List of films set in ancient Greece

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This article lists films, tv shows, and video games set in ancient Greece, including Magna Graecia and Hellenistic kingdoms.

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Bronze Age and mythistoricals

TitleRelease dateNotes
Amphitryon 1935
Antigone 1961
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops 1961 peplum film
Atlantis 2013-2015the show, submarine pilot Jason washes up on the shores of legendary Atlantis and must navigate the powerful leaders of the mythological realm.
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 School2018-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 1958Its success paved the way for the dozens of 1960s peplum (or "sword and sandal") films
Hercules 1983
Hercules 1997Animated 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
The Return 2024The film is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey
Sköna Helena 1951
The Bacchantes 1961 peplum film
The Fall of Troy 1911the 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

Classical Greece

TitleRelease dateNotes
300 2007
300: Rise of an Empire 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

Hellenistic period

TitleRelease dateNotes
Alexander 2004
Alexander the Great 1956
Cleopatra 1963It 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
Reign: The Conqueror 1999
Rome 2005-2007Follows the Battle of Actium .
Sikandar 1941
Slave Women of Corinth 1958
The Centurion 1961
The Colossus of Rhodes 1961
The Old Testament 1962

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