List of years in film

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This page indexes the individual year in film pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

19th century in film
20th century in film:
- 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s
21st century in film:
- 2000s

19th century in film

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1888 – The first credited film, Roundhay Garden Scene, is recorded.
1891
1892
1893
1894 – Thomas Edison records Fred Ott's sneeze
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899 – Cinderella

1900s

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1900
1901
1902 – A Trip to the Moon by George Méliès
1903 – The Great Train Robbery, by Edwin S. Porter
1904 – The Great Train Robbery, remake by Siegmund Lubin
1905 -
1906 – Ben-Hur, directed by Sidney Olcott. Also, The world's first feature film, "The Story of the Kelly Gang" released in Australia.
1907 -
1908 – Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company
1909 -

1910s

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1910 – First filmed "Frankenstein" by Edison studios.
1911 – Nestor Films opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.
1912 – From the Manger To the Cross, directed by Sidney Olcott
1913 – The first Charlie Chaplin movies are made.
1914 – Tillie's Punctured Romance produced by Mack Sennett, stars Marie Dressler, Charlie Chaplin, and Mabel Normand.
1915 – The Country Girl, starring Florence LaBadie. The first great epic of American film, The Birth of a Nation is produced by D. W. Griffith.
1916 – D. W. Griffith's second monumental production, Intolerance is released.
1917 – Technicolor is introduced
1918 – "My Four Years in Germany" is the first Warner Brothers production. First National releases the first Tarzan film, starring Elmo Lincoln.
1919 – United Artists is founded by Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D. W. Griffith.

1920s

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1920 – Buster Keaton begins starring in shorts and his first feature, "The Saphead" at Metro. Erich Von Stroheim's "The Devil's Passkey" stars Mae Busch at Goldwyn.
1921 – Laurel and Hardy's first film together is "A Lucky Dog".
1922 – Nosferatu, first ever vampire film released. Also, "Our Gang" series begins at Hal Roach studios.
1923 – Harold Lloyd's greatest movie "Safety Last" produced by Hal Roach, released by Pathe.
1924 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio established.
1925 – Lon Chaney's greatest film, The Phantom of the Opera is released by Universal with colour sequences. Eric Von Stroheim's magnum opus, Greed.
1926 – First Vitaphone feature, "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore, released by Warner Brothers. Posthumously released, "The Son Of the Shiek" is Rudolph Valentino's biggest grossing film.
1927 – Al Jolson movie The Jazz Singer popularizes sound motion pictures. First talkie newsreel,"Fox Movietone News".
1928 – First talkie cartoon,"Dinner Time" is produced by VanBuren Studios, the second talkie cartoon, "Steamboat Willie" by Walt Disney is released a month later.
1929 – The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed. Also, Laurel & Hardy make their talkie debut in "Unaccustomed As we are" co-starring Thelma Todd at Hal Roach Studios. Rko-Radio studio is established.

1930s

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1930 – The first Busby Berkely musical film, "Whoopee" starring Eddie Cantor, is released by Goldwyn in colour. Also, Max Fleischer's animated star "Betty Boop" debuts.
1931 – Laurel & Hardy's first feature, "Pardon Us" is released by MGM.
1932 – Shirley Temple's film career begins
1933 – Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees premieres, the first film produced in the three-strip Technicolor process. The film Ecstacy, which shows simulated sex, shocks audiences. Also, First Popeye cartoon, "Popeye the Sailor" debuts.
1934 – Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum. The first Columbia Three Stooges short is released. Shirley Temple becomes a star. The so-called 'pre-code' era ends when the Production Code is amended to require all films to obtain a certificate of approval. The code is effectively enforced for the first time with the removal of nude scenes from the movie Tarzan and his Mate.
1935 – Laurel & Hardy's last short subject, "Thicker Than water". The first feature-length motion picture in three-strip Technicolor, RKO's Becky Sharp.
1936 – Thelma Todd's final short subject "An All-American Toothache" co-starring Patsy Kelly and Mickey Daniels.
1937 – Snow White, first feature-length animated movie
1938 – Casting begins on The Wizard of Oz
1939 – Gone With the Wind premiers in Atlanta

1940s

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1940 – Columbia releases Charley Chase's last film, "South of the Boudoir"
1941 – Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles, premieres
1942 – Bambi released. Casablanca, starring Humprey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, released.
1943 – Lassie Come Home introduces Lassie.
1944 – Last Our Gang shorts, produced by MGM.
1945 – National Velvet brings Elizabeth Taylor to prominence
1946 – Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life premieres
1947 – Miracle on 34th Street
1948 – Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman, Edgar Kennedy's final short for RKO.
1949 – Sands of Iwo Jima, directed by Allan Dwan

1950s

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1950 – Disney's Cinderella. Also, Laurel & Hardy's final film, "Atoll K" is made in Europe.
1951 – An American in Paris
1952 – Cinerama-system is introduced
1953 – Disney's Peter Pan
1954 – On the Waterfront, A Star Is Born and Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
1955 – East of Eden, starring James Dean
1956 – The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston
1957 – Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley
1958 – Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo- Edward Dmytryk's The Young Lions
1959 – Ben-Hur premieres

1960s

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1960 – Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
1961 – West Side Story premieres
1962 – Lawrence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird premiere
1963 – Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
1964 – The Beatles star in A Hard Day's Night
1965 – The Sound of Music premieres
1966 – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 – The Graduate
1968 – Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
1969 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1970s

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1970 – Patton and M*A*S*H are released
1971 – The French Connection premieres
1972 – The Godfather premieres
1973 – The Sting and The Exorcist are released
1974 – Jesus Christ Superstar
1975 – Steven Spielberg's Jaws is released
1976 – Rocky premieres
1977 – George Lucas' science fiction film Star Wars is released and The Bee Gees sing in Saturday Night Fever
1978 – National Lampoon's Animal House
1979 – Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now

1980s

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1980 – The first Caddyshack is released
1981 – The George Lucas/Steven Spielberg collaboration, Raiders of the Lost Ark, premieres
1982 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial premieres
1983 – The Big Chill and The Right Stuff are released
1984 – Ghost Busters and Amadeus are released
1985 – Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple premieres
1986 – Fatal Attraction premieres
1987 – Three Men and a Baby is released
1988 – Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
1989 – Batman, directed by Tim Burton

1990s

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1990 – The first Home Alone is released
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs is released
1992 – The second Home Alone is released
1993 – Schindler's List and Jurassic Park are released
1994 – Tom Hanks stars in Forrest Gump; The Lion King becomes the highest grossing animated film of all-time, (record held until 2003).
1995 – Mel Gibson directs and stars in Braveheart
1996 – Fargo is released
1997 – Titanic, As Good As It Gets and Men in Black are released
1998 – Tom Hanks stars in Saving Private Ryan
1999 – The Sixth Sense (directed by M. Night Shyamalan), Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace and The Matrix are released

2000s

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2000 – Gladiator and O Brother, Where Art Thou? are released
2001 – Chris Columbus-Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ; Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 – Frida, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Men in Black II are released
2003 – Finding Nemo and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King are released; Finding Nemo overtakes The Lion King as highest grossing animated film of all time.
2004 – Shrek 2 breaks records for animated movies, Alfonso Cuarón, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Mel Gibson, The Passion of the Christ; Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
2005 – films scheduled to be released in 2005
2006 – films scheduled to be released in 2006
2007 – films scheduled to be released in 2007

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