Era
Ancient Era Movies
Films set in classical antiquity and earlier — empire, myth, and the logistics of spectacle before gunpowder.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Ben-Hur
William Wyler · 1959
Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick · 1960
Gladiator
Ridley Scott · 2000
The Ten Commandments
Cecil B. DeMille · 1956
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