Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "based-on-epic-poem"

1. Troy (2004)

R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Julian Glover

Votes: 570,866 | Gross: $133.38M

2. The Odyssey (1997)

PG-13 | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Follows Odysseus on his wanderings back to Ithaca following the Trojan War.

Stars: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters

Votes: 16,107

3. Star Trek: Odyssey (2007–2011)

Short, Sci-Fi

A Star Trek fan production based on the Homer's The Odyssey telling the story of a spaceship trying to go home after getting lost in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Stars: Brandon McConnell, Michelle G. O'Neil, Julia Morizawa, Matthew Montgomery

Votes: 124

4. Helen of Troy (1956)

Approved | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance

The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.

Directors: Robert Wise, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Sernas

Votes: 2,508 | Gross: $6.98M

5. Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Fantasy

The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.

Director: Stephen Weeks | Stars: Murray Head, Ciaran Madden, Nigel Green, Anthony Sharp

Votes: 292

6. The Heike Story (2021)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Drama, History

A psychic orphan is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future filled with violence and civil war.

Stars: Aoi Yûki, Nazeeh Tarsha, Takahiro Sakurai, Alicyn Packard

Votes: 481

7. Keïta! L'héritage du griot (1995)

94 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A storyteller named Djeliba comes to the town of a young boy named Mabo with promises that he will reveal the origin of the boy's ancestry.

Director: Dani Kouyaté | Stars: Seydou Boro, Hamed Dicko, Abdoulaye Komboudri, Sotigui Kouyaté

Votes: 176

8. Le Cid chanté par Antoni Rossell (2017)

90 min | Music

Antoni Rossell sings excerpts from the Cantar de mio Cid.

Director: Carlos Heusch | Star: Antoni Rossell

9. The Madness of Roland (1992 Video Game)

Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Interactive novel and audiobook with FMV cutscenes that adapts the epic poem Orlando Furioso about medieval French king Charlemagne's heroic paladin Roland who falls tragically in love with sorceress Angelica and loses his mind.

Director: Greg Roach

10. Wishbone (1995–1998)
Episode: Homer Sweet Homer (1995)

TV-Y7 | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The kids work to save their favorite park from developers; Wishbone plays Odysseus from Homer's The Odyssey.

Director: Ken Harrison | Stars: Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield

Votes: 27