Top 10 [EPIC] Civil war and Napoleonic era (1700-1899) massive land battles movie scenes

Waterloo is absolutely jaw dropping. They seriously don't make them like they used to. For better or worse.

You got to love the older war films, practical effects and every soldier an actual man in uniform, just so much grander and better than having to rely on CGI which tends to note age well at all and looks dated by the time it comes out.

Nobody could really equal the Waterloo-movie from 1970 until today....Its so intense and full of little details that its really umatched. A pity that there was never a directors cut or an extended version.

Waterloo. No CGI. Amazing

Imagine how GODDAM LOUD it would've been inside one of those ironclads..... :face-blue-wide-eyes:

Waterloo is one of my favourite war movies because of the sheer scale of the scenes and that everyone you see is an actor. I wouldn't be surprised if the number of actors are the same as the soldiers who took part in the wars.

The British uniform during the empire was just👌

The last samurai, one of my favourite movies, it has been a long time since I watched it.

Waterloo has 17000 Soviet Infantry and a Brigade of Cavalrymen as extras and it was filmed in Ukraine. No joke.

The way the ground rises with the underground detonation is astonishing.

Waterloo is an absolute visual phenomenon.

Loved all of these movies! Glory had the most amazing ending I have ever seen in a war movie. It was like seeing a classical painting in real time, merged with symphonic music, exploding out of violence with a horrible outcome.

The last samurai is my favorite Tom cruise movie

That ambush shot from last of the Mohicans (you know the one) is like a moving painting.

Wow... Thank you for this EPIC compilation!

i like how the horse in cold mountain who got knocked out just casually got up and walked away lol

Unfortunately, whenever we talk about greatest movies of all time, we all assume it’s got to be a Hollywood film. The same gentleman who directed Waterloo (Steiger is the best Napoleon ever) also directed possibly the greatest film (any genre) of all time. War and Peace 1966 was sponsored by the Soviet Union to show up Hollywood’s version in 1956 (Fonda and Hepburn). Director Sergei Bondarchuk (who also stars in the film) was given almost unlimited control to produce in my opinion, the finest pre CGI film period. Like the novel, the film is also quite long with heavy character build up between battles. The Borodino segment is the finest battle sequence of any war film….period. War and Peace in it’s entirety is a Soviet Masterpiece that can only be found on the Criterion channel.

I’ve seen Glory and it was a great movie out of all of these I’ve seen The battle of Crater more like the Massacre at the Crater cause Union soldiers got slaughtered And they were told by the General go around the crater don’t go into it which due to the damage being done at the crater the men were shocked had sympathy for the enemy and decided to help the wounded

Harder to find movies and scenes of this era so thanks for this !

Glory is the most epic civil war movie ever..change my mind