This is a list of the first films by country. This table shows the earliest known film productions by country, or successor state.

List of the first films by country

CountryYearSilent filmSound recordingColour film Longest film Notes
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)[1][2] Algy the Piccadilly Johnny (1900)
Blackmail (1929 film)		 Representatives of the British Isles (1909)[3]
United States USA 1894 Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894) The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895) Children Forming the U.S. Flag (1909) O.J.: Made in America (2016)
France France 1895 Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)[4] Le Cid (1900) Vie et Passion du Christ (1903) Out 1 (1971)
Germany Germany 1895 Akrobatisches Potpourri (1895) Death of Othello (1907)
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1929)		 Casanova (1928)
Italy Italy 1905 La presa di Roma (1905)[5] The Song of Love (film) (1930) The Last Days of Pompeii (1926 film) The Best of Youth (2003)
Spain Spain 1896 Salida de la misa de doce de la Iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza (1887)[6]
Japan Japan 1898 Bake Jizo (1898) Reimai (1926)
Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato (1930)		 Gate of Hell (1953)
Sweden Sweden 1912 A Ruined Life (1912)
Denmark Denmark 1897 Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde (1897)[7]
Netherlands Netherlands 1896 Gestoorde hengelaar (1896)[8] Philips-Radio (1932) Bloemenvelden Haarlem (1910)[9]
Hungary Hungary 1896 March at the Buda Castle (1896) Kék Bálvány (1931) Sátántangó (1994)
Argentina Argentina 1897 La bandera Argentina (1897) La Flor (2018)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1898 Výjezd parní stříkačky k ohni (1898) Tonka of the Gallows (1930) Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947)
Switzerland Switzerland 1922 Histoire de Monsieur Vieux-Bois (1922)
Austria Austria 1907 Am Sklavenmarkt (1907) G’schichten aus der Steiermark (1929)
Iran Iran 1930 Abi and Rabi (1930)
Poland Poland 1902 Ślizgawka w Łazienkach (Skating-rink in the Royal Baths) (1902) Morality Mrs. Dulska (film) (1930)
Canada Canada 1897 Niagara Falls (1897)
Russia Russia 1896 Coronation of Nicholas II (1896) The Nightingale (1936 film)
Algeria Algeria 1963 Peuple en marche (1963)
Taiwan Taiwan 1922 The Eyes of Buddha (1922)
South Africa South Africa 1911 The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery (1911) Sarie Marais
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina 1985 Collapse (1985)
Israel Israel 1948 Bayit Ha'Arava (1948)
Mexico Mexico 1898 Don Juan Tenorio (1898)
Belgium Belgium 1909 De Reid van Antwerpen naar Kongo (1909)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1947 Slavica (1947)
Norway Norway 1907 Fiskerlivets farer (1907) Den store barnedåpen (1931)
Greece Greece 1906 Olympic Games (1906) The Girl from Corfu (1956)
Brazil Brazil 1897 Ancoradoura de Pescadores na Baía de Guanabara (1897)
India India 1898 The Flower of Persia (1898) Alam Ara (1931) Kisan Kanya (1937)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 1909 Stealing a Roasted Duck (1909) White Gold Dragon (1934)
China China 1905 Dingjun Mountain (1905) Singsong Girl Red Peony (1930) Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2003)
State of Palestine Palestine 1974 Thay Don't Exist (1974)
Iceland Iceland 1915 Breiðafjarðareyjar (1915)
Finland Finland 1904 Novelty from Helsinki: School youth at break (1904) Lahyn's Say It in Finnish (1931
Colombia Colombia c. 1910s La hija del Tequendama (c. 1910s)
Peru Peru 1911 Los Centauros Peruanos (1911) Resaca (1934)
Chile Chile 1897 El desfile en honor del Brasil (1897)
Cuba Cuba 1897 Simulacro de incendio (1897)
Uruguay Uruguay 1923 Souls on the Coast (1923)
Georgia (country) Georgia 1909 Berikaoba-Keenoba (1909)
Estonia Estonia 1912 Utotškini lendamised Tartu kohal (1912)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1953 Los Peloteros (1953)
Vietnam Vietnam 1923 Kim Vân Kiều (1923)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1970 Kyz-Zhibek (1970)
Australia Australia 1896 Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly (1896)
Nepal Nepal 1964 Aama (1964)
Cambodia Cambodia 1962 Kbone Chivt (1962)
Jordan Jordan 1998 Abraham's Odyssey (1998)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 1960 La Llamada de la muerte (1960)
Portugal Portugal 1896 Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança (1896) A Severa (1931) The Artist and the City (1956) [10]
Romania Romania 1911 Amor fatal (1911)
Egypt Egypt 1907 The Visit of the Khedive Abbas Helmi (1907)
Philippines Philippines 1905 Luzon Lingerie (1905) Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
South Korea South Korea 1948 The Night before Independence Day (1948) Chunhyangjeon (1935)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1915 Bulgarian is Gallant (1915)
Venezuela Venezuela 1897 Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa (1897)
Croatia Croatia 1910 Sokolski slet (1910)
Serbia Serbia 1904 The Coronation of King Peter the First (1904)
Thailand Thailand 1923 Miss Suwanna of Siam (1923)
Turkey Turkey 1914 Ayestefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı (1914)
Slovakia Slovakia 1897 A Camp of Zingari Gypsies (1897)
Slovenia Slovenia 1898 Razgled po Ljubijani (1898)
Indonesia Indonesia 1950 Darah dan Doa (1950)
Lebanon Lebanon 1929 The Adventures of Elias Mabrouk (1929)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 1922 Belgique - le charm de l'Ardenne (1922)
Bangladesh Bangladesh 1928 Sukumari (1928) Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (2019)
Morocco Morocco 1962 Children of the Sun (1962)
Afghanistan Afghanistan 1939 Laila Majnoon (1939)
Albania Albania 1947 Kino Kronika Nr. 1 (1947)
Singapore Singapore 1927 The New Immigrant (1927)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 1923 La Leyenda de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia (1923)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 1992 Gde tvoy dom, ulitka? (1992)
Lithuania Lithuania 1909 On the River Neman (1909)
Ukraine Ukraine 1910 Shemelko-Denshchyk (1910)
Bolivia Bolivia 1925 Corazón Aymara (1925)
Latvia Latvia 1930 Lāčplēsis (1930)
Iraq Iraq 1948 Alia et Issam (1948)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1898 The Oil Guzh in Balakhany (1898)
Pakistan Pakistan 1929 Husn Ka Daku (1929)
Armenia Armenia 1919 Ravished Armenia (1919)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1930 El Retorno (1930)
Ecuador Ecuador 1924 El Tesoro de Atahualpa (1924)
Republic of Ireland Ireland 1910 A Lad from Old Ireland (1910)
Malaysia Malaysia 1933 Leila Majnun (1933) Laila Majnun (1933)
Montenegro Montenegro 1922 Voskresenja ne biva bez smrti (1922)
New Zealand New Zealand 1898 Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition (1898)
Ethiopia Ethiopia 1979 Bush Mama (1979)
Mongolia Mongolia 1936 The Mongolian Boy (1936)
Panama Panama 1929 LosAbismos de la vida (1929)
Belarus Belarus 1926 Tales of the Woods or True Forest Story (1926)
Cameroon Cameroon 1962 Aventure en France (1962)
Greenland Greenland 1934 Palos brudefærd (1934)
Guatemala Guatemala 1949 Caribeña (1949)
Kuwait Kuwait 1971 Bas ya Bahar (1971)
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1973 Language du geste (1973)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1947 Kadawunu Poronduwa (1947)
Bhutan Bhutan 1989 Gasa lamai singye (1989)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 1971 No pincha (1971)
Malta Malta 1953 Malta Story (1953)
Paraguay Paraguay 1955 Codicia (1955)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Ian (10 January 2016). ""Roundhay Garden Scene" recorded in 1888, is believed to be the oldest surviving film in existence". The Vintage News. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "First surviving film". Guinness Word Records. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ↑ McKernan, Luke (2018). Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 978-0859892964.
  4. ↑ La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière. SilentEra.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Canosa, Michele et al. (2006) "1905, La presa di Roma: alle origini del cinema italiano". (in Italian). Cineteca di Bologna. p. 9. Retrieved 7 November 2021. ISBN 9788880123521.
  6. ↑ Salida de misa de doce del Pilar de Zaragoza. (in Spanish). Decine21. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Sundholm, John; Thorsen, Isak; Andersson, Lars Gustaf; Hedling, Olof; Iversen, Gunnar; Møller, Birgir Thor (2012) "Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema". The Scarecrow Press. p. 4. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. ↑ The First Dutch Film: Gestoorde hengelaar. EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. ↑ https://www.eyefilm.nl/collectie/collecties/film/dossiers/kleur-in-de-vroege-nederlandse-film
  10. ↑ Resende, Tiago (2018-11-14). "122 anos de Cinema Português". Cinema Sétima Arte (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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