Landmark moments from the history of cinema
On 3 July 1985, the hit film Back to the Future was released
In 1941, Walt Disney made an offer to Quirino Cristiani in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thomas Keneally stumbled across the story of Oskar Schindler while buying a briefcase
Jimmy Cliff spoke about the film that brought reggae music to the world in 1972
In 1995, a single 30-something woman first appeared in a weekly newspaper column
Egyptian film star Omar Sharif made his Hollywood debut in Lawrence of Arabia in 1962
In 1989, dark comedy Heathers was released and changed the teen movie genre
Jim Comes to Jo鈥檅urg, also known as African Jim, launched Dolly Rathebe鈥檚 career in 1949
In 1948, filming began in Austria on one of the greatest British films of all time
How Mathieu Kassovitz's critique of policing shocked French society
In 1993, the Hughes brothers released their debut movie
On 20 June 1975 the film premiered, launching summer blockbusters and scaring beachgoers
The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry
The longest running film in India was released in 1995
