The Movies
A look at the history of movies and their impact on our culture.
- 2019-2019
- 1 season
- CNN
- Documentary
A look at the history of movies and their impact on our culture.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
The Eighties
Sun, Jul 7, 2019 41 mins
Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Eddie Murphy explode on the screen. Aliens, time travelers, ghosts and road warriors share the cineplex with troubled teens, battered boxers, classical composers and career girls.
Episode 2
The Nineties
Sun, Jul 14, 2019 79 mins
As America falls for Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington and Will Smith, masters like Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Jane Campion and the Coen brothers direct some of their best-loved work.
Episode 3
The 2000s
Sun, Jul 21, 2019 79 mins
As the new century begins, beloved books and comic-book crusaders become box-office gold, musicals and cartoons win audiences and Oscars, coarse comedies and epic dramas showcase Hollywood's biggest stars, and a new generation of filmmakers from diverse backgrounds finds its voice.
Episode 4
The Seventies
Sun, Jul 28, 2019 79 mins
Directors become masters of the medium as Spielberg, Coppola, Scorsese, Lucas and other filmmakers create a New Hollywood that pushes the medium of moviemaking to its apex, just as a new generation of movie stars like Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, and Pam Grier light up the screen.
Episode 5
The Sixties
Sun, Aug 11, 2019 80 mins
The Sixties are a decade of change off-screen and on. Classic musicals and epics featuring luminaries like Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor make room for meaningful masterpieces from filmmakers like Kubrick, Hitchcock and Nichols and stars like Redford, Newman and Poitier.
Episode 6
The Golden Age
Sun, Aug 18, 2019 80 mins
From the 1930s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios create the most iconic and beloved films of all time. America falls in love with the movies as stars like Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe became icons.