Movies Set in ancient times

Kinora's catalogue lists 15 films set in ancient times, spanning 1950–2009. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1968

  2001: A Space Odyssey

  Space · Africa — Ancient · Near Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2007

  300

  Sparta · Greece — Ancient
  Mountaindir. Zack Snyder
• 2009

  Agora

  Alexandria — Ancient
  Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar
• 1989

  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

  San Dimas · California — 1980s · Far Future · Ancient · Medieval · 1800s
  Suburbandir. Stephen Herek
• 2000

  Gladiator

  Rome — Ancient
  Urbandir. Ridley Scott
• 2002

  Hero

  China — Ancient
  Rural · Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
• 1981

  History of the World: Part I

  Rome · Paris · Spain — Ancient · Medieval · 1700s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Mel Brooks
• 1979

  Life of Brian

  Judea — Ancient
  Urban · Desertdir. Terry Jones
• 1950

  Rashomon

  Kyoto — Ancient
  Wildernessdir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1960

  Spartacus

  Rome — Ancient
  Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick
• 1988

  The Land Before Time

  Ancient
  Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth
• 1988

  The Last Temptation of Christ

  Jerusalem · Judea — Ancient
  Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese
• 2004

  The Passion of the Christ

  Jerusalem · Judea — Ancient
  Urban · Ruraldir. Mel Gibson
• 1998

  The Prince of Egypt

  Egypt — Ancient
  Desert · Urbandir. Simon Wells
• 2004

  Troy

  Troy · Greece — Ancient
  Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Wolfgang Petersen