100 Iconic moments from movie history

As far as the arts go, film is one of the youngest disciplines around. In contrast to literature, theatre, music, and visual arts, its history can only credibly be said to span under 200 years. But in less than two centuries, the craft and evolution of film has transformed by leaps and bounds.

Some of this exponential growth and progress can be attributed to the rapid change of technology in the same time period, which roughly correlates from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the present day. Advances in technology have made going to the movies an increasingly immersive experience. From early attempts to capture human motion via the technology of a Victorian-era children’s toy to the IMAX theaters of today, which can make an audience feel it’s right there—on a sinking ship, for example—the history of film can in part be chartered by how close filmmakers have come to capturing the experience of real life with their cameras and other forms of simulation.