Film History Crash Course – One Essential Film Each Year of Cinema’s 145 Year History!

Sam Kench of Brickwall Pictures has released a new video offering a film history crash course for movie lovers. The video goes through the 145-year history of movies and picks out one essential movie from each year starting with the pioneering Horse In Motion chronophotograph of 1878 and finishing with the 2022 movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

The video came with the following note:

Are you looking to brush up on the history of cinema? Are you trying to cram for a film history class and looking for a cheat sheet? Here is a broad overview of cinematic history condensed into under 8 minutes.