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  • Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)

    1. Spartacus

    19603h 17mPG-1387Metascore
    7.9 (148K)
    The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
    DirectorsStanley KubrickAnthony MannStarsKirk DouglasLaurence OlivierTony Curtis
  • Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)

    2. Alexander

    20042h 55mR40Metascore
    5.6 (181K)
    Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsColin FarrellAnthony HopkinsRosario Dawson
  • Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

    3. Kingdom of Heaven

    20052h 24mR63Metascore
    7.3 (335K)
    Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsOrlando BloomEva GreenLiam Neeson
  • Val Kilmer in The Prince of Egypt (1998)

    4. The Prince of Egypt

    19981h 39mPG64Metascore
    7.2 (155K)
    Egyptian Prince Moses learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.
    DirectorsBrenda ChapmanSteve HicknerSimon WellsStarsVal KilmerRalph FiennesMichelle Pfeiffer
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

    5. The Last Temptation of Christ

    19882h 44mR80Metascore
    7.5 (66K)
    The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsWillem DafoeHarvey KeitelBarbara Hershey
  • Jim Caviezel in The Passion of the Christ (2004)

    6. The Passion of the Christ

    20042h 7mR47Metascore
    7.3 (264K)
    Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsJim CaviezelMonica BellucciMaia Morgenstern
  • Macbeth (1971)

    7. Macbeth

    19712h 20mR
    7.4 (16K)
    A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJon FinchFrancesca AnnisMartin Shaw
  • Toshirô Mifune and Isuzu Yamada in Throne of Blood (1957)

    8. Throne of Blood

    19571h 50mNot Rated
    8.0 (58K)
    A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu Yamada
  • Ikiru (1952)

    9. Ikiru

    19522h 23mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.3 (97K)
    A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi Himori
  • The Idiot (1951)

    10. The Idiot

    19512h 46mNot Rated
    7.1 (6K)
    A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsSetsuko HaraMasayuki MoriToshirô Mifune
  • Alexander Nevsky (1938)

    11. Alexander Nevsky

    19381h 52mNot Rated
    7.5 (13K)
    The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
    DirectorsSergei EisensteinDmitriy VasilevStarsNikolay CherkasovNikolai OkhlopkovAndrei Abrikosov
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)

    12. Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    19441h 35mNot Rated
    7.7 (11K)
    During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
    DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsNikolay CherkasovLyudmila TselikovskayaSerafima Birman
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946)

    13. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    19461h 28mNot Rated
    7.7 (8.4K)
    As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
    DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsNikolay CherkasovSerafima BirmanPavel Kadochnikov
  • Ran (1985)

    14. Ran

    19852h 40mR97Metascore
    8.2 (145K)
    In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi Nezu
  • Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in The Lion in Winter (1968)

    15. The Lion in Winter

    19682h 14mPG
    7.8 (36K)
    1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.
    DirectorAnthony HarveyStarsPeter O'TooleKatharine HepburnAnthony Hopkins
  • Brad Pitt, Sean Bean, Saffron Burrows, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger, and Garrett Hedlund in Troy (2004)

    16. Troy

    20042h 43mR56Metascore
    7.3 (595K)
    An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsBrad PittEric BanaOrlando Bloom
  • Ben Affleck, Jodi Benson, and James Eckhouse in Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

    17. Joseph: King of Dreams

    20001h 14mUnratedVideo
    6.5 (15K)
    A prophet who has the ability to interpret dreams is sold into slavery in Egypt, where people learn of his gifts.
    DirectorsRob LaDucaRobert C. RamirezStarsBen AffleckMark HamillRichard Herd
  • Brad Pitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Frank Welker in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

    18. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

    20031h 26mPG48Metascore
    6.7 (62K)
    The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
    DirectorsPatrick GilmoreTim JohnsonStarsBrad PittCatherine Zeta-JonesJoseph Fiennes
  • James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)

    19. Hercules

    19971h 33mG74Metascore
    7.3 (269K)
    The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
    DirectorsRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsTate DonovanSusan EganJames Woods
  • Chi-Raq (2015)

    20. Chi-Raq

    20152h 7mR77Metascore
    5.9 (11K)
    A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.
    DirectorSpike LeeStarsNick CannonTeyonah ParrisWesley Snipes
  • Henning Baum in Sexstreik! (2010)

    21. Sexstreik!

    20101h 32mTV Movie
    4.3 (51)
    The film comedy is loosely based on the motifs of the ancient comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
    DirectorThomas NennstielStarsElena UhligHenning BaumChantal Hourticolon
  • Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, and Barry Keoghan in The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

    22. The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    20172h 1mR73Metascore
    7.0 (205K)
    Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
    DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsBarry G. BernsonHerb CaillouetBill Camp
  • Danila Kozlovsky in Viking (2016)

    23. Viking

    20162h 22mNot Rated
    4.6 (5.3K)
    Kievan Rus, late 10th century. After the death of his father, the young Viking prince Vladimir of Novgorod is forced into exile across the frozen sea.
    DirectorAndrey KravchukStarsDanila KozlovskySvetlana KhodchenkovaMaksim Sukhanov
  • Robert Patrick, Tommy Flanagan, John Wynn, Poppy Drayton, Tserenbold Tsegmid, and Alex MacNicoll in The Rising Hawk (2019)

    24. The Rising Hawk

    20192h 5mNot Rated
    5.8 (4.9K)
    The Mongol Empire had grown to the largest the world had ever known. Its armies now laid siege to much of Eastern Europe. A small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains.
    DirectorsJohn WynnAkhtem SeitablaevStarsRobert PatrickTommy FlanaganPoppy Drayton
  • Irene Bedard, John Kassir, Judy Kuhn, and Frank Welker in Pocahontas (1995)

    25. Pocahontas

    19951h 21mG59Metascore
    6.7 (211K)
    An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth century Virginia.
    DirectorsMike GabrielEric GoldbergStarsMel GibsonLinda HuntChristian Bale

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