HISTORICAL MOVIES
ANCIENT TIMES |
The Bible |
4000 bc |
John Huston, George C. Scott |
Bible stories from the Book of Genesis |
In the Beginning |
2000 bc |
Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset |
Bible stories from Genesis and Exodus |
Noah's Ark |
2000 bc |
Noah |
Story of Noah and his Ark |
The Land of the Pharaohs |
2500 bc |
Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins |
Pharaoh Khufu and the Great Pyramid |
Pyramid |
2500 bc |
David MaCaulay |
Building of the Great Pyramid |
Abraham |
1600 bc |
Richard Harris, Barbara Hershey |
Life of Abraham, the journey |
Jacob |
1500 bc |
Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle |
Life of Jacob including wrestling with Angel |
Joseph |
1500 bc |
Ben Kingsley |
Life of Joseph, slavery in Egypt |
Joseph: King of Dreams |
1500 bc |
Ben Affeleck |
Life of Joseph animated, slavery in Egypt |
The Egyptian |
1300 bc |
Jean Simmons / Peter Ustinov |
Akenaton's Monotheism vs. Tradition |
Pharaoh |
1200 bc |
Jerzy Zelnik / Barbara Brylska |
A tale of Egypt from the time of Ramses |
The Ten Commandments |
1200 bc |
C. Heston,Yul Brenner,Anne Baxter |
Life of Moses, story of Exodus |
The Prince of Egypt |
1200 bc |
Val Kilmer,S. Bullock,Patrick Stewart |
Animated story of Moses and Exodus |
Samson and Delilah |
1000 bc |
Elizabeth Hurley, Dennis Hopper |
The warrior finds his weakness |
David |
900 bc |
Lenord Nimoy, Nathanial Parker |
Life of the King of Israel |
King David |
900 bc |
Richard Gere |
Life of the King of Israel |
David and Bathsheba |
900 bc |
Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward |
The Great Affair |
Solomon |
900 bc |
Ben Cross, Vivica A. Fox |
Life of the great king Solomon of Israel |
Solomon and Sheba |
900 bc |
Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida |
The visit of the Queen to Solomon's court |
The Story of Ruth |
500 bc |
Elani Eden |
Life of Ruth of the Bible, Jesus' relative |
Jeremiah |
500 bc |
P. Dempsey, Klaus M. Brandauer |
Life of Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar |
Esther |
400 bc |
Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham |
Life of Esther, who saved the Jews |
CLASSICAL GREECE |
The Clash of the Titans |
1500 bc |
Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier |
Greco-Roman mythological fantasy |
Hercules |
1400 bc |
Disney |
Mythological figure of Hercules, animated |
Jason and the Argonauts |
1200 bc |
Nobody Important |
Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece |
Troy |
1200 bc |
Brad Pitt |
Story of the Trojan War |
Helen of Troy |
1200 bc |
Sienna Guillory |
The face that launched a thousand ships |
The Trojan Women |
1180 bc |
Katherine Hepburn, V. Redgrave |
Story of women after the fall of Troy |
Ulysses |
1180 bc |
Kirk Douglas |
Homer's famous epic of Odysseus' trip |
The Odyssey |
1180 bc |
Nobody Important |
Homer's famous epic |
The 300 Spartans |
480 bc |
Richard Egan |
Heroic stand of Sparta against the Persia |
Barefoot In Athens |
400 bc |
Peter Ustinov |
Life and death of Socrates |
In the Footsteps of Alexander |
330 bc |
Documentary |
Alexander's conquest of Asia and Egypt |
Alexander |
330 bc |
Val Kilmer,C. Farell,Angelina Jolie |
Alexander's conquest of Asia and Egypt |
Asoka |
250 bc |
Shah Rukh Khan |
Rise to power of India's greatest ruler |
CLASSICAL ROME |
Spartacus |
70 bc |
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier |
Story of the great slave revolt against Rome |
Cleopatra |
50 bc |
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton |
Life of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt |
Caesar |
50 bc |
Marlon Brando / Charlton Heston |
Life and death of Julius Caesar, emperor of Rome |
Roman City |
27 bc |
David MaCaulay |
The building of a Roman city in conquered Gaul |
Ben Hur |
20 |
Charlton Heston |
Story of a Jewish nobleman in the time of Christ |
King of Kings |
20 |
Jeffery Hunter |
Life of Jesus Christ |
The Passion of the Christ |
30 |
Mel Gibson, James Caviezel |
Last days in the life of Jesus Christ |
The Robe |
35 |
Richard Burton, Jean Simmons |
Story of the robe Jesus wore when he was crucified |
Caligula |
40 |
Malcolm McDowell, Peter o' Toole |
Life of the decadent Roman Emperor |
Peter and Paul |
60 |
Anthony Hopkins, Raymond Burr |
Saint Peter and Saint Paul spreading the Word |
Quo Vadis |
60 |
Robert Taylor, Peter Ustinov |
Rome in the time of Nero and St. Peter |
Sign of the Cross |
60 |
Fredric March, Elissa Landi |
Nero's general falls in love with a Christian girl |
Masada |
70 |
Peter o'Toole |
Roman attack on Judea, scattering of Jew diaspora |
The Last Days of Pompeii |
79 |
Steve Reeves |
Roman legionaire revenges his father death |
Fall of the Roman Empire |
180 |
Sophia Loren, C. Plummer |
Transition between Marcus and Commodus, decline |
Gladiator |
180 |
Russell Crowe, Richard Harris |
Beginning of decline after Marcus, Maximus's story |
Atilla |
450 |
Zowers Boothe, Tim Curry |
How the Huns helped to destroy the Empire |
My favorite movies here are The Clash of the Titans, Spartacus, Quo Vadis, Gladiator, Fall of the Roman empire and probably the best of all Ben Hur.