What film do you think has had the biggest impact on the film industry?

[Colin X]

Other than the obvious choices like the first animation, first silent film, first talkie, first color, etc.

 

[jdubnyce]

Impact in what sense?

Financial, cultural, etc?

 

[Colin X]

Impact in what sense?

Financial, cultural, etc?

Oh yeah I didn’t specify


Let’s say...either one financially or culturally.

 

[jackswstd]

Financial has to be Titanic. First movie to gross a billion dollars.

Culturally is a more difficult question to answer.

 

[OmegaK2099]

Jurassic Park

 

[Sir Charles Barkley]

star wars

took the idea of 'franchise' to next level

 

[Sir Charles Barkley]

Financial has to be Titanic. First movie to gross a billion dollars.

Culturally is a more difficult question to answer.

i'd say wizard of oz for the sheer fact that more ppl have probably seen that movie than any other movie.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Jaws, the first blockbuster

 

[MartyMcFly]

Jaws=invented the blockbuster
Star Wars=invented the franchise and merchandising
Psycho=Defined the slasher

 

[BXKingPin82]

Iron Maaaaaaaaaayne!!!
:akeemyes:

 

[MartyMcFly]

i'd say wizard of oz for the sheer fact that more ppl have probably seen that movie than any other movie.

Wizard of oz was a flop in its day tho. It gained its status through constantly being on tv for generation after generation

 

[Jello Biafra]

Superman (1978): birthed the comic book/superhero movie as a viable major motion picture property

 

[obarth]

Jaws, Jurrasic Park, Terminator 2, or Avatar. Those films all made major impacts technically, which is the biggest way to impact the industry, imo. The Matrix is up there too

 

[Vandelay]

Citizen Kane
Gone With the Wind
Psycho
Star Wars
2001
The Matrix
Jaws
The Blair Witch Project
Casablanca

And another movie I don't even want to acknowledge.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Citizen Kane
Gone With the Wind
Psycho
Star Wars
2001
The Matrix
Jaws
The Blair Witch Project
Casablanca

And another movie I don't even want to acknowledge.

Hard to argue with that list