The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)

Documentary · History

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (5,207 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 -0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.94 avg 15 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 62 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Birth of the Cinema	8.1	415
2	The Hollywood Dream	8.0	324
3	The Golden Age of World Cinema	8.1	296
4	The Arrival of Sound	8.1	261
5	Post-War Cinema	8.0	258
6	Sex & Melodrama	7.8	237
7	European New Wave	8.1	244
8	New Directors, New Form	7.9	211
9	American Cinema of the 70s	8.0	217
10	Movies to Change the World	7.7	211
11	The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream	7.8	203
12	Fight the Power: Protest in Film	7.8	197
13	New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America	7.9	197
14	New American Independents & the Digital Revolution	7.9	197
15	Cinema Today and the Future	7.9	199