Films that have changed the world

[Zane]

Surprised no one mentioned Taxi Driver yet. :b

 

[-Apples-]

I also forgot to bring up two others:

Beauty and the Beast - first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture of the Year in the Academy Awards.

Toy Story 3 - first animated film to reach $1 billion in worldwide grosses.

 

[35mm]

Surprised no one mentioned Taxi Driver yet. :b

Oh goshhh that is definitely one of my favorites. I love it so much!!!

 

[dude98]

The Shining an early horror movie that represented the genere during it's time.

 

[hzl]

The Great Train Robbery, The Wizard of Oz, Psycho, and I think The Blair Witch Project at least changed the film industry because of its big impact on viral marketing.

The Blair Witch project definitely changed the horror film industry a lot because it introduced the 'found footage' style films.

 

[-Apples-]

Didn't Friday the 13th change the horror genre too? Or is it just a classic horror film that didn't change the world?

 

[oath2order]

Uh, no. Thanks to James Cameron, more people cared about the fictional characters that died in the movie about the Titanic. I mean, it brought some coverage to the wreck, but you didn't see fans talking about the issues like racism and classism or why heck they sent out such a structurally unsound ship. All everyone who watched the movie could talk about was Jack and Rose and I guess, the orchestra guys. So I'm sorry, but unless you're referring to the methods with which the film was made, this movie did nothing to alter the world of cinema or society in general, IMO.

Shut up. The movie was released in 1997, 85 years after the ship sank in 1912. I don't think James Cameron's goal was to have a historical piece that went on about racism/classism/the ship.

It was already mentioned but yeah, I'd definitely say Wizard of Oz.

 

[Flop]

Mean Girls.

 

[AskaRay]

Mean Girls.

Mean Girls is just the Heathers of the 1990s/2000s

 

[oath2order]

Mean Girls is just the Heathers of the 1990s/2000s

Except Mean Girls was massively more popular so

 

[AskaRay]

Except Mean Girls was massively more popular so

*shrugs into infinity* both are good movies buuuut...

 

[35mm]

Shut up. The movie was released in 1997, 85 years after the ship sank in 1912. I don't think James Cameron's goal was to have a historical piece that went on about racism/classism/the ship.

It was already mentioned but yeah, I'd definitely say Wizard of Oz.

The person who suggested Titanic was influential, suggested it BECAUSE it brought attention to the tragedy of the titanic. Which, it didn't.

 

[Mariah]

Mean Girls is just the Heathers of the 1990s/2000s

Heathers is nothing like Mean Girls.

 

[Slayer_Buffy]

One word: Alien

 

[goey0614]

I love Titanic :]

I would say E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg~
(I love Sci-Fi films~ )

 

[Motte]

Mean Girls is just the Heathers of the 1990s/2000s

I'd sooner compare it to Jawbreaker, which is better than Heathers & Mean Girls imo~

As far as groundbreaking movies go I'd say:
The Terminator; Godzilla (1954); Aguirre, Wrath Of God; Seven Samurai.

 

[in-a-pickle]

The Harry Potter film series, they aren't "the best films ever" but they did usher the age of teen/young adult book to movies, and adapted them pretty perfectly to the books (as well as LOTR)

Plus they made fantasy franchises a thing.

 

[okun0ichio]

Uh, no. Thanks to James Cameron, more people cared about the fictional characters that died in the movie about the Titanic. I mean, it brought some coverage to the wreck, but you didn't see fans talking about the issues like racism and classism or why heck they sent out such a structurally unsound ship. All everyone who watched the movie could talk about was Jack and Rose and I guess, the orchestra guys. So I'm sorry, but unless you're referring to the methods with which the film was made, this movie did nothing to alter the world of cinema or society in general, IMO.

Everyone talked about how fat the female lead was. Truth.

 

[azukitan]

Who can forget Seven Samurai?

 

[-Apples-]

The Harry Potter film series, they aren't "the best films ever" but they did usher the age of teen/young adult book to movies, and adapted them pretty perfectly to the books (as well as LOTR)

Plus they made fantasy franchises a thing.

You're 100% right. Harry Potter started out as books. The movie adaptations has changed the world. Twilight and Hunger Games may be popular, but they do not change the world/film industry anymore than Harry Potter, as I felt that those two series were overhyped, unlike Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.