Watch Andrei Rublev

Lean's Russian Revolution romance, the ice palace and "Lara's Theme".

Tarkovsky's sentient ocean planet and a cosmonaut's dead wife returning; the Soviet 2001.

Three men enter the Zone where wishes come true; Tarkovsky's slow masterpiece.

A 12-year-old scout on the Eastern Front; Tarkovsky's first film and the dream sequences.

Watch Spartacus, the 1960 epic historical drama directed by Stanley Kubrick (the film is often incorrectly attributed to David Lynch; it stars Kirk Douglas as the Thracian gladiator who leads a slave revolt against the Roman Republic). The film is famous for its massive battle scenes, the iconic 'I am Spartacus' sequence, and a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo (a blacklisted writer who received credit, helping break the Hollywood blacklist).

Burt Lancaster as a Sicilian prince watching his world end, and Visconti's hour-long ball.

The novelist takes on the Dreyfus affair; the first biopic to win.

Thomas More refuses to bless Henry VIII's divorce and pays with his head.