Movies: 1st century
- 1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages7.01916HD
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history....
- 2006
Asterix and the Vikings (2006)
Asterix and the Vikings6.12006HD
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....
- 1967
Asterix the Gaul (1967)
Asterix the Gaul6.51967HD
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...
- 1953
The Robe (1953)
The Robe6.71953HD
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...
- 1961
Barabbas (1961)
Barabbas6.81961HD
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...
- 1972
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Antony and Cleopatra5.61972HD
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...
- 2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019)
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans5.22019HD
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...
- 2012
Gladiators of Rome (2012)
Gladiators of Rome5.72012HD
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...
- 2006
The Nativity Story (2006)
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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 ...
- 1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ7.31925HD
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...
- 1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators6.51954HD
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...
- 1969
Satyricon (1969)
Satyricon6.71969HD
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...
- 2005
St. Peter (2005)
St. Peter6.32005HD
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...
- 1964
Carry On Cleo (1964)
Carry On Cleo6.51964HD
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...
- 2000
Saint Paul (2000)
Saint Paul6.82000HD
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....
- 1994
The Lovers (1994)
The Lovers71994HD
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....
- 1959
The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
The Last Days of Pompeii6.21959HD
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....
- 1932
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Sign of the Cross6.11932HD
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero....
- 2003
Boudica (2003)
Boudica4.82003HD
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...
- 2013
Caligula with Mary Beard (2013)
Caligula with Mary Beard7.62013HD
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 ...