I would say Waterloo (1970) is very close to that never-made epic Napoleon film, though it only focuses on one event. The film employed an army of around 15000

I would say Waterloo (1970) is very close to that never-made epic Napoleon film, though it only focuses on one event. The film employed an army of around 15000 extras and 2000 horses, remodeled the entire landscape required for the battle, including transplanting a forest, etc. The scope is certainly more narrow than an all-encompassing biopic, but is that a bad thing? To me, the direction and cinematography are good, but of course not Kubrick-level, because nothing is.