There isn’t an art form closer to representing ‘reality’; this is why film has such an affect on all of us!
Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating—or indoctrinating—citizens. The visual basis of film gives it a universal power of communication.
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878) - World's first Motion Picture by Eadward Muybridge