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This page indexes the individual ''year in film'' pages. Each year is annotated with its significant events.
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* 19th century in film
* 20th century in film:
** 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s
* 21st century in film:
** 2000s – 2010s – 2020s

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 – '' View from the Window at Le Gras'', Nicéphore Niépce takes the oldest known extant photograph.
* 1833 – Since 1833 onwards, 'animated films' or rather animated effects began to be made with the use of phénakisticopes, zoetropes, and praxinoscopes.
* 1865 – ''Revolving'', self-portrait by French photographer Nadar. 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. The portrait could be regarded as a predecessor to the chronophotography 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'' about 135 years later. There is no clue if more than one camera was used in the shoot, but it is certainly well-executed.

1870s

* 1874 – '' Passage de Vénus'', first precedent of a film; On December 9, 1874, French astronomer Pierre Janssen and Brazilian engineer Francisco Antônio de Almeida using Janssen's ' photographic revolver' photograph the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun. They were purportedly taken in Japan. It is the oldest film on IMDb.
* 1878 –
** '' The Horse in Motion;'' British photographer Eadweard Muybridge took a series of "automatic electro-photographs" depicting the movement of a horse. He 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 hired Muybridge to settle the questions of whether a galloping horse ever has all four of its feet off the ground. Muybridge's photos showed the horse with all four feet off the ground. He went on a lecture tour showing his photographs on a moving-image device he called the zoopraxiscope.
** ''Le singe musicien'', first animated movie using the praxinoscope

1880s

* 1885 – American inventors George Eastman and Hannibal Goodwin each invented a sensitized celluloid base roll photographic film to replace the glass plates then in use. ''L'homme Machine'', was directed by French scientist Étienne-Jules Marey; it is the oldest black and white animated known film.
*1886 – Louis Le Prince was granted an American dual-patent for a 16-lens device which combines a motion picture camera with a projector.
* 1887 – '' Man Walking Around a Corner'', directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince; It is the oldest known film. Although 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 the lens from Le Prince's camera. Pictures from the film were sent in a letter dated August 18, 1887 to his wife. Le Prince later developed the one lens camera and on October 14, 1888 he finally made the world's first moving image, '' Roundhay Garden Scene.''
* 1888 – '' Roundhay Garden Scene'', the earliest surviving film by French inventor Louis Le Prince, is shot in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England with a groundbreaking 20 frames per second. Other short films made at the same time were ''Accordion Player'' and ''Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge''.
* 1889 – Eastman Kodak is the first company to begin commercial production of film on a flexible transparent base, celluloid.

1890s

* 1891 – '' Dickson Greeting''; '' Men Boxing''; '' Newark Athlete''
* 1892 – '' Le Clown et ses chiens''; '' Pauvre Pierrot''; '' Un bon bock'', first projected animated films released by Émile Reynaud
* 1893 – '' Blacksmiths'', the first film shown publicly on the Kinetoscope, a system given to Edison; Thomas Edison created "America's First Film Studio", Black Maria.
* 1894 –
**'' Carmencita'' was made. According to film historian Charles Musser the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera was in the film. She may have been the first woman to appear in a motion picture in the United States. It was directed and produced by William K.L. Dickson, who was the Scottish inventor credited with the invention of the motion picture camera under the employ of Edison.
**'' The Dickson Experimental Sound Film'' 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 proto- sound-film system developed by Dickson and Edison.
* 1895 – In Paris 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 oldest ever film studio, was founded by inventor Léon Gaumont.
* 1896 – '' L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat'', one of the six more short films released by the Lumière brothers; Pathé-Frères is founded; '' Le Manoir du diable (The Haunted Castle)'' is a French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès which depicts a pantomimed sketch in the style of a theatrical comic fantasy.
* 1897 – Vitagraph is founded in New York City
* 1898 –'' The Astronomer's Dream''; '' The Cavalier's Dream''; '' Photographing a Ghost''; ''Santa Claus''
* 1898 –'' Shinin No Sosei'' and'' Bake Jizo'' were made by Ejiro Hatta, some of the first films in Japan which were ghost stories. Salvador Toscano created the film, "Don Juan Tenorio", which is considered one of the first films in Mexico and perhaps the first fictional film in Mexico, as South America as a continent focuses on making documentaries in its early film history.
* 1898 –'' Hiralal Sen was'' inspired and filmed the'' "Flower of Persia"'' play''.''
* 1899 – '' The Dreyfus Affair'' and '' Cendrillon'' (first screen adaptation of the traditional fairy tale '' Cinderella'') was released by Georges Méliès; earliest known use of a color motion picture film footage by Edward Raymond Turner

1900s

*1900 – '' Sherlock Holmes Baffled'', ''Joan of Arc''
* 1901 – '' Blue Beard'', '' Star Theatre'', '' Stop Thief!'', '' Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost''
* 1902 – '' A Trip to the Moon'', '' The Coronation of Edward VII'', '' The Little Match Seller''
* 1903 – '' The Great Train Robbery'', '' The Infernal Cauldron'', '' Life of an American Fireman'', '' Electrocuting an Elephant'', '' The Kingdom of the Fairies''
* 1904 – '' The Impossible Voyage''; Titanus was founded
* 1905 – '' Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom''
* 1906 – '' The Story of the Kelly Gang'', '' The Merry Frolics of Satan'', '' The '?' Motorist'', '' Dream of a Rarebit Fiend'', '' Humorous Phases of Funny Faces''; Nordisk Film was founded
*1907 – '' That Fatal Sneeze'', '' Ben-Hur'', '' The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon'', '' L'Enfant prodigue''
* 1908 – '' Fantasmagorie'', '' The Taming of the Shrew'', '' The Thieving Hand'', '' The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'', '' The Adventures of Dollie''; Pathé News invented the newsreel
* 1909 – '' The Country Doctor'', '' A Corner in Wheat'', '' Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy'', '' Les Misérables''; 35 mm film becomes a filmmaking standard across the world; first public screening of Kinemacolor

1910s

* 1910 – ''Frankenstein'', '' In Old California'', '' In the Border States'', '' Jean the Match-Maker'', '' White Fawn's Devotion''
*1911 – '' L'Inferno'', '' Baron Munchausen's Dream'', '' Defence of Sevastopol'', '' The Lonedale Operator''
*1912 – '' The Cameraman's Revenge'', '' Falling Leaves'', '' Independenţa României'', '' The Musketeers of Pig Alley'', ''Richard III''; Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures, Hollywood's two oldest major film studios, were founded; the British Board of Film Classification was established
* 1913 – '' The Bangville Police'', ''Fantômas'', '' Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life'', '' Raja Harishchandra'', '' The Student Of Prague''; invention of the film trailer
* 1914 – '' The Perils of Pauline'', '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'', '' Judith of Bethulia'', '' Gertie the Dinosaur''
* 1915 – '' The Birth of a Nation'', '' The Tramp'', '' Les Vampires'', '' The Cheat''
* 1916 – ''Intolerance'', '' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'', '' Judex''; invention of Technicolor
* 1917 – '' Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'', '' A Man There Was'', '' The Immigrant''
*1918 – '' The Outlaw and His Wife'', '' Stella Maris'', '' Mickey'', '' Shifting Sands'', '' Shoulder Arms''
* 1919 – '' Blind Husbands'', '' Broken Blossoms'', '' True Heart Susie'', '' Dalagang Bukid'', '' Male and Female'', '' Wagon Tracks''; United Artists was founded

1920s

* 1920 – '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'', '' Way Down East'', '' The Penalty'', '' The Mark of Zorro'', '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', '' The Golem: How He Came into the World'', '' Within Our Gates''
* 1921 – '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', '' The Kid'', '' The Phantom Carriage'', '' Fool's Paradise'', '' The Sheik'', '' The Mechanical Man'', ''Destiny'', ''The Three Musketeers''
* 1922 – '' Nosferatu'', '' Foolish Wives'', ''The Little Rascals'', '' Blood and Sand'', '' Nanook of the North'', '' Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', '' Dr. Mabuse the Gambler''; the Motion Picture Association of America was established
* 1923 – '' Safety Last!'', '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', '' The Ten Commandments''; Warner Bros. Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures were founded; 16 mm film was introduced
* 1924 – '' The Thief of Bagdad'', '' Greed'', '' The Hands Of Orlac'', '' Sherlock Jr.'', '' The Last Laugh'', '' He Who Gets Slapped'', '' Die Nibelungen''; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures were founded
* 1925 – '' The Gold Rush'', '' The Battleship Potemkin'', '' The Big Parade'', '' The Phantom of the Opera'', '' Ben-Hur'', '' The Lost World'', '' The Pleasure Garden''
* 1926 – '' The General'', '' Don Juan'', '' The Black Pirate'', '' Faust''
* 1927 – '' The Jazz Singer'', ''Metropolis'', '' Wings'', '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'', '' Napoléon'', '' The King of Kings''
* 1928 – '' The Man Who Laughs'', ''Mickey Mouse'', '' Lights of New York'', '' The Circus'', '' The Singing Fool'', ''In Old Arizona''; RKO Pictures was founded
* 1929 – ''Blackmail'', '' Bosko'', '' Un Chien Andalou'', '' Pandora's Box'', '' Man with a Movie Camera'', '' The Broadway Melody'', '' Disraeli'', '' The Virginian''; 1st Academy Awards

1930s

* 1930 – ''Looney Tunes'', '' King of Jazz'', '' All Quiet on the Western Front'', ''Earth'', '' Journey's End'', '' The Blue Angel'', '' The Bat Whispers'', '' Murder!'', '' Animal Crackers'', '' Hell's Angels'', '' The Big House'', '' The Big Trail''
* 1931 – ''Frankenstein'', '' Dracula'', '' The Champ'', '' The Public Enemy'', '' Little Caesar'', '' Cimarron'', '' M'', '' City Lights'', '' The Front Page'', '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
*1932 – '' Shanghai Express'', '' Scarface'', '' Tarzan the Ape Man'', '' The Mummy'', '' Freaks'', '' The Music Box'', '' Trouble in Paradise'', '' The Sign of the Cross'', '' Grand Hotel''; 8mm film was introduced
*1933 – '' King Kong'', ''Gold Diggers of 1933'', '' The Invisible Man'', '' 42nd Street'', '' Duck Soup'', '' Sons of the Desert'', '' She Done Him Wrong''
* 1934 – '' L'Atalante'', '' It Happened One Night'', '' The Thin Man'', ''Cleopatra'', '' The Goddess'', '' Imitation of Life'', '' Manhattan Melodrama'', '' The Black Cat'', '' Bright Eyes''
*1935 – '' A Night at the Opera'', '' Bride of Frankenstein'', '' The 39 Steps'', ''Top Hat'', '' Mutiny on the Bounty''; 20th Century Fox and The Rank Organisation was founded
*1936 – '' Modern Times'', '' Swing Time'', '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'', '' Flash Gordon'', '' My Man Godfrey'', '' The Great Ziegfeld'', '' Come and Get It'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', '' Camille''
* 1937 – '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', '' The Life of Émile Zola'', '' La Grande Illusion'', '' Pépé le Moko'', '' The Prisoner of Zenda'', '' Lost Horizon''
*1938 – '' Bringing Up Baby'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', '' Alexander Nevsky'', '' Jezebel'', '' A Christmas Carol'', '' Boys Town'', '' Angels with Dirty Faces''
* 1939 – '' Gone with the Wind'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', '' The Rules of the Game'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Of Mice and Men'', '' Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'', ''Stagecoach''

1940s

* 1940 – '' His Girl Friday'', '' The Great Dictator'', ''Rebecca'', ''Pinocchio'', '' Fantasia'', '' Tom and Jerry'', '' The Grapes of Wrath'', '' The Philadelphia Story'', ''Road to...'' series
* 1941 – '' Citizen Kane'', '' The Lady Eve'', '' Sergeant York'', '' Dumbo'', '' Woody Woodpecker'', '' How Green Was My Valley'', '' The Maltese Falcon'', '' The Wolf Man'', ''Superman''
*1942 – ''Casablanca'', '' Mrs. Miniver'', '' The Magnificent Ambersons'', '' To Be or Not to Be'', ''Bambi'', '' Yankee Doodle Dandy'', '' Cat People''
*1943 – '' The Song of Bernadette'', '' Heaven Can Wait'', '' Phantom of the Opera'', '' The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'', '' For Whom the Bell Tolls'', '' The Ox-Bow Incident''
*1944 – '' Going My Way'', ''Double Indemnity'', '' Meet Me in St. Louis'', ''Ivan the Terrible'', '' Laura'', '' To Have and Have Not'', '' Murder, My Sweet'', '' National Velvet''; 1st Golden Globe Awards
* 1945 – '' Brief Encounter'', '' Children of Paradise'', '' Fallen Angel'', '' Leave Her to Heaven'', '' The Lost Weekend'', '' The Naughty Nineties'', '' Anchors Aweigh'', ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'', '' Spellbound'', '' Along Came Jones''
*1946 – '' It's a Wonderful Life'', '' Notorious'', '' My Darling Clementine'', '' Great Expectations'', ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', '' Song of the South'', '' The Big Sleep'', '' Blue Skies''; First Cannes Film Festival
*1947 – '' Miracle on 34th Street'', '' Black Narcissus'', '' The Lady from Shanghai'', '' Monsieur Verdoux'', ''Out of the Past'', '' The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'', '' Odd Man Out'', '' Life with Father''
*1948 – ''Bicycle Thieves'', ''The Red Shoes (1948 film), The Red Shoes'', ''Red River (1948 film), Red River'', ''Hamlet (1948 film), Hamlet'', ''The Three Musketeers (1948 film), The Three Musketeers''; 1st British Academy Film Awards
*1949 in film, 1949 – ''The Third Man'', ''Late Spring'', ''All the King's Men (1949 film), All the King's Men'', ''White Heat'', ''Whisky Galore! (1949 film), Whisky Galore!'', ''Stray Dog (film), Stray Dog'', ''The Heiress'', ''Little Women (1949 film), Little Women''

1950s

*1950 in film, 1950 – ''Sunset Boulevard (film), Sunset Boulevard'', ''All About Eve'', ''Cinderella (1950 film), Cinderella'', ''Rashomon'', ''Father of the Bride (1950 film), Father of the Bride''
*1951 in film, 1951 – ''A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film), A Streetcar Named Desire'', ''An American in Paris (film), An American in Paris'', ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'', ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun''
*1952 in film, 1952 – ''Singin' in the Rain'', ''High Noon'', ''The Bad and the Beautiful'', ''The Quiet Man'', ''Limelight (1952 film), Limelight'', ''This Is Cinerama'', ''The Greatest Show on Earth (film), The Greatest Show on Earth'', first 3D film, 3D films
*1953 in film, 1953 – ''Peter Pan (1953 film), Peter Pan'', ''Tokyo Story'', ''From Here to Eternity'', ''Shane (film), Shane'', ''Dangerous When Wet'', ''The War of the Worlds (1953 film), The War of the Worlds'', ''Ugetsu'', ''The Earrings of Madame de...'', ''Salome (1953 film), Salome'', ''Roman Holiday'', ''The Band Wagon'', ''The Wild One'', ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'', first use of CinemaScope, British cinema advertisement company Pearl & Dean was founded
*1954 in film, 1954 – ''Rear Window'', ''Seven Samurai'', ''Dial M for Murder'', ''White Christmas (film), White Christmas'', ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'', ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'', ''Godzilla (1954 film), Godzilla'', ''Sansho the Bailiff'', ''A Star Is Born (1954 film), A Star Is Born'', ''On the Waterfront''
*1955 in film, 1955 – ''Rebel Without a Cause'', ''The Night of the Hunter (film), The Night of the Hunter'', ''To Catch a Thief'', ''The Seven Year Itch'', ''Marty (film), Marty'', ''Ordet'', ''The Apu Trilogy'', ''All That Heaven Allows'', ''Smiles of a Summer Night'', ''Lady and the Tramp'', ''Oklahoma! (film), Oklahoma!''
*1956 in film, 1956 – ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'', ''High Society (1956 film), High Society'', ''Carousel (film), Carousel'', ''Night and Fog (1956 film), Night And Fog'', ''The King and I (1956 film), The King and I'', ''Giant (1956 film), Giant'', ''The Searchers'', ''The Silent World'', ''Forbidden Planet'', ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', ''Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film), Around the World in 80 Days''
*1957 in film, 1957 – ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', ''12 Angry Men (1957 film), 12 Angry Men'', ''Sweet Smell of Success'', ''The Seventh Seal'', ''Touch of Evil'', ''Jailhouse Rock (film), Jailhouse Rock'', ''Let's All Go to the Lobby'', ''Wild Strawberries (film), Wild Strawberries'', ''Paths of Glory'', ''Throne of Blood''
*1958 in film, 1958 – ''Vertigo (film), Vertigo'', ''Elevator to the Gallows, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'', ''Gigi (1958 film), Gigi'', ''South Pacific (1958 film), South Pacific'', ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', ''Carry On (franchise), Carry On'', ''Jalsaghar'', ''The Fly (1958 film), The Fly''
*1959 in film, 1959 – ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'', ''Some Like It Hot'', ''North by Northwest'', ''Anatomy of a Murder'', ''Rio Bravo (film), Rio Bravo'', ''Pickpocket (film), Pickpocket'', ''Pillow Talk (film), Pillow Talk''

1960s

*1960 in film, 1960 – ''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'', ''Spartacus (film), Spartacus'', ''Breathless (1960 film), Breathless'', ''The Apartment'', ''Exodus (1960 film), Exodus'', ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''La Dolce Vita'', ''L'Avventura''
*1961 in film, 1961 – ''West Side Story (1961 film), West Side Story'', ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (film), Breakfast at Tiffany's'', ''Divorce, Italian Style'', ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', ''Yojimbo (film), Yojimbo'', ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''
*1962 in film, 1962 – ''Lawrence of Arabia (film), Lawrence of Arabia'', ''To Kill a Mockingbird (film), To Kill a Mockingbird'', List of James Bond films#Eon films, ''James Bond'' film series, ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'', ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', ''Ivan's Childhood'', ''The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film), The Manchurian Candidate'', ''Lolita (1962 film), Lolita'', ''La Jetée'', ''Sundays and Cybele''
*1963 in film, 1963 – ''The Birds (film), The Birds'', ''The Great Escape (film), The Great Escape'', ''Tom Jones (1963 film), Tom Jones'', ''Hud (1963 film), Hud'', ''Cleopatra (1963 film), Cleopatra'', ''Charade (1963 film), Charade'', ''8½'', ''Not on Your Life'', ''Lilies of the Field (1963 film), Lilies in the Field'', ''The Haunting (1963 film), The Haunting'', ''How the West Was Won (film), How the West Was Won'', ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'', ''Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film), Jason and the Argonauts'', ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow''
*1964 in film, 1964 – ''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins'', ''A Hard Day's Night (film), A Hard Day's Night'', ''My Fair Lady (film), My Fair Lady'', List of The Pink Panther cartoons, ''The Pink Panther'' cartoon series, ''Dr. Strangelove'', ''Dollars Trilogy'', ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg''
*1965 in film, 1965 – ''The Sound of Music (film), The Sound of Music'', ''Doctor Zhivago (film), Doctor Zhivago'', ''Repulsion (film), Repulsion'', ''The Greatest Story Ever Told''
*1966 in film, 1966 – ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'', ''Blowup'', ''Fantastic Voyage'', ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', ''Au hasard Balthazar'', ''The Battle of Algiers'', ''A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), A Man for All Seasons'', ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree#Winnie the Pooh featurettes, Winnie the Pooh'', ''Born Free (film), Born Free'', ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''
*1967 in film, 1967 – ''Bonnie and Clyde (film), Bonnie and Clyde'', ''The Graduate'', ''Cool Hand Luke'', ''In the Heat of the Night (film), In the Heat of the Night'', ''The Jungle Book (1967 film), The Jungle Book'', ''Dont Look Back'', ''The Dirty Dozen''
*1968 in film, 1968 – ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''Rosemary's Baby (film), Rosemary's Baby'', ''Planet of the Apes (1968 film), Planet of the Apes'', ''Once Upon a Time in the West'', ''Night of the Living Dead'', ''Bullitt'', ''Funny Girl (film), Funny Girl''
*1969 in film, 1969 – ''Midnight Cowboy'', ''True Grit (1969 film), True Grit'', ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'', ''Easy Rider'', ''The Wild Bunch'', ''Z (1969 film), Z'', ''The Italian Job (1969 film), The Italian Job''

1970s

*1970 in film, 1970 – ''Love Story (1970 film), Love Story'', ''The Conformist (1970 film), The Conformist'', ''Performance (film), Performance'', ''Patton (film), Patton'', ''M*A*S*H (film), M*A*S*H'', ''Woodstock (film), Woodstock'', ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', ''Five Easy Pieces'', ''Airport (1970 film), Airport'', ''Let It Be (1970 film), Let It Be'', first IMAX films
*1971 in film, 1971 – ''The French Connection (film), The French Connection'', ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'', ''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''
*1972 in film, 1972 – ''The Godfather'', ''Aguirre, the Wrath of God'', ''The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film), The Poseidon Adventure'', ''Cries and Whispers'', ''Those People of the Nile'', ''Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie'', ''Solaris (1972 film), Solaris'', ''Last Tango in Paris'', ''Cabaret (1972 film), Cabaret'', ''Napoleon and Samantha'', ''Deep Throat (film), Deep Throat'', ''What's Up, Doc? (1972 film), What's Up, Doc?'', ''Sounder (film), Sounder''
*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'', ''Distant Thunder (1973 film), Distant Thunder'', ''Day for Night (film), Day for Night'', ''Papillon (1973 film), Papillon''
*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'', ''Benji (1974 film), Benji'', ''The Conversation'', ''Black Christmas (1974 film), Black Christmas'', ''The Towering Inferno''
*1975 in film, 1975 – ''Jaws (film), Jaws'', ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', ''Dog Day Afternoon'', ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', ''The Passenger (1975 film), The Passenger'', ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'', ''Nashville (film), Nashville'', 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'', ''Logan's Run (film), Logan's Run''
*1977 in film, 1977 – ''Star Wars original trilogy, Star Wars'' (original trilogy), ''Annie Hall'', ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', ''A Bridge Too Far (film), A Bridge Too Far'', ''Eraserhead'', ''Providence (1977 film), Providence''
*1978 in film, 1978 – ''Halloween (1978 film), Halloween'', ''The Deer Hunter'', ''Dawn of the Dead (1978 film), Dawn of the Dead'', ''Superman (1978 film), Superman'', ''Grease (film), Grease'', ''Midnight Express (film), Midnight Express'', ''Days of Heaven'', ''Up in Smoke'', ''National Lampoon's Animal House''
*1979 in film, 1979 – ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Alien (film), Alien'', ''Mad Max (film), Mad Max'', ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'', ''Stalker (1979 film), Stalker'', ''Manhattan (1979 film), Manhattan, The Muppet Movie''

1980s

*1980 in film, 1980 – ''The Shining (film), The Shining'', ''Raging Bull'', ''Airplane!'', ''Caddyshack'', ''Ordinary People'', ''Kagemusha'', ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'', ''The Blues Brothers (film), The Blues Brothers'', ''The Elephant Man (1980 film), The Elephant Man'', ''Private Benjamin (1980 film), Private Benjamin''
*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'', ''The Great Muppet Caper'', ''Pennies from Heaven (1981 film), Pennies from Heaven'', ''Das Boot'', ''Scanners'', ''Time Bandits'', ''Clash of the Titans (1981 film), Clash of the Titans'', ''Escape from New York'', ''An American Werewolf in London''
*1982 in film, 1982 – ''Blade Runner'', ''Poltergeist (1982 film), Poltergeist'', ''The Thing (1982 film), The Thing'', ''Tron'', ''Sophie's Choice (film), Sophie's Choice'', ''Tootsie'', ''The Secret of NIMH'', ''Fanny and Alexander'', ''Fitzcarraldo'', ''Gandhi (film), Gandhi'', ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'', ''First Blood'', ''48 Hrs.'', ''The Dark Crystal'', ''An Officer and a Gentleman''
*1983 in film, 1983 – ''Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video), Michael Jackson's Thriller'', ''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'', ''National Lampoon's Vacation'', ''Scarface (1983 film), Scarface'', ''Nostalghia'', ''Trading Places'', ''A Christmas Story'', THX sound system is developed.
*1984 in film, 1984 – ''This Is Spinal Tap'', ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'', ''The Terminator'', ''Ghostbusters'', ''The Karate Kid'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', ''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas'', ''Stop Making Sense'', ''Gremlins'', ''Footloose (1984 film), Footloose'', ''Beverly Hills Cop'', ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'', ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film), Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film), A Nightmare on Elm Street'', ''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'', Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, ''Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird'', ''The Color Purple (1985 film), The Color Purple'', ''Brazil (1985 film), Brazil'', ''Shoah (film), Shoah'', ''Ran (film), Ran'', ''Come and See'', ''The Goonies'', ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', ''A Room with a View (1985 film), A Room with a View''
*1986 in film, 1986 – ''Blue Velvet (film), Blue Velvet'', ''The Sacrifice (1986 film), The Sacrifice'', ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Aliens (film), Aliens'', ''Platoon (film), Platoon'', ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', ''Top Gun'', ''Stand By Me (film), Stand By Me'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Short Circuit (1986 film), Short Circuit'', ''The Fly (1986 film), The Fly'', ''Labyrinth (1986 film), Labyrinth''
*1987 in film, 1987 – ''Fatal Attraction'', ''The Untouchables (film), The Untouchables'', ''The Princess Bride (film), The Princess Bride'', ''Dirty Dancing'', ''Full Metal Jacket'', ''Wings of Desire'', ''The Dead (1987 film), The Dead'', ''RoboCop'', ''Evil Dead II'', ''The Last Emperor'', ''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'', ''Lethal Weapon'', ''Au revoir les enfants'', ''Good Morning, Vietnam'', ''Broadcast News (film), Broadcast News''
*1988 in film, 1988 – ''Rain Man'', ''Cinema Paradiso'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''Die Hard'', ''Beetlejuice'', ''My Neighbor Totoro'', ''Akira (1988 film), Akira'', ''The Accused (1988 film), The Accused'', ''Big (1988 film), Big'', ''Days of Terror'', ''The Bear (1988 film), The Bear'', ''The Last Temptation of Christ (film), The Last Temptation of Christ'', ''Dead Ringers (1988 film), Dead Ringers'', ''Child's Play (1988 film), Child's Play'', ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', ''A Fish Called Wanda''
*1989 in film, 1989 – ''Do the Right Thing'', ''Driving Miss Daisy'', ''Batman (1989 film), Batman'', ''The Abyss'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'', ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'', ''Say Anything...'', ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'', ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'', ''Dead Poets Society'', ''Field of Dreams (film), Field of Dreams'', ''Born on the Fourth of July (film), Born on the Fourth of July''; 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''
*1991 in film, 1991 – ''The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast'', ''JFK (film), JFK'', ''Boyz n the Hood'', ''Thelma & Louise'', ''A Brighter Summer Day'', ''Barton Fink'', ''The Addams Family (1991 film), The Addams Family''
*1992 in film, 1992 – ''Unforgiven'', ''Reservoir Dogs'', ''Basic Instinct'', ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'', The Muppet Christmas Carol, ''The Muppet Christmas Carol'', ''A Few Good Men'', ''The Player (1992 film), The Player'', ''The Crying Game'', ''Wayne's World (film), Wayne's World'', ''Indochine (film), Indochine'', ''Candyman (1992 film), Candyman'', ''A League of Their Own''
*1993 in film, 1993 – ''Jurassic Park (film), Jurassic Park'', ''Schindler's List'', ''The Piano'', ''Groundhog Day (film), Groundhog Day'', ''In the Name of the Father'', ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', ''Philadelphia (film), Philadelphia'', Three Colours trilogy, ''Three Colours'' trilogy, ''True Romance'', ''Dazed and Confused (film), Dazed and Confused''
*1994 in film, 1994 – ''Forrest Gump'', ''Pulp Fiction'', ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''The Lion King'', ''Legends of the Fall'', ''Clerks (film), Clerks'', ''Sátántangó'', ''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'', ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'', ''True Lies'', ''Léon: The Professional'', ''Hoop Dreams'', ''Il Postino: The Postman'', ''The Mask (1994 film), The Mask'', ''Through the Olive Trees'', ''Four Weddings and a Funeral''
*1995 in film, 1995 – ''Braveheart'', ''Seven (1995 film), Se7en'', ''Apollo 13 (film), Apollo 13'', ''Toy Story'', ''The Usual Suspects'', ''Heat (1995 film), Heat'', ''12 Monkeys'', ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'', ''Clueless (film), Clueless'', ''Babe (film), Babe'', ''Leaving Las Vegas'', ''Casino (1995 film), Casino'', Before trilogy, ''Before'' trilogy, ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility''
*1996 in film, 1996 – ''Fargo (1996 film), Fargo'', ''Flirting with Disaster (film), Flirting with Disaster'', ''Trainspotting (film), Trainspotting'', ''Muppet Treasure Island'', ''The English Patient (film), The English Patient'', ''Independence Day (1996 film), Independence Day'', ''Twister (1996 film), Twister'', ''Jerry Maguire'', ''Mission: Impossible (film), Mission: Impossible'', ''Scream (1996 film), Scream'', ''That Thing You Do!'', ''Shine (film), Shine'', ''Shall We Dance? (1996 film), Shall We Dance?;'' first DVDs were released
*1997 in film, 1997 – ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''Life is Beautiful'', ''Good Will Hunting'', ''Boogie Nights'', ''Jackie Brown'', ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'', ''Taste of Cherry'', ''Gattaca'', ''Hana-bi'', ''Men in Black (1997 film), Men in Black'', ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'', ''The Full Monty'', ''Princess Mononoke'', ''Perfect Blue'', ''The Fifth Element'', ''I Know What You Did Last Summer''
*1998 in film, 1998 – ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''American History X'', ''The Thin Red Line (1998 film), The Thin Red Line'', ''Shakespeare in Love'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''Buffalo '66'', ''Bulworth'', ''The Truman Show'', ''The Wedding Singer'', ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'', ''Run Lola Run'', ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'', ''There's Something About Mary''
*1999 in film, 1999 – ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'', ''The Sixth Sense'', '' The Matrix'', ''Fight Club'', ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Magnolia (film), Magnolia'', ''Notting Hill (film), Notting Hill'', ''The Blair Witch Project'', ''The Iron Giant'', ''The Green Mile (film), The Green Mile'', ''Toy Story 2'', ''Muppets from Space'' , ''Election (1999 film), Election'', ''Boys Don't Cry (1999 film), Boys Don't Cry'', ''Beau Travail'', ''Being John Malkovich''

2000s

*2000 in film, 2000 – ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', ''In the Mood for Love'', ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'', ''Cast Away'', ''Platform (2000 film), Platform'', ''Memento (film), Memento'', ''Erin Brockovich (film), Erin Brockovich'', ''Billy Elliot'', ''Almost Famous'', ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', ''High Fidelity (film), High Fidelity'', ''Battle Royale (film), Battle Royale'', ''X-Men (film), X-Men'', ''Unbreakable (film), Unbreakable'', ''American Psycho (film), American Psycho'', ''Before Night Falls (film), Before Night Falls'', ''Requiem for a Dream''; The first digital cinema in Europe by Phillippe Binant
*2001 in film, 2001 – ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'', ''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'', ''Shrek'', ''A Beautiful Mind (film), A Beautiful Mind'', ''The Royal Tenenbaums'', ''Spirited Away (film), Spirited Away'', ''Mulholland Drive (film), Mulholland Drive'', ''Donnie Darko'', ''The Fast and the Furious (2001 film), The Fast & the Furious'', ''Monsters, Inc.'', ''Moulin Rouge!'', ''Zoolander'', ''Legally Blonde'', ''Training Day'', ''Black Hawk Down (film), Black Hawk Down'', ''Monster's Ball'', ''Amélie'', ''Bridget Jones's Diary (film), Bridget Jones's Diary''
*2002 in film, 2002 – ''City of God (2002 film), City of God'', ''Talk to Her'', ''Minority Report (film), Minority Report'', ''The Pianist (2002 film), The Pianist'', ''Russian Ark'', ''Spider-Man (2002 film), Spider-Man'', ''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'', ''8 Mile (film), 8 Mile'', ''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 (2002 film), Frida'', ''Lilo & Stitch'', ''28 Days Later'', ''Bend It Like Beckham'', ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'', ''Punch-Drunk Love'', ''Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age'' ''The Ring (2002 film), The Ring'', ''Better Luck Tomorrow'', ''Catch Me If You Can'', ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation''
*2003 in film, 2003 – ''Oldboy (2003 film), Oldboy'', ''Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill'', ''Lost in Translation (film), Lost in Translation'', ''Elephant (2003 film), Elephant'', ''Monster (2003 film), Monster'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''Love Actually'', ''Elf (film), Elf'', ''The Triplets of Belleville'', ''Cold Mountain (film), Cold Mountain'', ''The Room'', ''School of Rock'', ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico''
*2004 in film, 2004 – ''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'', ''Spider-Man 2'', ''Saw (2004 film), Saw'', Three Flavours Cornetto, the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy, ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', ''Mean Girls'', ''Napoleon Dynamite'', ''The Polar Express (film), The Polar Express''; The anti-piracy campaign "Piracy. It's a crime", which features the first line You Wouldn't Steal a Car, is first advertised.
*2005 in film, 2005 – ''Caché (film), Caché'', ''The New World (2005 film), The New World'', ''Brokeback Mountain'', The Dark Knight trilogy, ''The Dark Knight'' trilogy, ''The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'', ''A History of Violence'', ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice'', ''Walk the Line'', ''March of the Penguins'', ''Munich (2005 film), Munich'', ''Capote (film), Capote'', ''The 40 Year Old Virgin'', ''Good Night, and Good Luck''
*2006 in film, 2006 – ''Pan's Labyrinth'', ''Children of Men'', ''The Departed'', ''Dreamgirls (film), Dreamgirls'', ''The Lives of Others'', ''The Prestige (film), The Prestige'', ''Happy Feet'', ''The Queen (2006 film), The Queen'', ''Borat'', ''Little Miss Sunshine (film), Little Miss Sunshine'', ''The Pursuit of Happyness'', ''An Incovenient Truth'', ''The Last King of Scotland (film), The Last King of Scotland'', ''Babel (film), Babel'', ''United 93 (film), United 93''; first Blu-rays released
*2007 in film, 2007 – ''300 (film), 300'', ''There Will Be Blood'', ''No Country for Old Men (film), No Country for Old Men'', ''I Am Legend (film), I Am Legend'', ''Ratatouille (film), Ratatouille'', ''Into the Wild (film), Into the Wild'', ''Juno (film), Juno'', ''Atonement (2007 film), Atonement'', ''Persepolis (film), Persepolis'', ''Once (film), Once'', ''La Vie En Rose (film), La Vie En Rose''
*2008 in film, 2008 – the List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Marvel Cinematic Universe, ''WALL-E'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', ''Mamma Mia! (film), Mamma Mia!'', ''Gran Torino'', ''The Wrestler (2008 film), The Wrestler'', ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'', ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'', ''Cloverfield'', ''Ip Man (film series), Ip Man'', ''Waltz with Bashir'', ''In Bruges'', ''Man on Wire'', ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''
*2009 in film, 2009 – ''Avatar (2009 film), Avatar'', ''Inglorious Basterds'', ''Up (2009 film), Up'', ''A Serious Man'', ''District 9'', ''The Hurt Locker'', ''The Hangover'', ''Coraline (film), Coraline'', ''Mary and Max'', ''Precious (film), Precious'', ''An Education'', ''In the Loop''

2010s

*2010 in film, 2010 – ''The King's Speech'', ''Inception'', ''Black Swan (film), Black Swan'', ''The Social Network'', ''How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film), How to Train Your Dragon'', ''Despicable Me (film), Despicable Me'', ''Winter's Bone'', ''127 Hours'', ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World''
*2011 in film, 2011 – ''The Artist (film), The Artist'', ''Drive (2011 film), Drive'', ''The Intouchables'', ''Hugo (film), Hugo'', ''The Muppets (2011 film), The Muppets'', ''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'', ''Bridesmaids (2011 film), Bridesmaids'', ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'', ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', ''The Help (film), The Help'', ''The Cabin in the Woods''
*2012 in film, 2012 – ''Life of Pi (film), Life of Pi'', ''Argo (2012 film), Argo'', ''Lincoln (film), Lincoln'', ''Django Unchained'', ''The Master (2012 film), The Master'', ''Les Misérables (2012 film), Les Misérables'', ''Silver Linings Playbook'', ''The Hunger Games (film), The Hunger Games'', ''Ted (film), Ted'', ''Pitch Perfect'', ''Magic Mike'', ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', ''Zero Dark Thirty''
*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'', ''American Hustle'', ''Dallas Buyers Club'', ''Inside Llewyn Davis'', ''Her (2013 film), Her'', ''The Conjuring'', ''Pacific Rim (film), Pacific Rim'', ''Blue is the Warmest Colour''
*2014 in film, 2014 – ''Interstellar (film), Interstellar'', ''Boyhood (2014 film), Boyhood'', ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'', ''Birdman (film), Birdman'', ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'', ''Kingsman: The Secret Service'', ''Muppets Most Wanted'', ''The Babadook'', ''Paddington (film), Paddington'', ''The Lego Movie'', ''John Wick (film), John Wick'', ''The Theory of Everything (2014 film), The Theory of Everything''
*2015 in film, 2015 – ''Mad Max: Fury Road'', ''The Revenant (2015 film), The Revenant'', ''Inside Out (2015 film), Inside Out'', ''The Martian (film), The Martian'', ''Spotlight (film), Spotlight'', ''Amy (2015 film), Amy'', ''Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina''
*2016 in film, 2016 – ''La La Land'', ''Deadpool (film), Deadpool'', ''Zootopia'', ''Your Name'', ''Moana (2016 film), Moana'', ''Manchester by the Sea (film), Manchester by the Sea'', ''Moonlight (2016 film), Moonlight'', ''Train To Busan'', ''Don't Breathe''
*2017 in film, 2017 – ''The Shape of Water'', ''Wonder Woman (2017 film), Wonder Woman'', ''Get Out'', ''It (2017 film), It'', ''Dunkirk (2017 film), Dunkirk'', ''Logan (film), Logan'', ''The Disaster Artist (film), The Disaster Artist'', ''Baby Driver'', ''Paddington 2'', ''The Silent Child'', ''In a Heartbeat (film), In a Heartbeat'', ''Okja'', ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'', ''Call Me by Your Name (film), Call Me by Your Name'', ''Darkest Hour (film), Darkest Hour'', ''The Greatest Showman''; the Harvey Weinstein scandal began
*2018 in film, 2018 – ''Bohemian Rhapsody (film), Bohemian Rhapsody'', Spider-Man in film#Animated Spider-Verse, ''Spider-Man: The Spider-Verse'' trilogy, ''A Star Is Born (2018 film), A Star Is Born'', ''The Favourite'', ''A Quiet Place (film), A Quiet Place'', ''BlacKkKlansman'', ''Hereditary (film), Hereditary'', ''Free Solo''
*2019 in film, 2019 – ''Joker (2019 film), Joker'', ''1917 (2019 film), 1917'', ''Parasite (2019 film), Parasite'', ''Rocketman (film), Rocketman'', ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women'', ''The Irishman'', ''Marriage Story (2019 film), Marriage Story'', ''Uncut Gems'', ''Knives Out (film), Knives Out''

2020s

*2020 in film, 2020 — ''Nomadland (film), Nomadland'', ''Minari (film), Minari'', ''The Eight Hundred'', ''Hamilton (2020 film), Hamilton'', ''Mank'', ''The Invisible Man (2020 film), The Invisible Man'', ''Another Round (film), Another Round'', ''Promising Young Woman'', ''Wolfwalkers'', ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', ''The Half of It''; 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'', ''Licorice Pizza'', ''Don't Look Up'', ''Flee (film), Flee'', ''CODA (2021 film), CODA'', ''The White Tiger (2021 film), The White Tiger'', ''Tick, Tick... Boom! (film), Tick, Tick... Boom!'', ''The Lost Daughter (film), The Lost Daughter''; American movie theatre chain AMC Theatres launches its Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial, movie theatre commercial starring actress Nicole Kidman
*2022 in film, 2022 – ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'', ''Top Gun: Maverick'', ''Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio'', ''RRR (film), RRR'', ''Elvis (2022 film), Elvis'', ''Aftersun'', ''X (film series), X'', ''Tár'', ''The Banshees of Inisherin'', ''All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film), All Quiet on the Western Front'', ''Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'', ''Triangle of Sadness''
*2023 in film, 2023 – Barbenheimer (consisting of the films ''Barbie (film), Barbie'' and ''Oppenheimer (film), Oppenheimer''), ''Poor Things (film), Poor Things'', ''The Zone of Interest (film), The Zone of Interest'', ''M3GAN'', ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'', ''Maestro (2023 film), Maestro'', ''The Boy and the Heron'', ''May December'', ''Robot Dreams (film), Robot Dreams'', ''Once Upon a Studio'', ''Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (film), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.''; In Hollywood, the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Writers Guild of America and 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, SAG-AFTRA separately began a series of 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, strikes by the actors and writers for six months, affecting the film and television industries
*2024 in film, 2024 – ''Wicked (2024 film), Wicked'', ''The Substance'', ''Conclave (film), Conclave'', ''Civil War (film), Civil War'', ''Dune: Part Two'', ''The Wild Robot'', ''Flow (2024 film), Flow'', ''Sing Sing (2023 film), Sing Sing'', ''Better Man (film), Better Man'', ''Challengers (film), Challengers'', ''A Real Pain'', ''Anora (film), Anora'', ''The Brutalist''
*2025 in film, 2025 – ''Wolf Man (2025 film), Wolf Man'', ''Dog Man (film), Dog Man'', ''Captain America: Brave New World'', ''Snow White (2025 film), Snow White'', ''The Alto Knights'', ''How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film), How to Train Your Dragon'', ''Elio (film), Elio'', ''Jurassic World Rebirth'', ''Avatar: Fire and Ash'', ''Back in Action (2025 film), Back in Action'', ''Now You See Me 3'', ''The Fantastic Four: First Steps'', ''Superman (2025 film), Superman'', ''Predator: Badlands'', ''The Gorge (film), The Gorge'', ''The Monkey (film), The Monkey'', ''Heart Eyes'', ''Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare'', ''Popeye's Revenge'', ''Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (film), Five Nights at Freddy's 2'', ''Dark Nuns'', ''Zootopia 2'' and ''One Battle After Another''
*2026 in film, 2026 – ''Mutiny (2026 film), Mutiny'', ''Scream 7'', ''Toy Story 5'', ''Ice Age 6'', ''Shrek 5'', ''The Mandalorian and Grogu'', ''The Bride!'', ''Project Hail Mary (film), Project Hail Mary'', ''Wuthering Heights (2026 film), Wuthering Heights'', ''Send Help'', ''Masters of the Universe (2026 film), Masters of the Universe'', ''Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow'', ''Flowervale Street'', ''Goat (2026 film), Goat'', ''Mercy (2026 film), Mercy'', ''SOULM8TE'', ''Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie'', ''28 Years Later: The Bone Temple'', ''The Odyssey (2026 film), The Odyssey'', ''Aang: The Last Airbender'', ''Avengers: Doomsday'', ''Moana (2026 film), Moana''
*2027 in film, 2027 – ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse''

See also

* List of cinematic firsts

References

Sources

* ''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
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