The
New Hollywood,
Hollywood Renaissance, or
American New Wave, was a movement in
American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of filmmakers came to prominence. They influenced the types of film produced, their production and marketing, and the way the
major film studios approached filmmaking. In New Hollywood films, the film director, rather than the studio, took on a key
authorial role.
The Graduate and
Easy Rider while films whose box office failure marked the end of the era include
New York, New York,
Sorcerer, ''
Heaven's Gate, They All Laughed, and One from the Heart''. ==Films of the movement==