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List of the Best Epic Movies

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Below is a list of the best epic films. What are the best epic movies of all time? Every epic movie listed can be sorted by actor, director, and title. Epic movies have a larger than life storyline, and every epic film on this list is more epic than the last. What's the best epic movie? Enjoy this list of the greatest epic movies and use it as a starting point for your own epic movie list. Often times these movies catapult their actors into stardom--just look at the Avatar cast.
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    Gladiator

    2000
    #1 on the ultimate list
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  2. 2
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003
    #4 on the ultimate list
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002
    #7 on the ultimate list
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001
    #5 on the ultimate list
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    Braveheart

    1995
    #2 on the ultimate list
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998
    #3 on the ultimate list
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    The Godfather

    1972
    #10 on the ultimate list
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    Forrest Gump

    1994
    #8 on the ultimate list
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    300

    2006
    #18 on the ultimate list
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    The Last Samurai

    2003
    #30 on the ultimate list
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    Spartacus

    1960
    #11 on the ultimate list
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    Troy

    2004
    #32 on the ultimate list
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    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    2012
    #42 on the ultimate list
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    Schindler's List

    1993
    #9 on the ultimate list
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    Avatar

    2009
    #16 on the ultimate list
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    Ben-Hur

    1959
    #6 on the ultimate list
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    Titanic

    1997
    #15 on the ultimate list
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    Kingdom of Heaven

    2005
    #40 on the ultimate list
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962
    #19 on the ultimate list
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    Dances with Wolves

    1990
    #26 on the ultimate list
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    1992
    #43 on the ultimate list
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    Apocalypto

    2006
    #37 on the ultimate list
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    Blood Diamond

    2006
    #88 on the ultimate list
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    Scarface

    1983
    #23 on the ultimate list
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  25. 25
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    Platoon

    1986
    #31 on the ultimate list
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    Back to the Future

    1985
    #34 on the ultimate list
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    Seven Samurai

    1954
    #45 on the ultimate list
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    Glory

    1989
    #17 on the ultimate list
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    The Ten Commandments

    1956
    #13 on the ultimate list
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    Full Metal Jacket

    1987
    #12 on the ultimate list
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    The Godfather Part II

    1974
    #14 on the ultimate list
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968
    #35 on the ultimate list
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979
    #24 on the ultimate list
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    Gangs of New York

    2002
    #25 on the ultimate list
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    Patton

    1970
    #38 on the ultimate list
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    Gandhi

    1982
    #95 on the ultimate list
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    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984
    #46 on the ultimate list
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    Watchmen

    2009
    #62 on the ultimate list
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    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957
    #54 on the ultimate list
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    The Passion of the Christ

    2004
    #27 on the ultimate list
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    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935
    #36 on the ultimate list
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    Legends of the Fall

    1994
    #58 on the ultimate list
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    Once Upon a Time in the West

    1968
    #51 on the ultimate list
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    King Kong

    2005
    #89 on the ultimate list
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    House of Flying Daggers

    2004
    #216 on the ultimate list
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    The Thin Red Line

    1998
    #146 on the ultimate list
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    Das Boot

    1981
    #86 on the ultimate list
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    There Will Be Blood

    2007
    #73 on the ultimate list
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    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    2003
    #65 on the ultimate list
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    Gettysburg

    1993
    #57 on the ultimate list
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    1. Moises Daines
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 10/31/2012 12:30 PM
      oh ho ho! epic movie. i get it!
    2. Laurinda Cariddi
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 10/24/2012 12:30 PM
      so all the epic movie list on this thing make sense now.
    3. Annita Mcmorries
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 10/20/2012 2:30 PM
      there are epic movies list on this page.
    4. Raphael Weeda
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 10/02/2012 7:30 AM
      oh yeah! epic movies. i get it.
    5. Marcel Allateef
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 9/24/2012 9:30 PM
      looks like there are some epic films here.
    6. Rivka Talayumptewa
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 8/24/2012 5:30 AM
      this sure is about list of epic movies, alright.
    7. Dane Griffth
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 7/10/2012 2:30 PM
      alright, so epic film? that's cool.
    8. Rod Corbit
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 6/24/2012 2:30 PM
      oh! i get it. epic movies of all time.
    9. Whatever
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 2/29/2012 12:47 AM
      Papillon! ???
    10. T-Money
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 2/22/2012 10:30 AM
      Where is the Lord of the Rings trilogy????
    11. Gonzalo
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 12/12/2011 2:12 PM
      Shogun???
    12. Loui
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 8/15/2011 3:43 PM
      Wheres Tombstone?
    13. nipper
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 7/27/2011 2:33 PM
      enemy at the gates should be number 1 on the list
    14. Movieman
      List of the Best Epic Movies at 5/18/2011 7:48 PM
      Where the H**L is The Good, The Bad and The Ugly????

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