Greatest Epic Films of All Time
What are the best epic movies? It is hard to describe epic movies in few words. First of all it should be cleared that Epic movies are not at all equal to big budget movies, even though most of the movie lovers relate them together. Epic films are usually considered those that focus on human emotions at large scale and brings a larger than life picture out of them. Epic films generally have a scenario where the survival of whole world depends on the deeds of the central hero and villain. But they are not confined to this limit only. Epic films generally do not have just one hero or one villain but have strong supporting characters that often act as anti-hero or anti-villain or dark horses of the main story.
Epic films have a larger than life story telling and they surely requires big budget to produce them. They often have stories that are almost unbelievable but interestingly can not be denied either. Epic films are often related to fantasy movies but there are many great examples where the films were inspired or were actually based on real life events (For example Apollo 13). The way of story telling plays a vital role in epic movies. One perfect example of epic story telling is Homer’s Odyssey.
Here is a list of 100 greatest epic movies ever made:
100. Metropolis
99. The Greatest Story Ever Told
98. Quo Vadis
97. Intolerance
96. The Motorcycle Diaries
95. Gallipoli
94. Out of Africa
93. Stagecoach
92. Gangs of Wasseypur
91. Sunshine
90. The Tree of Life
89. Seabiscuit
88. Underground (1995)
87. War Horse
86. The NeverEnding Story
85. Malcolm X
84. Red Cliff
83. The Leopard
82. Amistad
81. The Way Back
80. Joan of Arc
79. All Quiet on Western Front
78. Gettysburg
77. The Last legion
76. The Killing Fields
75. Seven Years in Tibet
74. How the West Was Won
73. It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
72. A Bridge too far
71. The Magnificent Seven
70. Watchmen
69. There Will Be Blood
68. The Last Temptation of Christ
67. The Man Who Would be King
66. Glory
65. Patton
64. The Thin Red Line
63. Hero
62. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
61. Legends of the Fall
60. Troy
59. Once Upon a time in the West
58. Memoirs of a Geisha
57. The King’s Speech
56. The Aviator
55. The Passion of the Christ
54. The Last of the Mohicans
53. Princess Mononoke
52. Ran
51. Planet of the Apes
50. The Painted Veil
49. Barry Lyndon
48. The Mission
47. The English Patient
46. Atonement
45. Les Miserables
44. Apollo 13
43. Hotel Rwanda
42. Once Upon a time In West
41. The Chronicles of Narnia Series
40. The Hunger Games
39. Pirates of the Caribbean Series
38. Gandhi
37. Platoon
36. Scarface
35. Full Metal Jacket
34. The Great Escape
33. The Dark Knight Trilogy
32. Avatar
31. King-Kong
30. The Last Emperor
29. Dances With Wolves
28. Kingdom Of Heaven
27. Letters from Iwo Jima
26. The Last Samurai
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey
24. The Searchers
23. Das Boot
22. The Bridge on River Kwai
21. Cleopatra
20. Spartacus
19. 300
18. Saving Private Ryan
17. Apocalypse Now
16. Dollars Trilogy
15. Forrest Gump
14. Lawrence of Arabia
13. Braveheart
12. Star Wars Series
11. Harry Potter Series
10. Gladiator
9. Doctor Zhivago
8. Titanic
7. Seven Samurai
6. The Ten Commandments
5. Schindler’s List
4. Ben-Hur
3. Gone With the Wind
2. The Godfather Trilogy
1.The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Which of the above film do you think is the greatest of all? Do you think we missed any great epic film or we ranked any particular film too high (or low), do let us know in comments.
