Epic films based on actual events

Titanic is a 1997 American epic historical romance film written and directed by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictional aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as members of different social classes who fall in love during the ship's ill-fated maiden voyage. The ensemble cast includes Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner and Bill Paxton.

1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays Scottish warrior Sir William Wallace in the First War of Scottish Independence. The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's 15th century epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace.

1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.

1962 film directed by David Lean

1982 film directed by Richard Attenborough

2005 film by Ridley Scott

2004 film directed by Martin Scorsese

2017 film by Christopher Nolan

1987 film by Bernardo Bertolucci

1965 film directed by David Lean

2004 film by Oliver Stone

2004 film by Terry George

1995 film directed by Martin Scorsese

1972 film by Werner Herzog

2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese

1963 American film by John Sturges

1962 war film

2008 film by Baz Luhrmann

1992 film by Ridley Scott

1979 film by Tinto Brass

1977 film by Richard Attenborough

1951 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy

1970 American-Japanese war film

1999 film by Luc Besson

1976 English film about Islam by Moustapha Akkad

1960 film directed by John Wayne

1995 film by Michael Caton-Jones

1987 British drama film directed by Richard Attenborough

1996 film directed by Neil Jordan

1969 British film by Guy Hamilton

1962 film by Rudolph Maté

1964 film directed by Cy Endfield

1964 film by Peter Glenville

1927 French silent film directed by Abel Gance

2018 film directed by David Mackenzie

2004 film by John Lee Hancock

1960 film directed by Otto Preminger

1999 film by Ang Lee

1970 British film directed by Ken Hughes

1999 film by Jerzy Hoffman

1976 film directed by Jack Smight

2008 film by Steven Soderbergh

2011 film directed by Jonathan English

Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language epic historical action film directed by Om Raut and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Ajay Devgn under T-Series Films and Ajay Devgn FFilms. Tracing the life of Maratha warrior Tanaji Malusare, it stars Ajay Devgn as the eponymous lead, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan. It also features Neha Sharma, Sharad Kelkar and Luke Kenny in supporting roles. Set in the 17th century, it revolves around Tanaji's attempts to recapture the Kondhana fortress once it passed on to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who transfers its control to his trusted gua

1990 film by Bob Rafelson

1959 film by Lewis Milestone

1983 film, directed by Nicolas Roeg

2003 film by Ronald F. Maxwell

1992 film by John Glen

1998 film by Jamil Dehlavi

1970 Romanian historic epic film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu

1993 film by Ronald F. Maxwell

Egyptian film 1997

2001 film by Jacques Dorfmann

1989 film by Roland Joffé

1972 film by Charlton Heston

1920 film directed by Ernst Lubitsch

2021 film directed by Eli King