From genre classics like Lawrence of Arabia to recent blockbusters like Oppenheimer, the greatest epic films of all time weave tales of unparalleled scale, making history along the way.

Denis Villeneuve’s two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic is a masterpiece for our time. The story of Paul ...

His other World War 2 blockbuster Saving Private Ryan came in at No 2, but the director’s Holocaust movie has the highest ...

The last short/relatively punchy film he made was in 1955 (Summertime), and then his final five movies were all epics, in turn giving Lean a reputation for being one of the best epic film ...