roman movies

i would prefer to watch a movie set in the roman ages. could anyone specify me one to watch?

Gladiator.

The Asterix and Obelix movies Asterix and Obelix is genius...

I also saw a movie some time ago, The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and it starred the dude playing Ben Kenobi in Star Wars: a New Hope as Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Badass emperor! Old films such as this one tend to be long-winded though.

Edit: You could also watch some good series like HBO Rome, or I, Claudius.

thanks, are there any movies about ceasar that is not the HBO rome? or hannibal?

Etiher some Epic movies like Alexander, Cleopatra, Fall of the Roman Empire, Ben Hur or Gladiator.
And some others like the Attila-miniseries or Agora. Aside from them I cannot think about much movies. Seems not a very popular era for movies.

But there are also some very good documentaries. Just search at youtube.

p.s. and yes, the Asterix and Obelix movies are genius.
Atleast the second and the third (about Cleopatra and the Olympic Games). The first was only average.

I saw a good movie on netflix the a while ago; it was calles centurion. It is a survival story set in the timeframe of the empire in germania right after tuetoburg forest (spelling?). Pretty good story.

Quo Vadis and Ben Hur are the best.

Quo Vadis? Was this the movie with emperor Nero and the slaughtering of the Christians in the Arena?
If yes, than you are correct - one of the best old movies I have seen so far.

Gladiator (my favourite movie of all time)
The Eagle
Centurion
Agora
Spartacus (2004)
Druids a.k.a. Vercengetorix a.k.a. The Gaul
The Last Legion
Hannibal: Rome's worst nightmare

King Arthur
For a somewhat late roman empire mood.

Empire.
Not quite historical, but very good entertainment.

Abd this little classic: Life of Brian

Originally Posted by MortenJessen

Abd this little classic: Life of Brian

Hahaha beat me to it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...n_ancient_Rome

Here is a Wikipedia list, not sure how accurate it is, but it should give you a good starting point.

I recently watched a movie called "Caesar." It was made in 2002 and I have to admit, it was pretty good, apart from the few historical inaccuracies. I liked this movie because Caesar is probably one of my favorite Roman leader.

Thread moved to the arts forum.

Originally Posted by Ishan

Thread moved to the arts forum.

Why?? It is closer to RTW general discussion, as it goes on movies regarding Rome....... Not movies in general, nor the real qualities of those..........

Originally Posted by MortenJessen

Why?? It is closer to RTW general discussion, as it goes on movies regarding Rome....... Not movies in general, nor the real qualities of those..........

It's about movies set in Rome. RTW is about the video game Rome Total War. It is more appropriate for The Arts as he is asking for movies.

Julius Caesar (1953)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045943/
costumes and armour aren't that good, but it has great actors.