The great moments in the history of cinema are marked by films in which they are represented. Most of these changes that marked an era.

First half of the twentieth century

·  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920): this is a silent film and terror which has become the main reference point for the film's German expressionism.

·  Jazz Singer (1927): this is the first movie which included a sound recording. With her film performs a radical change as it passes from silent movies to make dialogues between the characters.

·  What took the wind (1939): The film that started marketing in the world of cinema. This can be seen, for example, in large campaigns seeking actors and actresses for the papal major.

·  Citizen Kane (1941): This film's director George Orwel is critical as the best film of all time.

·  The Maltese Falcon (1941) is the first black film in which you can see the basic features that are going to have all the films in this genre during the passage of years.

Second half of the twentieth century

·  Casablanca (1952) passed into history for being the best film of political propaganda, in this case against Adolf Hitler's Nazi army.

·  Singing in the rain (1952): is the film's most legendary musical genre. He was shot in the 50s when movies Hollywood musicals were much more successful.

·  Psychosis (1960): one of the masterpieces of cinema thriller and its director Alfred Hitchcock.

·  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): is the film's most important and famous science fiction film.. Make a turning point in this genre.

·  The Godfather (1972): this is the film that has marked a turning point in the black film genre.

·  Star Wars (1977): this is the first part of the trilogy's most important science fiction. In this film began to be used effects.

·  Terminator 2 (1992): This film is used for the first time the technique of morfing, which allows passing from one form to another in the same space segment.

·  Toy Story (1995): This is the first film created entirely by computer. The creators of this work were studies Pixar along with Walt Disney Pictures.

Remarks

Arriving on a train to the station Ciotat (1895) are the first images to be recorded and projected in the history of cinema with "the departure of the workers of the factory Lumiére." It was the work of the Lumiére brothers.