List of monumental films

Below is a list of monumental films with selected monumental films . The listing is chronological and does not take television films into account.

1910-1919

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz in the film adaptation from 1912 - the first monumental film in film history

• Quo Vadis? (Italy, 1913; directed by Enrico Guazzoni )
• The last days of Pompeii ( Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeii , Italy, 1913; directed by Mario Caserini , Eleuterio Rodolfi )
• Cabiria ( Cabiria , Italy, 1914; directed by Giovanni Pastrone )
• The Birth of a Nation ( Birth of a Nation , USA, 1915, directed by David W. Griffith )
• Intolerance ( Intolerance , USA, 1916; Director: David W. Griffith)

1920-1929

• The Indian Tomb (Germany, 1921; Director: Joe May )
• The Pharaoh's Wife (Germany, 1922; Director: Ernst Lubitsch )
• Samson and Delila (Austria, 1922; directed by Alexander Korda )
• Sodom and Gomorrah (Austria, 1922; Director: Michael Curtiz )
• The Ten Commandments ( The Ten Commandments , USA, 1923; Director: Cecil B. DeMille )
• The Nibelungs (Germany, 1924; Director: Fritz Lang )
• Ben Hur ( Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ , 1925; Director: Fred Niblo )
• Metropolis (Germany, 1927; Director: Fritz Lang)
• King of Kings ( The King of Kings , 1927; Director: Cecil B. DeMille)
• Napoleon (France, 1927; Director: Abel Gance )

1930-1939

• In the Sign of the Cross ( The Sign of the Cross , 1932; Director: Cecil B. DeMille)
• Cleopatra ( Cleopatra , 1934; Director: Cecil B. DeMille)
• Carthage's Fall ( Scipione l'Africano , 1937; directed by Carmine Gallone )
• Alexander Newski (USSR, 1938; directed by Sergei Eisenstein )
• Gone with the Wind ( Gone With The Wind , USA, 1939, directed by Victor Fleming )

1940-1949

• The Thief of Baghdad ( The Thief of Baghdad , 1940, directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan)
• The Great King (Germany, 1942; Director: Veit Harlan )
• Münchhausen (Germany, 1943; Director: Josef von Báky )
• Henry V ( Henry V , 1944; directed by Laurence Olivier )
• Kolberg (Germany, 1945; Director: Veit Harlan)
• Caesar and Cleopatra ( Caesar and Cleopatra , 1945; Director: Gabriel Pascal )
• Ivan the Terrible , Part I (USSR, 1946; directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein)
• Fabiola ( Fabiola , 1949; director: Alessandro Blasetti )
• Samson and Delilah ( Samson and Delilah , 1949; Director: Cecil B. DeMille)

1950-1959

• The last days of Pompeii ( Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi , 1950; directed by Marcel L'Herbier )
• Messalina ( Messalina , 1951; Director: Carmine Gallone )
• David and Bathsheba ( 1951 David and Bathsheba ; directed by Henry King )
• Quo vadis? ( Quo Vadis , USA, 1951; Director: Mervyn LeRoy )
• Salome (USA, 1952; Director: William Dieterle )
• Das Gewand ( The Robe , 1953; Director: Henry Koster )
• The Gladiators ( Demetrius and the Gladiators , 1954; Directed by Delmer Daves )
• Sinuhe the Egyptians ( The Egyptian , 1954; Director: Michael Curtiz)
• The Journeys of Ulysses ( Ulisse , 1954; Direction: Mario Camerini )
• The beautiful Helena ( Helen of Troy , 1955; Director: Robert Wise )
• Napoleon ( Napoléon , France, 1955; directed by Sacha Guitry )
• Land of the Pharaohs ( Land of the Pharaohs , 1955, directed by Howard Hawks )
• Alexander the Great ( Alexander the Great , USA / Spain, 1956; Director: Robert Rossen )
• Storm over Persia ( Omar Khayyam , USA, 1956; Director: William Dieterle )
• War and Peace ( War and Peace , USA, 1956, directed by King Vidor )
• The Ten Commandments ( The Ten Commandments , USA, 1956; Cecil B. DeMille)
• The silent Don ( Tikhiy Don , Russian: Тихий Дон , USSR, 1957; director: Sergei Gerasimov , 340 min.)
• Ben Hur ( Ben Hur , USA, 1959; Director: William Wyler )
• Salomon and the Queen of Sheba ( Solomon and Sheba , 1959; directed by King Vidor )
• The last days of Pompeii ( Gli Ultimi giorni di Pompei , 1959; Director: Mario Bonnard )

1960-1969

• Austerlitz - the shine of an imperial crown ( Austerlitz , 1960; directed by Abel Gance )
• The Crusaders ( Krzyzacy , Poland, 1960; Director: Aleksander Ford )
• Spartacus ( Spartacus , USA, 1960; Director: Stanley Kubrick )
• Exodus ( Exodus , 1960; Director: Otto Preminger )
• King of Kings ( King of Kings , USA, 1961, directed by Nicholas Ray )
• El Cid ( El Cid , USA, 1961; Director: Anthony Mann )
• Barabbas ( Barabbas , Italy, 1961; Director: Richard Fleischer )
• Lawrence of Arabia ( Lawrence of Arabia , UK, 1962; Director: David Lean )
• The Longest Day ( The Longest Day , USA, 1962; Directors: Ken Annakin , Andrew Marton , Bernhard Wicki , Darryl F. Zanuck )
• Das Was der Wilde Westen ( How the West Was Won , USA, 1962; Directors: Henry Hathaway , John Ford , George Marshall , Richard Thorpe )
• 55 Days at Peking ( 55 Days at Peking , 1963; Director: Nicholas Ray )
• Cleopatra ( Cleopatra , USA, 1963; directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz , Rouben Mamoulian )
• Kings of the Sun ( Kings of the Sun , USA, 1963, directed by J. Lee Thompson)
• The Fall of the Roman Empire ( The Fall of the Roman Empire , USA, 1964, directed by Anthony Mann)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told ( The Greatest Story Ever Told , USA, 1965, directed by George Stevens )
• Doctor Zhivago ( Doctor Zhivago , USA, 1965; Director: David Lean)
• The Bible ( The Bible: In the Beginning ... , USA / Italy, 1966; Director: John Huston )
• Hawaii (USA, 1966; Director: George Roy Hill )
• Pharao (Poland, 1966; Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz )
• Khartoum (UK, 1966; Director: Basil Dearden )
• The Nibelungs (FRG, 1966/67, two parts; Director: Harald Reinl )
• Battle for Rome (Germany / Italy, 1968; director: Robert Siodmak )
• War and Peace ( Woina i mir , USSR, 1966–1967; Director: Sergei Bondarchuk )

1970-1979

• Patton - Rebel in Uniform ( Patton , USA, 1970; Director: Franklin J. Schaffner )
• Waterloo (Italy / Soviet Union, 1970; directed by Sergei Bondarchuk )
• Barry Lyndon (UK, 1975; Director: Stanley Kubrick)
• 1900 ( Novecento , Italy / France / Germany, 1976; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci )
• The Arnhem Bridge ( A Bridge Too Far , UK 1976; Director: Richard Attenborough)
• Jesus von Nazareth ( Jesus of Nazareth , Great Britain / Italy, 1977; Director: Franco Zeffirelli )
• Star Wars ( Star Wars , USA, 1977, directed by George Lucas )
• Apocalypse Now (USA, 1979; Director: Francis Ford Coppola )

1980-1989

• Heaven's Gate (USA, 1980; Director: Michael Cimino )
• Excalibur (USA / UK, 1981; Director: John Boorman )
• Clash of the Titans ( Clash Of The Titans , USA, 1981, directed by Desmond Davis )
• Reds (USA, 1981; Director: Warren Beatty )
• Gandhi (USA / UK / India, 1982; director: Richard Attenborough )
• The Desert Planet ( Dune , USA, 1984; Director: David Lynch )
• King David ( King David , UK / USA, 1984; Director: Bruce Beresford )
• Ran (Japan, 1985; Director: Akira Kurosawa )
• The Last Emperor ( The Last Emperor , Great Britain / France / Italy, 1987; Director: Bernardo Bertolucci)
• The French Revolution ( La Révolution française , France / Germany / Italy / Great Britain / Canada 1989; directed by Robert Enrico , Richard T. Heffron )

1990-1999

• 1492 - Conquering Paradise (France / Spain, 1992; directed by Ridley Scott)
• Gettysburg (USA, 1993; Director: Ronald F. Maxwell )
• The Bartholomew Night ( La rein Margot , Germany / France / Italy, 1994; directed by Patrice Chéreau )
• Braveheart (USA, 1995; directed by Mel Gibson )
• Titanic (US, 1997; James Cameron directed )
• Johanna von Orléans (France, 1999; Director: Luc Besson )

2000-2009

• Der Patriot ( The Patriot , USA, 2000; Director: Roland Emmerich )
• Gladiator (USA / UK / Malta / Morocco, 2000; directed by Ridley Scott )
• The Lord of the Rings ( The Lord of the Rings , three parts; USA / New Zealand, 2001–2003; Director: Peter Jackson )
• Last Samurai ( The Last Samurai , USA / New Zealand / Japan, 2003; Director: Edward Zwick )
• Gods and Generals ( Gods and Generals , USA, 2003; Director: Ronald F. Maxwell )
• Die Passion Christi ( The Passion of the Christ , USA / Italy, 2003/04; director: Mel Gibson)
• Troy ( Troy , USA / Malta / Great Britain, 2004; Director: Wolfgang Petersen )
• Alexander (USA / UK / Germany / Netherlands, 2004; director: Oliver Stone )
• Kingdom of Heaven ( Kingdom of Heaven , USA / Spain / UK / Germany, 2005, directed by Ridley Scott )
• Australia (USA / Australia, 2008; Director: Baz Luhrmann )
• Agora - The Pillars of Heaven ( Agora , Spain, 2009; Director: Alejandro Amenábar )

2010-2019

• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (US, 2010; directed by Mike Newell )
• Black Gold (France / Italy / Qatar / Tunisia, 2011; directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud )
• Lincoln (USA, 2012; Director: Steven Spielberg)
• The Hobbit (three parts; USA / New Zealand, 2012-2014; director: Peter Jackson )
• The Medicus (Germany, 2013; Director: Philipp Stölzl )
• Exodus: Gods and Kings (US / UK, 2014; Director: Ridley Scott)
• Pompeii (Canada / Germany, 2014; Director: Paul WS Anderson )