Battleship Potemkin (1925)

This film portrays the Russian Revolution of 1905, when the crew of the battleship Potemkin rebelled against the oppressive regime of the ship's officers, leading to a dramatic event where mass solidarity provoked brutal police repression. Considered a milestone of cinema, this masterpiece contains Sergei Eisenstein's masterful editing that not only captured the intensity of the rebellion, but immortalized it in history.