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Braveheart
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.
Alice in Wonderland
2010 film directed by Tim Burton
Don Juan DeMarco
1995 film by Jeremy Leven
Excalibur
1981 film by John Boorman
Jason and the Argonauts
1963 film by Don Chaffey
The Color of Pomegranates
1969 film by Sergei Parajanov
Padmaavat
Padmaavat is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language epic historical drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Sinhalese-born Rajput queen known for her beauty, wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh, played by Shahid Kapoor. Sultan Alauddin Khilji, played by Ranveer Singh, hears of her beauty and attacks her kingdom to enslave her. Aditi Rao Hydari, Jim Sarbh, Raza Murad, and Anupriya Goenka are featured in supporting roles.
Short Cuts
1993 film by Robert Altman
Die Nibelungen
1924 two-part film directed by Fritz Lang
The Green Knight
2021 film by David Lowery
The Canterbury Tales
1972 Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Face on the Bar Room Floor
1914 film by Charlie Chaplin
Gunga Din
1939 film by George Stevens
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936 film by Michael Curtiz
Fred Claus
2007 film by David Dobkin
Hercules
1958 film directed by Pietro Francisci
Jabberwocky
1977 film by Terry Gilliam
Pumpkinhead
1988 film by Stan Winston
The Student of Prague
1913 film
Pan Tadeusz
1999 film directed by Andrzej Wajda
Do Bigha Zamin
1953 Indian Hindi film directed by Bimal Roy
Boyarin Orsha
1909 film by Pyotr Chardynin
The Set-Up
1949 film by Robert Wise
A Fool There Was
1915 film by Frank Powell
Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov
1909 film by Vasily Goncharov
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King
2004 television film directed by Uli Edel
The Avenging Conscience
1914 film by D. W. Griffith
The Cure for Insomnia
1987 film by John Henry Timmis IV
Tale of Tales
1979 animated film by Yuri Norstein
Don Juan
1926 film by Alan Crosland
Howl
2010 film by Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Sword of the Valiant
1984 film by Stephen Weeks
The Night Before Christmas
1905 film by Edwin Stanton Porter
The Blood of Jesus
1941 film by Spencer Williams
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 film by Clarence Brown
Prem Sanyas
1925 film by Franz Osten, Himanshu Rai
Tropico
2013 film by Anthony Mandler
Perceval le Gallois
1978 film by Éric Rohmer
City Under the Sea
1965 film by Jacques Tourneur
The Wild Party
1975 film by James Ivory
Aniara
2018 film by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja
Gerusalemme liberata
1957 film by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
The Giants of Thessaly
1960 film by Riccardo Freda
Hearts and Armour
1983 film by Giacomo Battiato
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1924 American silent drama film by Clarence G. Badger
Carmen
2022 film directed by Benjamin Millepied
The Restless Spirit
1913 film
The Song of Roland
1978 film directed by Frank Cassenti
The Monkey's Mask
2000 film by Samantha Lang
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1915 film
Samrat Prithviraj
2022 film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi
Portrait of Chieko
1967 film by Noboru Nakamura
The Man from Snowy River
1982 film directed by George T. Miller
The Avenger
1962 Italian / French / Yugoslavian film directed by Giorgio Venturini
Little Orphant Annie
1918 film by Colin Campbell
Die Nibelungen
1966/1967 West German fantasy film released in two parts directed by Harald Reinl
Damon and Pythias
1962 film by Curtis Bernhardt, Alberto Cardone
The Black Panther's Cub
1921 film by Emile Chautard
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1912 American short war film directed by J. Searle Dawley
Pocahontas
1910 silent short film