Taste of Cinema - The 15 Best Epic Movies of All Time

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The greatest epics are movies unparalleled in magnificence. Their visions are only matched by the jaw-dropping spectacles they exhibit on screen. Every frame carries tremendous ambition that translates into piercing emotions for the audience.

These filmmakers had the audacity to dramatize their ideas in majestic splendor. They transport us from vast desert landscapes to the gaping void of space, from dismal jungles to countries torn apart by the drums of war. But there is something all of these epics share in common. However Homeric their journeys are, they all lead down a long, winding path into our humanity.

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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
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    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 13 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
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    Voyna i mir

    1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check
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    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
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    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
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    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
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Last updated on Mar 24, 2016; source