Subgenre Sampler
Epic: 201 Films to Buy & Rent
- Baaria (2009)
- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Raoul Bova, Margareth Made, Francesco Scianna…
- Giuseppe Tornatore directs an autobiographical saga covering sixty years of turmoil through the eyes of three generations of a peasant family. Those…
- 10,000 B.C. (2008)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis
- Beasts, behemoths and flesh–eating emus prowl the prehistoric landscape in another of Roland (INDEPENDENCE DAY) Emmerich's effects–heavy…
- An Empress and the Warriors (Kong saan mei yan) (2008)
- Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Donnie Yen, Xiaodong Guo, Zhenghai Kou…
- Jazzed up historical drama with a young woman thrust into the role of Empress upon her father's death, and fight for her kingdom.
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- Australia (2008)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham…
- Aussie golden boy Baz Luhrmann's larger–than–life epic sees an English aristocrat and cattle driver attempt to save an inherited outback…
- Love in the Time of Cholera (2008)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt…
- Javier Bardem's outstanding performance cannot shore up this florid, largely faithful adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's universally adored novel…
- Red Cliff (The Battle of Red Cliff) (2008)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang…
- A gargantuan Han Dynasty epic from Hong Kong's action movie grandmaster, John Woo, in which two kingdoms must form an unlikely alliance to stave off…
- Three Kingdoms (Resurrection of the Dragon) (2008)
- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q…
- Rousing take on a Chinese literary classic rehashes the legendary Han Dynasty power struggle between three warring kingdoms (recently given the royal…
- Beowulf (2007)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins…
- Originally earmarked for 3D IMAX cinemas, this groundbreaking animation brings to screen the Old English epic of hero Beowulf (Winstone) and his…
- Joy Division (2007)
- Dir. Reg Traviss
Feat. Ed Stoppard, Tom Schilling, Bernadette Heerwagen…
- Ed Stoppard, son of Sir Tom, stars as a young German boy who becomes a KGB agent in this ambitious wartime saga that sweeps from WWII to swinging,…
- Nightwatching (2007)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle
- Ambitious re–telling of the creation of Rembrant's famous 1642 Nightwatch, the controversial painting that ultimately lead the Dutch master to…