This page indexes the individual ''year in film'' pages. Each year is annotated with its significant events. __NOTOC__ *

19th century in film Events * 1826 – Nicéphore Niépce takes the oldest known extant photograph, ''View from the Window at Le Gras''. * 1833 – Joseph Plateau (Belgium) introduces a scientific demonstration device that creates an optical illusion of movement by ...

* 20th century in film: **

1900s The 1900s may refer to: * 1900s (decade) File:1900s decademontage2.png, 420px, From left, clockwise: The Wright brothers achieve the first manned flight with a motorized airplane, in Kitty Hawk in 1903; A missionary points to the severed hand ...

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1910s File:1910s montage.png, From left, clockwise: The Ford Model T is introduced and becomes widespread; The sinking of the ''RMS Titanic'' causes the deaths of nearly 1,500 people and attracts global and historical attention; Title bar: All the ev ...

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1920s File:1920s decade montage.png, From left, clockwise: Third Tipperary Brigade Flying Column No. 2 under Seán Hogan during the Irish War of Independence; Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol in accordance to the 18th amendment, which ...

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1930s File:1930s decade montage.png, From left, clockwise: Dorothea Lange's photo of the homeless Florence Thompson shows the effects of the Great Depression; due to extreme drought conditions, farms across the south-central United States become dry an ...

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1940s File:1940s decade montage.png, Above title bar: events during World War II (1939–1945): From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of France; The Ho ...

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1950s The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the " '50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its re ...

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1960s File:1960s montage.png, Clockwise from top left: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War; the Beatles led the British Invasion of the U.S. music market; a half-a-million people participate in the 1969 Woodstock Festival; Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...

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1970s File:1970s decade montage.jpg, Clockwise from top left: U.S. President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office following the Watergate scandal in 1974; The United States was still involved in the Vietnam War ...

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1980s File:1980s replacement montage02.PNG, 420px, From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, ''Columbia'', lifts off in 1981; US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ease tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the ...

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1990s File:1990s decade montage.png, From top left, clockwise: The Hubble Space Telescope orbits the Earth after it was launched in 1990; American General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-16s and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, F-15s fly over burning o ...

* 21st century in film: **

2000s File:2000s decade montage3.png, From top left, clockwise: The World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty during the 9/11 attacks in 2001; the euro enters into European currency in 2002; a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled during th ...

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2010s File:2010s collage v21.png, From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed; Crimea is ...

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2020s The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" shortened to "the '20s" and referred to as the twenties) is the current decade, which began on January 1, 2020, and will end on December 31, 2029. The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic — the firs ...

19th century in film

Before Muybridge's 1878 work, photo sequences were not recorded in real-time because light-sensitive emulsions needed a long exposure time. The sequences were basically made as time-lapse recordings. It is possible that people at the time actually viewed such photographs come to life with a phénakisticope or zoetrope (this certainly happened with Muybridge's work). *

1826 Events January–March * January 15 – The French newspaper '' Le Figaro'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly. * January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island ...

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View from the Window at Le Gras ''View from the Window at Le Gras'' is a heliographic image and the oldest surviving camera photograph. It was created by French inventor Nicéphore Niépce in 1827 in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France, and shows parts of the buildings and surroun ...

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Nicéphore Niépce Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (; 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833), commonly known or referred to simply as Nicéphore Niépce, was a French inventor, usually credited with the invention of photography. Niépce developed heliography, a technique he us ...

takes the oldest known extant photograph. *

1833 Events January–March * January 3 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. * February 6 – His Royal Highness Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria assumes the title His Majesty Othon the ...

– Since 1833 onwards, 'animated films' or rather animated effects began to be made with the use of phénakisticopes,

zoetrope A zoetrope is one of several pre-film animation devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion. It was basically a cylindrical variation of the phénak ...

s and

praxinoscope The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder. The p ...

s. *

1865 Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher ...

– ''Revolving'', self-portrait by French photographer

Nadar Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person ...

. Around 1865 he produced this series of self-portraits consisting of 12 frames showing different angles of him sitting still in a chair. Except for a smile in 1 frame, not even a fold in his jacket or a single hair seems to change between the different angles. This could be regarded as a predecessor to the

chronophotography Chronophotography is a photographic technique from the Victorian era which captures a number of phases of movements. The best known chronophotography works were mostly intended for the scientific study of locomotion, to discover practical inform ...

which Marey and Muybridge started to experiment with more than 10 years later. As the sequence revolves around space rather than time it is even more related to the bullet-time effect popularized by ''

The Matrix ''The Matrix'' is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in ''The Matrix'' film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantolia ...

'' about 135 years later. There's no clue if more than one camera was used in the shoot, but it's certainly well-executed.

1870s

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...

– '' Passage de Vénus'', first precedent of a film. On December 9, 1874, french astronomer

Pierre Janssen Pierre Jules César Janssen (22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907), usually known as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, is credited with discovering the gaseous nature of the solar ...

and Brazilian engineer Francisco Antônio de Almeida using Janssen's '

photographic revolver The Janssen revolver (french: revolver photographique) was invented by the French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen in 1874. It was the instrument that originated chronophotography, a branch of photography based on capturing movement from ...

' photograph the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun. They were purportedly taken in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

. It is the oldest film on

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and

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1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Bat ...

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The Horse in Motion ''The Horse in Motion'' is a series of cabinet cards by Eadweard Muybridge, including six cards that each show a sequential series of six to twelve "automatic electro-photographs" depicting the movement of a horse. Muybridge shot the photogr ...

'', British photographer

Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge (; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first ...

take a series of "automatic electro-photographs" depicting the movement of a horse. Muybridge shot the photographs in June 1878. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had previously been published by Muybridge in 1877. The most famous of these electro-photographs is "Sallie Gardner" taken on June 19, 1878. Railroad tycoon

Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Sen ...

hired Muybridge to settle the questions of whether a galloping horse ever had all four of its feet off the ground. Muybridge's photos showed the horse with all four feet off the ground. Muybridge went on a lecture tour showing his photographs on a moving-image device he called the

zoopraxiscope The zoopraxiscope (initially named ''zoographiscope'' and ''zoogyroscope'') is an early device for displaying moving images and is considered an important predecessor of the movie projector. It was conceived by photographic pioneer Eadweard M ...

1880s

1885 Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 &n ...

– American inventors

George Eastman George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. He was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman ...

and

Hannibal Goodwin Hannibal Williston Goodwin (April 21, 1822 – December 31, 1900), patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing mot ...

each invent a sensitized

celluloid Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents. Once much more common for its use as photographic film before the advent of safer methods, celluloid's common contemporary ...

base roll

photographic film Photographic film is a strip or sheet of transparent film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals. The sizes and other characteristics of the crystals determine ...

to replace the glass plates then in use. *

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

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Louis Le Prince Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841 – disappeared 16 September 1890, declared dead 16 September 1897) was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion-picture camera, possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequ ...

is granted an

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dual-patent on a 16-lens device that combines a

motion picture camera A movie camera (also known as a film camera and cine-camera) is a type of photographic camera that rapidly takes a sequence of photographs, either on an image sensor or onto film stock, in order to produce a moving image to project onto a movie sc ...

with a

projector A projector or image projector is an optical device that projects an image (or moving images) onto a surface, commonly a projection screen. Most projectors create an image by shining a light through a small transparent lens, but some newer typ ...

. *

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...

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Man Walking Around a Corner ''Man Walking Around a Corner'' was an early British film, shot in Leeds, England by Louis Le Prince. According to David Wilkinson's 2015 documentary ''The First Film'' it is not film, but a series of photographs, 16 in all, each taken from one of ...

'', directed by French inventor

. The oldest known film. Although according to David Wilkinson's 2015 documentary ''

The First Film ''The First Film'' is a 2015 British documentary film about cinema pioneer Louis Le Prince, made by David Nicholas Wilkinson. It argues the case that Le Prince, rather than the Lumière brothers, was the true inventor of moving pictures, making ...

'' it's not film, but a series of photographs, 16 in all, each taken from one of the lens from Le Prince's camera. Pictures from the film were sent in a letter dated 18 August 1887 to his wife. Le Prince went on to develop the one lens camera and on the 14th October 1888 he finally made the world's first moving image, ''

Roundhay Garden Scene ''Roundhay Garden Scene'' is a short silent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, in the north of England on 14 October 1888. It is believed to be the oldest surviving film. The came ...

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1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

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'', the earliest surviving film by French inventor

, is shot in

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, through a groundbreaking 20 frames per second. Others short films made at the same time were ''Accordion Player'' and ''Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge''. *

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in t ...

Eastman Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak ) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorpor ...

is the first company to begin commercial production of film on a flexible transparent base,

1890s

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship '' ...

- '' London's Trafalgar Square''; '' Monkeyshines'' *

1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. ** Germany takes formal possession of its new Af ...

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Dickson Greeting ''Dickson Greeting'' is an 1891 American short silent film. Directed, produced by, and starring motion-picture pioneer William K. L. Dickson, it displays a 3-second clip of him passing a hat in front of himself, and reaching for it with his other ...

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Men Boxing ''Men Boxing'' is an 1891 American short silent film, produced and directed by William K. L. Dickson and William Heise William Heise (1847–1910) was a German-born American film cinematographer and director, active in the 1890s and credited ...

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Newark Athlete ''Newark Athlete'' is an 1891 American short silent film directed and produced by William Kennedy Dickson. The film, roughly ten seconds in length, displays a young athlete swinging Indian clubs. It was filmed in May or June 1891, in the Photogra ...

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1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...

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Le Clown et ses chiens ''Le Clown et ses chiens'' (aka ''The Clown and His Dogs'') is an 1892 French short animated film hand-painted in colour by Émile Reynaud. It consists of 300 individually painted images and lasts about 10 minutes. It was the second film that Re ...

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Pauvre Pierrot ''Pauvre Pierrot'' (or ''Poor Pete'') is a French short animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud in 1891 and released in 1892. It consists of 500 individually painted images and lasts about 15 minutes originally. It is one of the first ...

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Un bon bock ''Un bon bock'' (aka ''A Good Beer'') is an 1892 French short animated film directed by Émile Reynaud. Painted in 1888, it was first screened on 28 October 1892 using the Théâtre Optique process, which allowed him to project a hand-painted co ...

'', first projected

animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...

films released by

Émile Reynaud Charles-Émile Reynaud (8 December 1844 – 9 January 1918) was a French inventor, responsible for the praxinoscope (an animation device patented in 1877 that improved on the zoetrope) and was responsible for the first projected animated fi ...

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1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

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'', the first film shown publicly on the

Kinetoscope The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device, designed for films to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole viewer window. The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector, but it introduced the basic approach that woul ...

, a system given to Edison;

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventi ...

creates "America's First Film Studio", Black Maria. *

1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

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Carmencita Carmen Dauset Moreno, better known simply as Carmencita (1868 – 1910), was a Spanish-style dancer in American pre-vaudeville variety and music hall ballet. Biography Born in Almería, Andalusia, Spain, Carmencita took dancing lessons in Malag ...

,'' according to film historian

Charles Musser Charles John Musser (born 16 January 1951) is a film historian and documentary film maker. Since 1992 he has taught at Yale University, where he is currently a professor of Film and Media Studies as well as American Studies and Theater Studies. ...

, directed and produced by William K.L. Dickson, the Scottish

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credited with the invention of the

motion picture A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

camera A camera is an optical instrument that can capture an image. Most cameras can capture 2D images, with some more advanced models being able to capture 3D images. At a basic level, most cameras consist of sealed boxes (the camera body), with ...

under the employ of

was the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and may have been the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. **''

The Dickson Experimental Sound Film ''The Dickson Experimental Sound Film'' is a film made by William Dickson in late 1894 or early 1895. It is the first known film with live-recorded sound and appears to be the first motion picture made for the Kinetophone, the proto- sound-film sy ...

'' made by William Dickson in late 1894 or early 1895 is the first known film with live-recorded sound and appears to be the first motion picture made for the

Kinetophone The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device, designed for films to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole viewer window. The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector, but it introduced the basic approach that woul ...

, the proto- sound-film system developed by Dickson and

. It is also discussed whether it is considered as the first LGBT film. Further in his book ''The Celluloid Closet'' (1981), film historian

Vito Russo Vito Russo (July 11, 1946 – November 7, 1990) was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book '' The Celluloid Closet'' (1981, revised edition 1987), described in ''The New York Tim ...

discusses the film, claiming, without attribution, that it was titled ''The Gay Brothers''. Russo's unsupported naming of the film has been adopted widely online and in at least three books, and his unsubstantiated assertions that the film's content is homosexual are frequently echoed. In addition to there being no evidence for the title Russo gives the film, in fact, the word "gay" was not generally used as a synonym for "homosexual" at the time the film was made. A particularly relevant example of the way the word "gay" was actually used is provided by a later Edison Manufacturing Company film, directed by

Edwin S. Porter Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Of over ...

. As described by scholar Linda Williams, ''The Gay Shoe Clerk'' (1903). *

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

– In Paris, France on December 28, 1895, the Lumière brothers screen ten films at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris making the first commercial public screening ever made, marked traditionally as the birth date of the film;

Gaumont Film Company The Gaumont Film Company (, ), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in ...

, the oldest ever

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, is founded by inventor

Léon Gaumont Léon Ernest Gaumont (; 10 May 1864 – 10 August 1946) was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. He founded the world’s first and oldest film studio Gaumont Film Company, and worked in ...

. *

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that ...

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L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat ''L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat'' (translated from French into English as ''The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station'', ''Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat'' (US) and ''The Arrival of the Mail Train'', and in the United Kingdom as ' ...

'', one of the six more short films released by the Lumière brothers; Pathé-Frères is founded. *

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puni ...

–

Vitagraph Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, ...

is founded in

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1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

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The Astronomer's Dream ''The Astronomer's Dream, or the Man in the Moon'' (french: La Lune à un mètre, literally "The Moon from One Meter Off") is an 1898 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. Based on one of his stage magic acts, and starring Méliès himsel ...

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The Cavalier's Dream ''The Cavalier's Dream'' is an 1898 American black-and-white horror silent one minute short film directed by Edwin S. Porter in his directorial debut. Plot A cavalier sits asleep at a bare table; an old witch enters, raps three times, then di ...

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Photographing a Ghost ''Photographing a Ghost'' (1898) is a short film that was directed by George Albert Smith. It is about photographers A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", t ...

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Santa Claus Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnigh ...

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1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...

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The Dreyfus Affair The Dreyfus affair (french: affaire Dreyfus, ) was a political scandal that divided the French Third Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francop ...

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Cendrillon ''Cendrillon'' (''Cinderella'') is an opera—described as a "fairy tale"—in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn based on Perrault's 1698 version of the Cinderella fairy tale. It had its premiere performance on 24 ...

'' (first screen adaptation of the traditional fairy tale ''

Cinderella "Cinderella",; french: link=no, Cendrillon; german: link=no, Aschenputtel) or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsi ...

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Georges Méliès Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of ...

; earliest known use of a colour motion picture film footage by

Edward Raymond Turner Edward Raymond Turner (1873 – 9 March 1903) was a pioneering British inventor and cinematographer. He produced the earliest known colour motion picture film footage. Biography Turner was born in 1873 in Clevedon, North Somerset, UK. In late ...

1900s

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

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Sherlock Holmes Baffled ''Sherlock Holmes Baffled'' is a very short American silent film created in 1900 with cinematography by Arthur Marvin. It is the earliest known film to feature Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes, albeit in a form unlike th ...

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Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronat ...

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The Enchanted Drawing ''The Enchanted Drawing'' is a 1900 silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton. It is best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film, which has led Blackton to be considered the father of American animati ...

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1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...

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Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost ''Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost'' is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (played by Daniel Smith) confronted by Jacob Marley's ghost and given visions of Christmas past, p ...

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1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world' ...

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A Trip to the Moon ''A Trip to the Moon'' (french: Le Voyage dans la Lune) is a 1902 French adventure short film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by a wide variety of sources, including Jules Verne's 1865 novel '' From the Earth to the Moon'' and its 187 ...

'' *

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...

– '' The Great Train Robbery'' *

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library syst ...

– ''

The Impossible Voyage ''The Impossible Voyage'' (french: Le Voyage à travers l'impossible), also known as ''An Impossible Voyage'' and ''Whirling the Worlds'', is a 1904 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by Jules Verne's play '' Journey Throu ...

'';

Titanus Titanus is an Italian film production company, founded in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). The company's headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the Via Tiburtina, 13 km from the centre of Rome. Lom ...

is founded *

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia ( Shostakovich's 11th Symphony ...

– '' Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom'' *

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

– ''

The Story of the Kelly Gang ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' is a 1906 Australian bushranger film that traces the exploits of 19th-century bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. It was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around the city of Melbourne. The origin ...

'', '' Dream of a Rarebit Fiend'', ''

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces ''Humorous Phases of Funny Faces'' is a 1906 short silent animated cartoon directed by James Stuart Blackton and generally regarded by film historians as the first animated film recorded on standard picture film.Magill's Survey of Silent Films ...

''; Nordisk Film is founded *

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco ...

– '' Ben-Hur'', '' L'Enfant prodigue'' * 1908 – '' Fantasmagorie'', '' A Visit to the Seaside'', ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunk ...

'', '' The Thieving Hand'', ''

The Assassination of the Duke of Guise ''The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'' (1908) (original French title: ''La Mort du duc de Guise''; often referred to as ''L'Assassinat du duc de Guise'') is a French historical film directed by Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes, adapted ...

''; first use of

Kinemacolor Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. He was influenced by the work of William Norman Lascelles Davidson and, more directly, E ...

;

Pathé News Pathé News was a producer of newsreels and documentaries from 1910 to 1970 in the United Kingdom. Its founder, Charles Pathé, was a pioneer of moving pictures in the silent era. The Pathé News archive is known today as British Pathé. Its col ...

invents the

newsreel A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the mid 1970s. Typically presented in a cinema, newsreels were a source of current affairs, inform ...

. *

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Jan ...

– '' The Country Doctor'', ''

A Corner in Wheat ''A Corner in Wheat'' is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. It was directed by D. W. Griffit ...

'', ''

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy ''Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy'' is a 1909 five-minute silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton. In the film, a smoker (Paul Panzer) falls asleep and is visited by two fairies (one of which is played by Gladys Hulette). Audiences ...

'', ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its origin ...

''; 35 mm film becomes a filmmaking standard across the world.

1910s

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

– '' In Old California'', ''

In the Border States ''In the Border States'' is a 1910 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress. Cast * Charles West as Young Father * Charles Arling * ...

'', ''

White Fawn's Devotion ''White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America'' is a 1910 Cinema of the United States, American short film, short drama film, dramatic silent film. Although a few writers believe the film features Young Deer's wife, L ...

'' *

1911 A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * ...

– ''

L'Inferno ''L'Inferno'' is a 1911 Italian silent film, loosely adapted from '' Inferno'', the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. ''L'Inferno'' took over three years to make, and was the first full-length Italian feature film. Plot Da ...

'', ''

Baron Munchausen's Dream ''Baron Munchausen's Dream'' (french: Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchausen), also known as ''Les Aventures de baron de Munchausen'' and ''Monsieur le Baron a trop bien dîné'', is a 1911 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliè ...

'', ''

Defence of Sevastopol ''Defence of Sevastopol'' (russian: Оборона Севастополя, or Воскресший Севастополь) is a 1911 historical war film about the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War and one of the most important films in ...

'', ''

The Lonedale Operator ''The Lonedale Operator'' is a 1911 short American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet and written by Mack Sennett for the Biograph Company. The plot of the film involves a girl who takes over a telegraph station a ...

'' *

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...

– '' Independenţa României'', ''

The Musketeers of Pig Alley ''The Musketeers of Pig Alley'' is a 1912 American short drama and a gangster film. It is directed by D. W. Griffith and written by Griffith and Anita Loos. It is also credited for its early use of follow focus, a fundamental tool in cinematog ...

'';

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

and

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

, Hollywood's two oldest major film studios, are founded; the

British Board of Film Classification The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of ...

is established. *

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...

– ''

The Bangville Police ''The Bangville Police'' (also known as ''Bangville Police'') is a 1913 comedy short starring Fred Mace, Mabel Normand and the Keystone Cops (Mace, Raymond Hatton, Edgar Kennedy, Ford Sterling, and Al St. John). The one-reel film, generally r ...

'', '' Fantômas'', '' Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life'', ''

Raja Harishchandra ''Raja Harishchandra'' () is a 1913 Indian silent film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first full-length Indian feature film. ''Raja Harishchandra'' features Dattatraya Damodar Dabke, Anna Salunke, Bhal ...

''; invention of the

film trailer A trailer (also known as a preview, coming attraction or attraction video) is a commercial advertisement, originally for a feature film that is going to be exhibited in the future at a movie theater/cinema. It is a product of creative and techni ...

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

– ''

Cabiria ''Cabiria'' is a 1914 Italian epic silent film, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and shot in Turin. The film is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). It follows a melodramatic ma ...

'', '' The Perils of Pauline'', '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'', ''

Judith of Bethulia ''Judith of Bethulia'' (1914) is an American film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and produced and directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the play "Judith and the Holofernes" (1896) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which itself was an adapt ...

'' *

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". * January ...

– ''

The Birth of a Nation ''The Birth of a Nation'', originally called ''The Clansman'', is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play ''The Clan ...

'', ''

The Tramp The Tramp (''Charlot'' in several languages), also known as the Little Tramp, was English actor Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film. '' The Tramp'' is also the title ...

'', ''

Les Vampires ''Les Vampires'' is a 1915–16 French silent crime serial film written and directed by Louis Feuillade. Set in Paris, it stars Édouard Mathé, Musidora and Marcel Lévesque. The main characters are a journalist and his friend who become invol ...

'', '' A Fool There Was'' *

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * J ...

– '' Intolerance'', ''

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (french: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-J ...

'', ''

Gertie the Dinosaur ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur. McCay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaude ...

'', '' The Queen of Spades''; invention of

Technicolor Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...

. *

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...

– ''

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's jo ...

'', ''

A Man There Was ''A Man There Was'' ( sv, Terje Vigen) is a 1917 Swedish drama directed by Victor Sjöström, based on a poem of the same title by Henrik Ibsen. With a budget of SEK 60,000, it was the most expensive Swedish film made up to that point, marking ...

'' *

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the even ...

– '' Stella Maris'', ''

Mickey Mickey is a given name and nickname, almost always masculine and often a short form (hypocorism) of Michael, and occasionally a surname. Notable people and characters with the name include: People Given name or nickname Men * Mickey Andrews (bor ...

'', ''

Shifting Sands Shifting Sands can refer to: *''The Shifting Sands'', a book in the ''Deltora Quest'' series * ''Shifting Sands'' (1918 film), a 1918 film * ''Shifting Sands'' (1922 film), a 1922 film *''Shifting Sands'', a 1957 episode of The Goon Show *Forms of ...

'' *

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...

– ''

Blind Husbands ''Blind Husbands'' is a 1919 American drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The film is an adaptation of the story ''The Pinnacle'' by Stroheim. Plot A group of holiday-makers arrive at Cortina d'Ampezzo, an Alpine village in th ...

'', ''

Broken Blossoms ''Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl'', often referred to simply as ''Broken Blossoms'', is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919. It stars L ...

'', ''

True Heart Susie ''True Heart Susie'' is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute. The film has seen several VHS releases as well as a DVD is ...

'', ''

Dalagang Bukid ''Dalagang Bukid'' (English: ''Country Maiden'') is a 1919 Cinema of the Philippines, Filipino silent film. Directed by José Nepomuceno, it is recognized as the first full-length Filipino produced and directed feature film. An adaptation of th ...

'', ''

Male and Female ''Male and Female'' is a 1919 American silent adventure/ drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan. Its main themes are gender relations and social class. The film is based on the 1902 J. M. Barrie ...

'';

United Artists United Artists Corporation (UA), currently doing business as United Artists Digital Studios, is an American digital production company. Founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, the stu ...

is founded.

1920s

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

– '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'', ''

Way Down East ''Way Down East'' is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is one of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play ''Way Down East'' by Lottie Blair Parker. There wer ...

'', ''

The Flapper ''The Flapper'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Olive Thomas. Directed by Alan Crosland, the film was the first in the United States to portray the "flapper" lifestyle, which became a cultural craze or fad in the 1920s. Plot Si ...

'', '' The Mark of Zorro'', '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', '' The Golem: How He Came into the World'', ''

Within Our Gates ''Within Our Gates'' is a 1920 American silent film by the director Oscar Micheaux that portrays the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century, the years of Jim Crow, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, ...

'' *

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks ...

– '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', ''

The Kid The Kid or The Kids may refer to: Fictional characters * The kid (''Blood Meridian''), a character in Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel ''Blood Meridian'' * The Kid (''The Matrix''), a character in the ''Matrix'' film series * The Kid (''The Stand'' ...

'', ''

The Phantom Carriage ''The Phantom Carriage'' ( sv, Körkarlen, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' (''Körkarlen'') by Swedish author Selma Lag ...

'', '' Fool's Paradise'', '' The Sheik'', ''

The Mechanical Man ''The Mechanical Man'' (Italian: ''L'uomo meccanico'') is a 1921 Italian science fiction film directed by André Deed (who also starred in the film as the comedic character Saltarello). It was produced in 1920 and released in November 1921. It ...

'' *

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

– ''

Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...

'', ''

Häxan ''Häxan'' (, "The Witch"; Danish: ''Heksen''; English: ''The Witches''; released in the US in 1968 as ''Witchcraft Through the Ages'') is a 1922 silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Consisting partly of d ...

'', ''

Foolish Wives ''Foolish Wives'' is a 1922 American erotic silent drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Super-Jewel banner and written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The drama features von Stroheim, Rudolph Christians, Mis ...

'', ''

The Little Rascals ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'', '' Blood and Sand'', ''

Nanook of the North ''Nanook of the North'' is a 1922 American silent film which combines elements of documentary and docudrama, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist. In the tradition of what would later be c ...

'', ''

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler ''Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'' (german: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922. The fi ...

'';

Motion Picture Association of America The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distrib ...

is established. *

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

– ''

Safety Last! ''Safety Last!'' is a 1923 American silent romantic-comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent-film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper ...

'', ''

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story ...

'', ''

Our Hospitality ''Our Hospitality'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone. Starring Keaton, Joe Roberts, and Natalie Talmadge and distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation, it uses slapstick and situational com ...

'', ''

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ� ...

'';

Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film production and distribution company of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group division of Warner Bros. Entertainment (both ultimately owned by Warner Bros. Discovery). The studio is the flagship producer of li ...

and

Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit ...

are founded;

16 mm film 16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 and 35 mm. It is generally used for non-theatrical (e.g., industrial, edu ...

introduced. *

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...

– '' Sherlock Jr.'', '' The Thief of Bagdad'', ''

Greed Greed (or avarice) is an uncontrolled longing for increase in the acquisition or use of material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions); or social value, such as status, or power. Greed has been identified as und ...

'', '' The Last Laugh'', ''

He Who Gets Slapped ''He Who Gets Slapped'' ( rus, Тот, кто получает пощёчины, links=no) is a play in four acts by Russian dramatist Leonid Andreyev; completed in August 1915 and first produced in that same year at the Moscow Art Theatre on ...

'';

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...

and

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

are founded *

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...

– ''

The Gold Rush ''The Gold Rush'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film also stars Chaplin in his Little Tramp persona, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, and Malcolm Waite. Chapl ...

'', ''

The Battleship Potemkin '' Battleship Potemkin'' (russian: Бронено́сец «Потёмкин», ''Bronenosets Potyomkin''), sometimes rendered as ''Battleship Potyomkin'', is a 1925 Soviet silent drama film produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by S ...

'', ''

The Big Parade ''The Big Parade'' is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane. Written by World War I veteran, Laurence Stallings, the film is about ...

'', ''

The Phantom of the Opera ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pier ...

'', '' Ben-Hur'' *

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...

– '' The General'', ''

The Adventures of Prince Achmed ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (known as ''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed'' in German) is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film; two earlier ones were made in Argentin ...

'', ''

Don Juan Don Juan (), also known as Don Giovanni ( Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. Famous versions of the story include a 17th-century play, ''El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'' ...

'' *

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ...

– ''

The Jazz Singer ''The Jazz Singer'' is a 1927 American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music score as well as lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolate ...

'', ''

Metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big c ...

'', ''

Laurel & Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo in t ...

'', ''

Wings A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expre ...

'', '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'', ''

Napoléon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

'', ''

The King of Kings King of Kings; grc-gre, Βασιλεὺς Βασιλέων, Basileùs Basiléōn; hy, արքայից արքա, ark'ayits ark'a; sa, महाराजाधिराज, Mahārājadhirāja; ka, მეფეთ მეფე, ''Mepet mepe'' ...

'' *

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...

– ''

The Passion of Joan of Arc ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' (french: link=no, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) is a 1928 French silent historical film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne ...

'', ''

Steamboat Willie ''Steamboat Willie'' is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black and white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Pat Powers, under the name of Celebrity Productions. The cartoon ...

'', ''

Un Chien Andalou ''Un Chien Andalou'' (, ''An Andalusian Dog'') is a 1929 French silent short film directed by Luis Buñuel, and written by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Buñuel's first film, it was initially released in a limited capacity at Studio des Ursuline ...

'', '' Lights of New York'', '' The Circus'', '' The Crowd'';

RKO Pictures RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orph ...

is founded *

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

– ''

Blackmail Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fa ...

'', ''

Pandora's Box Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem ''Works and Days''. Hesiod reported that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing physi ...

'', ''

Man with a Movie Camera ''Man with a Movie Camera'' (russian: Человек с киноаппаратом, translit=Chelovek s kinoapparatom) is an experimental 1929 Soviet silent documentary film, directed by Dziga Vertov, filmed by his brother Mikhail Kaufman, an ...

'', ''

The Broadway Melody ''The Broadway Melody'', also known as ''The Broadway Melody of 1929'', is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor seq ...

'', ''

Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a centr ...

'', '' The Virginian'';

1st Academy Awards The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and hosted by AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks, honored the best films from 1 August 1927 to 31 July 1928 and took place on May 1 ...

1930s

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

– ''

Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series '' Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation. ...

'', ''

All Quiet on the Western Front ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (german: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit=Nothing New in the West) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma du ...

'', ''

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's sur ...

'', '' Journey's End'', ''

The Blue Angel ''The Blue Angel'' (german: Der blaue Engel) is a 1930 German musical comedy-drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, and starring Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings and Kurt Gerron. Written by Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller and Rober ...

'', '' Hell's Angels'', '' The Big House'' *

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

– ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ...

'', ''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taki ...

'', '' The Champ'', '' The Public Enemy'', '' Little Caesar'', '' Cimarron'', '' M'', ''

City Lights ''City Lights'' is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows the misadventures of Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in love with a blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) and ...

'', '' The Front Page'' *

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...

– '' Shanghai Express'', '' Scarface'', '' Tarzan the Ape Man'', ''

The Mummy A mummy is an unusually well preserved corpse. Mummy or The Mummy may also refer to: Places * Mummy Range, a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States * Mummy Cave, a rock shelter and archeological site in P ...

'', ''

Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She originally appeared in the ''Talkartoon'' and ''Betty Boop'' film series, which were produced by Fleisc ...

'', '' Freaks'', '' Trouble in Paradise'', '' The Sign of the Cross'', '' Grand Hotel'';

8 mm film 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

introduced. *

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

– ''

King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...

'', '' Fred & Ginger'', ''

The Invisible Man ''The Invisible Man'' is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in '' Pearson's Weekly'' in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devo ...

'', '' 42nd Street'', '' Duck Soup'', ''

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared ...

'', '' She Done Him Wrong'' *

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

– ''

L'Atalante ''L'Atalante'', also released as ''Le Chaland qui passe'' ("The Passing Barge"), is a 1934 French film written and directed by Jean Vigo, and starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo and Michel Simon. After the difficult release of his controversial ...

'', ''

It Happened One Night ''It Happened One Night'' is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite ( Claudette Colbert) tr ...

'', ''

The Thin Man ''The Thin Man'' (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in a condensed version in the December 1933 issue of ''Redbook''. It appeared in book form the following month. A film series followed, featuring the main cha ...

'', ''

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

'', '' The Goddess'', ''

Manhattan Melodrama ''Manhattan Melodrama'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film, produced by MGM, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy. The movie also provided one of Mickey Rooney's earliest film roles. (Rooney ...

'', '' The Black Cat'' *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

– '' A Night at the Opera'', ''

Bride of Frankenstein ''Bride of Frankenstein'' is a 1935 American science fiction horror film, and the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film ''Frankenstein''. As with the first film, ''Bride of Frankenstein'' was directed by James Whale starring Boris Kar ...

'', '' The 39 Steps'', ''

Mutiny on the Bounty The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set h ...

'';

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disn ...

and

The Rank Organisation The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribut ...

are founded *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

– '' Modern Times'', '' Swing Time'', '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'', ''

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established '' Buck Rogers'' adv ...

'', ''

My Man Godfrey ''My Man Godfrey'' is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film. The screenplay for ''My Man Godf ...

'', ''

The Great Ziegfeld ''The Great Ziegfeld'' is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and ...

'', '' Come and Get It'' *

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into ...

– ''

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection '' Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as ...

'', ''

The Life of Emile Zola ''The Life of Emile Zola'' is a 1937 American biographical film about the 19th-century French author Émile Zola starring Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great critical and ...

'', ''

La Grande Illusion ''La Grande Illusion'' (also known as ''The Grand Illusion'') is a 1937 French war film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who ar ...

'', ''

Pépé le Moko ''Pépé le Moko'' () is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss. An example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, i ...

'', ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in orde ...

'', ''

Lost Horizon ''Lost Horizon'' is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called '' Lost Horizon'', in 1937 by director Frank Capra. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamaser ...

'' *

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...

– ''

Bringing Up Baby ''Bringing Up Baby'' is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a paleontologist in a number of predi ...

'', ''

The Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia d ...

'', ''

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Gran ...

'', ''

Jezebel Jezebel (;"Jezebel"
(US) and ) was the daughte ...

'', ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas ...

'', '' Boys Town'', ''

Angels with Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wri ...

'' *

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

– ''

Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to: * ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell * ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel Gone with the Wind may also refer to: Music * ''Gone with the Wind'' ...

'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''

The Rules of the Game ''The Rules of the Game'' (original French title: ''La règle du jeu'') is a 1939 French satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jean Renoir. The ensemble cast includes Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, ...

'', ''

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

'', ''

Of Mice and Men ''Of Mice and Men'' is a novella written by John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job o ...

'', '' Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'', ''

Stagecoach A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are dra ...

1940s

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * Januar ...

– '' His Girl Friday'', ''

The Great Dictator ''The Great Dictator'' is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the onl ...

'', ''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the ...

'',

Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merr ...

and

Elmer Fudd Elmer J.'' Hare Brush'' (1956) Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/'' Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon panthe ...

, ''

Rebecca Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

'', ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel '' The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan ...

'', ''

Fantasia Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcor ...

'', ''

The Grapes of Wrath ''The Grapes of Wrath'' is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Priz ...

'', '' The Philadelphia Story'', ''Road to...'' series *

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

– ''

Citizen Kane ''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited ...

'', ''

The Lady Eve ''The Lady Eve'' is a 1941 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.Sergeant York Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machi ...

'', ''

Dumbo ''Dumbo'' is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, ...

'', ''

How Green Was My Valley ''How Green Was My Valley'' is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, narrated by Huw Morgan, the main character, about his Welsh family and the mining community in which they live. The author had claimed that he based the book on his own persona ...

'', ''

Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker is an animated character that appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio and distributed by Universal Studios between 1940 and 1972. Woody, an anthropomorphic woodpecker, was created in 1940 by ...

'', '' The Maltese Falcon'', '' The Wolf Man'' *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...

– ''

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

'', '' Mrs. Miniver'', ''

The Magnificent Ambersons ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington, the second in his ''Growth'' trilogy after ''The Turmoil'' (1915) and before ''The Midlander'' (1923, retitled ''National Avenue'' in 1927). It won the Pulitzer Prize for ficti ...

'', ''

To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be may refer to: * ''To be, or not to be'', the soliloquy from ''Hamlet''. Films and TV, theatre and books * ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1942 film), directed by Ernst Lubitsch * ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1983 film), a remake produced ...

'', ''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten ...

'', ''

Yankee Doodle Dandy ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George To ...

'', '' Cat People'', ''

Saludos Amigos ''Saludos Amigos'' ( Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the sixth Disney animated feature film and the first of the six pack ...

'' *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...

– ''

Ossessione ''Ossessione'' (, English: ''Obsession'') is a 1943 Italian film based on the 1934 novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' by James M. Cain. Luchino Visconti’s first feature film, it is considered by many to be the first Italian neorealist fi ...

'', '' The Song of Bernadette'', '' Heaven Can Wait'', ''

Phantom of the Opera ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierr ...

'', ''

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' is a 1943 British romantic drama war film written, produced and directed by the Cinema of the United Kingdom, British film making team of Powell and Pressburger, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It s ...

'', ''

Lassie Come Home ''Lassie Come Home'' is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal, in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie, Lassie. The film was dire ...

'', '' Shadow of a Doubt'', ''

For Whom the Bell Tolls ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigne ...

'', ''

The Ox-Bow Incident ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Mary Beth Hughes, with Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan and Jane Darwell. Two cowboys arrive in a ...

'' *

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...

– '' Going My Way'', ''

Double Indemnity ''Double Indemnity'' is a 1944 American crime film noir directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The screenplay was based on James M. Cain's 1943 novel of the same ...

'', ''

Meet Me in St. Louis ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' is a 1944 American Christmas film, Christmas musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith famil ...

'', ''

Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Iva ...

'', '' Laura'', ''

To Have and Have Not ''To Have and Have Not'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1937 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The book follows Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida. ''To Have and Have Not'' was Hemingway's second novel set in th ...

'', ''

Murder, My Sweet ''Murder, My Sweet'' (released as ''Farewell, My Lovely'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1944 American film noir, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor and Anne Shirley (in her final film before retirement). The film ...

'', ''

The Three Caballeros ''The Three Caballeros'' is a 1944 American live-action/animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the United States on ...

'', ''

Gaslight Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, such as hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, coal gas (town gas) or natural gas. The light is produced either direct ...

'';

1st Golden Globe Awards The 1st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1943 filmmaking, were held late on January 20, 1944 at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, California. Winners Best Picture '' The Song of Bernadette'' Best Actor in a Lead ...

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, ...

– ''

Brief Encounter ''Brief Encounter'' is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play ''Still Life''. Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, and Joyce Carey, ...

'', ''

Children of Paradise ''Children of Paradise'' (original French title: ''Les Enfants du Paradis'') is a two-part French romantic drama film by Marcel Carné, produced under war conditions in 1943, 1944, and early 1945 in both Vichy France and Occupied France. Set ...

'', ''

Leave Her to Heaven ''Leave Her to Heaven'' is a 1945 American psychological thriller film noir melodrama directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. It follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, ...

'', '' The Lost Weekend'', ''

The Naughty Nineties ''The Naughty Nineties'' is a 1945 American film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is noteworthy for containing a filmed version of the duo's famous " Who's on First?" routine. This version is shown at the National Baseba ...

'', ''

Anchors Aweigh "Anchors Aweigh" is the fight song of the United States Naval Academy and unofficial march song of the United States Navy. It was composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmermann with lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles. When he composed "Anchors Aweigh", Zim ...

'', ''

The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...

'', '' Rome, Open City'', '' Spellbound'' *

1946 Events January * January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The ...

– ''

It's a Wonderful Life ''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loos ...

'', '' Notorious'', ''

My Darling Clementine ''My Darling Clementine'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The ensemble cast also features Victor Mature (as Doc Hol ...

'', ''

Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (Great Expectations), Pip (the book is a ''bildungsroman''; a coming-of-age story). It ...

'', ''

The Best Years of Our Lives ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Rus ...

'', ''

Song of the South ''Song of the South'' is a 1946 American live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson; produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on the Uncle Remus stories as adapted b ...

'', ''

Make Mine Music ''Make Mine Music'' is a 1946 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the eighth Disney feature animated film, released on April 20, 1946. During World War II, much of Walt Disn ...

'', ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The Young American and Marine ...

'', ''

The Big Sleep ''The Big Sleep'' (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angel ...

'', '' Blue Skies''; First Cannes Film Festival *

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

– ''

Miracle on 34th Street ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (initially released as ''The Big Heart'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davi ...

'', ''

The Lady from Shanghai ''The Lady from Shanghai'' is a 1947 American film noir directed by Orson Welles (uncredited) and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel ''If I Die Before I Wake'' by Sherwood King. Altho ...

'', ''

Fun and Fancy Free ''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the ninth Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films th ...

'', ''

Monsieur Verdoux ''Monsieur Verdoux'' is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who plays a bigamist wife killer inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, a ...

'', ''

Out of the Past ''Out of the Past'' (billed in the United Kingdom as ''Build My Gallows High'') is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring (using the pse ...

'', ''

Odd Man Out ''Odd Man Out'' is a 1947 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, and starring James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, and Kathleen Ryan. Set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it follows a wounded Nationalist leader who attempts to evade polic ...

'' *

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

– ''

Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' ( it, Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as ''The Bicycle Thief'') is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post- World ...

'', '' The Red Shoes'', '' Red River'', ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'', '' Easter Parade'', ''

Melody Time ''Melody Time'' is a 1948 American live-action/animated musical film produced by Walt Disney. The tenth Disney animated feature film, it was released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of seven segments set to popular mu ...

'', '' The Paleface'', '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre''; 1st British Academy Film Awards *

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

– ''

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten ...

'', ''

Late Spring is a 1949 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and written by Ozu and Kogo Noda, based on the short novel ''Father and Daughter'' (''Chichi to musume'') by the 20th-century novelist and critic Kazuo Hirotsu. The film was written and ...

'', ''

All the King's Men ''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U ...

'', ''

White Heat ''White Heat'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly and Steve Cochran. Written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, ''White Heat'' is based on a story by ...

'', '' Whisky Galore!'', ''

Stray Dog A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house. Free-ranging dogs include street dogs, village dogs, stray dogs, feral dogs, etc., and may be owned or unowned. The global dog population is estimated to be 900 million, of w ...

'', ''

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' is a 1949 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney and James Algar with Ben Sharpsteen as producti ...

'', ''

The Heiress ''The Heiress'' is a 1949 American romantic drama film directed and produced by William Wyler, from a screenplay written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 stage play of the same title, which was itself adapted from Henry Jame ...

'', '' On the Town''

1950s

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

– ''

Rashomon is a 1950 Jidaigeki psychological thriller/ crime film directed and written by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura as v ...

'', ''

Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles, California, that stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles. It is a major thoroughfare in ...

'', ''

All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does not receive a screen credit ...

'', ''

'', '' Harvey'', '' Father of the Bride'', '' Orphée'', '' Annie Get Your Gun'', ''

In a Lonely Place ''In a Lonely Place'' is a 1950 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, produced for Bogart's Santana Productions. The script was written by Andrew P. Solt from Edmund H. North's adaptation of ...

'', ''

King Solomon's Mines ''King Solomon's Mines'' (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the ...

'', '' Born Yesterday'' *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

– ''

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of per ...

'', ''

An American in Paris ''An American in Paris'' is a jazz-influenced orchestral piece by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital ...

'', ''

The Day the Earth Stood Still ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (a.k.a. ''Farewell to the Master'' and ''Journey to the World'') is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Re ...

'', ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

'', '' Quo Vadis'', '' The African Queen'', ''

The Thing from Another World ''The Thing from Another World'', sometimes referred to as just ''The Thing'', is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporati ...

'', '' Ace in the Hole'', '' Strangers on a Train'', '' A Place in the Sun'', ''

Decision Before Dawn ''Decision Before Dawn'' is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech. It tells the story of the American Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to g ...

'' *

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

– ''

Singin' in the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd C ...

'', ''

High Noon ''High Noon'' is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, which occurs in real time, centers on a town marshal whose sense ...

'', ''

The Bad and the Beautiful ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' is a 1952 American melodrama that tells the story of a film producer who alienates everyone around him. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by George Bradshaw and Charles Schnee, and starring Lana T ...

'', ''

The Quiet Man ''The Quiet Man'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 ''Saturday Ev ...

'', ''

Limelight Limelight (also known as Drummond light or calcium light)James R. Smith (2004). ''San Francisco's Lost Landmarks'', Quill Driver Books. is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created whe ...

'', ''

This Is Cinerama ''This Is Cinerama'' is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd, Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas. It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the asp ...

'', '' The Greatest Show on Earth''; first 3D films *

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...

– ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...

'', '' Tokyo Story'', ''

From Here to Eternity ''From Here to Eternity'' is a 1953 American drama romance war film directed by Fred Zinnemann, and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three U.S. A ...

'', ''

Shane Shane may refer to: People * Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress * Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946) * iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer * Shane (name), a masculine given name and a su ...

'', ''

The War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by ''Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appear ...

'', ''

Ugetsu , is a 1953 Japanese historical drama and fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on two stories in Ueda Akinari's 1776 book of the same name, combining elements of the '' jidaigeki'' ( ...

'', ''

The Robe ''The Robe'' is a 1942 historical novel about the Crucifixion of Jesus, written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The book was one of the best-selling titles of the 1940s. It entered the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list in October 1942, four weeks later ...

'', ''

Trouble in Store ''Trouble in Store'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom as a department store clerk in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde and Lana M ...

'', ''

Calamity Jane Martha Jane Cannary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Lat ...

'', '' The Earrings of Madame de...'', ''

Salome Salome (; he, שְלוֹמִית, Shlomit, related to , "peace"; el, Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II, son of Herod the Great, and princess Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great, a ...

'', ''

Roman Holiday ''Roman Holiday'' is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actres ...

'', ''

The Band Wagon ''The Band Wagon'' is a 1953 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. It tells the story of an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will restart his career. However, ...

'', '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes''; first use of

CinemaScope CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter. Its creation in 1953 by ...

; British cinema advertisement company

Pearl & Dean Pearl & Dean is a British cinema advertising company, founded in 1953. Pearl & Dean is now owned by Willowbrook Investments Ltd, and controls advertising at many UK cinema sites including multiplex operators Empire, Showcase and AMC; the company ...

is founded. *

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

– ''

Godzilla is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film '' Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produ ...

'', ''

Rear Window ''Rear Window'' is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film st ...

'', ''

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. It follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who hire sev ...

'', ''

Dial M for Murder ''Dial M for Murder'' is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was b ...

'', '' White Christmas'', ''

'', ''

Creature from the Black Lagoon ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. It stars ...

'', ''

Sansho the Bailiff is a 1954 Japanese period film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on a 1915 short story of the same name by Mori Ōgai (usually translated as "Sanshō the Steward" in English), which in turn was based on a folktale, it follows two aristocratic ch ...

'', '' A Star Is Born'', ''

On the Waterfront ''On the Waterfront'' is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. ...

'', ''

La Strada ''La strada'' () is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman (Giulietta Masina) bought from her mother ...

'', '' Three Coins in the Fountain'', ''

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' is a 1954 American musical film, directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Do ...

'' *

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

– ''

Rebel Without a Cause ''Rebel Without a Cause'' is a 1955 American coming-of-age drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. Filmed in the then recently introduced CinemaScope format and directed by Nicholas Ray, it offered both social com ...

'', '' The Night of the Hunter'', ''

To Catch a Thief '' To Catch a Thief'' is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar ...

'', ''

The Seven Year Itch ''The Seven Year Itch'' is a 1955 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with George Axelrod from the 1952 three-act play. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, who reprised his stage rol ...

'', '' Marty'', ''

Ordet ''Ordet'' (, meaning " The Word" and originally released as ''The Word'' in English), is a 1955 Danish drama film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film w ...

'', '' Pather Panchali'', '' All That Heaven Allows'', ''

Smiles of a Summer Night ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' ( sv, Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was shown at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 ''TIME'' magazine ranked it one of the 100 greatest films s ...

'', ''

Lady and the Tramp ''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American animated musical romance film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and ...

'', ''

Oklahoma! ''Oklahoma!'' is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, ''Green Grow the Lilacs''. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tell ...

'', ''

Mr. Arkadin ''Mr. Arkadin'' (first released in Spain, 1955), known in Britain as ''Confidential Report'', is a French-Spanish-Swiss coproduction film, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Costa Brava, Segovi ...

'', '' The Court Jester'', '' Mister Roberts'' *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

– ''

'', ''

High Society High society, sometimes simply society, is the behavior and lifestyle of people with the highest levels of wealth and social status. It includes their related affiliations, social events and practices. Upscale social clubs were open to men based ...

'', ''

Carousel A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (international), roundabout (British English), or hurdy-gurdy (an old term in Australian English, in SA) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular pl ...

'', ''

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the chil ...

'', ''

Giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 fr ...

'', ''

The Searchers ''The Searchers'' is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision epic Western film directed by John Ford and written by Frank S. Nugent, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May. It is set during the Texas-Native American wars, and stars John W ...

'', ''

A Man Escaped ''A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth'' (french: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, which literally translates as: "A man condemned to death has escaped or The wind blows where it wants"; the subtitl ...

'', '' Forbidden Planet'', ''

Invasion of the Body Snatchers ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' is a 1956 American science fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. The black-and-white film was shot in Superscope and in the film ...

'', ''

Night and Fog ''Nacht und Nebel'' (German: ), meaning Night and Fog, was a directive issued by Adolf Hitler on 7 December 1941 targeting political activists and resistance "helpers" in the territories occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II, who were to ...

'', ''

Around the World in 80 Days ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employe ...

Wakeful Eyes Wakeful Eyes (Egyptian Arabic: ''عيون'' ''سهرانة'' translit: ''Uyoon Sahranah'' aliases: Sleepless Night) is a 1956 Egyptian romantic drama directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. The film stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. The film is Salah Zulf ...

'' *

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

– ''

The Bridge on the River Kwai ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, th ...

'', ''

12 Angry Men ''Twelve Angry Men'' is an American courtroom drama written by Reginald Rose concerning the jury of a homicide trial. It was broadcast initially as a television play in 1954. The following year it was adapted for the stage. It was adapted for a ...

'', ''

Sweet Smell of Success ''Sweet Smell of Success'' is a 1957 American film noir drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, and written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, and Mackendrick fr ...

'', ''

Old Yeller ''Old Yeller'' is a 1956 children's literature, children's novel written by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger. It received a Newbery Medal, Newbery Honor in 1957. The title is taken from the name of the yellow dog who is the center of t ...

'', ''

The Seventh Seal ''The Seventh Seal'' ( sv, Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of ch ...

'', ''

Touch of Evil ''Touch of Evil'' is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also stars in the film. The screenplay was loosely based on the contemporary Whit Masterson novel ''Badge of Evil'' (1956). The cast included Charlton Hes ...

'', '' Jailhouse Rock'', ''

Let's All Go to the Lobby ''Let's All Go to the Lobby'' (officially known as ''Technicolor Refreshment Trailer No. 1'') is a 1957 animated musical advertisement played in theaters before the beginning of the main film or before intermission, featuring animated food items ...

'', ''

Mother India ''Mother India'' is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film '' Aurat'' (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village wom ...

'', ''

The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" ( da, Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samli ...

'', '' Wild Strawberries'', ''

Paths of Glory ''Paths of Glory'' is a 1957 American anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of ...

'', ''

Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese '' jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' from Medieval Scotland to feudal ...

'', '' The Curse of Frankenstein,

Back Again Back Again may refer to: Albums * Back Again! (Milira album), ''Back Again!'' (Milira album), 1992 * Back Again (Disciple album), ''Back Again'' (Disciple album), 2003, or the title track * Back Again! (Mr. Cheeks album), ''Back Again!'' (Mr. Cheeks ...

'' *

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

– ''

Vertigo Vertigo is a condition where a person has the sensation of movement or of surrounding objects moving when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. This may be associated with nausea, vomiting, sweating, or difficulties w ...

'', ''

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud ''Elevator to the Gallows'' (french: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), also known as ''Frantic'' in the U.S. and ''Lift to the Scaffold'' in the U.K., is a 1958 French crime thriller film directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ro ...

'', '' Gigi'', ''

South Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

'', ''

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' is a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams. An adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", the play was written by him between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his p ...

'', '' Carry On'', ''

Ashes and Diamonds ''Ashes and Diamonds'' ( Polish original: ''Popiół i diament'', literally: ''Ash and Diamond'') is a 1948 novel by the Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. The story takes place during the last few days of World War II in Europe, and describes th ...

'', '' Jalsaghar'', '' The Fly'', ''

The Blob ''The Blob'' is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Irvin Yeaworth, and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson. It stars Steve McQueen (in his first feature film leading role) and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe ...

'', ''

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman ''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman'' is a 1958 independently made American science fiction horror film directed by Nathan H. Juran (credited as Nathan Hertz) and starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers. It was produced by Berna ...

Jamila, the Algerian ''Jamila, the Algerian'' is a 1958 Egyptian historical film about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. The film was produced by Youssef Chahine and written by Abd al-Rahman, Ali al-Zarqani, and Naguib Mahfo ...

'' *

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

– '' Ben-Hur'', ''

Some Like It Hot ''Some Like It Hot'' is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, Grace Lee Whitne ...

'', ''

The 400 Blows ''The 400 Blows'' (french: Les Quatre Cents Coups) is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, and the directorial debut of François Truffaut. The film, shot in DyaliScope, stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, and Claire Maurier. One of the ...

'', '' Shake Hands with the Devil'', ''

North by Northwest ''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 American spy thriller film, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture ...

'', ''

Anatomy of a Murder ''Anatomy of a Murder'' is a 1959 American courtroom drama and crime film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Vo ...

'', ''

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

'', '' Rio Bravo'', ''

Pickpocket Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time. It may involve considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A th ...

'', '' Hiroshima mon amour'', '' Pillow Talk, Forbidden Women,

Among the Ruins Among the Ruins ( arz, بين الأطلال, translit. Bain El Atlal) is a 1959 Egyptian romance film directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and produced by the Egyptian film producer Salah Zulfikar. The film is based on a ...

The Second Man ''The Second Man'' is a 1956 crime novel by the British writer Edward Grierson. It won the Gold Dagger award of the Crime Writers' Association. Synopsis A new female barrister Marion Kerrison defends a man accused of murdering his aunt to get h ...

1960s

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

– '' Psycho'', ''

Spartacus Spartacus ( el, Σπάρτακος '; la, Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprisin ...

'', '' Breathless'', ''

The Apartment ''The Apartment'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. It stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Dav ...

'', ''

Exodus Exodus or the Exodus may refer to: Religion * Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible * The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan Historical events * E ...

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The Magnificent Seven ''The Magnificent Seven'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film ''Seven Samurai'' (itself initially relea ...

'', '' La Dolce Vita'', ''

L'Avventura ''L'Avventura'' ( en, "The Adventure") is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Developed from a story by Antonioni with co-writers Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman ...

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The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively for ...

Money and Women ''Money and Women'' ( ar, مال ونساء, transliterated: ''Mal Wa Nissa'', aliases: ''Fortune and Females'') is an Egyptian film released in 1960. The film is directed by Hassan Al-Imam and stars Salah Zulfikar, Soad Hosny and Youssef Wahbi. ...

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1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...

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West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...

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Divorce, Italian Style ''Divorce Italian Style'' ( it, Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian dark comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel ''Un del ...

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Judgment at Nuremberg ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' is a 1961 American epic courtroom drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann and starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene D ...

'', '' Yojimbo'', ''

Last Year at Marienbad ''Last Year at Marienbad'' (french: L'Année dernière à Marienbad; released in the United Kingdom as ''Last Year in Marienbad'') is a 1961 Left Bank film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Set in a palace in a p ...

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A Storm of Love ''A Storm of Love'' ( ar, عاصفة من الحب , transliterated ''A'sefa min al-hubb'') is an Egypt, Egyptian film released in 1961. The film is directed and written by Hussein el-Mohandess and stars Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Sherif. Synopsis A ...

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (also simply known as ''101 Dalmatians'') is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1956 novel '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' by Dodie Smith. Th ...

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

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Lawrence of Arabia Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918 ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' has become ...

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' () is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a 1953 short story written by ...

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Ivan's Childhood ''Ivan's Childhood'' (russian: Ива́ново де́тство, ''Ivanovo detstvo''), sometimes released as ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konch ...

'', '' The Manchurian Candidate'', ''

Lolita ''Lolita'' is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Hum ...

'', '' La Jetée'', ''

Sundays and Cybele The Sundays were an English alternative rock band, formed in the late 1980s, which released three albums throughout the 1990s. The band's beginnings came with the meeting of singer Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin while attending ...

Appointment at the Tower Appointment at the Tower ( ar, موعد في البرج, translit. Maww’ed fi el bourg aliases: Rendezvous in the Tower or A Date on the Tower or Meeting at the Tower) is a 1962 Egyptian film written and directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. It star ...

The Cursed Palace The Cursed Palace also known as The Accursed Castle ( Egyptian Arabic: القصر الملعون translit: ''Al Qasr Al Mal’oun'') is 1962 Egyptian horror film starring Salah Zulfikar, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and directed by Hassan Reda. Synopsi ...

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

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The Pink Panther ''The Pink Panther'' is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the classic film '' The Pi ...

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Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer *Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1 ...

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Charade Charade or charades may refer to: Games * Charades, originally "acting charades", a parlor game Films/TV * ''Charade'' (1953 film), an American film featuring James Mason * ''Charade'' (1963 film), an American film starring Cary Grant and Au ...

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8½ ' (Italian title: , ) is a 1963 surrealist comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi) by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on Guido Anselmi, played by M ...

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Not on Your Life ''The Executioner'' ( es, El Verdugo) is a 1963 Spanish black comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was filmed in black and white, and is widely considered a classic of Spanish cinema. The film won several awards, both in Spain and ...

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' is a 1963 American comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a story and screenplay by William Rose and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast of comedians, is a ...

'', '' The Sword in the Stone'', ''

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' ( it, Ieri, oggi, domani) is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The film consists of three short stories about couples in different ...

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The Leopard ''The Leopard'' ( it, Il Gattopardo ) is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

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Mary Poppins It may refer to: * ''Mary Poppins'' (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fantasy novels that introduced the character. * Mary Poppins (character), the nanny with magical powers. * ''Mary Poppins'' (film), a 1964 Disney film star ...

'', '' A Hard Day's Night'', ''

Dr. Strangelove ''Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'', known simply and more commonly as ''Dr. Strangelove'', is a 1964 black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and ...

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A Fistful of Dollars ''A Fistful of Dollars'' ( it, Per un pugno di dollari, lit=For a Fistful of Dollars titled on-screen as ''Fistful of Dollars'') is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, a ...

'', '' Goldfinger'', ''

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (french: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a 1964 musical romantic drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music and lyrics by Michel Legrand. Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo star as two youn ...

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My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play '' Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons ...

'', '' Soft Hands'' *

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...

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The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...

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Doctor Zhivago ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations. Description The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago and deals with love and loss during ...

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The Great Race ''The Great Race'' is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Manci ...

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Cat Ballou ''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and la ...

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For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. German actor ...

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1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...

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Persona A persona (plural personae or personas), depending on the context, is the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional character. The word derives from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatr ...

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' ( it, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Clee ...

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Blowup ''Blowup'' (sometimes styled as ''Blow-up'' or ''Blow Up'') is a 1966 mystery drama thriller film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and produced by Carlo Ponti. It was Antonioni's first entirely English-language film, and stars David Hemming ...

'', '' Fantastic Voyage'', ''

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive ...

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Au Hasard Balthazar ''Au Hasard Balthazar'' (; meaning "Balthazar, at Random"), also known as ''Balthazar'', is a 1966 French drama film directed by Robert Bresson. Believed to be inspired by a passage from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1868–69 novel ''The Idiot'', the film ...

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The Battle of Algiers ar, Maʿrakat al-Jazāʾir , director = Gillo Pontecorvo , producer = Antonio MusuSaadi Yacef , writer = Franco Solinas , story = Franco SolinasGillo Pontecorvo , starring = Jean MartinSaadi YacefBrahim H ...

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The Wild Angels ''The Wild Angels'' is a 1966 American outlaw biker film produced and directed by Roger Corman. Made on location in Southern California, ''The Wild Angels'' was the first film to associate actor Peter Fonda with Harley-Davidson motorcycles an ...

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Winnie the Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The first collection of stories about the character w ...

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Alfie Alfie may refer to: Theatre and film * ''Alfie'' (play), a 1963 play by Bill Naughton * ''Alfie'' (1966 film), a film based on the play starring Michael Caine * ''Alfie'' (2004 film), a remake of the 1966 film * ''Alfie'' (2013 film), an Indi ...

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Born Free ''Born Free'' is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her in ...

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A Wife from Paris ''A Wife from Paris'' ( ar, زوجة من باريس, translit. ''Zawga Mn Paris'') is a 1966 Egyptian romantic comedy film directed by Atef Salem. in arabic Cast * Salah Zulfikar as Dr. Wagih * Roushdy Abaza as Nagi * Fouad El Mohandes as Daou ...

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Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev ( rus, Андре́й Рублёв, p=ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf , also transliterated as ''Andrey Rublyov'') was a Muscovite icon painter born in the 1360s who died between 1427 and 1430 in Moscow. He is considered to be one of th ...

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

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Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut (Champion) Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were an American criminal couple who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. The c ...

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The Graduate ''The Graduate'' is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from W ...

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Playtime ''Playtime'' (stylized as ''PlayTime'' and also written as ''Play Time'') is a 1967 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. In the film, Tati again plays Monsieur Hulot, the popular character who had central roles in his earlier films '' Les Vac ...

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Cool Hand Luke ''Cool Hand Luke'' is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison ca ...

'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', ''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, w ...

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Dont Look Back '' Look Back'' is a 1967 American documentary film directed by D. A. Pennebaker that covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour in England. In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library ...

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The Dirty Dozen ''The Dirty Dozen'' is a 1967 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Ralph M ...

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Doctor Dolittle Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 '' The Story of Doctor Dolittle''. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in th ...

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Thoroughly Modern Millie ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' is a 1967 American musical- romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay, by Richard Morris based on the 1956 British musical ''Chrysanthemum'', follows a naïve yo ...

My Wife's Dignity ''My Wife's Dignity'' (Egyptian Arabic: كرامة زوجتي translit: ''Karamet Zawgati'' or ''Karamat Zawjati'') is 1967 Egyptian film written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. The film stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. ...

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...

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Planet of the Apes ''Planet of the Apes'' is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on Frenc ...

'', '' Once Upon a Time in the West'', ''

Night of the Living Dead ''Night of the Living Dead'' is a 1968 American independent horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, with a screenplay by John Russo and Romero, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. The story follows seven pe ...

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Stolen Kisses ''Stolen Kisses'' (french: Baisers volés) is a 1968 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Delphine Seyrig and Claude Jade. It continues the story of the character Antoine Doinel, whom Tr ...

'', '' Yellow Submarine'', ''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age Musical theatre, stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre ...

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' is a 1968 musical-fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes with a screenplay co-written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel '' Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car'' (1964). The film stars ...

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The Love Bug ''The Love Bug'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and the first in a franchise by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 19 ...

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Bullitt ''Bullitt'' is a 1968 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. The picture stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleine ...

'', '' Funny Girl'', '' Yours, Mine and Ours,

My Wife's Goblin ''My Wife's Goblin'' also known as ''My Wife's Ghost'' ( arz, عفريت مراتي , translit. Afreet Meraty) is a 1968 Egyptian romantic comedy film directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. Primary cast * Salah Zulfikar as Saleh * Shadia as Aida * Ema ...

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1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

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Midnight Cowboy ''Midnight Cowboy'' is a 1969 American drama film, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with notable smaller ...

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True Grit True Grit may refer to: Fiction * True Grit (novel), ''True Grit'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Charles Portis ** True Grit (1969 film), ''True Grit'' (1969 film), a film adaptation by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne ** True Grit (2010 film), ''Tr ...

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' is a 1969 American Western buddy film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman. Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch C ...

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Easy Rider ''Easy Rider'' is a 1969 American independent drug culture road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American So ...

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The Wild Bunch ''The Wild Bunch'' is a 1969 American epic Revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw ga ...

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The Color of Pomegranates ''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a 1969 Soviet Armenian art film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. The film is a poetic treatment of the life of 18th-century Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova. It has appeared in many polls as one of ...

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The Italian Job ''The Italian Job'' is a 1969 British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley, directed by Peter Collinson, and starring Michael Caine. The film's plot centres around Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, r ...

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A Boy Named Charlie Brown ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' is a 1969 American animated musical comedy film, produced by Cinema Center Films, distributed by National General Pictures, and directed by Bill Melendez. It is the first feature film based on the ''Peanuts'' com ...

Good Morning, My Dear Wife Good Morning, My Dear Wife (Egyptian Arabic: صباح الخير يا زوجتي العزيزة translit: ''Sabah El Kheir ya Zawgaty El Aziza'') is a 1969 in film, 1969 Egyptian film starring Salah Zulfikar, Nelly (Egyptian entertainer), Nelly an ...

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

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Love Story Love Story or A Love Story may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Genres * Romance (love) ** Romance film ** Romance novel Films * ''Love Story'' (1925 film), German silent film * ''Love Story'' (1942 film), Italian drama film * ''Love ...

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The Conformist ''The Conformist'' (''Il conformista'') is a novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1951, which details the life and desire for normality of a government official during Italy's fascist period. It is also known for the 1970 film adaptation by B ...

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Performance A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...

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Patton George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France ...

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M*A*S*H ''M*A*S*H'' (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richard Hooker. T ...

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Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aq ...

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The Aristocats ''The Aristocats'' is a 1970 American animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. The 20th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom R ...

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Tora! Tora! Tora! ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' ( ja, トラ・トラ・トラ！) is a 1970 epic war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji ...

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My Husband's Wife My Husband’s Wife also known as My Husband’s Woman (Egyptian Arabic: ''امرأة زوجي'' translit: ''Imra’at Zawgi'' or ''Emra'at Zawgy'') is a 1970 in film, 1970 Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian Drama (film and television), drama film written b ...

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Five Easy Pieces ''Five Easy Pieces'' is a 1970 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Rafelson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite. The film tells the s ...

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Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events J ...

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A Clockwork Orange ''A Clockwork Orange'' may refer to: * ''A Clockwork Orange'' (novel), a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess ** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel *** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (soundtrack), the film ...

'', ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', ''Dirty Harry'', ''Get Carter'', ''The Last Picture Show'', ''Fiddler on the Roof (film), Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Harold and Maude'', ''Straw Dogs (1971 film), Straw Dogs'', ''Duel (1971 film), Duel'', ''Shaft (1971 film), Shaft, The Killers (1971 film), The Killers'' * 1972 in film, 1972 – ''The Godfather'', ''Aguirre, the Wrath of God'', ''The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film), The Poseidon Adventure'', ''Cries and Whispers'', ''Solaris (1972 film), Solaris'', ''Deep Throat (film), Deep Throat'', ''Pink Flamingos'', ''Snoopy Come Home'', ''Fritz the Cat (film), Fritz the Cat'', ''What's Up, Doc? (1972 film), What's Up, Doc?'', ''Last Tango in Paris'', ''Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Featureless Men, One day, the Nile'' * 1973 in film, 1973 – ''The Exorcist (film), The Exorcist'', ''Enter the Dragon'', ''Amarcord'', ''The Sting'', ''American Graffiti'', ''Paper Moon (film), Paper Moon'', ''Mean Streets'', ''The Wicker Man'', ''Belladonna of Sadness'', ''Fantastic Planet'', ''Robin Hood (1973 film), Robin Hood'', ''Charlotte's Web (1973 film), Charlotte's Web'', ''Distant Thunder (1973 film), Distant Thunder'', ''Day for Night (film), Day for Night'', ''The Other Man (1973 film), The Other Man'', ''Papillon (1973 film), Papillon'', ''Serpico'', ''Badlands (film), Badlands'', ''High Plains Drifter'' * 1974 in film, 1974 – ''A Woman Under the Influence'', ''The Godfather Part II'', ''Chinatown (1974 film), Chinatown'', ''Ali: Fear Eats the Soul'', ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', ''Phantom of the Paradise'', ''Young Frankenstein'', ''Blazing Saddles'', ''The Conversation'', ''That's Entertainment!'', ''Black Christmas (1974 film), Black Christmas'', ''The Towering Inferno, In Summer We Must Love'' * 1975 in film, 1975 – ''Jaws (film), Jaws'', ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', ''The Passenger (1975 film), The Passenger'', ''The Guilty (1975 film), The Guilty'', ''Karnak (film), Karnak'', ''Dog Day Afternoon'', ''Nashville (film), Nashville'', ''Barry Lyndon'', ''Mirror (1975 film), Mirror'', ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', ''Dersu Uzala (1975 film), Dersu Uzala'', ''Sholay''; videocassette recorders appear on mass markets. * 1976 in film, 1976 – ''Taxi Driver'', ''Rocky'', ''Network (1976 film), Network'', ''Carrie (1976 film), Carrie'', ''All the President's Men (film), All the President's Men'', ''In the Realm of the Senses'', ''1900 (film), 1900'', ''The Omen'', ''Logan's Run (film), Logan's Run'', ''Bugsy Malone'', ''The Outlaw Josey Wales'', ''The Smurfs and the Magic Flute'' * 1977 in film, 1977 – ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars'', ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'', ''Annie Hall'', ''Wizards (film), Wizards'', ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure'', ''A Bridge Too Far (film), A Bridge Too Far'', ''The Rescuers'', ''Providence (1977 film), Providence'', ''House (1977 film), House'', ''Suspiria'', ''Eraserhead'' * 1978 in film, 1978 – ''Superman (1978 film), Superman'', ''Grease (film), Grease'', ''Halloween (1978 film), Halloween'', ''The Deer Hunter'', ''Dawn of the Dead (1978 film), Dawn of the Dead'', ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film), Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', ''Midnight Express (film), Midnight Express'', ''Watership Down (film), Watership Down'', ''The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), The Lord of the Rings'', ''Days of Heaven'', ''Up in Smoke'', ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' * 1979 in film, 1979 – ''Alien (film), Alien'', ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Mad Max (film), Mad Max'', ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'', ''The Castle of Cagliostro'', ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', ''The Muppet Movie'', ''Stalker (1979 film), Stalker'', ''Manhattan (1979 film), Manhattan'', ''All That Jazz (film), All That Jazz''

1980s

* 1980 in film, 1980 – ''The Shining (film), The Shining'', ''Raging Bull'', ''The Empire Strikes Back'', ''Airplane!'', ''The Blues Brothers (film), The Blues Brothers'', ''Caddyshack'', ''Ordinary People'', ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'', ''Fame (1980 film), Fame'', ''Kagemusha'', ''The Elephant Man (film), The Elephant Man'', ''9 to 5 (film), 9 to 5'', ''Private Benjamin (1980 film), Private Benjamin'', ''Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'', ''The Gods Must Be Crazy'' * 1981 in film, 1981 – ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (first ''Indiana Jones'' film), ''Chariots of Fire'', ''Reds (film), Reds'', ''The Evil Dead'', ''On Golden Pond (1981 film), On Golden Pond'', ''Pennies from Heaven (1981 film), Pennies from Heaven'', ''The Fox and the Hound'', ''Das Boot'', ''American Pop'', ''Blow Out'', ''Heavy Metal (film), Heavy Metal'', ''Arthur (1981 film), Arthur'', ''Scanners'', ''Time Bandits'', ''Clash of the Titans (1981 film), Clash of the Titans'', ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Escape from New York, I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying'' * 1982 in film, 1982 – ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', ''Poltergeist (1982 film), Poltergeist'', ''Blade Runner'', ''Tron'', ''Sophie's Choice (film), Sophie's Choice'', ''Tootsie'', ''Fanny and Alexander'', ''Fitzcarraldo'', ''Gandhi (film), Gandhi'', ''The Dark Crystal'', ''The Secret of NIMH'', ''Heidi's Song'', ''The Last Unicorn (film), The Last Unicorn'', ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'', ''First Blood'', ''Annie (1982 film), Annie'', ''48 Hrs.'', ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'', ''The Thing (1982 film), The Thing'', ''An Officer and a Gentleman, The Peacock (1982 film), The Peacock'', ''The Plague Dogs (film), The Plague Dogs'' * 1983 in film, 1983 – ''Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video), Michael Jackson's Thriller'', ''Return of the Jedi'', ''Terms of Endearment'', ''Risky Business'', ''Sans Soleil'', ''L'Argent (1983 film), L'Argent'', ''The King of Comedy (film), The King of Comedy'', ''The Right Stuff (film), The Right Stuff'', ''Strange Brew'', ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'', ''National Lampoon's Vacation'', ''Scarface (1983 film), Scarface'', ''Nostalghia'', ''Flashdance'', ''Trading Places'', ''Sleepaway Camp'', ''A Christmas Story''; THX sound system is developed. * 1984 in film, 1984 – ''Ghostbusters'', ''This Is Spinal Tap'', ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'', ''The Terminator'', ''Gremlins'', ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film), Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', ''Romancing the Stone'', ''The Karate Kid'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', ''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas'', ''Footloose (1984 film), Footloose'', ''Splash (film), Splash'', ''Beverly Hills Cop'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film), A Nightmare on Elm Street'', ''Sixteen Candles'', ''The River (1984 film), The River'', ''The NeverEnding Story (film), The NeverEnding Story'' * 1985 in film, 1985 – ''Back to the Future'', ''The Breakfast Club'', ''Out of Africa (film), Out of Africa'', ''The Color Purple (film), The Color Purple'', ''Brazil (1985 film), Brazil'', ''Shoah (film), Shoah'', ''Ran (film), Ran'', ''Come and See'', ''The Goonies'', ''The Care Bears Movie'', ''Tony de Peltrie'', ''The Black Cauldron (film), The Black Cauldron'', ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', ''Fright Night (1985 film), Fright Night'', ''A Room with a View (1985 film), A Room with a View'' * 1986 in film, 1986 – ''Top Gun'', ''Aliens (film), Aliens'', ''Blue Velvet (film), Blue Velvet'', ''The Sacrifice (1986 film), The Sacrifice'', ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Platoon (film), Platoon'', ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', ''Stand By Me (film), Stand By Me'', ''An American Tail'', ''Castle in the Sky'', ''The Adventures of Milo and Otis'', ''The Transformers: The Movie'', ''Luxo Jr.'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Three Amigos'', ''Labyrinth (1986 film), Labyrinth'', ''Flight of the Navigator'', ''Big Trouble in Little China'', ''Short Circuit (1986 film), Short Circuit'', ''GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords'', ''The Fly (1986 film), The Fly'', ''Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film), Little Shop of Horrors'', ''The Great Mouse Detective'' * 1987 in film, 1987 – ''Full Metal Jacket'', ''The Princess Bride (film), The Princess Bride'', ''RoboCop'', ''Fatal Attraction'', ''Dirty Dancing'', ''The Chipmunk Adventure'', ''The Brave Little Toaster'', ''Wings of Desire'', ''The Dead (1987 film), The Dead'', ''Evil Dead II'', ''The Last Emperor'', ''The Untouchables (film), The Untouchables'', ''Raising Arizona'', ''Wall Street (1987 film), Wall Street'', ''The Lost Boys'', ''Hellraiser'', ''Predator (1987 film), Predator'', ''Moonstruck'', ''Hope and Glory (film), Hope and Glory'', ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'', ''Empire of the Sun (film), Empire of the Sun'', ''Lethal Weapon'', ''Mannequin (1987 film), Mannnequin'', ''Innerspace'', ''Spaceballs'', ''Good Morning, Vietnam'', ''Broadcast News (film), Broadcast News'', ''Babette's Feast''. ''Au revoir les enfants'' * 1988 in film, 1988 – ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''Rain Man'', ''My Neighbor Totoro'', ''Die Hard'', ''Beetlejuice'', ''Akira (1988 film), Akira'', ''Cinema Paradiso'', ''Child's Play (1988 film), Child's Play'', ''The Accused (1988 film), The Accused'', ''Big (1988 film), Big'', ''Grave of the Fireflies'', ''Moonwalker'', ''Oliver & Company'', ''The Last Temptation of Christ (film), The Last Temptation of Christ'', ''Dead Ringers (1988 film), Dead Ringers'', ''Willow (film), Willow'', ''Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark'', ''Heathers'', ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', ''The Big Blue'', ''The Bear (1988 film), The Bear, Monsieur le Directeur'' * 1989 in film, 1989 – ''Batman (1989 film), Batman'', ''Do the Right Thing'', ''Driving Miss Daisy'', ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'', ''A Fish Called Wanda'', ''The Abyss'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'', ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'' (first installment of the Disney Renaissance), ''Kiki's Delivery Service'', ''Say Anything...'', ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'', ''My Left Foot'', ''Dead Poets Society'', ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'', ''Field of Dreams (film), Field of Dreams'', ''Born on the Fourth of July (film), Born on the Fourth of July'', ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids''; first publication of ''Empire (film magazine), Empire''

1990s

* 1990 in film, 1990 – ''Home Alone'', ''Ghost (1990 film), Ghost'', ''Goodfellas'', ''Close-Up (1990 film), Close-Up'', ''Dances with Wolves'', ''Edward Scissorhands'', ''Wild at Heart (film), Wild at Heart'', ''Total Recall (1990 film), Total Recall'', ''Misery (film), Misery'', ''Pretty Woman'', Journey of Hope (film), ''Journey of Hope'', ''The Hunt for Red October (film), The Hunt for Red October'', ''Arachnophobia (film), Arachnophobia'', ''The Rescuers Down Under'' * 1991 in film, 1991 – ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', ''The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast'', ''JFK (film), JFK'', ''Thelma & Louise'', ''A Brighter Summer Day'', ''Barton Fink'', ''The Addams Family (1991 film), The Addams Family'', ''My Girl (film), My Girl'', ''Point Break (1991 film), Point Break'', ''Boyz n the Hood'' * 1992 in film, 1992 – ''Unforgiven'', ''Reservoir Dogs'', ''Basic Instinct'', ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'', ''A Few Good Men'', ''The Player (1992 film), The Player'', ''The Crying Game'', ''Wayne's World (film), Wayne's World'', ''Porco Rosso'', ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', ''Indochine (film), Indochine'', ''Candyman (1992 film), Candyman'', ''Death Becomes Her'', ''The Bodyguard (1992 film), The Bodyguard'', ''A League of Their Own'' * 1993 in film, 1993 – ''Schindler's List'', ''Jurassic Park (film), Jurassic Park'', ''The Piano'', ''Groundhog Day (film), Groundhog Day'', ''In the Name of the Father (film), In the Name of the Father'', ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', ''Philadelphia (film), Philadelphia'', Three Colours trilogy, ''Three Colours'' trilogy, ''Free Willy'', ''Hocus Pocus (1993 film), Hocus Pocus'', ''Cliffhanger (film), Cliffhanger'', ''Ninja Scroll'', ''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm'', ''Sleepless in Seattle'', ''True Romance'', ''Dazed and Confused (film), Dazed and Confused'', ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' * 1994 in film, 1994 – ''The Lion King'', ''Pulp Fiction'', ''Forrest Gump'', ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''Legends of the Fall'', ''Clerks (film), Clerks'', ''Sátántangó'', ''The Swan Princess'', ''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'', ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'', ''True Lies'', ''The Crow (1994 film), The Crow'', ''Maverick (film), Maverick'', ''Léon: The Professional'', ''Il Postino: The Postman'', ''Three Colours: Red'', ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''The Mask (1994 film), The Mask'', ''Dumb and Dumber'', ''Through the Olive Trees'', ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' * 1995 in film, 1995 – ''Toy Story'', ''Braveheart'', ''Seven (1995 film), Se7en'', ''Apollo 13 (film), Apollo 13'', ''Babe (film), Babe'', ''The Usual Suspects'', ''Heat (1995 film), Heat'', ''Bad Boys (1995 film) , Bad Boys'', ''12 Monkeys'', ''Clueless (film), Clueless'', ''Mortal Kombat (1995 film), Mortal Kombat'', ''Casper (film), Casper'', ''The City of Lost Children'', ''Ghost in the Shell (1995 film), Ghost in the Shell'', ''Balto (film), Balto'', ''Jumanji'', ''Leaving Las Vegas'', ''Casino (1995 film), Casino'', ''La Haine'', Before trilogy, ''Before'' trilogy, ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'', ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'', first DVDs released. * 1996 in film, 1996 – ''Independence Day (1996 film), Independence Day'', ''Fargo (1996 film), Fargo'', ''Space Jam'', ''Trainspotting (film), Trainspotting'', ''Jerry Maguire'', ''Mission: Impossible (film), Mission: Impossible'', ''Scream (1996 film), Scream'', ''Mars Attacks!'', ''Harriet the Spy (film), Harriet the Spy'', ''That Thing You Do!'', ''Flirting with Disaster (film), Flirting with Disaster'', ''The English Patient (film), The English Patient'', ''Shall We Dance? (1996 film), Shall We Dance?'', ''Fly Away Home'', ''Shine (film), Shine'', ''Matilda (1996 film), Matilda'', ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'', ''James and the Giant Peach (film), James and the Giant Peach'' * 1997 in film, 1997 – ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''Men in Black (1997 film), Men in Black'', ''Gattaca'', ''Good Will Hunting'', ''Boogie Nights'', ''Jackie Brown'', ''Austin Powers'', ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'', Funny Games (1997 film), ''Funny Games'', ''Taste of Cherry'', ''Hana-bi'', ''The Full Monty'', ''Princess Mononoke'', ''Anastasia (1997 film), Anastasia'', ''Life is Beautiful'', ''The Fifth Element'', ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Contact (1997 American film), Contact'', ''Perfect Blue'', ''Cats Don't Dance'' * 1998 in film, 1998 – ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''American History X'', ''Shakespeare in Love'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''Buffalo '66'', ''Little Voice (film), Little Voice'', ''The Thin Red Line (1998 film), The Thin Red Line'', ''Pleasantville (film), Pleasantville'', ''Blade (1998 film), Blade'', ''The Prince of Egypt'', ''Antz'', ''Pokémon: The First Movie'', ''Bulworth'', ''The Mask of Zorro'', ''The Truman Show'', ''The Wedding Singer'', ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'', ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'', ''Rush Hour (1998 film), Rush Hour'', ''There's Something About Mary'', ''Run Lola Run'', ''Ring (film), Ring'', ''Waking Ned'' * 1999 in film, 1999 – ''

'', ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'', ''Girl, Interrupted (film), Girl, Interrupted'', ''The Iron Giant'', ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', ''The Sixth Sense'', ''Fight Club'', ''Magnolia (film), Magnolia'', ''Notting Hill (film), Notting Hill'', ''Stuart Little (film), Stuart Little'', ''The Blair Witch Project'', ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''Beau Travail'', ''My Neighbors the Yamadas'', ''All About My Mother'', ''American Pie (film), American Pie'', ''The Green Mile (film), The Green Mile'', ''Election (1999 film), Election'', ''Boys Don't Cry (1999 film), Boys Don't Cry'', ''Office Space'', ''Galaxy Quest'', ''Being John Malkovich''

2000s

* 2000 in film, 2000 – ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', ''In the Mood for Love'', ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'', ''Next Friday'', ''Titan A.E.'', ''Billy Elliot'', ''Cast Away'', ''Platform (2000 film), Platform'', ''Memento (film), Memento'', ''Chicken Run'', ''Erin Brockovich (film), Erin Brockovich'', ''Almost Famous'', ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', ''High Fidelity (film), High Fidelity'', ''Meet the Parents'', ''Battle Royale (film), Battle Royale'', ''X-Men (film), X-Men'', ''The Emperor's New Groove'', ''Final Destination (film), Final Destination'', ''Unbreakable (film), Unbreakable'', ''American Psycho (film), American Psycho'', ''Before Night Falls (film), Before Night Falls'', ''The Road to El Dorado'', ''The Patriot (2000 film), The Patriot'', ''Requiem for a Dream''; first digital cinema in Europe by Phillippe Binant. * 2001 in film, 2001 – ''Shrek'', ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'', ''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'', ''A Beautiful Mind (film), A Beautiful Mind'', ''The Royal Tenenbaums'', ''Spirited Away (film), Spirited Away'', ''The Fast and the Furious (2001 film), The Fast & the Furious'', ''Moulin Rouge!'', ''Mulholland Drive (film), Mulholland Drive'', ''Donnie Darko'', ''Zoolander'', ''Training Day'', ''Black Hawk Down (film), Black Hawk Down'', ''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'', ''Waking Life'', ''Monster's Ball'', ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Amélie'', ''Bridget Jones's Diary (film), Bridget Jones's Diary'', ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''Monsters, Inc.'' * 2002 in film, 2002 – ''Spider-Man (2002 film), Spider-Man'', ''City of God (2002 film), City of God'', ''Talk to Her'', ''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'', ''Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age'', ''8 Mile (film), 8 Mile'', ''Minority Report (film), Minority Report'', ''The Pianist (2002 film), The Pianist'', ''Russian Ark'', ''The Hours (film), The Hours'', ''The Quiet American (2002 film), The Quiet American'', ''Gangs of New York'', ''Bowling for Columbine'', ''About a Boy (film), About a Boy'', ''Frida, Frieda'', ''28 Days Later'', ''Bend It Like Beckham'', ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'', ''Punch-Drunk Love'', ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', ''The Cat Returns'', ''The Ring (2002 film), The Ring'', ''Better Luck Tomorrow'', ''Catch Me If You Can'', ''The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Identity'', ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation'', ''Lilo & Stitch'', ''Treasure Planet'' * 2003 in film, 2003 – ''Oldboy (2003 film), Oldboy'', ''Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''Love Actually'', ''Elf (film), Elf'', ''The Room'', ''Lost in Translation (film), Lost in Translation'', ''Elephant (2003 film), Elephant'', ''A Tale of Two Sisters'', ''Good Bye Lenin!'', ''Monster (2003 film), Monster'', ''Big Fish (film), Big Fish'', ''Cold Mountain (film), Cold Mountain'', ''School of Rock'', ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'', ''Mystic River (film), Mystic River'' * 2004 in film, 2004 – ''Dodgeball (film), Dodgeball'', ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'', ''Million Dollar Baby'', ''The Incredibles'', ''The Passion of the Christ'', ''Sideways'', ''Hotel Rwanda'', ''Downfall (2004 film), Downfall'', ''Friday Night Lights (film), Friday Night Lights'', ''The Aviator (2004 film), The Aviator'', ''Howl's Moving Castle (film), Howl's Moving Castle'', ''Ray (film), Ray'', ''Hellboy (2004 film), Hellboy'', ''Saw (2004 film), Saw'', ''Shaun of the Dead'', ''Team America: World Police'', ''Mean Girls'', ''Napoleon Dynamite'', ''A Series of Unfortunate Events (film), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'', ''Finding Neverland (film), Finding Neverland'', ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'', ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'', ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''; Anti-piracy campaign "Piracy. It's a crime", which features the first line You Wouldn't Steal a Car, first advertised. * 2005 in film, 2005 – ''Caché (film), Caché'', ''The New World (2005 film), The New World'', ''Brokeback Mountain'', ''Batman Begins'', ''The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'', ''A History of Violence'', ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice'', ''Walk the Line'', ''March of the Penguins'', ''Madagascar (2005 film), Madagascar'', ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', ''Corpse Bride'', ''Munich (2005 film), Munich'', ''Match Point'', ''Serenity (2005 film), Serenity'', ''Robots (2005 film), Robots'', ''Sin City (film), Sin City'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''Good Night, and Good Luck'', ''V for Vendetta (film), V for Vendetta'', ''9 (2005 film), 9'', ''The 40 Year Old Virgin'', ''Capote (film), Capote'', ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Crash (2005 film), Crash'' * 2006 in film, 2006 – ''300 (film), 300'', ''Pan's Labyrinth'', ''Happy Feet'', ''Children of Men'', ''The Departed'', ''Dreamgirls (film), Dreamgirls'', ''The Lives of Others'', ''The Prestige (film), The Prestige'', ''Paprika (2006 film), Paprika'', ''Apocalypto'', ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 film), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'', ''The Queen (2006 film), The Queen'', ''Borat'', ''Little Miss Sunshine (film), Little Miss Sunshine'', ''The Pursuit of Happyness'', ''The Devil Wears Prada (film), The Devil Wears Prada'', ''Casino Royale (2006 film), Casino Royale'', ''An Incovenient Truth'', ''Over the Hedge (film), Over the Hedge'', ''Flushed Away'', ''The Last King of Scotland (film), The Last King of Scotland'', ''Snakes on a Plane'', ''Babel (film), Babel'', ''United 93 (film), United 93''; First Blu-rays released * 2007 in film, 2007 – ''There Will Be Blood'', ''No Country for Old Men (film), No Country for Old Men'', ''The Simpsons Movie'', ''Enchanted (film), Enchanted'', ''I Am Legend (film), I Am Legend'', ''Persepolis (film), Persepolis'', ''Into the Wild (film), Into the Wild'', ''Juno (film), Juno'', ''Atonement (2007 film), Atonement'', ''Superbad (film), Superbad'', ''Hot Fuzz'', ''Grindhouse (film), Grindhouse'', ''Trick 'r Treat'', ''Once (film), Once'', ''Transformers (2007 film), Transformers'', ''Bee Movie'', ''Ratatouille (film), Ratatouille'', ''Surf's Up (film), Surf's Up'', ''La Vie En Rose (film), La Vie En Rose'', ''Knocked Up'', ''Son of Rambow'', ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'' * 2008 in film, 2008 – ''Slumdog Millionaire'', ''The Dark Knight (film), The Dark Knight'', ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'', ''Mamma Mia! (film), Mamma Mia!'', ''Gran Torino'', ''The Wrestler (2008 film), The Wrestler'', ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'', ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'', ''Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon'', ''Cloverfield'', ''Ip Man (film series), Ip Man'', ''Tropic Thunder'', ''Kung Fu Panda (film), Kung Fu Panda'', ''Taken (film), Taken'', ''Ponyo'', ''Synecdoche, New York'', ''Waltz with Bashir'', ''Marley & Me (film), Marley & Me'', ''In Bruges'', ''Man on Wire'', ''Revolutionary Road (film), Revolutionary Road'', ''The Reader (2008 film), The Reader'', ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'', ''Hancock (film), Hancock'', ''WALL-E'' * 2009 in film, 2009 – ''Avatar (2009 film), Avatar'', ''Coraline (film), Coraline'', ''Inglourious Basterds'', ''500 Days of Summer, 500 Days Of Summer'', ''Fantastic Mr. Fox (film), Fantastic Mr. Fox'', ''A Serious Man'', ''The Hangover'', ''District 9'', ''Up in the Air (2009 film), Up In The Air'', ''The Hurt Locker'', Precious (film), Precious, ''The Princess and the Frog'', The Blind Side (film), The Blind Side, ''Star Trek (film), Star Trek'', An Education, ''In the Loop'', ''Zombieland'', ''Crazy Heart'', ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', The Lovely Bones (film), ''The Lovely Bones'', ''Up (2009 film), Up, Moon (2009 film), Moon''

2010s

* 2010 in film, 2010 – ''The King's Speech'', ''The Social Network'', ''True Grit (2010 film), True Grit'', ''How to Train Your Dragon (film), How to Train Your Dragon'', ''Black Swan (film), Black Swan'', ''Winter's Bone'', ''127 Hours'', ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', ''The Fighter'', ''Kick-Ass (film), Kick-Ass'', ''The Kids Are All Right (film), The Kids Are All Right'', ''Blue Valentine (film), Blue Valentine'', ''Arrietty'', ''Inception'', ''Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives'', ''Tangled'', ''Megamind'' * 2011 in film, 2011 – ''The Artist (film), The Artist'', ''Bridesmaids (2011 film), Bridesmaids'', ''Rango (2011 film), Rango'', ''The Adventures of Tintin (film), The Adventures of Tintin'', ''Hugo (film), Hugo'', ''Drive (2011 film), Drive'', ''The Intouchables'', ''A Separation'', ''The Tree of Life (film), The Tree of Life'', ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', ''Midnight in Paris'', ''Arthur Christmas'', ''War Horse (film), War Horse'', ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'', ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'', ''Cowboys & Aliens'', ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', ''The Help (film), The Help'', ''The Cabin in the Woods'', ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'', ''From Up on Poppy Hill'' * 2012 in film, 2012 – ''Life of Pi (film), Life of Pi'', ''Les Misérables (2012 film), Les Misérables'', ''Hotel Transylvania (film), Hotel Transylvania'', ''Argo (2012 film), Argo'', ''The Dark Knight Rises'', ''Lincoln (film), Lincoln'', ''Django Unchained'', ''Ted (film), Ted'', ''Silver Linings Playbook'', ''The Hunger Games (film), The Hunger Games'', ''Pitch Perfect'', ''21 Jump Street (film), 21 Jump Street'', ''Magic Mike'', ''Looper (film), Looper'', ''The Master (2012 film), The Master'', ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', ''Frankenweenie (2012 film), Frankenweenie'', ''Ernest & Celestine'', ''Zero Dark Thirty'', ''Iron Sky'' * 2013 in film, 2013 – ''The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film), The Wolf of Wall Street'', ''Gravity (2013 film), Gravity'', ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen'', ''12 Years a Slave (film), 12 Years a Slave'', ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'', ''The Great Beauty'', ''Rush (2013 film), Rush'', ''American Hustle'', ''Man of Steel (film), Man of Steel'', ''Dallas Buyers Club'', ''Inside Llewyn Davis'', ''Her (film), Her'', ''The Wind Rises'', ''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film), The Tale of the Princess Kaguya'', ''The Conjuring'', ''Nebraska (film), Nebraska'', ''Pacific Rim (film), Pacific Rim'', ''Philomena (film), Philomena'', ''The World's End (film), The World's End'', ''The Croods'', ''Blue Jasmine'', ''Blue is the Warmest Colour'', ''The Best Man Holiday'', ''Prisoners (2013 film), Prisoners'' * 2014 in film, 2014 – ''Interstellar (film), Interstellar'', ''Boyhood (2014 film), Boyhood'', ''Paddington (film), Paddington'', ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'', ''Birdman (film), Birdman'', ''The Maze Runner (film), The Maze Runner'', ''The Fault in Our Stars (film), The Fault in Our Stars'', ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'', ''Kingsman: The Secret Service'', ''The Babadook'', ''American Sniper'', ''Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina'', ''Selma (film), Selma'', ''Edge of Tomorrow'', ''John Wick (film), John Wick'', ''Gone Girl (film), Gone Girl'', ''Frank (film), Frank'', ''Foxcatcher'', ''Nightcrawler (film), Nightcrawler'', ''Wild (2014 film), Wild'', ''The Imitation Game (2014 film), The Imitation Game'', ''The Theory of Everything (2014 film), The Theory of Everything'', ''Leviathan (2014 film), Leviathan'', ''Still Alice'', ''Lucy (2014 film), Lucy'', ''The Book of Life (2014 film), The Book of Life'', ''Song of the Sea (2014 film), Song of the Sea'', ''When Marnie Was There'', ''Stand by Me Doraemon'', ''Maleficent (film), Maleficent'', ''Big Hero 6 (film), Big Hero 6'', ''The Lego Movie'', ''Mr. Peabody and Sherman'' * 2015 in film, 2015 – ''The Revenant (2015 film), The Revenant'', ''The Hateful Eight'', ''Spotlight (film), Spotlight'', ''The Peanuts Movie'', ''The Little Prince (2015 film), The Little Prince'', ''The Martian (film), The Martian'', ''Bridge of Spies (film), Bridge of Spies'', ''Monster Hunt'', ''Krampus (film), Krampus'', ''Anomalisa'', ''Son of Saul'', ''Baahubali: The Beginning'', ''The Big Short (film), The Big Short'', ''Room (2015 film), Room'', ''Spy (2015 film), Spy'', ''Carol (film), Carol'', ''Creed (film), Creed'', ''Amy (2015 film), Amy'', ''Straight Outta Compton (film), Straight Outta Compton'', ''Inside Out (2015 film), Inside Out'', ''The Good Dinosaur'', ''Home (2015 film), Home'', ''Goosebumps (2015 film), Goosebumps'', '' The Witch (2015 film), The Witch, Minions (film), Minions'' * 2016 in film, 2016 – ''La La Land'', ''Deadpool (film), Deadpool'', ''Your Name'', ''Dangal (film), Dangal'', ''Train To Busan'', ''Zootopia'', ''Kubo and the Two Strings'', ''Sing Street'', ''Arrival (2016 film), Arrival'', ''Manchester by the Sea (film), Manchester by the Sea'', ''Moonlight (2016 film), Moonlight'', ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', ''Trolls (film), Trolls'', ''Hacksaw Ridge'', ''Fences (film), Fences'', ''Lion (2016 film), Lion'', ''The Handmaiden'', ''The Mermaid (2016 film), The Mermaid'', ''Moana (2016 film), Moana'', ''Don't Breathe (2016 film), Don't Breathe'', ''In This Corner of the World (film), In This Corner of the World'', ''I, Daniel Blake'', ''Silence (2016 film), Silence'', ''Hell or High Water (2016 film), Hell or High Water'', ''Suicide Squad (film), Suicide Squad'', ''Sing (2016 American film), Sing'' * 2017 in film, 2017 – ''The Shape of Water'', ''Get Out'', ''It (2017 film), It'', ''Blade Runner 2049'', ''Dunkirk (2017 film), Dunkirk'', ''Logan (film), Logan'', ''The Disaster Artist (film), The Disaster Artist'', ''Baby Driver'', ''I, Tonya'', ''The Silent Child'', ''In a Heartbeat (film), In a Heartbeat'', ''Lady Bird (film), Lady Bird'', ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'', ''Call Me by Your Name (film), Call Me by Your Name'', ''Baahubali 2: The Conclusion'', ''Wonder Woman (2017 film), Wonder Woman'', ''Girls Trip'', ''Phantom Thread'', ''Darkest Hour (film), Darkest Hour'', ''Justice League (film), Justice League'', ''Mary and the Witch's Flower'', ''The Breadwinner (film), The Breadwinner'', ''Loving Vincent'', ''Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'', Despicable Me 3 ''Coco (2017 film), , Coco''; The Harvey Weinstein scandal begins. * 2018 in film, 2018 – ''Bohemian Rhapsody (film), Bohemian Rhapsody'', ''Ready Player One (film), Ready Player One'', ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'', ''The Favourite'', ''Roma (2018 film), Roma'' (which is released on Netflix), ''Eighth Grade (film), Eighth Grade'', ''Isle of Dogs (film), Isle of Dogs'', ''A Quiet Place (film), A Quiet Place'', ''Hereditary (film), Hereditary'', ''Dragon Ball Super: Broly'', ''Aquaman (film), Aquaman'', ''Crazy Rich Asians (film), Crazy Rich Asians'', ''BlacKkKlansman'', ''First Man (film), First Man'', ''Green Book (film), Green Book'', ''The Grinch (film), The Grinch'', ''Free Solo'', ''Shoplifters (film), Shoplifters'', ''Peter Rabbit (2018 film), Peter Rabbit'' * 2019 in film, 2019 – ''John Wick Chapter 3'', ''Joker (2019 film), Joker'', ''1917 (2019 film), 1917'', ''Terminator: Dark Fate'', ''Parasite (2019 film), Parasite'', ''Rocketman (film), Rocketman'', ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women'', ''The Irishman'', ''The Farewell (2019 film), The Farewell'', ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', ''Shazam! (film), Shazam!'', ''Ne Zha (2019 film), Ne Zha'', ''Alita: Battle Angel'', ''Bombshell (2019 film), Bombshell'', ''Us (2019 film), Us'', ''Abominable (2019 film), Abominable'', ''Ready or Not (2019 film), Ready or Not'', ''The Lighthouse (2019 film), The Lighthouse'', ''Marriage Story (2019 film), Marriage Story'', ''Capernaum (film), Capernaum'', ''Knives Out (film), Knives Out'', ''Ford v Ferrari'', ''Hair Love'' (Animated Short film), ''Dolemite Is My Name'', ''Jojo Rabbit'', ''Booksmart (film), Booksmart'', ''Richard Jewell (film), Richard Jewell'', ''A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'', ''Detective Pikachu (film), Pokémon Detective Pikachu'', ''Klaus (film), Klaus''

2020s

* 2020 in film, 2020 – ''Tenet (film), Tenet'', ''Nomadland (film), Nomadland'', ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train'', ''Minari (film), Minari'', ''The Eight Hundred'', ''Birds of Prey (2020 film), Birds of Prey'', ''Hamilton (2020 film), Hamilton'', ''Mank'', ''The Invisible Man (2020 film), The Invisible Man'', ''Da 5 Bloods'', ''The Trial of the Chicago 7'', ''Another Round (film), Another Round'', ''Promising Young Woman'', ''The Father (2020 film), The Father'', ''The Willoughbys'', ''Wolfwalkers'', ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', ''The Half of It '', ''Soul (2020 film), Soul''; ''Call of the Wild (2020 film), Call of the Wild'', due to the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, COVID-19 pandemic, a number of films shut down production, or are either removed from their originally scheduled releases and moved to new release dates or digital releases. * 2021 in film, 2021 – ''Dune (2021 film), Dune'', ''The Power of the Dog (film), The Power of the Dog'', ''Encanto'', ''Judas and the Black Messiah'', ''Belfast (film), Belfast'', ''The Suicide Squad (film), The Suicide Squad'', ''The French Dispatch'', ''Last Night in Soho'', ''The Mitchells vs. the Machines'', ''Licorice Pizza'', ''Don't Look Up'', ''The Last Duel (2021 film), The Last Duel'', ''Flee (film), Flee'', ''West Side Story (2021 film), West Side Story'', ''Free Guy'', ''House of Gucci'', ''CODA (2021 film), CODA'', ''King Richard (film), King Richard'', ''Tick, Tick... Boom! (film), Tick, Tick... Boom!'', ''The Lost Daughter'', ''No Time to Die, Spencer (film), Spencer'' * 2022 in film, 2022 – ''Top Gun: Maverick'', ''The Batman (film), The Batman'', ''The Northman'', ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'', ''Tár'', ''The Fabelmans'', ''X (2022 film), X'', ''Triangle of Sadness'', ''RRR (film), RRR'', ''Elvis (2022 film), Elvis'', ''Nope (film), Nope, Aftersun, The Banshees of Inisherin, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film), All Quiet on the Western Front, Pearl (2022 film), Pearl, She Said (film), She Said, Decision to Leave, Women Talking (film), Women Talking, Babylon (2022 film), Babylon, The Whale (2022 film), The Whale, Avatar: The Way of Water, Bullet Train (film), Bullet Train, Blonde (2022 film), Blonde, The Bad Guys (film), The Bad Guys,Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio'' * 2023 in film, 2023 – Upcoming release of ''Wish (2023 film), Wish''

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* ''The Silent Cinema Reader'' edited by Lee Grieveson and Peter Kramer * ''Movies of the 30s'', edited by Jürgen Müller, Taschen * ''The Magic of Méliès'', documentary by Jacques Mény, special collector's edition DVD, Spain {{Lists of years Culture-related timelines, Film Film by year, Films by decade, * Timelines by year, Film Lists of years by topic, Film

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