Subcategories - Films, Movies, Motion Pictures

  1. Abel Gance
  2. Adam Beach
  3. Adams’ Nixon in China Premieres
  4. Akira Kurosawa
  5. Alfred Hitchcock
  6. Allen’s Annie Hall Captures Complexities of 1970’s Life
  7. Anita Loos
  8. Antitrust Rulings Force Film Studios to Divest Theaters
  9. Apocalypse Now Is Hailed as the Ultimate Vietnam War Film
  10. Berkeley’s 42nd Street Revolutionizes Film Musicals
  11. The Birth of a Nation Popularizes New Film Techniques
  12. Blacklisting Seriously Depletes Hollywood’s Talent Pool
  13. Buñuel and Dalí Champion Surrealism in Un Chien andalou
  14. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Opens in Berlin
  15. Capra Releases It’s a Wonderful Life
  16. Carl Theodor Dreyer
  17. Casablanca Marks the Artistic Apex of 1940’s War-Themed Films
  18. Cecil B. DeMille
  19. Chaplin Produces His Masterpiece The Gold Rush
  20. Charles Chaplin
  21. Cher
  22. The Classic Screwball Comedy Reaches Its Height in Popularity
  23. The Classic The Wizard of Oz Opens
  24. Coppola Revives Gangster Films with The Godfather Trilogy
  25. D. W. Griffith
  26. Dan George
  27. Darryl F. Zanuck
  28. Dean Becomes a Legend in Rebel Without a Cause
  29. Dennis Banks
  30. Disney Releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  31. Disney’s Fantasia Premieres and Redefines the Boundaries of Animation
  32. Do the Right Thing Establishes Lee as a World-Class Director
  33. Dolly Parton
  34. Dorothy Arzner
  35. Dr. No Launches the Hugely Popular James Bond Series
  36. E.T.: The Extraterrestrial Breaks Box-Office Records
  37. Ealing Comedies Mark a High Point in British Film
  38. Edison Introduces the Kinetophone to Show the First Talking Pictures
  39. Eisenstein’s Potemkin Introduces New Film Editing Techniques
  40. Elvis Presley
  41. Federico Fellini
  42. Female Directors Attain Prominence
  43. The First Academy Awards Honor Film Achievement
  44. The First Nickelodeon Film Theater Opens
  45. Ford Defines the Western In Stagecoach
  46. Forman Adapts One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest for Film
  47. François Truffaut
  48. Frank Sinatra
  49. Fred Astaire
  50. The French New Wave Ushers in a New Era of Cinema

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