This document discusses several influential films from 1940 to the present and the cinematic techniques they introduced. It provides background on films like Citizen Kane, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Star Wars, The Terminator, Pulp Fiction, and The Matrix. These films influenced modern cinema through innovations like deep focus shots, limiting the viewer's vision, motion control photography, virtual cameras, and non-linear storytelling. The document also includes quizzes about the details and impacts of these landmark movies.