10 Greatest Movie Montages of All Time, Ranked by Screenrant

"There are plenty of iconic montages from film history. Pioneered by Sergei Eisenstein, the montage was initially designed as a way to create symbolism in a story, but its primary function in modern filmmaking is to create the illusion of the passage of time. Whether a boxer is training for a big fight or a gangster is rising through the ranks of the criminal underworld, a montage is a great way to cover a few weeks or months or even years in a short amount of runtime. Whereas other cinematic techniques exist in other mediums montage is so inherently connected to cinematography and editing that it exists purely in the medium of film. Cinema is all about the combination of sounds and images, but it also has the ability to manipulate time. Time is a filmmaker's canvas, and a montage allows them to bend time to their will, taking audiences through days, weeks, and months in just a couple of minutes." - screenrant.com