The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920)

This is a silent film and terror which has become the main reference point for the film's German expressionism. It gave rise to ending caligarismo to refer to this movement.

This film is characterized by the use of a script and some decorated based on claro-oscuro offering contrasts between light and shadow. All this to create an atmosphere disturbing.

Jazz Singer (1927)

This is the first film that included a sound recording. With her film performs a radical change as it passes from silent movies to make dialogues between the characters.

The film by Alan Crosland comes from the play of Jazz Singer had been a success on Broadway. This work would lead to a multitude of musical films.

What took the wind (1939)

Movie marketing started in the world of cinema. This can be seen, for example, in large campaigns seeking actors and actresses for the papal major.

It is also regarded as the first film which was advertising campaign which lasted just under two years, while casting lasted.

This is one of the first over-American cinema, in addition to being the movie that meant the consolidation of the film in color and that gave greater prestige.

Citizen Kane (1941)

This film's director George Orwel is critical as the best film of all time. He left their mark on the history of cinema by using the resources of time masterly such as photography, escenografías roofed and the use of cranes.

Another of the achievements of this film is the appearance of the omniscient narrator, who tells the story in their own way. This was based on the director level and chopped contrapicados.

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

She 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.

Among those features are the presence of a woman fatal, games shade and raincoats and hats as principal male garments.