film never stops evolving and these are
its most crucial stepping stones so far
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
milestones in cinema oh sorry did I
break your concentration for this list
we’re taking a look at movies that broke
new ground on a technical critical or
cultural level forever changing the
medium and we will be open for business
number 10 the first billion dollar movie
Titanic I’m Jack Dawson we’ll do it big
hitter have to get you to write that one
down to date quite a few films have
grossed over a billion dollars at the
worldwide box office in 1997 though a
billion dollar blockbuster was
completely unheard of
nobody ever would have predicted that
the film to reach this milestone would
be James Cameron’s Titanic which had run
ridiculously over budget with numerous
production delays sure it’s a ship
regardless the most expensive movie of
the time became the highest-grossing
movie of the time two flank
in addition to this financial milestone
Titanic also won 11 Academy Awards tying
with Ben Hur for the all-time Oscar
record promise me now rose and ever let
go of that promise I promise number 9
pioneering cinematography and editing
the Great Train Robbery
as primitive as it might seem this just
over 10-minute long silent film is too
cinematic evolution what the wheel is to
technological evolution
Edwin s porters the Great Train Robbery
was the first time innovations like
multiple camera angles and composite
editing were utilized to tell a
thrilling flowing narrative
audiences were so spellbound that they
literally thought the picture might jump
out at them
it left everyone on edge until the final
shot as a bandit fired directly at the
camera number eight Industrial Light and
Magic spects and merchandising Star Wars
Episode four a new hope for this iconic
space opera changed cinema in more ways
than we can count above all else
Star Wars assured in a renaissance of
trailblazing special-effects for a long
time there were many stories people
deemed too complex to put to film I find
your lack of faith disturbing
through Star Wars however George Lucas
made us believe that robots could have
personalities spaceships could travel at
light speed and any idea could become
reality an analysis of the plans
provided by Princess Lea has
demonstrated a weakness in the battle
station his film was the launching point
for Industrial Light and Magic a company
which continues to bring unfilmable
stories to life even today we will then
crush the rebellion with one swift
stroke equally important is what star
wars did for franchising making the
merchandising aspect central to
profit-making well let you get all the
credit
take all the reward money number seven
3d becomes mainstream avatar who’d you
expect numbnuts
speaking of unfilmable stories James
Cameron toiled with avatar for decades
until the technology finally caught up
with his vision
this is a place for prayers to be heard
and sometimes answered Cameron immersed
audiences in a living breathing world
which was only made more tangible thanks
to 3d effects while 3d had been around
for years avatar was one of the first
mainstream films in some time that
really explored how it could make the
audience part of a cinematic experience
although many blockbuster scents have
jumped on the 3d bandwagon few have been
as effective as Cameron’s
record-breaking moneymaker I was
treating impressive number six a whole
new way of filmmaking Citizen Kane you
all knew this one had to make the list
it’s arguably the greatest movie ever
made after all what were the last words
he said on earth maybe he told us all
about himself on his deathbed yeah and
maybe he didn’t but it isn’t just the
story characters and themes that make
Citizen Kane so great
it’s the groundbreaking way those
elements are presented
vayan been very rich I might have been a
really great man Orson Welles use of
music sound deep focused cinematography
and nonlinear storytelling told from
multiple perspectives introduced
audiences to a method of filmmaking
unlike anything they’d ever seen there’s
only one person in the world to decide
what I’m gonna do and that’s me
watching Citizen Kane you can’t help but
feel grateful for its enduring
innovations many of us take for granted
nowadays maybe rosebud was something he
couldn’t get her something he lost
anyway it wouldn’t explain anything I
don’t think any word can explain a man’s
life number five
Hollywood epics are here to stay gone
with the wind
fiddle-dee-dee the Year 1939 was in
itself a milestone for film delivering
more perennial classics in the entire
history of cinema so you want know
gentlemen and you miss are no lady oh I
don’t think that I hold that against you
the most significant of the bunch was
gone with the wind got my whip
I’ll never be
never before had an American epic than
larger and scale grander in romance and
poetic in visuals scavengers not wasting
any time winner of eight Oscars and
still the biggest movie ever after
inflation Gone with the Wind convinced
studios for generations to come
that big-budget epics were well worth
the investment
frankly my hair I don’t give a damn
without its impact movies would feel so
much smaller and more limited after all
number four the first summer blockbuster
jaws
believe it or not there was actually a
time when the summer movie season was
non-existent
some costly films rarely even received a
wide release opening summer and movie
distribution would never be the same
again after jaws listen we had a shark
attack at South Beach this morning me
the first movie to make over 100 million
dollars jaws had people across America
rushing to the theater and avoiding the
beach like hell I’ll catch this bird for
you it ain’t gonna be easy bad fish not
like going down the punches and
bluegills Tommy cash although it’s easy
to complain about all the stinkers that
come out every summer movies like jaws
make us thankful summer blockbusters
exist at all you’re gonna need a bigger
potion number three the first fully
digitally animated feature-length film
Toy Story howdy my name is woody and
this is Andy’s room in the mid-90s
almost nobody thought a movie made
entirely with computers was practical
but that didn’t stop Pixar from changing
animation forever with Toy Story toy you
weren’t the real buzz lightyear you’re
uh you’re an action figure John
Lasseter’s film demonstrated all the
potential digital animation possessed
with breathtaking attention to detail to
infinity and beyond where the
environments in most hand-drawn
animations looked a little too polished
Toy Story went the extra mile to create
a more convincing world buzz will you
get up here and give me a hand
digital animation has since become the
new norm making Toy Story the most
influential animated film since well the
next film on our list
this isn’t fine this is falling with
style number two the first full-length
animated feature Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs where most people believed
Pixar was taking a risk making Toy Story
everybody believed Disney was insane for
making snow white oh I’m snow white snow
white the princess
the world was convinced that cartoons
were good for brief escapism but that
was the extent of the artform
either must be seven little children
from the little table seven untidy
little children if there’s one thing
Walt Disney was known for though it was
proving naysayers 100 percent wrong
magic mirror on the wall who is the
fairest one of all Snow White was
instantly hailed as a classic bringing
Disney and honorary Oscar and several
miniature statuettes almost 80 years
later
animation is one of the most profitable
and marketable genres in all of film
before we advanced to our top pick here
are some honorable mentions Oh your
name’s Jay here oh yes ma’am what a
pretty name it’s miss dinosaur the
guiness a crazy sorrow bet you dead how
do you ask anything
we got a dimple a lady does it this room
committed vectors detached route us to
the mCP I’m gonna get rid of this dead
weight catch a transport beam to the
game domain
wonderful pals are always far too fine
number one the first talkie feature the
jazz singer thumb folk have none no film
that’s come out in the past several
decades would be complete without one
simple fundamental quality nothing yet
sound you heard nothing in an age of
silent pictures the jazz singer gave
cinema a voice and proved that
feature-length talkies were the wave of
the future don’t brag like every other
film on this list the jazz singer was a
game changer that went against the
status quo it just goes to show that
great art doesn’t come from following
the unspoken rules
it comes from defying them
whoa
do you agree with our list you didn’t
turn the knowledge for yourselves so you
don’t take any responsibility what
movies changed the way you look at
cinema for more informative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com very good home it’s
late on import as it is
its most crucial stepping stones so far
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
milestones in cinema oh sorry did I
break your concentration for this list
we’re taking a look at movies that broke
new ground on a technical critical or
cultural level forever changing the
medium and we will be open for business
number 10 the first billion dollar movie
Titanic I’m Jack Dawson we’ll do it big
hitter have to get you to write that one
down to date quite a few films have
grossed over a billion dollars at the
worldwide box office in 1997 though a
billion dollar blockbuster was
completely unheard of
nobody ever would have predicted that
the film to reach this milestone would
be James Cameron’s Titanic which had run
ridiculously over budget with numerous
production delays sure it’s a ship
regardless the most expensive movie of
the time became the highest-grossing
movie of the time two flank
in addition to this financial milestone
Titanic also won 11 Academy Awards tying
with Ben Hur for the all-time Oscar
record promise me now rose and ever let
go of that promise I promise number 9
pioneering cinematography and editing
the Great Train Robbery
as primitive as it might seem this just
over 10-minute long silent film is too
cinematic evolution what the wheel is to
technological evolution
Edwin s porters the Great Train Robbery
was the first time innovations like
multiple camera angles and composite
editing were utilized to tell a
thrilling flowing narrative
audiences were so spellbound that they
literally thought the picture might jump
out at them
it left everyone on edge until the final
shot as a bandit fired directly at the
camera number eight Industrial Light and
Magic spects and merchandising Star Wars
Episode four a new hope for this iconic
space opera changed cinema in more ways
than we can count above all else
Star Wars assured in a renaissance of
trailblazing special-effects for a long
time there were many stories people
deemed too complex to put to film I find
your lack of faith disturbing
through Star Wars however George Lucas
made us believe that robots could have
personalities spaceships could travel at
light speed and any idea could become
reality an analysis of the plans
provided by Princess Lea has
demonstrated a weakness in the battle
station his film was the launching point
for Industrial Light and Magic a company
which continues to bring unfilmable
stories to life even today we will then
crush the rebellion with one swift
stroke equally important is what star
wars did for franchising making the
merchandising aspect central to
profit-making well let you get all the
credit
take all the reward money number seven
3d becomes mainstream avatar who’d you
expect numbnuts
speaking of unfilmable stories James
Cameron toiled with avatar for decades
until the technology finally caught up
with his vision
this is a place for prayers to be heard
and sometimes answered Cameron immersed
audiences in a living breathing world
which was only made more tangible thanks
to 3d effects while 3d had been around
for years avatar was one of the first
mainstream films in some time that
really explored how it could make the
audience part of a cinematic experience
although many blockbuster scents have
jumped on the 3d bandwagon few have been
as effective as Cameron’s
record-breaking moneymaker I was
treating impressive number six a whole
new way of filmmaking Citizen Kane you
all knew this one had to make the list
it’s arguably the greatest movie ever
made after all what were the last words
he said on earth maybe he told us all
about himself on his deathbed yeah and
maybe he didn’t but it isn’t just the
story characters and themes that make
Citizen Kane so great
it’s the groundbreaking way those
elements are presented
vayan been very rich I might have been a
really great man Orson Welles use of
music sound deep focused cinematography
and nonlinear storytelling told from
multiple perspectives introduced
audiences to a method of filmmaking
unlike anything they’d ever seen there’s
only one person in the world to decide
what I’m gonna do and that’s me
watching Citizen Kane you can’t help but
feel grateful for its enduring
innovations many of us take for granted
nowadays maybe rosebud was something he
couldn’t get her something he lost
anyway it wouldn’t explain anything I
don’t think any word can explain a man’s
life number five
Hollywood epics are here to stay gone
with the wind
fiddle-dee-dee the Year 1939 was in
itself a milestone for film delivering
more perennial classics in the entire
history of cinema so you want know
gentlemen and you miss are no lady oh I
don’t think that I hold that against you
the most significant of the bunch was
gone with the wind got my whip
I’ll never be
never before had an American epic than
larger and scale grander in romance and
poetic in visuals scavengers not wasting
any time winner of eight Oscars and
still the biggest movie ever after
inflation Gone with the Wind convinced
studios for generations to come
that big-budget epics were well worth
the investment
frankly my hair I don’t give a damn
without its impact movies would feel so
much smaller and more limited after all
number four the first summer blockbuster
jaws
believe it or not there was actually a
time when the summer movie season was
non-existent
some costly films rarely even received a
wide release opening summer and movie
distribution would never be the same
again after jaws listen we had a shark
attack at South Beach this morning me
the first movie to make over 100 million
dollars jaws had people across America
rushing to the theater and avoiding the
beach like hell I’ll catch this bird for
you it ain’t gonna be easy bad fish not
like going down the punches and
bluegills Tommy cash although it’s easy
to complain about all the stinkers that
come out every summer movies like jaws
make us thankful summer blockbusters
exist at all you’re gonna need a bigger
potion number three the first fully
digitally animated feature-length film
Toy Story howdy my name is woody and
this is Andy’s room in the mid-90s
almost nobody thought a movie made
entirely with computers was practical
but that didn’t stop Pixar from changing
animation forever with Toy Story toy you
weren’t the real buzz lightyear you’re
uh you’re an action figure John
Lasseter’s film demonstrated all the
potential digital animation possessed
with breathtaking attention to detail to
infinity and beyond where the
environments in most hand-drawn
animations looked a little too polished
Toy Story went the extra mile to create
a more convincing world buzz will you
get up here and give me a hand
digital animation has since become the
new norm making Toy Story the most
influential animated film since well the
next film on our list
this isn’t fine this is falling with
style number two the first full-length
animated feature Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs where most people believed
Pixar was taking a risk making Toy Story
everybody believed Disney was insane for
making snow white oh I’m snow white snow
white the princess
the world was convinced that cartoons
were good for brief escapism but that
was the extent of the artform
either must be seven little children
from the little table seven untidy
little children if there’s one thing
Walt Disney was known for though it was
proving naysayers 100 percent wrong
magic mirror on the wall who is the
fairest one of all Snow White was
instantly hailed as a classic bringing
Disney and honorary Oscar and several
miniature statuettes almost 80 years
later
animation is one of the most profitable
and marketable genres in all of film
before we advanced to our top pick here
are some honorable mentions Oh your
name’s Jay here oh yes ma’am what a
pretty name it’s miss dinosaur the
guiness a crazy sorrow bet you dead how
do you ask anything
we got a dimple a lady does it this room
committed vectors detached route us to
the mCP I’m gonna get rid of this dead
weight catch a transport beam to the
game domain
wonderful pals are always far too fine
number one the first talkie feature the
jazz singer thumb folk have none no film
that’s come out in the past several
decades would be complete without one
simple fundamental quality nothing yet
sound you heard nothing in an age of
silent pictures the jazz singer gave
cinema a voice and proved that
feature-length talkies were the wave of
the future don’t brag like every other
film on this list the jazz singer was a
game changer that went against the
status quo it just goes to show that
great art doesn’t come from following
the unspoken rules
it comes from defying them
whoa
do you agree with our list you didn’t
turn the knowledge for yourselves so you
don’t take any responsibility what
movies changed the way you look at
cinema for more informative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com very good home it’s
late on import as it is
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