The History of Movies

  • Roundhay Garden Scene

    This is the world's earliest surviving film that is motion-picture. This short film was directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. It's 2.11 seconds long and is in the Guinness Book of Records.
  • The Astronomer's Dream

    This silent short film was directed by Georges Melies. This film is really weird and almost unnerving, It features the moon, Satan, a girl, and the astronomer.
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet is the first American film version of famous William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This silent film was made by Vitagraph Studios. Filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhatten, and directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
  • A Dog's Life

    Directed, produced, written by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. This was Charlie Chaplin's first movie for First National Films. Charlie plays a jobless person and tries to steal food and almost gets caught, the story continues with "Scraps" played by Charlie Chaplin living a rough life trying to get on his feet, and he eventually does.
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc

    The silent French film is historically based on the record of the trial of Joan of Arc. This movie is regarded as a landmark of cinema. Some of the performances in the movie are considered some of the best in cinematic history.
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood

    This movie is an American Technicolor swashbuckler film, distributed by Warner Bros. In the movie, Robin Hood is a Saxon knight who fights Prince John and Norman lords and fights back as an outlaw leader. Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress.
  • Red River

    Red River is an action as well as it is a romance. It runs for a solid 133 minutes and is in black and white. This film was the only film Harry Carey Jr. appeared with his father harry Carey. The western film is about a sheriff, a cripple, a drunk, and a gunfighter trying to keep the brother of a bad guy in jail.
  • The Blob

    This film is an American science fiction-horror film in widescreen color. This movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures as a double feature with I Married a Monster from Outer Space. The story consist of an alien that eats anything it touches by corroding it and absorbing it, when it does this it grows in size and the only way to stop it is by freezing it.
  • Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction film. based off of a novel, Jerry Goldsmith made this groundbreaking avant-garde score. This is the first of five films made from 1968-1973. The storyline consist of a space crew landing on a strange and different planet in the future to eventually come across a society of apes with the same intelligence of humans and speech.
  • Jaws 2

    This American thriller film is a sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws. The story features color and sound, The storyline has a concerned Chief of the town who suspects a new great white is back at eating people at the sea side resort of Amity island.
  • BIG

    This hilarious comedy and relatable romance ells the story of a boy who would do just about anything to hang out with his crush, when he can't, he goes to a wishing machine named Zoltar that grants him the wish to be big. The next morning, Josh (The boy) wakes up as a grown man and has to learn how to get a job and live on his own, he meets someone but eventually has to tell her who he really is and where he belongs.
  • Saving Private Ryan

    This action packed movie tells the story of a man who was left behind in world war and shows the efforts and struggles of a group of men attempting to rescue him. The movie is very bloody and has a lot of gore including unnerving scenes. Although the acting is great and is a must see film, it is not intended for everyone.