cult cinema has very specific connotations which defines it. anglo-saxons define them as "cult films" and surface "b-movies", in italy they are called "cinema di genere" (genre films), "cinema bis" in france, "cine de culto" in spain and south america, "filmes do gênero" in portugal and brazil, "filme des genres" in germany etc., but more specifically, characterizing these films with one or more genres since the birth of cinema with the lumière brothers to the 1980s, usually far from the lavish productions. often playing a key role in their bibliography, home video production and the general trend expressed by millions of media people around the world.