1910s
| Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
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| 1910 | ||||||
| Deutsche Vitaskop GmbH | Arsene Lupin Contra Sherlock Holmes | 5 | Mystery | Paul Otto as Lupin and Viggo Larsen as Holmes | German | |
| 1912 | ||||||
| Edison Studios | What Happened to Mary | 12 | Drama | Charles Brabin | Mary Fuller | |
| 1913 | ||||||
| Selig Polyscope Company | The Adventures of Kathlyn | 13 | Francis J. Grandon | Kathlyn Williams | Jungle | |
| Edison Studios | Who Will Marry Mary? | 6 | Drama | Mary Fuller | ||
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Fantômas | 5 | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | French | |
| 1914 | ||||||
| Pathé | The Perils of Pauline | 20 | Adventure | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | Pearl White | First Pathé serial |
| Wharton Studio | The Exploits of Elaine | 14 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | |
| Kalem Company | The Hazards of Helen | 119 | Railroad | J.P. McGowan and James D. Davis | Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson | 119 chapters - At 23.8 hours, this is considered to be the longest serial ever made. Each episode was about 12 minutes. |
| Edison Studios | The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies | 12 | Girl Reporter | Walter Edwin | Mary Fuller | |
| The Man Who Disappeared | 12 | Drama | Charles Brabin | |||
| Thanhouser Film Corporation | The Million Dollar Mystery | 23 | Mystery | Howell Hansel | ||
| Zudora | 20 | Drama | Howell Hansel | |||
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery | 15 | Spy | Francis Ford | First Universal serial | |
| The Master Key | 15 | Adventure | Robert Z. Leonard | |||
| Universal Pictures | The Trey o' Hearts | 15 | Crime | Wilfred Lucas and Henry MacRae | ||
| Lubin Manufacturing Company | The Beloved Adventurer | 15 | Drama | Arthur V. Johnson | ||
| 1915 | ||||||
| Pathé & Wharton Studio | The New Exploits of Elaine | 10 | Crime | Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | Pearl White | |
| The Romance of Elaine | 12 | Spy | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
| Balboa Amusement Producing Company | Neal of the Navy | 14 | Maritime | William Bertram and W.M. Harvey | ||
| The Red Circle | 14 | Drama | Sherwood MacDonald | Ruth Roland | ||
| American Film Company | The Diamond From the Sky | 30 | Adventure | Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor | ||
| Reliance Film Company | Runaway June | 15 | Drama | Oscar Eagle | Norma Phillips | |
| Kalem Company | The Ventures of Marguerite | 16 | Crime | Robert Ellis, John Mackin and Hamilton Smith | ||
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Black Box | 15 | Mystery | Otis Turner | ||
| The Broken Coin | 22 | Adventure | Francis Ford | |||
| Graft | 20 | Crime | George Lessey and Richard Stanton | |||
| Under the Crescent | 6 | Adventure | Burton L. King | |||
| Power Picture Plays | The Mysterious Lady Baffles and Detective Duck | Comedy | Allen Curtis | |||
| Lubin Manufacturing Company | Road o'Strife | 15 | Drama | Howell Hansel and John Ince | Crane Wilbur Mary Charleson Jack Standing |
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| Signal Film Corporation | The Girl and the Game | 15 | Railroad | J.P. McGowan | Helen Holmes Leo D. Maloney J.P. McGowan |
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| Vitagraph Company of America | The Fates and Flora Fourflush | 3 | Comedy | Wally Van | ||
| The Goddess | 15 | Drama | Ralph Ince | |||
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Les Vampires | 10 | Mystery | Louis Feuillade | French | |
| L'X Noir | French | |||||
| 1916 | ||||||
| Wharton Studio | The Mysteries of Myra | 15 | Horror | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | ||
| The Grip of Evil | 14 | Drama | W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey | |||
| The Iron Claw | 20 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
| Wharton Studio/Hearst | Beatrice Fairfax | 15 | Girl Reporter | Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | ||
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | Pearl of the Army | 15 | War | Edward José | Pearl White | |
| The Shielding Shadow | 15 | Mystery | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | |||
| Erbograph/Consolidated Film Company | The Crimson Stain Mystery | 16 | Horror | T. Hayes Hunter | ||
| Kleine Productions Inc. | Gloria's Romance | 20 | Drama | Colin Campbell and Walter Edwin | ||
| Metro Pictures Corporation | The Great Secret | 18 | Mystery | Christy Cabanne | ||
| Deutsche Bioscop | Homunculus | 6 | Science fiction | Otto Rippert | German | |
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Judex | 12 | Louis Feuillade | French | ||
| Niagara Film Studios | Perils of Our Girl Reporters | 15 | Girl reporter | George Terwilliger | ||
| American Film Company | The Sequel to the Diamond From the Sky | 4 | Drama | Edward Sloman | ||
| The Secret of the Submarine | 15 | Spy | George L. Sargent | |||
| The Scarlet Runner | 12 | William P.S. Earle and Wally Van | ||||
| Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. | The Strange Case of Mary Page | 15 | Mystery | J. Charles Haydon | ||
| Signal Film Corporation | The Yellow Menace | 16 | William Steiner | |||
| Lass of the Lumberlands | 15 | Western | J.P. McGowan | |||
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring | 15 | Circus | Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard | ||
| Liberty, A Daughter of the USA | 20 | Western | Henry MacRae | |||
| Vitagraph Company of America | The Purple Mask | 16 | Mystery | Francis Ford and Grace Cunard | ||
| 1917 | ||||||
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Fatal Ring | 20 | Crime | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | |
| The Hidden Hand | 15 | Adventure | James Vincent | |||
| The Mystery of the Double Cross | 15 | Mystery | Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke | |||
| The Seven Pearls | 15 | Adventure | Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | |||
| Balboa Amusement Producing Company | The Neglected Wife | 15 | Drama | William Bertram | Ruth Roland | |
| Wharton Studio/International Film Service Inc. | Patria | 15 | War | Jacques Jaccard, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | ||
| Signal Film Corporation | The Lost Express | 15 | Railroad | J.P. McGowan | ||
| The Railroad Raiders | 15 | Railroad | J.P. McGowan | |||
| Monmouth Film Corporation | Jimmie Dale Alias the Grey Seal | 16 | Mystery | Harry McRae Webster | ||
| Paramount Pictures | Who is Number One? | 15 | Mystery | William Bertram | ||
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Mystery Ship | 18 | Maritime | Henry MacRae | ||
| The Red Ace | 16 | War | Jacques Jaccard | |||
| The Gray Ghost | 16 | Mystery | Stuart Paton | |||
| Voice on the Wire | 15 | Mystery | Stuart Paton | |||
| Vitagraph Company of America | The Fighting Trail | 15 | Western | William Duncan | ||
| The Secret Kingdom | 15 | Adventure | Charles Brabin | |||
| Vengeance and the Woman | 15 | William Duncan and Laurence Trimble | ||||
| 1918 | ||||||
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | Hands Up! | 15 | Western | Louis J. Gasnier and James W. Horne | Ruth Roland | |
| The House of Hate | 20 | Mystery | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
| Western Photoplays Inc. | The Wolves of Kultur | 15 | War | Joseph A. Golden | ||
| Jaxon Film Corporation | A Daughter of Uncle Sam | 12 | War | James C. Morton | ||
| Wharton Studio | The Eagle's Eye | 20 | War | George Lessey, Wellington A. Playter, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton | ||
| Rolfe Photoplays | The Master Mystery | 15 | Mystery, Science fiction | Harry Grossman and Burton L. King | Harry Houdini | The studio's last production |
| Burston Films Inc. | The Silent Mystery | 15 | Mystery | Francis Ford | ||
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Brass Bullet | 18 | Maritime | Ben F. Wilson | ||
| Bull's Eye | 18 | Western | James W. Horne | |||
| The Lion's Claw | 18 | Adventure | Harry Harvey and Jacques Jaccard | |||
| Lure of the Circus | 18 | Circus | J.P. McGowan | |||
| The Red Glove | 18 | Western | J.P. McGowan | |||
| Vitagraph Company of America | A Fight for Millions | 15 | Western | William Duncan | ||
| The Iron Test | 15 | Circus | Robert N. Bradbury and Paul Hurst | |||
| A Woman in the Web | 15 | Paul Hurst and David Smith | ||||
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Tih Minh | Louis Feuillade | French | |||
| 1919 | ||||||
| Astra Film Corporation/Pathé | The Adventures of Ruth | 15 | Crime | George Marshall | Ruth Roland | |
| Bound and Gagged | 10 | Comedy | George B. Seitz | |||
| The Lightning Raider | 15 | Crime | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | ||
| Terror of the Range | 7 | Western | Stuart Paton | |||
| The Tiger's Trail | 15 | Mystery | Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier and Paul Hurst | Ruth Roland | ||
| George B. Seitz Productions | The Black Secret | 15 | Spy | George B. Seitz | Pearl White | |
| Western Photoplays Inc. | The Great Gamble | 15 | Crime | Joseph A. Golden | ||
| Oliver Films Inc. | The Carter Case | 15 | Mystery | William F. Haddock and Donald MacKenzie | ||
| Great Western Film Producing Company | Elmo the Mighty | 18 | Northern | Henry MacRae | ||
| SLK Serial Corporation | The Fatal Fortune | 15 | Maritime | Donald MacKenzie and Frank Wunderlee | ||
| National Film Corporation of America | Lightning Bryce | 15 | Western, Horror | Paul Hurst | ||
| Wisteria Productions | The Lurking Peril | 15 | Horror | George Morgan | ||
| Burston Films Inc. | The Mystery of 13 | 15 | Mystery | Francis Ford | ||
| American Lifeograph Company | The Perils of Thunder Mountain | 15 | Northern | Robert N. Bradbury and W.J. Burman | ||
| Decla Bioscop AG | Die Spinnen | 2 | Adventure | Fritz Lang | German | |
| Serico Producing Company Inc. | A Woman in Grey | 15 | Mystery | James Vincent | ||
| Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | The Great Radium Mystery | 18 | Mystery | Robert Broadwell and Robert F. Hill | ||
| The Lion Man | 18 | Mystery | Albert Russell and Jack Wells | |||
| The Midnight Man | 18 | James W. Horne | ||||
| Shamrock Photoplay Corporation | The Masked Rider | 15 | Western | Aubrey M. Kennedy | ||
| Hallmark Pictures Corporation | The Trail of the Octopus | 15 | Mystery | Duke Worne | ||
| Vitagraph Company of America | Man of Might | 15 | Maritime | William Duncan and Clifford Smith | ||
| Smashing Barriers | 15 | Western | William Duncan | |||
| Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont | Barabbas | Louis Feuillade | French | |||
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