# The greatest epic films according to AFI

From Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur to Schindler's List, Gone with the Wind, Titanic and Saving Private Ryan: the ten greatest American epics in AFI's 10 Top 10 (2008).

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- Jun 6, 2019 · Sebastian Wagner
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## Top 10

1. **Gone with the Wind (1939)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Victor Fleming. Scarlett O'Hara and the American Civil War.
2. **Ben-Hur (1959)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — William Wyler. Charlton Heston and the chariot race. Eleven Oscars.
3. **Spartacus (1960)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Stanley Kubrick. Kirk Douglas leads the slave revolt.
4. **Titanic (1997)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — James Cameron. Jack, Rose and the 1912 sinking.
5. **All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lewis Milestone. From Erich Maria Remarque's First World War novel.
6. **Saving Private Ryan (1998)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Steven Spielberg. A squad looks for one soldier after D-Day.
7. **Lawrence of Arabia (1962)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — David Lean. Peter O'Toole as T. E. Lawrence in the desert. Number one.
8. **Reds (1981)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Warren Beatty. John Reed and the Russian Revolution.
9. **Schindler's List (1993)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Steven Spielberg. The industrialist who saved more than a thousand Jews.
10. **The Ten Commandments (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cecil B. DeMille. Charlton Heston as Moses.

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