Highest-Rated Movies about '4th Century B.c.', Sort by Popularity
Medea (1987), Alexander the Great (1956), Alexander (2004), Esther and the King (1960) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 4th Century B.c. movies.
#1. Medea (1987)
Storyline: Kreon (Henning Jensen), the King of Corinth, offers the hand of his daughter, Glauce (Ludmilla Glinska), to valiant adventurer Jason (Udo Kier). The catch is that Jason's present wife, Medea (Kirsten Olesen), and his two children must leave the kingdom. Jason tries to convince his wife that it is all for the better, guaranteeing her a life of wealth and ease. Medea, however, sensing that her family is being destroyed, descends into madness and commits a horrendous crime.
Plot Keywords: wife, jason, king, daughter, son, disturbing, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. Alexander the Great (1956)
Storyline: An epic movie that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian King that conquered all of the ancient Greek tribes and led the Macedonian Army against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a Greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India.—Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: king, father, mother, stepmother, friend, philosopher, incredible ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Alexander (2004)
Storyline: Conquering ninety percent of the known world by the age of twenty-five, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) led his armies through twenty-two thousand miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia (today part of Greece), Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally made his way east to India. This movie concentrated on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaistion (Jared Leto). Alexander died young, of illness, at the age of thirty-two. Alexander's conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet unifying, conquest.
Plot Keywords: emperor, king, mother, wife, friend, soldier, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Esther and the King (1960)
Storyline: Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The King has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred fomented against the Jews by his evil minister Haman (Sergio Fantoni). Before the King can pair off with Esther and defeat the villainous Haman, there are several intervening adventures and an additional, attractive woman who competes for attention.
Plot Keywords: king, queen, minister, adviser, jew, general, melodramatic ...
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