A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen spectaculars from all sides, including the genre’s beginnings, literary adaptations, great epic directors and actors, the challenges of making big-budget movies, classic set-pieces and epic music scores. The special also looks at how the genre fell out of favor with audiences and filmmakers in the ‘70s and ‘80s, only to be reborn with more recent films like Gladiator, and Dances with Wolves trilogy. Throughout, the special is packed with classic scenes and behind-the-scenes images from such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), Samson & Delilah (1949), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), El Cid (1961), King of Kings (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965).

Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

A documentary chronicling the making of the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon."

How the play was adapted to Film

The second part about the production of "Raging Bull."

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."

Brian DePalma, Art Linson, Charles Martin Smith discussing "The Untouchables."

A documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion".

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film The Mask of Zorro (1998), including a brief history of the iconic character.

Keith Gordon discusses making Jaws 2.

Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.

An appreciation of Dressed to Kill by Keith Gordon

Filmmaker John Milius discusses David Lean's classic Academy Award winner "The Bridge on the River Kwai."

An archive documentary from 1996, directed by Laurent Bouzereau, tracing the production of the film through interviews with the filmmakers and special effects teams.

Cast and crew from "The Untouchables" share production stories.

The making of "The Andromeda Strain".

A retrospective of "E.T.," featuring a cast reunion and a look at the making of the 20th anniversary edition of the film.

Exploring the edits to receive an R rating from the MPAA.

A documentary on the making of one of the greatest films ever made, filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew and never-before-seen footage.

Clint Eastwood tells us how he yearned to be a director from the time he was on "Rawhide" to finally obtaining the approval of his mentor, Don Siegel. He then asked Lew R. Wasserman, a Universal executive, if he could direct a story called "Play Misty For Me." Lew said yes but that he wouldn't be paid as the director. Clint agreed and began to locate the cast and crew he desired.