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This is a list of the first films by country. This table shows the earliest known film productions by country, or successor state.
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This is a list of the first films by country. This table shows the earliest known film productions by country, or successor state.
| Country | Year | Silent film | Sound recording | Colour film | Longest film | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | 1888 | Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) [1] [2] | Algy the Piccadilly Johnny (1900) Blackmail (1929 film) | Representatives of the British Isles (1909) [3] | ||
 USA | 1889 | Monkeyshines (1889) | The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895) | Children Forming the U.S. Flag (1909) | O.J.: Made in America (2016) | |
 France | 1895 | Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) [4] | Le Cid (1900) | Vie et Passion du Christ (1903) | Out 1 (1971) | |
 Germany | 1895 | Akrobatisches Potpourri (1895) | Death of Othello (1907) I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1929) | Casanova (1928) | ||
 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 | 1896 | Salida de la misa de doce de la Iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza (1897) [6] | ||||
 Japan | 1898 | Bake Jizo (1898) | Reimai (1926) Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato (1930) | Gate of Hell (1953) | ||
 Sweden | 1912 | A Ruined Life (1912) | ||||
 Denmark | 1897 | Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde (1897) [7] | ||||
 Netherlands | 1896 | Gestoorde hengelaar (1896) [8] | Philips-Radio (1932) | Bloemenvelden Haarlem (1910) [9] | ||
 Hungary | 1896 | March at the Buda Castle (1896) | Kék Bálvány (1931) | Sátántangó (1994) | ||
 Argentina | 1897 | La bandera Argentina (1897) | La Flor (2018) | |||
 Czech Republic | 1898 | Výjezd parní stříkačky k ohni (1898) | Tonka of the Gallows (1930) | Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947) | ||
 Switzerland | 1922 | Histoire de Monsieur Vieux-Bois (1922) | ||||
 Austria | 1907 | Am Sklavenmarkt (1907) | G’schichten aus der Steiermark (1929) | |||
 Iran | 1930 | Abi and Rabi (1930) | ||||
 Poland | 1902 | Ślizgawka w Łazienkach (Skating-rink in the Royal Baths) (1902) | Morality Mrs. Dulska (film) (1930) | |||
 Canada | 1897 | Niagara Falls (1897) | ||||
 Russia | 1896 | Coronation of Nicholas II (1896) | The Nightingale (1936 film) | |||
 Algeria | 1963 | Peuple en marche (1963) | ||||
 Taiwan | 1922 | The Eyes of Buddha (1922) | ||||
 South Africa | 1911 | The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery (1911) | Sarie Marais | |||
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1985 | Collapse (1985) | ||||
 Israel | 1948 | Bayit Ha'Arava (1948) | ||||
 Mexico | 1898 | Don Juan Tenorio (1898) | ||||
 Belgium | 1909 | De Reid van Antwerpen naar Kongo (1909) | ||||
 Yugoslavia | 1947 | Slavica (1947) | ||||
 Norway | 1907 | Fiskerlivets farer (1907) | Den store barnedåpen (1931) | |||
 Greece | 1906 | Olympic Games (1906) | The Girl from Corfu (1956) | |||
 Brazil | 1897 | Ancoradouro de Pescadores na Baía de Guanabara (1897) | ||||
 India | 1898 | Dancing scenes from "The Flower of Persia" (1898) [10] [11] | Alam Ara (1931) | Kisan Kanya (1937) | ||
 Hong Kong | 1909 | Stealing a Roasted Duck (1909) | White Gold Dragon (1934) | |||
 China | 1905 | Dingjun Mountain (1905) | Singsong Girl Red Peony (1930) | Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2003) | ||
 Palestine | 1974 | Thay Don't Exist (1974) | ||||
 Iceland | 1915 | Breiðafjarðareyjar (1915) | ||||
 Finland | 1904 | Novelty from Helsinki: School youth at break (1904) | Lahyn's Say It in Finnish (1931 | |||
 Colombia | c. 1910s | La hija del Tequendama (c. 1910s) | ||||
 Peru | 1911 | Los Centauros Peruanos (1911) | Resaca (1934) | |||
 Chile | 1897 | El desfile en honor del Brasil (1897) | ||||
 Cuba | 1897 | Simulacro de incendio (1897) | ||||
 Uruguay | 1923 | Souls on the Coast (1923) | ||||
 Georgia | 1909 | Berikaoba-Keenoba (1909) | ||||
 Estonia | 1912 | Utotškini lendamised Tartu kohal (1912) | ||||
 Puerto Rico | 1953 | Los Peloteros (1953) | ||||
 Vietnam | 1923 | Kim Vân Kiều (1923) | ||||
 Kazakhstan | 1970 | Kyz-Zhibek (1970) | ||||
 Australia | 1896 | Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly (1896) | ||||
 Nepal | 1964 | Aama (1964) | ||||
 Cambodia | 1962 | Kbone Chivt (1962) | ||||
 Jordan | 1998 | Abraham's Odyssey (1998) | ||||
 Nicaragua | 1960 | La Llamada de la muerte (1960) | ||||
 Portugal | 1896 | Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança (1896) | A Severa (1931) | The Artist and the City (1956) | [12] | |
 Romania | 1911 | Amor fatal (1911) | ||||
 Egypt | 1907 | The Visit of the Khedive Abbas Helmi (1907) | ||||
 Philippines | 1905 | Luzon Lingerie (1905) | Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) | |||
 South Korea | 1948 | The Night before Independence Day (1948) | Chunhyangjeon (1935) | |||
 Bulgaria | 1915 | Bulgarian is Gallant (1915) | ||||
 Venezuela | 1897 | Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa (1897) | ||||
 Croatia | 1910 | Sokolski slet (1910) | ||||
 Serbia | 1904 | The Coronation of King Peter the First (1904) | ||||
 Thailand | 1923 | Miss Suwanna of Siam (1923) | ||||
 Turkey | 1914 | Ayestefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı (1914) | ||||
 Slovakia | 1897 | A Camp of Zingari Gypsies (1897) | ||||
 Slovenia | 1898 | Razgled po Ljubijani (1898) | ||||
 Indonesia | 1950 | Darah dan Doa (1950) | ||||
 Lebanon | 1929 | The Adventures of Elias Mabrouk (1929) | ||||
 Luxembourg | 1922 | Belgique - le charm de l'Ardenne (1922) | ||||
 Bangladesh | 1927 | Sukumari (1927) | Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (2019) | |||
 Morocco | 1962 | Children of the Sun (1962) | ||||
 Afghanistan | 1939 | Laila Majnoon (1939) | ||||
 Albania | 1947 | Kino Kronika Nr. 1 (1947) | ||||
 Singapore | 1927 | The New Immigrant (1927) | ||||
 Dominican Republic | 1923 | La Leyenda de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia (1923) | ||||
 Kyrgyzstan | 1992 | Gde tvoy dom, ulitka? (1992) | ||||
 Lithuania | 1909 | On the River Neman (1909) | ||||
 Ukraine | 1910 | Shemelko-Denshchyk (1910) | ||||
 Bolivia | 1925 | Corazón Aymara (1925) | ||||
 Latvia | 1930 | Lāčplēsis (1930) | ||||
 Iraq | 1948 | Alia et Issam (1948) | ||||
 Azerbaijan | 1898 | The Oil Guzh in Balakhany (1898) | ||||
 Pakistan | 1929 | Husn Ka Daku (1929) | ||||
 Armenia | 1919 | Ravished Armenia (1919) | ||||
 Costa Rica | 1930 | El Retorno (1930) | ||||
 Ecuador | 1924 | El Tesoro de Atahualpa (1924) | ||||
 Ireland | 1910 | A Lad from Old Ireland (1910) | ||||
 Malaysia | 1933 | Leila Majnun (1933) | Laila Majnun (1933) | |||
 Montenegro | 1922 | Voskresenja ne biva bez smrti (1922) | ||||
 New Zealand | 1898 | Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition (1898) | ||||
 Ethiopia | 1979 | Bush Mama (1979) | ||||
 Mongolia | 1936 | The Mongolian Boy (1936) | ||||
 Panama | 1929 | LosAbismos de la vida (1929) | ||||
 Belarus | 1926 | Tales of the Woods or True Forest Story (1926) | ||||
 Cameroon | 1962 | Aventure en France (1962) | ||||
 Greenland | 1934 | Palos brudefærd (1934) | ||||
 Guatemala | 1949 | Caribeña (1949) | ||||
 Kuwait | 1971 | Bas ya Bahar (1971) | ||||
 Saudi Arabia | 1973 | Language du geste (1973) | ||||
 Sri Lanka | 1947 | Kadawunu Poronduwa (1947) | ||||
 Bhutan | 1989 | Gasa lamai singye (1989) | ||||
 Burkina Faso | 1971 | No pincha (1971) | ||||
 Malta | 1953 | Malta Story (1953) | ||||
 Paraguay | 1955 | Codicia (1955) | ||||
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