AS Research and Planning - History of Film

The History Of Film

From 1895 to the Present Day

1902La Voyage Dans La Lune – A Trip To The Moon

• First science fiction

1903

The Great Train Robbery

• First Western film to feature stunts

1906

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

• The first animated comedy

1908

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

• The first horror film

1914

The Perils of Pauline

• All female roles needed saving, creating the phrase ‘Damsel In Distress’

1921

The Kid

• The first Charlie Chaplin comedy

1922

Nosferatu

• The first vampire/monster film

1930s

• Gone with the • First full colour, full length, film

1940s

• Rebecca• First psychological, dark film

1950s

• Vertigo • Greatest movie of all time

1960s

• Psycho • First film to kill off lead acting woman

1970s

• Star wars• First western/science fiction films made

1980s

E.T.Directed by Steven Spielberg

Was the first film featuring an animalistic alien.

1990s

Beauty and the BeastIt is a Disney film and was one of the first

films to use computers and 3D

technology.

2000s

Due to lack of layers in films, no films from the 2000s made it into the top 100. Since

1999 films have become less shocking.