Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "roman-legion"

1. Gladiator (2000)

R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed

Votes: 1,619,736 | Gross: $187.71M

2. Rome (2005–2007)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon

Votes: 185,296

3. Fallout: New Vegas (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After surviving a bullet to the head, Courier Six traverses the post-apocalyptic Mojave desert in search of the men who wronged him, while making an impact on thousands in the process.

Director: Josh Sawyer | Stars: Matthew Perry, Wayne Newton, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman

Votes: 13,922

4. Spartacus (1960)

PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.

Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton

Votes: 143,156 | Gross: $30.00M

5. Britannia (2017–2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

In 43 AD, the Roman Army returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia.

Stars: David Morrissey, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Mackenzie Crook, Julian Rhind-Tutt

Votes: 17,861

6. Ben-Hur (2016)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi

Votes: 46,830 | Gross: $26.41M

7. Barbarians (2020–2022)

TV-MA | 569 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Torn between the mighty empire that raised him and his own tribal people, a Roman officer's conflicted allegiances lead to an epic historical clash.

Stars: Laurence Rupp, Jeanne Goursaud, David Schütter, Florian Schmidtke

Votes: 30,265

8. Cleopatra (1963)

G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown

Votes: 37,399 | Gross: $57.78M

9. Centurion (2010)

R | 97 min | Action, Drama, History

A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.

Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Andreas Wisniewski

Votes: 86,351 | Gross: $7.89M

10. Risen (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead.

Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 30,806 | Gross: $36.87M

11. The Robe (1953)

Approved | 135 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie

Votes: 11,734 | Gross: $36.00M

12. The Eagle (2011)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, István Göz

Votes: 74,054 | Gross: $19.49M

13. Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia (2012)

110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Dany Boon, Edouard Baer, Guillaume Gallienne

Votes: 16,673

14. Dragon Blade (2015)

R | 127 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An teams up his army with an elite Legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius to protect his country and his new friends.

Director: Daniel Lee | Stars: Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Choi Siwon

Votes: 21,266 | Gross: $0.07M

15. The Last Legion (2007)

PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, History

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

Director: Doug Lefler | Stars: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Peter Mullan

Votes: 37,096 | Gross: $5.93M

16. Cleopatra (1934)

Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut

Votes: 4,614

17. Masada (1981)

394 min | Action, Drama, History

After the destruction of the Second Temple, nine hundred Jewish zealots hold out against a five thousand man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada.

Stars: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Alan Feinstein

Votes: 2,437

18. Cleopatra (1970)

X | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

To decipher a scheme plotted by enemy aliens, three agents from the future travel to Cleopatra's time, where they witness her romances with Caesar and Mark Antony.

Directors: Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Chinatsu Nakayama, Kotoe Hatsui, Tsubame Yanagiya, Nobuo Tsukamoto

Votes: 851

19. Ryse: Son of Rome (2013 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, History

It follows a fearless Roman soldier named Marius Titus who joins the army to avenge the slaying of his family and emerges as a hero who must fight to save the Roman Empire.

Directors: Cevat Yerli, Peter Gornstein | Stars: John Hopkins, Richard Teverson, Jamie Ballard, Rachel McDowall

Votes: 1,978

20. Augustus: The First Emperor (2003 TV Movie)

R | 178 min | Drama, History, Romance

Caesar Augustus tells of how he became the emperor to his reluctant daughter, Julia following the death of her husband Agrippa.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling, Vittoria Belvedere, Benjamin Sadler

Votes: 1,455

21. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War

The historical drama details the Roman military campaigns against the barbarians. It shows how continuous wars depleted resources, a key factor in the fall of the Empire.

Stars: Leif Anders, Sam Mercurio, Karl Otter, Andre de Nesnera

Votes: 857

22. Serpent of the Nile (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, History

In 44 BC, after the assassination of the leader of Rome Julius Caesar, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and one of the highest ranking Roman generals and Caesar's possible successor Mark Anthony begin a tragic love affair.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron

Votes: 343

23. Asterix Versus Caesar (1985)

Not Rated | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Asterix and Obelix join the Roman Legions to rescue Obelix's crush Panacea and her fiance Tragicomix, who have been kidnapped to appease Julius Caesar.

Directors: Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi | Stars: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Pierre Mondy, Serge Sauvion

Votes: 10,506

24. The Dacians (1966)

PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

The Dacian kingdom lies at the eastern border of the Roman Empire.Only the river Danube separates the two mortal enemies.The Dacian king Decebalus knows that soon the vastly superior Roman legions will cross the river and attack Dacia.

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Pierre Brice, Marie-José Nat, Georges Marchal, Amza Pellea

Votes: 2,060

25. Constantine and the Cross (1961)

Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Biopic of Constantine the Great, set between 293-312 AD, from his days as Tribune to his accession as Roman Emperor of Gaul under the tetrarchy system and ending with his battle against the usurper Roman Emperor Maxentius in Rome.

Directors: Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato, Christine Kaufmann

Votes: 566

26. Warrior Queen Boudica (2006 TV Special)

History

When the cowardly bureaucrat Catus Decianus breaks a peace treaty with the Iceni by brutalizing and humiliating their queen Boudica and her daughters the Iceian and allies join the queen in... See full summary »

Directors: Patrick Taulère, Kim Hawkins | Stars: Charlotte Comer, Simona Cuciurianu, Danny Green, Radu Andrei Micu

Votes: 125

27. Rome: Power & Glory (1999– )

312 min | Documentary, History

A six part documentary on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire

Stars: Shelley Haley, Richard Brilliant, Carl J. Richard, Keith Hopkins

Votes: 212

28. Giants of Rome (1964)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, War

An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Richard Harrison, Wandisa Guida, Ettore Manni, Philippe Hersent

Votes: 294

29. The Ten Gladiators (1963)

104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the... See full summary »

Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Roger Browne, José Greci, Dan Vadis, Franca Parisi

Votes: 130

30. Challenge of the Gladiator (1965)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his... See full summary »

Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Peter Lupus, Massimo Serato, Livio Lorenzon, Gloria Milland

Votes: 74

31. 476 A.D. Chapter One: The Last Light of Aries (2014)

PG | 76 min | Biography, Drama, History

After General Flavius Aetius frees the Roman Empire from the clutches of Attila the Hun, Rome is once again secure. However, this assurance is short-lived, as Attila is no longer a threat, ... See full summary »

Director: Ivan Pavletic | Stars: Carter Baird, J.W. Bar, Corey Blair, Luckson Bonhomme

Votes: 201

32. Bilderbuch Deutschland (1996– )
Episode: Die Römerroute - Zwischen Xanten und Detmold (2000)

Documentary

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Director: Jens Hamann | Stars: Rudolf Aßkamp, Antje Busse, Wolfgang Ebels-Zepezauer, Klaus Hansen

33. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode: The Roman and the Renegade (1954)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

In ancient Rome, a general's daughter falls under the spell of her enemy -- the invading Hannibal.

Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Scott Forbes, Faith Domergue, Peter Hansen, Ian Keith

34. Weapon Masters (2008– )
Episode: Roman Scorpion (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV

Mike challenges Chad to penetrate his hill fort. Chad's weapon of choice is a first century Roman Scorpion which resembles a heavy duty crossbow. Of course Chad will soup up the design with twentieth century steel.

Directors: Eric Hoffman, Rob Kerr | Stars: Chad Houseknecht, Mike Loades

35. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: Julius Caesar (2008)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Julius Caesar attempts to annex Gaul and build his reputation while the empire churns with civil war.

Director: Nick Gardner | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 46

36. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: Rebellion and Betrayal (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

Marcus Aurelius inherits the empire at its peak. The imperial boundaries stretch from the Irish Sea to the sands of Syria. But the greater Rome grows, the bigger a target she becomes.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 35

37. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: Spartacus (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

When Roman generals Pompey and Crassus lead their mighty legions of soldiers and mercenaries into the lands surrounding Italy, neither anticipates the turmoil caused by one bold mercenary.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 52

38. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The Dacian Wars (2008)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Despite many successes, the multitude of military campaigns begin to take their toll on Rome's finances.

Director: Nick Gardner | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 41

39. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The Forest of Death (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

As the Roman Empire expands its reach into what is now Germany, its legions are faced with ferocious Germanic tribesmen.

Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 43

40. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The Invasion of Britain (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

It is 47 A.D. The new emperor Claudius is considered by many to be the village idiot. He can only hang onto his throne by waging a spectacular conquest.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 43

41. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: Constantine (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

The civil wars of the 3rd century are finally ended by Emperor Diocletian. In the eastern court and army of this powerful emperor, a young Constantine receives the training of a future leader.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 30

42. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: Wrath of the Gods (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

In the beginning of the 3rd century, Rome is in crisis. Ravaged by civil war and foreign invasions, it now faces an even greater challenge in the new religion of Christianity.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 38

43. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The First Barbarian War (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

It is 113 BC. The Cimbri smash through the northern imperial border to threaten Rome. Gripped by terror, Rome turns to General Marius, who will transform the Roman army and shake the Republic's political foundations to the core.

Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 55

44. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The Soldiers' Emperor (2008)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Near the end of the 3rd century, civil war has torn the empire apart and left its borders vulnerable to barbarian invasion. Romans living on the eastern and western frontiers, far from Rome, are left to defend themselves.

Director: Alexander Emmert | Stars: Terry Alley, Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera

Votes: 33

45. Fall of Civilizations (2019– )
Roman Britain - The Work of Giants Crumbled (2019 Podcast Episode)

63 min | Documentary, History

Historian Paul M.M. Cooper examines the sudden arrival of advanced Roman civilization on the island of Great Britain in the first century BCE, how it endured for half a millennium against ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Cooper | Stars: Paul Cooper, Jake Barrett-Mills, Jacob Rollinson, Shem Jacobs

Votes: 10

46. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The Barbarian General (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

By the end of the 4th century, Romans and barbarians live together uneasily, a situation that often explodes into violence. When Emperor Theodosius enlists the Goths as mercenaries, he relies on his trusted general to lead.

Director: Alexander Emmert | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 36

47. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The Last Emperor (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

In the middle of the 5th century, as the Empire fights a losing battle against its formidable barbarian opponents, one Roman named Orestes finds service in the court of Attila the Hun.

Director: Alexander Emmert | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 34

48. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Episode: The Puppet Master (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

In 450 A.D., Rome is a mere shadow of its former self. Now, Roman rulers are at the mercy of their barbarian invaders, offering them power and territory in exchange for peace.

Director: Alexander Emmert | Stars: Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre de Nesnera, Rome Knight

Votes: 32

49. Battles BC (2009– )
Episode: Caesar: Super Siege (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Action, History

Julius Caesar's brutal conquest of Gaul is interrupted by a new leader, Vercingetorix, who believes the Tribes of Gaul are ready to unite and drive the Romans out. But in a ruse Caesar ... See full summary »

Director: David Padrusch | Stars: Brian Danner, Bryan McGowan, Jeff Odachowski

Votes: 28

50. Warriors (2008– )
Episode: Barbarian Massacre (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | History, Reality-TV, War

In 9 AD, the Romans were looking to expand their empire into Germany however, they didn't count on the warrior chief Arminianism and his band of Barbarians. Terry investigates the tactics used by the rebels.

Star: Terry Schappert

Votes: 11