Edward O'NeillUnited Kingdom Silent film The Blue BirdMaurice Tourneur Emma Lowry, Robin Macdougall, William J. Gross United States Silent film Tarzan of the Apes Scott Sidney Elmo Lincoln United States Fantasy silent film The Ghost of Slumber Mountain Willis O'Brien United StatesStop motion Körkarlen Victor Sjöström Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Astrid HolmSweden Silent film Der müde Tod Fritz Lang Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke Germany Silent film L'Atlantide Jacques Feyder France Silent film HäxanBenjamin ChristensenBenjamin Christensen, Clara Pontoppidan, Oscar Stribolt, Astrid Holm, Maren Pedersen Sweden Silent filmNosferatu: A Symphony of HorrorF. W. MurnauMax Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach Weimar Republic Silent filmPhantomF. W. MurnauHans Heinrich Von Twardowski, Frida Richard, Aud Egede NissenGermany Silent film Dante's Inferno Henry Otto Lawson Butt, Howard Gaye, Ralph Lewis United States Silent film Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Fritz LangPaul Richter, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph Germany Silent film Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache Fritz LangRudolf Rittner, Margarete Schön, Hans Adalbert Schlettow Germany Silent film The Enchanted Cottage John S. Robertson Richard Barthelmess, May McAvoy, Ida Waterman United States Silent film Paris Qui DortRené ClairMadeleine Rodrigue, Myla Seller, Henri Rollan France Silent film Peter Pan Herbert Brenon Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, Cyril Chadwick United States Silent film The Thief of Bagdad Raoul WalshDouglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Julanne Johnston United States Silent film Waxworks Paul Leni Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, William Dieterle Germany Silent film The Lost World Harry Hoyt Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery United States Silent film She Leander de Cordova, G.B. Samuelson Betty BlytheUnited Kingdom Silent film Wizard of Oz Larry Semon Larry Semon, Bryant Washburn, Dorothy Dwan United States Silent film Adventures of Prince Achmed Lotte Reiniger GermanyAnimated filmFaust F.W. Murnau Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn Germany Silent film A Kiss for Cinderella Herbert BrenonBetty Bronson, Tom Moore, Esther Ralston United States Silent film The Sorrows of Satan D.W. Griffith Adolphe Menjou, Ricardo Cortez, Carol Dempster United States Silent film The Student of Prague Henrik GaleenConrad Veidt, Werner Krauss Germany Silent film
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