Lists of Bests: AFI's "10 Greatest Epic Films: The 50 Nominees" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55288 The American Film Institute's official 50 nominees for the Top 10 Epics of All-Time (to be announced June 17, 2008) "AFI defines “epic” as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past. Their scope defies and demands—either in the mode in which they are presented or their range across time." "A bloody sword fight in an ancient coliseum; carnage on an open battlefield; a country on the eve of revolution. With sweeping interpretations of turbulent times, epics depict characters that, whether nobly heroic or shamefully depraved, are living life on the grandest of scales." Check out all the entries from "AFI's Top 10" here: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55322/tagged_as?name=afi+top+10 In alphabetical order. 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Bushman, May McAvoy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832418 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832418"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31V3o%2BZEvKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Niblo</div> Ben-Hur http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65115 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65115"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000056BP4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Wyler</div> The Big Parade http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65335 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by King Vidor</div> The Birth of a Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63906 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63906"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305130949.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Braveheart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40231 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40231"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX95.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Bridge on the River Kwai (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3809429 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3809429"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zzKLXAlEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> El Cid - 2-Disc Deluxe Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3280442 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Cleopatra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194182 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194182"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BZISSU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph L. Mankiewicz</div> Dances with Wolves - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65117 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65117"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008PBZZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45525 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45525"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512L53dMS8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38955 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38955"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXA2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1532199 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rex Ingram</div> Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2467012 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2467012"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KX0IOA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Attenborough</div> Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Keepcase) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/186538 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/186538"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007US7FI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Stevens</div> Gladiator (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165896 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165896"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009ZYBY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> Glory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93660 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93660"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0800177967.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43127672_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Zwick</div> The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37771 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37771"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007Y08MY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Ford Coppola</div> Gone With the Wind (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/129223 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/129223"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BYA4LA.01-A1L7PF5CNT23PC._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Cukor</div> The Greatest Story Ever Told http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/161788 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/161788"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000056H24.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Negulesco</div> How the West Was Won (Ultimate Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3943206 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3943206"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519JOKfUiSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Intolerance (1916) (Silent) (B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63907 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63907"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVS8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.W. Griffith</div> Julius Caesar (1953) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2149926 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph L. Mankiewicz</div> The King Of Kings (1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438309 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecil B. DeMille</div> The Last Emperor http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3140056 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Last of the Mohicans (Director's Expanded Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36023 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36023"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005221M.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Mann</div> The Last Temptation of Christ - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29864 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29864"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1559409037.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Scorsese</div> Lawrence of Arabia (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832120 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832120"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51atAwv8FyL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Letters from Iwo Jima http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631160 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clint Eastwood</div> The Longest Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/604428 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/604428"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EHSVRS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernhard Wicki</div> Malcolm X (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336785 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336785"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006J28L4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Man Who Would Be King http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/196384 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/196384"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/630469864X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Widescreen Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36989 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36989"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001DI0FI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Weir</div> Once Upon a Time in America (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44726 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44726"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WTKPWKYBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergio Leone</div> The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37162 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37162"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00028HBKM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mel Gibson</div> Patton http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40817 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40817"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005PJ8O.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franklin J. 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DeMille</div> Spartacus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65278 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65278"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0783226039.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> The Ten Commandments (1923) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1201673 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecil B. De Mille</div> The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/291362 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/291362"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B0S1Y05GL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Titanic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35793 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35793"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JLWW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> War & Peace (1956) (Ws Sub) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91840 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91840"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006JU7S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by King Vidor</div>