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Need an awesome epic film to watch. I'm talking Kubrick - Deerhunter - Godfather - Schindlers List epic.
Any ideas? I'm hoping someone will come up with a classic I've never seen.
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Gladiator is epicish.
Hellraiser
The tag line for Scott Pilgrim is "an epic of epic epicness", so that might tie in...
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Apocalypse now
Seen all apart from SP. Good shout on AN though.
Arn - The Knight Templar is canny.
Epic.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Once upon a time in America if you're into Godfather type films
Raging Bull
+1 for Gladiator
They don't make them like this anymore!
Epic as!
Time Bandits.
The Princess Bride.
seven samurai
Never seen Lawrence Of Arabia, I'll check that out. Seen Gladiator recently. OUATIA not seen for years but is definitely awesome.
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Anyone seen 'Saving Private Ryan'? I'm a bit dubious because it's Hanks.
A Bridge Too Far
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Satantango.
private ryan is jaw dropping for the first 30-40 minutes and hanks isnt that bad
thin red line too
lawrence of arabia definately worth it
also
citizen kane
torro torro
akira
+1 for Seven Samurai
Ah yes, Citen Kane & Severn Samurai. Been meaning to watch those for years. I'll watch one of those. Nice one.
Brazil I've seen about 12 times due its awesomeness 😀
Dude where's my car!!
Dune!
Not epic in length but...
La Jette
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Delicatessen
City of the lost children
Fitzcarraldo
Encounters at the End of the World
Can you tell I like Herzog?! All worth watching with an open mind!
Many of the above, esp Thin RedLine and Apocalypse Now.
Goodfellas?
The last samurai - Proof Tom Cruise can actually act.
Easy Rider
Not a film but definitely epic, all 10 episodes of Band of Brothers in one sitting.
World war z is pretty epic.
I do like zombie films though!
(Watch it!)
Possibly a bit old, but Ice Cold In Alex (not the remake obviously).
Donnie Brasco
Heat
Scarface
Carlito's Way
Casino
Cinema Paradiso
Max Manus
Ran,
Average film but great speech by Pacino
Had an epic movie day today
A bridge too far ( which was made even more epic by a trip to the arnham museum a couple years back)
Apollo 13 - "with all due respsct sir i believe this will be our finest hour" best line in any movie!
Max Manus
I keep forgetting I worked on that - still haven't actually seen it yet, trailer looks good though.
My epic suggestion
The Fall
Depends on your definition of epic, but my suggestions would be 'The Pianist', 'Shine' and 'Munich'
You can never watch apocalypse now too many times. Or full metal jacket!
Best film of the last couple of years though, that somehow went completely under the radar: God Bless America
Utter genius! In a killing spree type way!
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Max Manus
I keep forgetting I worked on that - still haven't actually seen it yet, trailer looks good though
It's a fantastic film
What work were you doing on it?
I was part of the scottish shoot - set dressing and props for the training camp and a scene at the docks.
Love Exposure
Also, more recently Lincoln and Ali
Love Exposure +1
Amazing film
Red Cliff is superb!
heat
once were warriors
dead mans shoes
Lincoln I liked , bar that irritant sally field ruined it for me
There will be blood.
Django Unchained.
fin.
Once Upon a Time in America
unforgiven
heat
jean de flourette / manon des sources
once upon a time in the west
the good the bad and the ugly
das boot
gangs of new york
where the trail ends
Great call on the good the bad and the ugly, but have to disagree with you on there will be blood. Good god, I nearly wept with joy when it finished. Nearly as bad as AI!
The Good The Bad & The Ugly is a definite
There Will be Blood is good but not as good as No Country for Old Men!
the problem with Once Upon Time in The West is that the opening scene is soooo brilliant the rest of the film isnt quite as good
Zulu (man against man)
Jaws (man against animal - or fish if you prefer)
Take Shelter (man against himself)
You could add "One Flew Over...." to the latter.
Sorry, maybe too much port, and ownership of Fatty to boot.
Aguirre, Wrath of God is hugely epic. My favourite Herzog film. Fitzcarraldo too.
Once Upon A Time In The West and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly for Westerns.
Foreign language film but well worth persevering with
the subtitles; Life is Beautiful is the happiest sad film you will ever see
I'd add The Longest Day to that list, not as gritty as some of the others but a damn fine movie with a who's who of the best actors around in 1962
Come on - no-one mentioned "Heaven's Gate"?
Panned at the time just because it cost so much, but it is brilliant.
Kris Kristopherson is a wonderful actor.
Also Walken, Dourif, Bridges, Huppert - can't go wrong.
I just watched No Country for Old Men again, a modern epic ?
lol @ The Last Samurai! :p
akira
Did you see it's just been reissued on a bluray with subtitles, both English dubs and remastered video?
Hero
Inglorious Basterds
Downfall
but if you haven's seen Lawrence of Arabia watch that instead, it really is "epic"
I would define 'epic' as stunning photography, awe inspiring vistas and shed loads of extras. Looks like that 'Red Cliff' has those in spades, I'm gonna track it down...
Ghandi
Wild Bunch
El Cid
Ben Hur
Von Ryans Express
1941
A lot of great films mentioned here, most of them I wouldn't class as "epics" though. I agree with shermer's definition above, plus I would say the story has to span many years and a 2.5 hour+ runtime doesn't hurt!
Definitely the best I've seen has been Once Upon A Time in America. It's pretty long already but the blu-ray cut is over 4 hours!
1941? The Spielberg comedy that was so bad it's been effectively buried for the last 34 years?!
Aye it dreadful but it is big 😆
Badlands has epic vistas, great film, little short on extras.
Anyone mentioned this one?
Troy wasn't that bad either.
Dances with Wolves (1990) (definitely an epic)
Open Range (2003) (epic cinematography)
Epic Movie (2007) (definitely not!!)
For other ideas see Best "Epic" Movies http://www.imdb.com/keyword/epic/?title_type=feature
Dances with Wolves, forgot about that! Excellent film, really enjoyed it despite not usually rating Costner.
Apocalypto
Superb! If that's not epic, I don't know what is
'The English Patient' is pretty good. Good story, well cast, great acting from even the supporting cast, beautifully cinematography and equally well edited (it's easy to be heavy handed with stories that cross multiple "time" periods) and heart wrenchingly sad in places.
Also, 'The Third Man' an old film that stands up remarkably well to modern scrutiny, not necessarily "epic" in scope, but the atmosphere and setting in post war Vienna, combined with radical for the time camera work means it's unforgettable.
Watched Prometheus recently. Not a massive Sci-Fi fan, but thought it was awesome. Sucked in from start to finish. Ridley Scott does it best.
Just thought of another couple - Last of the Mohicans and The Killing Fields
Bit of a number theme.
300 or Seven.
Christmas is coming so....
The Great Escape
Die Hard 1-3
Home Alone?
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Epic or what? Well maybe not but enjoyable.
The Duellists
Zulu
Last of the Mohicans
The Longest Day
Dunkirk
Waterloo
Northwest Passage
Leon
The Warriors
Akira
The Blues Brothers
The Talented Mr Ripley
Raging Bull
JFK
The Last Emperor
The Matrix
Jason and the Argonauts
Das Boot!
Johan! .....
Alarm!,,
Zerstörer
Oh and ...
Finding Nemo 🙂