Spectacular! The Story of Epic Films
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Included in this list is every film listed in the Filmography appendix of the book Spectacular! The Story of Epic Films by author John Cary that profiles the history of the epic film. The book was published in 1974 so only includes epic films released up to this point.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
108 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
71 new
Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
15 new
Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
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Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
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Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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Doctor Zhivago
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
88 new
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
129 new
Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
140 new
Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Giant
1956, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Ten Commandments
1956, in 12 top lists Check -
90 new
Ivan Groznyy
1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check -
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Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Scarlet Empress
1934, in 12 top lists Check -
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Oktyabr
1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check -
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Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check -
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1935, in 6 top lists Check -
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Fellini - Satyricon
1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check -
186 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
91 new
Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor
1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check -
130 new
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
185 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
79 new
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...
1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check -
110 new
The Longest Day
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
214 new
Wings
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
55 new
Duel in the Sun
1946, in 7 top lists Check -
210 new
Voyna i mir
1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check -
131 new
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
111 new
Lost Horizon
1937, in 6 top lists Check -
31 new
Captain Blood
1935, in 3 top lists Check -
82 new
How the West Was Won
1962, in 2 top lists Check -
84 new
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939, in 4 top lists Check -
44 new
Cleopatra
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Guns of Navarone
1961, in 6 top lists Check -
19 new
Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check -
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Around the World in 80 Days
1956, in 8 top lists Check -
219 new
Zulu
1964, in 8 top lists Check -
137 new
Orphans of the Storm
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
29 new
Cabiria
1914, in 12 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 9, 2021; source