List of American live-action short films of the 1890s

This is a list of American live-action short films released in the 1890s.

1890

Title	Director	Cast	Notes
Monkeyshines, No. 1	William K.L. Dickson, William Heise		First ever American film: contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890.
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Monkeyshines, No. 3			Disappeared and may be lost.
Monkeyshines, No. 4
Monkeyshines, No. 5

1891

Title	Director	Cast	Notes
Dickson Greeting	William Kennedy Dickson	William Kennedy Dickson
Newark Athletic	William Kennedy Dickson

1893

Title	Director	Cast	Notes
Blacksmith Scene	William K.L. Dickson		First Kinetoscope film shown in public exhibition.

1894

Title	Director	Cast	Notes
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film	William K.L. Dickson		First Kinetophone film (i.e., first film with synchronous sound). Possibly 1895.
The Barbershop	William K.L. Dickson, William Heise

1896

Title	Director	Cast	Notes
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
Dancing Darkies	William K.L. Dickson
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio		William McKinley, Ida Saxton McKinley, George Cortelyou
The Kiss	William Heise	May Irwin, John Rice

1897

Title	Director	Cast	Notes
Peeping Tom

1899

Title	Director	Cast	Notes
How Would You Like to Be the Ice Man?