Cinema is probably one of the most famous kinds of art nowadays. It is represented by the variety of different movies. The historical movies, which are shot on the basis of some historical events are extremely popular among the viewers as they are connected with a certain period in history. They are able to evoke so many discussions and critics. The movies, which are devoted to the topic of war are extremely popular as they give the opportunity to witness the events which happened many years ago. Each film is particular in its own way and due to specific techniques, it affects the viewers’ minds and opinions. Needless to say that there are many films, which are shot by means of different techniques. The early film is one such movies. This is a kind of so-called silent movies, but it gained its army of fans all over the world. This movie has a history of self-documenting by its nature. Auspiciously a lot of significant historical (several of them deals with the movie itself) events were captured by this means. Due to this film and mostly its technique, the audience can make the so-called traveling to the past (Glueck paragraph 5). It is an assortment of the most important firsts in movie history. The popularity of historic films may be explained by the efforts to recreate the time when they are placed. This movie is the first celluloid film produced. It is the documentary evidence of true look and appearance of people, how people behave and carry themselves, develop and live. The next film that is worth discussing is Haxan, which belongs to the series of silent films. Haxan can be regarded as Christensen’s most determined and famous movies. This movie touches upon the witchcraft history from the Middle Ages till the present times presented in the quasi-documentary design that starts with a sequence of illustrations and examples used to give details of diabolistic acts and some tremendous punishments the practitioners get from religious zealots. Actually, the film itself is devoted to the topic of evil and God and their combat within the person’s nature. Due to the particular technique of this film, to be more exact the prevalence of dark colors, the director creates the atmosphere of horror and makes the viewers think over the question of the existence of dark powers: As the viewers note, whatever Haxan genre, it is a film that attempts to portray its subject matter through factual means by presenting a “history”. The the reviewer also notices that Haxan means to distance the contemporary period from the medieval period, it dramatizes by highlighting the middle ages superstition and belief in demo’s and evil spirits” (Marshall 46). This film is a rather powerful staff even for the experienced viewers due to its technique and shattering plot, which differs it from the others, belonging to the era of silent movies. Now it is necessary to say a few words about the movie Metropolis by Fritz Lang , belonging t the period of German impressionism. This movie is one of the examples of silent movies that makes a great impression on the viewers. As a societal allegory, Metropolis describes a world where the advantaged sons of civilization live in an easy and luxurious mann