Movies: 1st century

  • 1916
    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.01916HD

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history....

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  • 2006
    Asterix and the Vikings

    Asterix and the Vikings (2006)

    Asterix and the Vikings

    6.12006HD

    Asterix and Obelix have been given a tough mission: Transform the chief's lazy nephew Justforkix into a warrior. When the Vikings abduct him and bring him back to their homeland, Asterix and Obelix must travel to Norway to rescue Justforkix....

    Asterix and the Vikings
  • 1967
    Asterix the Gaul

    Asterix the Gaul (1967)

    Asterix the Gaul

    6.51967HD

    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...

    Asterix the Gaul
  • 1953
    The Robe

    The Robe (1953)

    The Robe

    6.71953HD

    Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visi...

    The Robe
  • 1961
    Barabbas

    Barabbas (1961)

    Barabbas

    6.81961HD

    Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to th...

    Barabbas
  • 1972
    Antony and Cleopatra

    Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

    Antony and Cleopatra

    5.61972HD

    Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen...

    Antony and Cleopatra
  • 2019
    Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

    Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019)

    Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

    5.22019HD

    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 i...

    Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
  • 2012
    Gladiators of Rome

    Gladiators of Rome (2012)

    Gladiators of Rome

    5.72012HD

    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...

    Gladiators of Rome
  • 2006
    The Nativity Story

    The Nativity Story (2006)

    The Nativity Story

    72006HD

    Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in ...

    The Nativity Story
  • 1925
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    7.31925HD

    Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as...

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • 1954
    Demetrius and the Gladiators

    Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

    Demetrius and the Gladiators

    6.51954HD

    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 Dem...

    Demetrius and the Gladiators
  • 1969
    Satyricon

    Satyricon (1969)

    Satyricon

    6.71969HD

    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...

    Satyricon
  • 2005
    St. Peter

    St. Peter (2005)

    St. Peter

    6.32005HD

    Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost, Saul's conversion, the decision to baptize pagans, and the Ap...

    St. Peter
  • 1964
    Carry On Cleo

    Carry On Cleo (1964)

    Carry On Cleo

    6.51964HD

    Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Roya...

    Carry On Cleo
  • 2000
    Saint Paul

    Saint Paul (2000)

    Saint Paul

    6.82000HD

    A biblical epic from the Book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering his conversion from Saul of Tarsus to his ministry to the Gentiles....

    Saint Paul
  • 1994
    The Lovers

    The Lovers (1994)

    The Lovers

    71994HD

    In 3A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but handsome and industrious young man....

    The Lovers
  • 1959
    The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)

    The Last Days of Pompeii

    6.21959HD

    Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt....

    The Last Days of Pompeii
  • 1932
    The Sign of the Cross

    The Sign of the Cross (1932)

    The Sign of the Cross

    6.11932HD

    A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero....

    The Sign of the Cross
  • 2003
    Boudica

    Boudica (2003)

    Boudica

    4.82003HD

    The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest women warriors. Sickened by ceaseless war, the king of the Iceni accepts a treaty with the Romans in exchange for his tribe’s continued independence. But oppr...

    Boudica
  • 2013
    Caligula with Mary Beard

    Caligula with Mary Beard (2013)

    Caligula with Mary Beard

    7.62013HD

    What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical ...

    Caligula with Mary Beard