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page 1British epic films

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