Epic

4 films

The Birth of a Nation

Epic1910s

Griffith built the grammar of modern film here: cross cutting, closeups, and a parallel chase structure sustained at feature lengt...

Gone with the Wind

Epic1930s

The Civil War and Reconstruction as romantic spectacle, produced at record scale by David O. Selznick. Hattie McDaniel became the ...

Lawrence of Arabia

Epic1960s

Lean at maximum scale: a British officer unifies Arab tribes against the Turks in World War I. Peter OToole blue eyes burn across ...

Ben-Hur

Epic1950s

Charlton Heston goes from prince to slave to chariot champion in the biggest film ever made at the time. The nine minute chariot r...