Film History

  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer
    The Jazz Singer was the first ever movie to use "talkies". It was about a life of a Jewish boy who later became an American jazz singer. This film was significant due to Warner Oland looking like Hitler.
  • Wizard of Oz

    Wizard of Oz
    Although there were some films/movies that used technicolor it wasn't until the late 1930's that they started using technicolor. Wizard of Oz was the first ever movie to use technicolor and became very successful.
  • Pinocchio

    Pinocchio
    Pinocchio was set the standards for Disney's films back in the 1940's. Although Pinocchio wasn't as successful as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio stablished feature animation as a legitimate art form on the same level as traditional filmmaking.
  • The Ten Commandent

    The Ten Commandent
    It was the most successful film of 1956 and second most successful in the 1950's. To nowadays it is still one of the most popular biblical movie of all times.
  • Astro Boy

    Astro Boy
    Astro Boy was the first anime to become popular in America and Japan. With Astro Boy coming over to America many other manga/anime were introduced to America like DBZ, One Piece, etc. Astro Boy is the primarily the reason for animes.
  • The Sound of Music

    The Sound of Music
    The Sound of Music was the first ever movie to gross over $100 million. During the 1960's the film industry had started to decline due to film companies who would spend money on other things like T.V or radio. The Sound of Music played and important part in the film industry.
  • Star Wars IV A New Hope

    Star Wars IV A New Hope
    Star Wars was the first ever movie to use CGI Lucas and his team went on to transform the visual effects industry and set the new standard for the years to come. The 1970's also saw the advent of VHS video players, laser disc players, and films on video cassette tapes and discs,
  • ET

    ET
    ET stood as a film that would impact the science fiction film which was significant during that time period. Many studios including ET sought to capitalize on advancements in special effects technology but ET also had a very heart warming ending
  • Toy Story

    Toy Story
    Toy Story was the first ever made Pixar movie. It set the standards for upcoming films like Wall-E, Cars, etc. Toy Story was the first Pixar-Disney collaboration, and the first feature-length animated film that was completely computer generated.
  • Titanic

    Titanic
    Became the first ever movie to hit the billion dollar mark. Because of the real accident Ships and carriers are a lot more safer now than they would be. Titanic had a huge impact in both the film industry and real world.12
  • Avatar

    Avatar
    Avatar became the highest grossing movie up until Avengers Endgame. Cameron (director) spent a lot of time devoting to the CGI and special effects on the movie which made the movie jaw dropping.
  • Demon Slayer

    Demon Slayer
    Demon Slayer has won Anime of the decade and it has only came out since 2019 with only 1 season. This anime has very high potential and that's why it is very important to the anime world. Demon Slayer shows very high quality special effects.