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Best old epics like Gladiator and Braveheart

posted 9 years ago by NikolajCostas1005
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I really like the feel of Gladiator and Braveheart and they're entertaining to watch. What else ranks highly as those two in terms of entertainment value and production? I know Braveheart gets criticized for its inaccuracies and occasional cheesiness but I like it.

The Passion of the Christ is also on my to-watch list.

[–] IndianaMcClane 9 years ago

On this page is pretty big list of historical based/set epics/dramas spanning from the 1930's up to now that may interest you.

http://www.findmesimilar.com/2015/01/movies-like-braveheart.html

[–] TheSouthernDarruin 9 years ago

LOTR trilogy.

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[–] MiltonWaddams 9 years ago

As far as war movies go, Saving Private Ryan

[–] fp_ff_fp 9 years ago

Wow... in all these movies, the hero dies - Gladiator, Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.

There's others too I like like Von Ryan's Express (hero dies) and few more...

[–] deathcreeper 9 years ago

The last samurai

No more dead Lannisters
No More dead Trolls

[–] Psilio 9 years ago

I recently watched Braveheart again for the first time in like 15 years, and it was nothing compared to Gladiator.

Good compared to other movies, but nothing compared to this...

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[–] coffeemann 7 years ago

what??? LOL
dream on! braveheart came 5 years before this! Both are epics.
one is full of os CGI and one isnt!
one is about about ROME and one is about scotland!

both films are great..
both are love stories..
both are revenge films..
you can see gladitor took a lot from Braveheart..

[–] richwicz 9 years ago

Check out Rob Roy with Liam Neeson and Tim Roth. A fantastic film which is better than Braveheart IMO.

[–] SeanJoyce 9 years ago

I don't think that Braveheart is a contender for "best movie ever" but Rob Roy is a poor man's edition of it.

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[–] April221968 9 years ago

Spartacus (1960) is much better than this or Braveheart, my fave old epic.

[–] andrewhollingsworth 8 years ago

Agreed. My favourite historical epic of all time. Gladiator wishes it was good as Spartacus.

[–] cbogeasy 9 years ago

Tombstone

[–] Protozoid 9 years ago

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut, preferably)
The Last of the Mohicans
Alexander (great production value and quite entertaining for the hammy acting)

Michael Kohlhaas (known in the U.S. by the silly title Age of Uprising) is an excellent period film in the same vein as Roy Roy and Braveheart, albeit smaller in scale.

There are also lots of great classic period action films (The Duellists [1977]) and foreign ones of all ages (from Seven Samurai [1954] to 13 Assassins [2013]).

[–] Jabronidude469 9 years ago

Spartacus

[–] tukai 9 years ago

Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut)

[–] something_toomany 9 years ago

Red Cliff.

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