7.9/10275 votesLoading...#1 - The Eighties
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2019
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, battered boxers, classical composers and career girls.
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7.7/10236 votesLoading...#2 - The Nineties
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2019
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 Coen Brothers direct some of their best-loved work. A robust independent film movement introduces directors like Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Singleton and David Fincher.
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7.7/10200 votesLoading...#3 - The Seventies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2019
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.
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7.6/10178 votesLoading...#4 - The Sixties
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2019
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.
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7.6/10215 votesLoading...#5 - The Golden Age
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2019
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 Marilyn became icons.
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7.0/10226 votesLoading...#6 - The 2000s To Today
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2019
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.
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Explore American cinema through the decades and the cultural, societal and political shifts that framed its evolution.
Genre:Documentary
Network:CNN
Best Episodes Summary
"The Eighties" is the best rated episode of "The Movies". It scored 7.9/10 based on 275 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/7/2019. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Nineties".