Khipha wonke amafilimu akulesi sigaba kanye nonyaka akhishwa ngawo. Bhala ifilimu ngayinye njengomusho ohlukile
Context:Lolu hlobo lwamafilimu belukhona kusukela eminyakeni yokuqala yamafilimu angasho lutho, lapho uGeorges Melies ethi A Trip to the Moon (1902) esebenzisa imiphumela yezithombe eziyinkimbinkimbi. Isibonelo esilandelayo esikhulu (esokuqala ngobude obude kulolu hlobo) kwakuyifilimu ethi Metropolis (1927). Kusukela ngawo-1930 kuya ngawo-1950, lolu hlobo lwamafilimu lwalunamafilimu asezingeni eliphansi. Ngemva kwefilimu eyingqopha-mlando kaStanley Kubrick ethi 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), uhlobo lwefilimu yesayensi eqanjiwe lwathathwa ngokungathi sína ngokwengeziwe. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970, amafilimu e-science fiction anesabelomali esikhulu agcwele imiphumela ekhethekile athandwa kakhulu izethameli ngemuva kokuphumelela kwe- Star Wars (1977) futhi kwavula indlela yamafilimu amahle kakhulu emashumini eminyaka alandelayo.
Uhambo oluya enyangeni lwakhishwa ngo-1902. IMetropolis yaphuma ngo-1927. U-2001: A Space Odyssey wakhululwa ngo-1968. I-Star Wars yaphuma ngo-1977.