Epic 848 films
Grandeur and vastness; the film makes you feel small against its world. Lawrence of Arabia, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings.
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · ★ 7.9
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
2009 · ★ 7.9
Ben-Hur
1959 · ★ 7.9
Kagemusha
1980 · ★ 7.8
Spartacus
1960 · ★ 7.5
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · ★ 8.4
The Lion King
1994 · ★ 8.3
Fanny and Alexander
1982 · ★ 7.8
The Big Country
1958 · ★ 7.6
Empire of the Sun
1987 · ★ 7.5
The Red Violin
1998 · ★ 7.3
We Were Soldiers
2002 · ★ 7.1
King Kong
2005 · ★ 6.9
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997 · ★ 8.3
Ne Zha 2
2025 · ★ 8.1
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017 · ★ 8.0
Samurai Fury
2025 · ★ 8.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013 · ★ 7.9
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · ★ 7.9
Io Capitano
2023 · ★ 7.8
Tokyo Olympiad
1965 · ★ 7.7
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
2017 · ★ 7.7
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014 · ★ 7.7
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
1978 · ★ 7.7
The Last Samurai
1974 · ★ 7.7
The Last Samurai
2003 · ★ 7.6
The Longest Day
1962 · ★ 7.6
American Gangster
2007 · ★ 7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · ★ 7.6
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · ★ 7.5
Questions about this film
What does "Epic" mean in our catalog?
Grandeur and vastness; the film makes you feel small against its world. Lawrence of Arabia, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings.
How are these films tagged "epic"?
We infer mood tags from TMDB keywords, runtime, year, genre, and language using rule-based heuristics. A film gets the epic tag when at least one of those rules fires with weight ≥ 0.5. The catalog refreshes the inference every time new films enter.
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