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The Little Train Robbery (1905)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)

First film to employ such techniques as the use of panoramic long shots, the iris effects, still-shots, night photography, panning camera shots.
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Battleship Potemkin (1925)

First film to experiment with editing techniques for the purpose of eliciting an emotional response from its audience.
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First film to use cinematography to convey mood and regarded as the film responsible for cinematic language.
First film to employ a non-linear narrative.
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Psycho (1960)

First film to feature a toilet.
First film of the 'slasher' genre.
First film to feature a women in her undergarments.
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First English language film to almost rely exclusively on visual cues and symbolism to tell a story.
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Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

The first mainstream film to depict an explicit homosexual relationship without any negative connotations.
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The first film to gross $1 billion at the box office.
The first film with a budget of $200 million dollars.
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