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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 (5,175 votes)
Seasons
1
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · The Roku Channel · Tubi TV · Hoopla · JustWatch TV · Plex · Plex Channel
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.95 avg 15 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 62 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 410 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 322 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 295 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 259 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 256 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 234 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 242 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 208 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 214 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 209 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 202 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 196 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 195 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 196 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 198 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Birth of the Cinema8.1410
2The Hollywood Dream8.0322
3The Golden Age of World Cinema8.1295
4The Arrival of Sound8.1259
5Post-War Cinema8.0256
6Sex & Melodrama7.8234
7European New Wave8.1242
8New Directors, New Form8.0208
9American Cinema of the 70s8.1214
10Movies to Change the World7.7209
11The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream7.8202
12Fight the Power: Protest in Film7.8196
13New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America7.9195
14New American Independents & the Digital Revolution7.9196
15Cinema Today and the Future7.9198