First film: Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
First time travel film: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1921)
First 3-D film: The Power of Love (1922)
First film shown on an airplane: The Lost World (1925)
First film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards: Wings (1927)
First film shown on TV: The Crooked Circle (1933)
First animated feature film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
First actor to play Batman: Lewis G. Wilson (1943)
First film to show a flushing toilet: Psycho (1960)
This was considered inappropriate material in the ’50s.
First actor to play James Bond: Sean Connery (1962)
First X-rated movie to win Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy (1970)
First movie to show a condom: Carnal Knowledge (1971)
First film based on an “Saturday Night Live” sketch: The Blues Brothers (1980)
First PG-13 film: Red Dawn (1984)
First movie to show a character using a cell phone: Lethal Weapon (1987)
First animated film nominated for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
First feature-length animated CGI film: Toy Story (1995)
First film released on DVD: Twister (1996)
First film to gross $1 billion: Titanic (1997)
First woman to win Best Director at the Academy Awards: Kathryn Bigelow for Hurt Locker (2010)