The birthday of cinema is considered to be December 28, 1895, when the first public showing of “moving pictures” filmed by the Lumière brothers took place on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. Already in the first months of 1896, Lumière films were seen by residents of the largest cities in Western Europe and Russia. Cinema, this “miracle of the 20th century,” had a huge and undeniable influence on the cultural life of many countries and peoples of the world. The most outstanding feature films that this book talks about represent the entire diversity of foreign cinema. Among them, every domestic film lover can find familiar and beloved films. Certain works of filmmakers from the USA and France, Italy and India, Mexico and Japan, Germany and Sweden, Poland and Great Britain are known and remembered by several generations of viewers in our country. Just remember the films “Gone with the Wind”, “Fanfan-Tulip”, “Roman vacation”, “Hiroshima, my love”, “The Godfather”, “Star Wars”, “Once Upon a Time in America”, “Titanic”...Nowadays such films are rightfully called cult films.