El Cid (1961)
Anthony Mann's 1961 Spanish reconquista epic. Charlton Heston as Rodrigo Diaz, Sophia Loren.
Actor: Charlton Heston
Charlton HestonTouch of Evil (1958)
The genre's late masterpiece. Touch of Evil is Orson Welles's 1958 American film noir adapting Whit Masterson's 1956 novel Badge of Evil.
Charlton HestonEarthquake (1974)
The Towering Inferno is the best. Both films defined what the disaster genre would be for the next.
Charlton HestonMidway (1976) and Midway (2019) Review
Two substantial adaptations of the Battle of Midway. 1976 ensemble approach with Charlton Heston and Toshiro Mifune.
Charlton HestonPlanet of the Apes (1968) Review
Planet of the Apes has one of the great endings in science fiction cinema and earns its place in the conversation entirely on the basis of that ending. The Statue of Liberty rising from the sand is the genre's most…