Top Ten Most Influential Films In Cinematic History

One for the film history buffs out there now- which films have been the most influential throughout cinematic history? Are your favourites in the list? Read on....

10. Toy Story was the first film to be entirely made on a computer screen which spawned a whole new generation of children's films.

9. Jurassic Park saw Steven Spielberg completely abandon the 'stop-motion' feature. Instead he used Computer Generated Imagery, now known as CGI. Pretty much every major movie followed.

   

 8. Brokeback Mountain was the first mainstream film to feature gay matters without short-changing the issues.

7. Blue Velvet brought weirdness into the mainstream, paving the way for many films of the future.

 

6. The Exorcist legitimised the horror genre, not least because of its 10 Oscar nominations!

5. Snow White was Disney's first feature length production and sparked the start of an entire empire.



4. Star Wars was a technical masterpiece and changed the face of Hollywood, not to mention film history and the most of all the science fiction genre.



3. The Jazz Singer was the first feature to have spoken dialogue and forced cinemas to install speakers.



2. Citizen Kane reinvented cinema with overlapping dialogue, ceilinged sets, deep characterisation and the use of flashbacks completely reinventing cinematic storytelling.



1. The complete Hollywood product- Gone with the Wind's box office takings (adjusted values) are second to none. This film is the one that all others are measured by.