History · Drama · Adventure
Ben-Hur
Avg rating 8.4 / My rating TBC
1959 · Directed by William Wyler · With Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
- Biblical Epic
- Historical Epic
- Classical Hollywood
In Roman-occupied Judea, a wealthy Jewish prince and a Roman officer, boyhood friends, meet again as men serving opposite sides of an empire. What follows is a long, spectacle-filled story of loyalty, ambition and revenge, told on the widest screen Hollywood could build.
Film info
- Runtime
- 3h 32m · 212 min
- Format
- Roadshow epic with an overture and an intermission. Plan to watch it in two sittings if needed.
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (269,891 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 87% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 90 / 100
- TMDB
- 7.9 / 10 (audience, 3,281 votes)
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