Most Influential Film in History?

Started by Mane3 pages

Most Influential Film in History?

I was thinking about what it would be. Heres the list of movies that I think have had a huge impact on society:

Star Wars
Roots
Dr. Zhivago
Citizen Kane
Schindler's List
Gone With the Wind -?

Help me out.

Psycho
Friday the 13th (it started the slasher fad of the 80's)

Star Wars
Pysco
Schindler's List
Bride of Frankenstein..
Lord of the Rings
OMG there are so many... I dont want to take the time to list them all

Godfather trilogy
2001 a space odyssey
Shawshank redemption
Pulp Fiction

You think "Pulp Fiction" was influential.. 🤨 Maybe to independent filmmakers, just to encourage them that anything is possible, but Tarantino's works are nothing but citings of his influences.

"Touch of Evil", while I am not a fan of his movies, was a prime example of Orson Welle's brand of cinematography. The all important cinematic visual narrative, which is still alive and well today, most recently in "Dawn of the Dead" (2004).

I think each genre has a handful of quintessential influential films. The Marx Brothers were gods of slapstick comedy, which evolved into the modern day parody. Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" was one of the earliest films to exploit the science of androids, playing a MAJOR role in Sci Fi's birth, and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" was the slingshot for the Horror and Suspense movies. All of which are just as effective today.

Night of the Living Dead

Originally posted by SlipknoT
Friday the 13th (it started the slasher fad of the 80's)

I thought Halloween came out first?
Originally posted by MornGlory
Star Wars
Pysco
Schindler's List
Bride of Frankenstein..
Lord of the Rings
OMG there are so many... I dont want to take the time to list them all

Lord of the Rings is too new to have any kind of major impact. It might have impacted the 3 years it took to be realeased as a trilogy. 😂

And Bride of Frankenstein? 🤨 There are so many more classic that have been more influential.

Originally posted by KillTheLight
Godfather trilogy
2001 a space odyssey
Shawshank redemption
Pulp Fiction

Shawshank is newer. It's not that famous, and you don't see much if it's influences around today. Bad choice I'm afraid... and like Cory said, Tarantino said himself that he steals everyone elses ideas.

Originally posted by Mane
I thought Halloween came out first?

Well, Slipknot said slasher movies pertaining to the 80's, "Halloween" debuted in 1978, same year as "Dawn of the Dead". "Psycho" unjustly gets the quintessential slasher movie nod, but rather unfairly, IMO.

Yes Halloween came out, but right after Friday the 13th came out we were bombarded with slasher flicks.

And the lovely Black Christmas came out before Halloween, but yes, I know what you mean with the slasher and 80's thing.

I will be back with my contribution.

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
You think "Pulp Fiction" was influential.. 🤨 Maybe to independent filmmakers, just to encourage them that anything is possible, but Tarantino's works are nothing but citings of his influences.

I'm pretty positive that Tarantino's work will become very influential in the near future, Pulp Fiction in particular.

You could say that any really great movie is influential, because if they are really great, people are bound to copy them. Take The Matrix, that's a fairly new movie, and it was influenced by all manor of things, but it's already changed the way we look at sci-fi & action movies completely.

American History X
Malcom X
Roots
Citizen Cane
Swing Kids

The original James Bond is one of the many films.

Nah that pertains more in Europe. I'm talking about American society.

Wizard of Oz
Star Wars

and others but i can't think of it right now

Originally posted by Mane
Nah that pertains more in Europe. I'm talking about American society.

Well I don't know about you, but I think James Bond influenced countless action films and others here in America.

^ I agree...

I'm thinking Mane was referring to spy movies in general, which there aren't really a lot of.

It's pretty much the basis of the "Austin Powers" franchise.

Well sure, 007 has influenced espionage films, but like Cory said, there aren't that many in America.

Well in my oppinion it also had inluence on films like XXX which is spawning a sequel.