Subgenre Sampler
Epic: 201 Films to Buy & Rent
- Gladiator (2000)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris…
- As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
- Sunshine (2000)
- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Deborah Kara Unger
- Expansive and immaculately crafted epic of the last 100 years of Hungarian history, with Ralph Fiennes playing three roles – Grandfather,…
- Emperor and the Assassin, The (Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang) (1999)
- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Zhang Fenyi
- Vast, gilded historical spectacle set in the 3rd Century BC, centred on China's legendary first Qin emperor's struggle to consolidate a unified…
- Green Mile, The (1999)
- Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Michael Clarke Duncan, Tom Hanks, David Morse…
- Following THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, the director adapts another Stephen King prison–set story as a melancholic epic of injustice and…
- Joan of Arc (1999)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Maximilian Schell…
- The French heroine, brought to the small–screen with a big name cast.
- Joan of Arc (The Messenger) (1999)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich…
- The French heroine gets the big–budget splurge with a religiously inspired Milla Jovovich leading the French peasantry against the Brits, only…
- Kundun (1998)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tencho Gyalpo
- Not to be accused this time of repeating himself, the venerable Martin Scorsese clambers the Tibetan plateau for this unique biopic of the Dalai…
- Odyssey, The (1997)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini…
- Homer's epic gets the televisual treatment as Odysseus makes his long journey home – through many an exotic location – while his wife…
- Titanic (1997)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet cross class lines to consummate their passion just before the iceberg severs the stern from the bow in…
- Les Miserables (1995)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Widely considered the definitive screen version of this granddaddy of French literary staples. Few concessions have been allowed in staging a…