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| 1. 300 Cinema (Year: 2007) |
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Sin City author Frank Miller's sweeping take on the historic Battle of Thermopylae comes to the screen courtesy of Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyd ...
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| 2. Andrei Rublev Cinema (Year: 1966) |
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Widely recognized as a masterpiece, Andrei Tarkovsky's 205-minute medieval epic, based on the life of the Russian monk and icon painter, was not seen ...
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| 3. Apocalypto Cinema (Year: 2006) |
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As the foundation of the Mayan civilization begins to crumble, one man's previously idyllic existence is forever changed when he is chosen as a sacrif ...
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| 4. Bang Rajan Cinema (Year: 2000) |
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This historical drama from Thailand is based on one of the key historical events in that nation's history. In 1765, Siam (as Thailand was known at tha ...
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| 5. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Cinema (Year: 2007) |
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Director Yves Simoneau explores the plight of the American Indian in the later half of the 19th century in this docudrama exploring the effects of wes ...
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| 6. Caligula Cinema (Year: 1979) |
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This lavish big-budget epic was the pinnacle of a uniquely Italian subgenre, the historical hardcore gore/porn extravaganza. The star-studded cast, pe ...
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| 7. Cleopatra Cinema (Year: 1963) |
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In 1963, this colossal and opulent $60 million spectacular was epic in every sense of the word — an epic investment, an epic in the annals o ...
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| 8. Corazon Salvaje Cinema (Year: 1993) |
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The late Eduardo Palomo winds his impressive career to a spectacular close in this telenovela detailing the attempts of two brothers to discover which ...
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| 9. Cromwell Cinema (Year: 1970) |
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This biography of Oliver Cromwell recalls the political and religious struggles of 17th century England. Cromwell (Richard Harris) is the Anglican rel ...
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| 11. Druids Cinema (Year: 2001) |
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The life of the fabled Gallic leader Vercingetorix is brought to the screen in this epic international production. Young Vercingetorix came of age in ...
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| 12. El Cid Cinema (Year: 1961) |
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When French playwright Pierre Corneille wrote El Cid, a fanciful version of the life of 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, aka "El ...
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| 13. Elizabeth: The Golden Age Cinema (Year: 2007) |
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Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to ...
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| 14. Gandhi Cinema (Year: 1982) |
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It was Richard Attenborough's lifelong dream to bring the life story of Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi to the screen. When it fi ...
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| 15. Gladiator Cinema (Year: 2000) |
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A man robbed of his name and his dignity strives to win them back, and gain the freedom of his people, in this epic historical drama from director Rid ...
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| 17. Hannibal Cinema (Year: 1960) |
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| 18. Julius Caesar Cinema (Year: 1953) |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed this exquisite version of William Shakespeare's play. Louis Calhern is Julius Caesar, whose conquests have enabled him t ...
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| 19. Kagemusha Cinema (Year: 1980) |
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Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outsid ...
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| 20. Khartoum Cinema (Year: 1966) |
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After declaring a holy war to rid the Sudan of Anglo-Egyptian rule in the 1880s, the fanatical Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad (Laurence Olivier) massa ...
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| 21. Kingdom of Heaven Cinema (Year: 2005) |
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Ridley Scott directed this epic-scale historical drama inspired by the events of the Crusades of the 12th century. Balian (Orlando Bloom) is a humble ...
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| 22. Kundun Cinema (Year: 1997) |
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This Martin Scorsese film drama detailing the Dalai Lama's life story was in development for seven years, with the Dalai Lama having input into the 14 ...
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| 23. La Reine Margot Cinema (Year: 1954) |
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Though the screenplay for La Reine Margot (The Queen Margot) was written by legendary filmmaker Abel Gance, the directorial reins were handled by Jean ...
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| 24. Land of the Pharaohs Cinema (Year: 1955) |
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"Nobody knew how a Pharaoh talked!" That's how producer/director Howard Hawks explained some of the sillier dialogue exchanges in the Willia ...
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| 25. Ludwig Cinema (Year: 1973) |
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Luchino Visconti (Count don Luchino Visconti di Modrone) was a film director, true, but he was also a nobleman and a grand patron of traditional Europ ...
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| 26. Marco Polo Cinema (Year: 2007) |
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A journey that starts as a die-hard mission to net Christian converts soon evolves into the adventure of a lifetime, in the sweeping historical epic M ...
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| 27. Mongol Cinema (Year: 2007) |
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Based on the controversial writings of Russian historian Lev Gumilyov, director Sergei Bodrov's look at the early years in the life of the Mongol conq ...
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| 28. Ran Cinema (Year: 1985) |
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Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The Lear counterpart is an elderly 16th-century warlor ...
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| 29. Spartacus Cinema (Year: 1960) |
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| 30. The 300 Spartans Cinema (Year: 1962) |
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A colorful action film about the Battle Of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. in which the Spartans defend themselves for a Persian invasion against overwhelming ...
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| 31. The Alamo Cinema (Year: 1960) |
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| 32. The Banquet Cinema (Year: 2006) |
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A World Without Thieves director Feng Xiaogang shifts his focus from modern-day con artists to tenth century intrigue with this tale of internal turmo ...
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| 33. The Fall of the Roman Empire Cinema (Year: 1964) |
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Though Fall of the Roman Empire is now infamous as the epic which destroyed the cinematic "empire" of producer Samuel Bronston, the film is ...
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| 34. The King Maker Cinema (Year: 2005) |
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Sold into slavery by Ayuttayan Arabs during his quest to find the man who murdered his father, a vengeful Portuguese mercenary becomes entangled in a ...
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| 35. The Last Legion Cinema (Year: 2007) |
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Co-adapted by Tom Butterworth and Jez Butterworth from Valerio Massimo Manfredi's bestselling historical adventure novel, Doug Lefler's period epic Th ...
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| 36. Troy Cinema (Year: 2004) |
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Homer's sprawling tale of love and war in ancient Greece comes to the screen in all its grandeur in this epic-scale adventure. In 1193 B.C., Paris, Pr ...
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| 37. Zulu Cinema (Year: 1964) |
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Filmed on a grand scale, Zulu is a rousing recreation of the January 22, 1879, siege of Rorke's Drift in Natal, Africa. An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors ...
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