1888 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 1888 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

 * George Eastman files for a patent for his photographic film.
 * Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for sound film (February 27, West Orange, New Jersey).
 * Étienne-Jules Marey starts work on his chronophotographe camera with 90 mm wide roll paper film.
 * Charles-Émile Reynaud patents his Théâtre Optique which uses a kind of perforated film to create an animated show.

Films

 * Roundhay Garden Scene, Accordion Player and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, filmed by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince in Leeds, United Kingdom, using paper "stripping" film and paper negative film.
 * Horse and Rider Jumping Over an Obstacle (Pferd und Reiter Springen über ein Hindernis) and other sequences, shot by Ottomar Anschütz in Germany.