The Lumière brothers produced a number of short movies developing the fundamentals of cinematic technology.

The French inventors Lumière brothers, Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière, are widely recognized as the pioneers of cinema. Although there had been some filmmakers prior to them, they were the first to come up with movies for the mass audiences in a very compact format. They invented a new device called Cinématographe in 1895 which could record, develop and project motion pictures. With this invention, the two brothers then went on to produce and screen hundreds of short motion pictures in a decade. Thus, the world got to experience a whole new medium of entertainment as well as mass communication, which would later go down in history as the "movies". Here, let's have a look at five most popular movies made by the Lumière brothers.

(The following movies were made in the 35 mm format and with 1.33:1 aspect ratio.)

La Sortie de l’Usine Lumière à Lyon (1895): 'La Sortie de l’Usine Lumière à Lyon' (English: 'Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon') is considered as the first actual motion picture made in the history. This 46-second short black-and-white silent documentary movie depicts a group of well-dressed employees leaving the Lumière factory. The movie, shot using a single static camera, was the first to be projected on a public screening.

L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895): 'L'Arroseur Arrosé' (English: 'The Waterer Watered') is considered as the first fictional as well as comedy movie ever made. This 45-second short black-and-white movie revolves around a gardener who gets pranked by a naughty young boy. The movie, starring François Clerc and Benoît Duval, was also the first to use poster for promotional purposes.

Repas de bébé (1895): 'Repas de bébé' or 'Baby's Dinner' (in English) is also a 45-second black-and-white documentary movie that shows Auguste Lumière and Mrs. Marguerite Lumière feeding their baby Andrée Lumière with a spoon. The movie is often regarded as the first "home movie" in the history of cinema.

La Voltige (1895): 'La Voltige' (English: 'Horse Trick Riders') is also recognized as one of the earliest movies that had scripts. This 43-second short black-and-white movie, shot in Lyon, revolves around a man who tries to get on a horse, but keeps falling again and again. The audience found the movie really funny at that time.

L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896): 'L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat' (English: 'The Arrival of a Train') is a 50-second short black-and-white documentary movie consisting of a single static shot of a train entering into a station. The movie was shot at the La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. In its first public screening, the audience got frightened as they saw the train was coming towards them.

All the above-mentioned movies are available to watch on YouTube.