Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | 96 | 1 | - The greatest World War II film of all time. End of story. |
Gladiator | 2000 | 90 | 2 | - It's an action flick, it's an epic. It's one very awesome movie. |
Titanic | 1997 | 90 | 2 | |
Braveheart | 1995 | 87 | 4 | - This will stand for all time as the way historical epics SHOULD be made. |
Gettysburg | 1993 | 87 | 4 | - Gettysburg's real achievement is being so entertaining and accurate at the same time. Sure, some of the sappy bro-to-bro dialogue is embellished, but, let's face it:: that's not why you're coming to see this movie. |
Patriot, The | 2000 | 87 | 4 | - It's 120 CC's of patriotism for you to mainline and get high on nationhood. The usual historical accuracies aside, it's a fun story for history heads and action junkies alike. |
Gangs of New York | 2002 | 82 | 7 | - What stops it from being truly great are a few peculiar and unfortunate directorial choices. Given the simpleness of the times, you can't help but to feel that the film, at times, is overproduced. |
Gone with the Wind | 1939 | 81 | 8 | - After watching it, you'll wonder if anything truly good and pure can ever exist. |
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King | 2003 | 81 | 8 | - Epic in nearly every way...including runtime. |
King Kong (1933) | 1933 | 80 | 10 | - For it's time, it's nothing short of wonderous. |
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers | 2002 | 80 | 10 | - Some say this is the weakest of the trilogy, I say it's markedly better than the first. |
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 77 | 12 | - The visuals in Peter Jackson's first installment of this epic are breathtaking, but the film could've shed 30-60 minutes and been just as good or better. |
Dances with Wolves | 1990 | 70 | 13 | - It's sort of a 'Lawrence of Arabia' for the Western world. |
Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | 65 | 14 | - I like biopics as much as anyone, but 'Lawrence of Arabia' is and always will be overrated. There, I said it. |
300 | 2006 | 57 | 15 | - It's use for memes and satire is sadly its best quality. Homophobes will have a field day with this one. |
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The | 2014 | 56 | 16 | - The final half-hour or so is supposed to tie the film all-so-neatly into a prologue for 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. And in giving you that sense of nostalgia for the LOTR trilogy, you are reminded just how much inferior the 'Hobbit' movies are. |
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The (2013) | 2013 | 53 | 17 | - Just another sad reminder of just how much better the originally trilogy is. |
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The (2012) | 2012 | 50 | 18 | - Martin Freeman is the film's only saving grace and, to his credit, the only thing worth being in the same breath as the three first (erm, last?) movies. |
Noah | 2014 | 47 | 19 | - It's so utterly bizarre, it creates a new genre altogether: Sci-Fi Bible Fantasy |
Immortals | 2011 | 36 | 20 | - Imagine 300 with even less plot, poorer acting, and worse direction. |