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The Movies
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The Movies

“The stories behind the movies we love”

6.5 / 10
2019
1 season
6 episodes
Documentary

Explore American cinema through the decades and the cultural, societal and political shifts that framed its evolution.

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Cast

Jessica Savitch

Seasons

  • The Eighties

    1.The Eighties

    7.0
    07-07-201980m

    In the Eighties, stars like Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Eddie Murphy explode on the screen. Aliens, time travelers, ghosts and road warriors share the cineplex with troubled teens...

  • The Nineties

    2.The Nineties

    6.8
    14-07-201980m

    As America falls for stars like Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington and Will Smith, masters like Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Jane Campion and the Coe...

  • The 2000s To Today

    3.The 2000s To Today

    6.8
    21-07-201980m

    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 H...

  • The Seventies

    4.The Seventies

    6.8
    28-07-201980m

    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...

  • The Sixties

    5.The Sixties

    6.8
    04-08-201980m

    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 meaningf...

  • The Golden Age

    6.The Golden Age

    6.8
    11-08-201980m

    From the 1930s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios create the most iconic and beloved films of all time, and America falls in love with the movies as stars like Bogie, Brando and...

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