Subgenre Sampler
Epic: 199 Films to Buy & Rent
- Last Emperor, The (1987)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Lone, Peter O'Toole
- Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
- Sicilian, The (1987)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland…
- Still reeling from the box office catastrophe of HEAVEN'S GATE, Michael Cimino turned his attention to this Mario Puzo–scripted saga about an…
- North and South (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley…
- Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and…
- Ran (1985)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
- The title translates to 'chaos'; it is Kurosawa's vast and bloody interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Grandiose in every sense – a…
- Revolution (1985)
- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski…
- Disastrous epic with Pacino almost committing career suicide as a fur trapper caught in the upheaval of the American Revolution. Some handsome…
- Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, The (1984)
- Dir. Kar-leung Lau
Feat. Gordon Liu, Alexander Fu, Kara Hui…
- Hong Kong martial arts epic set circa the 10th century, with a Mongol army attempting to overthrow the influential Yang family, defenders of the Song…
- Far Pavilions, The (TV Mini-series) (1984)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee…
- Lavish period drama based on the epic book by novelist M.M. Kaye, centered around the romance between a young English officer and a beautiful Indian…
- Samson and Delilah (1984)
- Dir. Lee Philips
Feat. Antony Hamilton, Belinda Bauer, Max von Sydow…
- Made–for–TV Old Testament epic centred on the classic Biblical tale of power, persuasion, and love between a Hebrew strongman and a…
- Right Stuff, The (1983)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Fred Ward
- A richly detailed, down–to–earth account of the lives of the first Americans to travel into space. Top ensemble cast.
- Blue and the Gray, The (TV Mini-Series) (1982)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. Stacy Keach, Colleen Dewhurst, Lloyd Bridges…
- Handsomely staged mini–series views the Civil War throught the eyes of a Southern war correspondent bearing witness to the war's key events.