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"Old" is so relative. "Old" epics would include Quo Vadis (1913) and Intolerence (1916) and Ben-Hur (1925). See those and see what you think.
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When people say "old epics" I tend to think of things along the lines of The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, or Cleopatra. Some of those can suffer from obvious soundstage work, though.

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Old epic???? My favorite epic about a gladiator is 'Spartacus' (1960) with Kirk Douglas in the title role. For me it is superior to 'Gladiator' especially because I am not overfond of the CGI that is so prominent in 'Gladiator' even though it is a good movie.
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Dude, when I read your title I was like, "Old?" But I guess 22 years and 17 years would be old to some people.
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It's evident I'm in the minority here and maybe I need to re-watch Gladiator again. But I've tried watching it on 2 different occasions and both times I'm unable to see what everyone else saw in this movie. In my opinion, it was not the best movie of the year it was released. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was much better. Crowe was certainly not the best actor that year (or any year for that matter). When will the movie industry, in my opinion, realize this man cannot act?? I guess the academy just didn't want Hanks to win for Cast Away, for whatever reason.

I always like The Patriot with Mel Gibson.
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Spartacus, Ben-Hur

I was liking "The Last Samurai" until that cheesy ending. Cruise's character needed to die.

The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Saving Private Ryan
And the Director's Cut of Kingdom of Heaven.

I don't think it's helpful to discuss which suggested movies are good or bad The OP asked for epic films, and our tastes will differ.
So I'd agree on
Ben-Hur
, for the sea battle and chariot race scenes, if nothing else.
Also, you might enjoy some foreign films such as Kurosawa's
Ran
(a retelling of King Lear) and
Jodhaa Akbar
from India.
The War of the Arrows
from Korea is epic too.

Braveheart may have been riddled with inaccuracies but damn was it entertaining.
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How does Ben-Hur not belong?
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Ben-Hur
Ten Commandments
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Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut)

Spartacus

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut, preferably)
The Last of the Mohicans
Alexander (great production value and quite entertaining for the hammy acting)
Michael Kohlhaas (known in the U.S. by the silly title Age of Uprising) is an excellent period film in the same vein as Roy Roy and Braveheart, albeit smaller in scale.
There are also lots of great classic period action films (The Duellists [1977]) and foreign ones of all ages (from Seven Samurai [1954] to 13 Assassins [2013]).

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