Those old Hollywood epics...what are your favorites?

[Beemerguy53]

I love old movies, especially those cast-of-thousands Hollywood epics they don't make anymore. You know the kind: great acting...soaring orchestral scores...no weird special effects...no computerized anything...and shot mostly on location in real places.

Here's a great scene from one of my favorites, El Cid. Charlton Heston at his best, Sophia Loren at her most beautiful, and one of the most intense knightly combat scenes ever set to film...

What are some of your favorites?

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebmfnob7ItY&t=610s[/ame]

 

[Rustyt1953]

Off the top of my head...

Lawrence of Arabia.

Gladiator.

300.

Braveheart.

Beau Geste.

Kingdom of Heaven.

Ben Hur.

Stalingrad 2013.

SPR.

Cleopatra.

Battle of Britain.

Last of the Mohicans.

(I'm sure more will follow)

 

[Truckman]

Hands down, the Longest Day......Ben

 

[Countrycuz]

I was going to say "The Longest Day", but got beat! So I'll throw in " Midway" and " The Big Country".

 

[sigp220.45]

Lawrence of Arabia.

Every now and then it is shown on the big screen, and I always try to go.

 

[Golddollar]

The only one I can think of that might qualify is "Sgt. York."

 

[oddshooter]

To Have and Have Not (1939?)

The camera just loves Lauren Bacall. add Bogart and you have a classic.

 

[The Preacher]

Spartacus
Ben Hur

 

[54ball]

The Searchers
How the West Was Won
All Quiet on the Western Front
Drums Along the Mohawk
Gone with the Wind
Tora Tora Tora
To Hell and Back
The Great Escape
The Sand Pebbles
Winchester 73
Little Big Man
They Died with Thier Boots On
Robin Hood
Ivanhoe
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Shane
Sullivan's Travels
From here to Eternity
The Godfather
The Last of the Mohicans

 

[quikdraw67]

Grand Prix

 

[jimmyj]

1946 Duel In The Sun

 

[dave1918a2]

I second El Cid. What a movie. The Sand Pebbles was great. You old timers need to look up Never so Few. Had Sinatra, Donlevy, bronson, McQueen, Gina Lolabikini, Peter Lawford, Dean Jones, George Takai, William Smith, and lots more.

 

[JcMack]

My Man Godfrey
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Hells Angels on Wheels
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
The Grapes of Wrath
The Thing
Seven Year Itch
Little Big Man
King Kong
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Valley of the Dolls 2
The Mummy
The Wolfman
Dracula

 

[54ball]

Treasure Island (both)
Mutiny on the Bounty (all of them including The Bounty)
Oh Brother Were Art Thou (this is really a sequel to "Sullivans Travels)
On the Wings of Eagles
Twelve O Clock High
Battleground
The Fighting Sullivans
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The 10 Commandments
The Robe
Cleopatra
Ben Hur
Young Guns
Will Penny
The Magnificent 7
The 7 Samuria
The Glenn Miller Story
The Buddy Holly Story
Tombstone
True Grit
My Darling Clementine
Stagecoach
The High and the Mighty
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Grapes of Wrath
Emperor of the North
Bonnie and Clyde
Dillenger
The Big Parade
The African Queen

 

[Rustyt1953]

To add:

Dances With Wolves.

Gladiator.

Braveheart.

Patton.

The Enemy Below.

A Bridge Too Far.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

 

[UncleEd]

Despite the tiresome, really really tiresome
reference on this forum to Hollyweird, the
motion picture industry has done good,
real good. Just look at the picks right up
to the present time.

And enjoy.l.

 

[yaktamer]

Bridge on the River Kwai.

 

[375hh1973]

Big Trouble in Little China

Animal House

Caddyshack

Porky's

 

[JohnRippert]

Ben Hur with Charlton Heston is my all time favorite movie, followed VERY closely by Lawrence of Arabia.

 

[Rustyt1953]

JcMack mentioned The Grapes of Wrath. I had forgotten about that one.

A truly magnificent tale given true justice by the silver screen.