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* ''TheAlamo'' (both the 1960 John Wayne directed version and the 2003 version with Billy Bob Thorton as Davy Crockett.

* ''TheAlamo'' (both the 1960 JohnWayne directed version and the 2003 version with Billy Bob Thorton as DavyCrockett.

* ''The Alamo'' (both the 1960 JohnWayne directed version and the 2003 version with Billy Bob Thorton as DavyCrockett.
* ''Alexander''

* ''TheAlamo'' (both the 1960 JohnWayne directed version and the 2003 version with Billy Bob Thorton as DavyCrockett.
* ''{{Alexander}}''

* ''TheBigTrail'' The 1930 epic western that was supposed to turn JohnWayne into a star but instead stalled his career until ''StageCoach'' nine years later.

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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', taken as one film, is nine and a half hours long. The extended editions are more than eleven.
* ''[[TheMatrix The Matrix Revolutions]]'' more so than the original movie, which was an origin / setpiece.

Despite the name, a DisasterMovie or [[{{Kaiju}} monster thriller]] such as ''JurassicPark'' is a type of SummerBlockbuster that is ''not'' an example of an EpicMovie, unless it counts on other grounds. If it's "epic" purely in the TotallyRadical sense, it could be an "event movie" due to visuals alone, but not this. These are event films by ''definition'' due to subject matter that merely demands such treatment.

Not all OscarBait is this: many great auteur films are nonetheless, ''totally'' not epic. A period drama may count, if it involves [[StuffBlowingUp a war]] at [[DuringTheWar some point]], but probably not a dark drama about the mind of a killer or three generations of people living under one roof. [[ShapedLikeItself Epicosity must ensue]] at some point.

Despite the name, a DisasterMovie or [[{{Kaiju}} monster]] thriller such as ''JurassicPark'' is an example of a SummerBlockbuster that is ''not'' an example of an EpicMovie, unless it counts on other grounds such as a huge cast or grueling location shooting. If it's "epic" in the TotallyRadical sense due to [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome visuals alone]], it could be called an "event movie", but these are event films by ''definition'' due to subject matter that merely demands such treatment.

Despite the name, a DisasterMovie or [[{{Kaiju}} monster]] thriller such as ''JurassicPark'' is an example of a SummerBlockbuster that is ''not'' an example of an EpicMovie, unless it counts on other grounds such as a huge cast or grueling location shooting. If it's only "[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome epic]]" in the TotallyRadical sense, it could be an "event movie" due to visuals alone, but these are event films by ''definition'', due to subject matter that merely demands such treatment.

Despite the name, a DisasterMovie or effects-based thriller such as ''JurassicPark'' is an example of a SummerBlockbuster that is ''not'' an example of this trope, unless it counts here on other grounds, of course. If they're big primarily for effects, but not "epic" except in the [[TotallyRadical Bill And Ted]] sense, they might be called "event movies". These films, however, are event movies by ''definition''.

* ''PrincessMononoke'' is probably {{Anime}}'s biggest example to date.

* ''PrincessMononoke''

* ''[[TheMatrix The Matrix Revolutions]]'' more so than the original movie, albeit less critically well-received.

* ''TheAlamo'' (both the 1960 JohnWayne directed version and the 2003 version with BillyBobThorton as DavyCrockett.

* ''{{JFK}}''

* ''TheMatrix'' wasn't the largest movie ever made, but the sequels were pretty huge.

* ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''

* ''StarWars''
** [-''Episode IV - ANewHope''-]
** [-''Episode V - TheEmpireStrikesBack''-]
** [-''Episode VI - ReturnOfTheJedi''-]
** [-''Episode I - ThePhantomMenace''-]
** [-''Episode II - AttackOfTheClones''-]
** [-''Episode III - RevengeOfTheSith''-]

* ''{{Tron}}'', which was basically ''BenHur'' [[RecycledInSpace In]] [[InsideAComputerSystem A]] [[{{Cyberspace}} Computer]].
* ''TronLegacy'' debatably fits this trope as well.

Also not to be confused with the SeltzerAndFriedberg movie ''Film/EpicMovie'', which parodies this genre.

{{Epic Movie}}s are ''movie'' movies. These movies are what make Hollywood ''Hollywood''. These movies are so big they need ''italic emphasis''. These movies are what we think of when we think of the stars getting out of limousines to walk down red carpets while being shot by the paparazzi and entering rooms with grand staircases and lit by chandeliers. The grand, gigantic, sweeping, glossy, flamboyant spectacles that define and are the triumphs of the film industry. The scope of these Greatest Stories Ever Filmed and the amount of time and money invested in them means that only one comes along every few years. 5 years in the making! 3-and-a-half hours long! Two {{intermission}}s! $200,000,000 budget! 50,000 cast members! A+ list actors! OscarBait to the core! These are the ''[[WarAndPeace War and Peaces]]'' and ''[[MobyDick Moby Dicks]]'' of cinema. If they were books, they'd be [[{{Doorstopper}} Doorstoppers]]. (And if they're adapted from books, said books normally ''are'' Doorstoppers.)

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