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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny(2023)

2h 22min | Adventure, Action
3.3/5 (with 1,034 votes)

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Directed by James Mangold - With Harrison Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, Boyd Holbrook, ...

Ben-Hur(1959)

3h 42min | Action, Drama, History
3.9/5 (with 1,144 votes)

In 25 AD,Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners. Three years later and freed by a grateful Roman galley commander whom he has rescued from drowning, he becomes an expert charioteer for Rome, all the while plotting to return to Judea, find and rescue his family, and avenge himself on his former friend. All the while, the form and work of Jesus move in the background of his life...

Directed by William Wyler - With Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, ...
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Caligula(1979)

18
| 2h 36min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 326 votes)

The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.

Directed by Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione - With Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy, Giancarlo Badessi, ...

Spartacus(1960)

13
| 3h 17min | History, War, Drama, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 914 votes)

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick - With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, ...

Ben-Hur(2016)

Κ-15
| 2h 5min | Action, History, Adventure, Drama
2.9/5 (with 765 votes)

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov - With Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Morgan Freeman, Pilou Asbæk, ...
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Cleopatra(1963)

4h 8min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 303 votes)

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz - With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Hume Cronyn, ...
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Quo Vadis(1951)

2h 51min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 164 votes)

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy - With Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Leo Genn, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, ...

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra(2002)

1h 48min | Kids & Family, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 1,486 votes)

The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bets against the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, that her people are still great, even if the times of the Pharaohs has long passed. She vows (against all logic) to build a new palace for Caesar within three months. Since all her architects are either busy otherwise or too conservative in style, this ambivalent honor falls to Edifis. He is to build the palace and be covered in gold or, if not, his fate is to be eaten by crocodiles. Edifis calls upon an old friend to help him out: The fabulous Druid Getafix from Gaul, who brews a fantastic potion that gives supernatural strength. In order to help and protect the old Druid, Asterix and Obelix accompany him on his journey to Egypt. When Julius Caesar gets wind of the project succeeding, he has the building site attacked by his troops in order to win the bet and not lose face. But just like the local pirates, he hasn't counted on Asterix and Obelix.

Directed by Alain Chabat - With Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci, Alain Chabat, Claude Rich, ...

The Robe(1953)

2h 15min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 96 votes)

Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.

Directed by Henry Koster - With Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, Dean Jagger, ...
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Centurion(2010)

16
| 1h 37min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.1/5 (with 607 votes)

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.

Directed by Neil Marshall - With Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke, Liam Cunningham, David Morrissey, ...

Hail, Caesar!(2016)

Κ
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 1,731 votes)

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - With Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, ...
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Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar(1999)

1h 49min | Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 804 votes)

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.

Directed by Claude Zidi - With Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni, Michel Galabru, Claude Piéplu, Daniel Prévost, ...
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Asterix vs. Caesar(1985)

1h 19min | Comedy, Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
3.2/5 (with 241 votes)

Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...

Directed by Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi

The Last Legion(2007)

13
| 1h 42min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
2.8/5 (with 376 votes)

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

Directed by Doug Lefler - With Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd, ...

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix(1976)

1h 22min | Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 525 votes)

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".

Directed by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Henri Gruel, Pierre Watrin

Asterix the Gaul(1967)

1h 8min | Kids & Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 297 votes)

In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.

Directed by Ray Goossens, René Goscinny

The Eagle(2011)

13
| 1h 54min | Adventure, Drama
3.1/5 (with 573 votes)

In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald - With Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Denis O'Hare, ...

Fellini Satyricon(1969)

2h 4min | Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 140 votes)

After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.

Directed by Federico Fellini - With Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Salvo Randone, Max Born, Magali Noël, Capucine, ...

The Apocalypse(2000)

3h | Fantasy, Drama, History
2.7/5 (with 12 votes)

While Emperor Domitian persecutes the Christians, the aged apostle John has prophetic visions.

Directed by Raffaele Mertes - With Richard Harris, Vittoria Belvedere, Benjamin Sadler, Christian Kohlund, Erol Sander, Bruce Payne, ...

Asterix Conquers America(1994)

1h 25min | Kids & Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 277 votes)

When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!

Directed by Gerhard Hahn

The Fall of the Roman Empire(1964)

12
| 3h 8min | Drama, History, War
3.3/5 (with 76 votes)

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.

Directed by Anthony Mann - With Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Mel Ferrer, ...

Julius Caesar(1953)

2h | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 82 votes)

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz - With Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien, Greer Garson, ...

Demetrius and the Gladiators(1954)

1h 41min | Adventure, History
3.4/5 (with 26 votes)

The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.

Directed by Delmer Daves - With Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, William Marshall, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft, ...

Spartacus(2004)

2h 54min | Action, Drama
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.

Directed by Robert Dornhelm - With Goran Višnjić, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, James Frain, ...

Julius Caesar(2002)

3h | War, Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 23 votes)

Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.

Directed by Uli Edel - With Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken, Valeria Golino, Chris Noth, Heino Ferch, ...

Caligula: The Untold Story(1982)

1h 49min | Drama, History, Horror
2.7/5 (with 18 votes)

The deranged Roman emperor Gainus 'Caligula' (Little Boots) Caesar (12-41 A.D.) rules Rome with an iron fist and has anyone tortured and exectued for even the slightest insubordination. Mostly set during his last year of his reign, as Caligula loses support due to his brutal and crazed excess, a young Moor woman, named Miriam, becomes his lover while ploting to kill him to avenge the murder of a friend which Caligula was responsible for. But Miriam is torn between her personal vandeda against Caligula and her own personal feelings towards him despite his madness and debauched lifestyle of orgies and bloody torture murders.

Directed by Joe D'Amato - With David Brandon, Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Michele Soavi, Mark Shannon

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ(1982)

1h 50min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 75 votes)

In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.

Directed by Jean Yanne - With Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, André Pousse, Daniel Emilfork, Daniel Laloux, ...

Titus(1999)

2h 42min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 113 votes)

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.

Directed by Julie Taymor - With Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Harry Lennix, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Rhys, ...

Gladiators of Rome(2012)

1h 34min | Animation, Kids & Family
2.8/5 (with 63 votes)

A new hero is born in this hilarious, animated adventure of epic proportions! Timo, a student at the Gladiators? Academy in Rome, has no desire to become a legendary gladiator like his stepfather. That is, until the mesmerizing Lucilla walks into his life. With the help of an unlikely band of sidekicks, Timo is determined to be the gladiator of her dreams and embarks on an action-packed journey to become the Colosseum?s first victor!

Directed by Iginio Straffi

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans(2019)

1h 32min | Comedy, Kids & Family
2.6/5 (with 28 votes)

Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.

Directed by Dominic Brigstocke - With Nick Frost, Kim Cattrall, Warwick Davis
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