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There was an Expressionist style in the cinema, important examples of which are Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( 1920 ), The Golem: How He Came into the World ( 1920 ), Fritz Lang's Metropolis ( 1927 ) and F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror ( 1922 ) and The Last Laugh ( 1924 ).

The term " expressionist " is also sometimes used to refer to stylistic devices thought to resemble those of German Expressionism, such as Film Noir cinematography or the style of several of the films of Ingmar Bergman.

More generally, the term expressionism can be used to describe cinematic styles of great artifice, such as the technicolor melodramas of Douglas Sirk or the sound and visual design of David Lynch's films.