Historical epic films

Raja Shivaji is an upcoming Indian historical action drama film co-written and directed by Riteish Deshmukh, based on the life of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. The film is produced by Genelia Deshmukh and Jyoti Deshpande. It features an ensemble cast led by Riteish Deshmukh in the title role, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Bhagyashree, Fardeen Khan, Jitendra Joshi, Amole Gupte, and Genelia Deshmukh.

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.

2000 film by Ridley Scott

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.

1959 American epic historical drama film by William Wyler

1962 film directed by David Lean

1954 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa

2005 film by Ridley Scott

1965 film directed by David Lean

2004 film by Oliver Stone

1972 film by Werner Herzog

1985 film by Akira Kurosawa

2000 film directed by Roland Emmerich

1992 film directed by Michael Mann

2024 film directed by Ridley Scott

1963 American film by John Sturges

1962 war film

2008 film by Baz Luhrmann

Sinners is a 2025 American horror film produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, it stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. The film co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

1963 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1938 film directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley

2023 film directed by Ridley Scott

1973 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

1995 film directed by Emir Kusturica

1979 film by Tinto Brass

1977 film by Richard Attenborough

1970 American-Japanese war film

1978 film by John Guillermin

is a 1980 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. Kagemusha is the Japanese term for a political decoy, literally meaning "shadow warrior". The film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino.

1976 English film about Islam by Moustapha Akkad

2012 film by Faruk Aksoy

1970 film by David Lean

Mughal-e-Azam () is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film produced and directed by K. Asif. Starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, it follows the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim (who went on to become Emperor Jahangir) and Anarkali, a court dancer. Salim's father, Emperor Akbar, disapproves of the relationship, which leads to a war between father and son.

1964 American epic film by Anthony Mann

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.

2015 film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

2010 film directed by Neil Marshall

1996 film directed by Neil Jordan

1965 film

1962 film by Rudolph Maté

1964 film by Peter Glenville

2018 film directed by David Mackenzie

2006 film by Werner Herzog

2023 film directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Pulgasari is a 1986 monster film directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok during his North Korean abduction. A co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is supposedly a remake of Bulgasari, a 1962 South Korean film that also depicts Bulgasari/Pulgasari, a creature from Korean folklore. The ensemble cast includes Chang Sŏnhŭi, Ham Kisŏp, Ri Chongguk, Ri Ingwŏn, and Yu Kyŏngae, with Kenpachiro Satsuma in the title role. Set during the Goryeo dynasty, Pulgasari follows a blacksmith's daughter who brings to life a metal-eating monster her late father created to defeat the monarchy.

1967 film by František Vláčil

2001 film by Santosh Sivan

1970 British film directed by Ken Hughes

2016 film directed by Terry George

1999 film by Jerzy Hoffman

2008 film by Steven Soderbergh

2016 film by Andrei Kravchuk

1976 film directed by Jack Smight

2011 film directed by Jonathan English

2011 film by Jean-Jacques Annaud

2014 film by Fatih Akın

1992 film by John Glen

1998 film by Jamil Dehlavi

2003 film by Ronald F. Maxwell