War and Peace (1966-1967)
Bondarchuk's 1966-67 Soviet seven-hour Tolstoy adaptation. The most expensive film ever made at that time.
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DramaThere Will Be Blood (2007)
Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 epic of oil, religion, and a man who hates everyone. Daniel Day-Lewis as American capitalist as Old Testament demon.
ActionThe Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974) Review
The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974) are not actually two films. The 10+++ rating reflects the fact that Lester accomplished something almost no Hollywood production manages.
HistoricalUlysses (1954) Review
The Ulysses direction represents his most substantial international production. The film adapts Homer's Odyssey.
ActionRobin Hood (1938 / 1973 / 1991 / 2010), Contrast Review
Robin Hood is one of the most adapted properties in English-language popular culture. The legend traces back to medieval English ballads from at least the fifteenth century.
AdventureMulan (1998) Review
Mulan is one of the substantial late Disney Renaissance productions and the studio's most successful engagement with Chinese cultural material. The film appeared during the latter portion of the Disney Renaissance period.
ComedyMonty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) Review
The Monty Python troupe consisted of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Brian's mother Mandy reveals that his father was actually a Roman soldier instead of the family's claimed Jewish parentage.
AnimatedThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Review
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the darkest films Disney has ever released and one of the most thematically ambitious animated features in the studi. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise directed.
DramaArgo (2012) Review
Ben Affleck directed and starred. The film adapts the historical events of the 1980 Canadian Caper, when six American diplomats escaped the Iranian hostage crisis through a CIA operation involving a fake Hollywood production.
AdventureApollo 13 (1995) Review
The film rewards repeat viewing because the substance is procedural instead of dramatic in the conventional sense. The film is adapted from Lost Moon, the 1994 memoir by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.