Ancient Rome in Fiction - Movies

Movies

  • Quo Vadis - U.S. 1951 director Mervyn LeRoy
  • The Robe - U.S. 1953 director Henry Koster
  • Demetrius and the Gladiators - U.S. 1954 director Delmer Daves (sequel to The Robe)
  • Jupiter's Darling - U.S. 1955 director George Sidney, based on a play by Robert E. Sherwood
  • Ben-Hur - U.S. 1959 director William Wyler
  • Spartacus - U.S. 1960 director Stanley Kubrick
  • King of Kings - U.S. 1961 director Nicholas Ray
  • Cleopatra - U.S. 1963 director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire - U.S. 1964 director Anthony Mann
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told - U.S. 1965 director George Stevens
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - U.S. 1966 director Richard Lester
  • Satyricon - Italy 1970 director Federico Fellini
  • Jesus Christ Superstar - U.S. 1973 director Norman Jewison
  • Sebastiane - UK 1976 director Derek Jarman
  • Caligula - U.S. 1979 director Tinto Brass
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian - U.K. 1979 director Terry Jones
  • History of the World Part 1 - U.S. 1981 director Mel Brooks
  • The Last Temptation of Christ - U.S. 1988 director Martin Scorsese
  • Titus - U.S. 1999 director Julie Taymor
  • Gladiator - U.S. 2000 director Ridley Scott
  • Quo Vadis - Polish/U.S. 2001 director Jerzy Kawalerowicz, remake of 1951 film
  • King Arthur - U.S. 2004 director Antoine Fuqua
  • The Passion of the Christ - U.S. 2004 director Mel Gibson
  • The Nativity Story - U.S. 2006 director Catherine Hardwicke
  • Agora - Spain 2009 director Alejandro Amenábar
  • Centurion - UK 2010 director Neil Marshall
  • The Eagle - UK 2011 director Kevin Macdonald

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