List of years in film
This page indexes the individual year in film pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
2000s
- 2003 in film - Kangaroo Jack hits theaters
- 2002 in film - M. Night Shyamalan's Signs and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers hit theaters
- James Coburn dies
- The second Men in Black was in theaters
- 2001 in film - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring hits theaters
- 2000 in film - Gladiator and O Brother, Where Art Thou? premiere
- Alan North dies
1990s
- 1999 in film - M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense and Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace hit theaters
- 1998 in film - Tom Hanks stars in Saving Private Ryan
- 1997 in film - Titanic, As Good As It Gets and Men in Black hit theaters
- Chris Farley dies
- 1996 in film - Fargo hits theaters
- 1995 in film - Mel Gibson directs and stars in Braveheart
- Jerky Boys: The Movie hit theaters
- 1994 in film - Tom Hanks stars in Forrest Gump
- 1993 in film - Schindler's List and Jurassic Park hit theaters
- 1992 in film - The second Home Alone was in theaters
- 1991 in film - The Silence of the Lambs hits theaters
- 1990 in film - The first Home Alone was in theaters
1980s
- 1989 in film - Batman, directed by Tim Burton
- Christina Applegate moves to college
- 1988 in film - Eddie Murphy's Coming to America hits theaters
- 1987 in film - Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
- 1986 in film - Fatal Attraction premieres
- 1985 in film - Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple premieres
- 1984 in film - Ghost Busters and Amadeus hit theaters
- 1983 in film - The Big Chill and The Right Stuff hit theaters
- 1983 in literature
- 1982 in film - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial premieres
- 1981 in film - The George Lucas/Steven Spielberg collaboration, Raiders of the Lost Ark, premieres
- 1980 in film - The first Caddyshack came in theaters
1970s
- 1979 in film - Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now
- 1978 in film -
- 1977 in film - George Lucas' science fiction film Star Wars hits theaters and The Bee Gees star in Saturday Night Fever
- 1976 in film - Rocky premieres
- 1975 in film - Steven Spielberg's Jaws hits theaters
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- 1973 in film - The Sting and The Exorcist hit theaters
- 1972 in film - The Godfather premieres
- 1971 in film - The French Connection premieres
- 1970 in film - Patton and M*A*S*H hit theaters
1960s
- 1969 in film -
- 1968 in film - Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
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- 1965 in film - The Sound of Music premieres
- 1964 in film - The Beatles star in A Hard Day's Night
- 1963 in film - Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
- 1962 in film - Lawrence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird premiere
- 1961 in film - West Side Story premieres
- 1960 in film - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
1950s
- 1959 in film - Ben-Hur premieres
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- 1953 in film - Peter Pan in animated
- 1952 in film - Cinerama-system
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1940s
- 1949 in film -
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- 1946 in film - Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life premieres
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- 1942 in film - Bambi
- 1941 in film - Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles, premieres
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1930s
- 1939 in film - Gone With the Wind premiers in Atlanta
- 1938 in film - Casting begins on The Wizard of Oz
- 1937 in film - Snow White, first feature-length animated movie
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- 1934 in film - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum
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- 1932 in film - Shirley Temple's film career begins
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1920s
- 1929 in film - The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed
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- 1927 in film - Al Jolson movie The Jazz Singer popularizes sound motion pictures
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- 1920 in film - As radio is introduced, the popularity of silent films begins to decline
1910s
- 1919 in film -
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- 1917 in film - Technicolor is introduced
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- 1913 in film - The first Charlie Chaplin movies are made
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1900s
- 1909 in film - Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company
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- 1904 in film - The Great Train Robbery, remake by Siegmund Lubin
- 1903 in film - The Great Train Robbery, by Edwin S. Porter