This article lists films and tv shows set in ancient Greece, including Magna Graecia and Hellenistic kingdoms.
Title | Release date | Notes | |
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Amphitryon | 1935 | ||
Antigone | 1961 | ||
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops | 1961 | peplum film | |
Blood of Zeus | (2020-) | Chronicles the illegitimate Heron son of Zeus, a young man tasked with saving heaven and earth despite the interference of a vengeful goddess and her monstrous forces. | |
Clash of the Titans | 1981 | ||
Clash of the Titans | 2010 | ||
Colossus and the Amazon Queen | 1960 | peplum film | |
Electra | 1962 | ||
Gods School | (2018-) | Up there on Mount Olympus, a controversial young goddess tries to find her place among other gods and goddesses, until she meets a young Mortal. | |
Goliath and the Dragon | 1960 | peplum film | |
Helen of Troy | 1956 | ||
Helen of Troy | 2003 | ||
Helena | 1924 | ||
Hercules | 1958 | Its success paved the way for the dozens of 1960s peplum (or "sword and sandal") films | |
Hercules | 1983 | ||
Hercules | 1997 | Animated Disney film | |
Hercules | 2014 | ||
Iphigenia | 1977 | ||
Immortals | 2011 | ||
Jason and the Argonauts | 1963 | ||
Minotaur | 2006 | ||
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete | 1960 | peplum film | |
My Son, the Hero | 1962 | peplum film | |
Oedipus Rex | 1967 | ||
Rape of the Belt | 1964 | ||
Sköna Helena | 1951 | ||
The Bacchantes | 1961 | peplum film | |
The Fall of Troy | 1911 | the first known adaptation of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad. | |
The Fury of Achilles | 1962 | peplum film | |
The Giants of Thessaly | 1960 | ||
The Legend of Hercules | 2014 | ||
The Odyssey | 1968 | ||
The Odyssey | 1997 | ||
The Private Life of Helen of Troy | 1927 | ||
The Triumph of Hercules | 1964 | ||
The Trojan Horse | 1961 | peplum film | |
The Trojan Women | 1971 | peplum film | |
Troy | 2004 | ||
Ulysses | 1954 | ||
Vulcan, Son of Giove | 1962 | ||
Wrath of the Titans | 2012 |
Title | Release date | Notes | |
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300 | 2007 | ||
2014 | |||
The 300 Spartans | 1962 | ||
Atlas | 1961 | peplum film | |
Barefoot in Athens | 1966 | ||
Damon and Pythias | 1962 | ||
Gladiators Seven | 1964 | peplum film | |
Night in Paradise | 1946 | ||
Prologue | 2015 | ||
Socrates | 1971 | ||
The Giant of Marathon | 1959 | peplum film | |
The Goddess of Love | 1957 | peplum film | |
The Warrior Empress | 1960 | peplum film | |
Timon | 1973 |
Title | Release date | Notes | |
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Alexander | 2004 | ||
Alexander the Great | 1956 | ||
Cleopatra | 1963 | It chronicles the struggles of the young queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome. | |
Goliath and the Rebel Slave | 1963 | peplum film | |
1999 | |||
Sikandar | 1941 | ||
Slave Women of Corinth | 1958 | ||
The Centurion | 1961 | ||
The Colossus of Rhodes | 1961 | ||
The Old Testament | 1962 |