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Gladiator
2000 film by Ridley Scott
Interstellar (film)
Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan. It features an ensemble cast led by Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight and famine, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through space in search of a new home for humanity.
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 film by Stanley Kubrick
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 film directed by David Lean
Troy
2004 film by Wolfgang Petersen
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 film directed by David Lean
Gandhi
1982 film directed by Richard Attenborough
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 film by Ridley Scott
The Last Emperor
1987 film by Bernardo Bertolucci
Doctor Zhivago
1965 film directed by David Lean
Alexander
2004 film by Oliver Stone
Robin Hood
2010 film by Ridley Scott
The Mission
1986 film directed by Roland Joffé
Les Misérables
2012 film directed by Tom Hooper
Cloud Atlas
2012 film directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis
Gladiator II
2024 film directed by Ridley Scott
Australia
2008 film by Baz Luhrmann
The Golden Compass
2007 film directed by Chris Weitz
Elizabeth
1998 film by Shekhar Kapurr
Anna Karenina
2012 film by Joe Wright
The Lion in Winter
1968 film directed by Anthony Harvey
1492 – Conquest of Paradise
1992 film by Ridley Scott
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 film by Shekhar Kapur
The Brutalist
2024 film directed by Brady Corbet
Death on the Nile
1978 film by John Guillermin
Excalibur
1981 film by John Boorman
The Message
1976 English film about Islam by Moustapha Akkad
A Passage to India
1984 US/UK film directed by David Lean
Tess
1979 film by Roman Polanski
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 film by Ludwig Berger, Alexander Korda, Michael Powell, William Cameron Menzies, Zoltan Korda, Tim Whelan
Ryan's Daughter
1970 film by David Lean
Rob Roy
1995 film by Michael Caton-Jones
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 film by Charles Jarrott
Henry V
1944 film by Laurence Olivier
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 biographical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Centurion
2010 film directed by Neil Marshall
Cry Freedom
1987 British drama film directed by Richard Attenborough
Henry V
1989 film directed by Kenneth Branagh
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973 film by Gordon Hessler
The Eagle
2011 film directed by Kevin Macdonald
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 film by Alexander Korda
Genghis Khan
1965 film by Henry Levin
Cromwell
1970 British film directed by Ken Hughes
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 film by John Schlesinger
Young Winston
1972 film directed by Richard Attenborough
The Chronicles of Narnia
21st-century film series adaptation of the 1950s children's fantasy novels
Richard III
1955 film directed by Laurence Olivier
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 film by Gabriel Pascal
Things to Come
1936 film by William Cameron Menzies
The Four Feathers
1939 film by Zoltan Korda
The Long Ships
1964 film by Jack Cardiff
Eureka
1983 film, directed by Nicolas Roeg
Jinnah
1998 film by Jamil Dehlavi
Bathory
2008 film by Juraj Jakubisko
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 film by Charlton Heston
The Gospel of John
2003 film by Philip Saville
Mary
2024 film by D. J. Caruso
The Return
2024 film directed by Uberto Pasolini
Alfred the Great
1969 film by Clive Donner
The Lady of Heaven
2021 film directed by Eli King