One of the most spectacular epics of all time, even by the standards of Hollywood, the famous twenty minute chariot race alone took three months to shoot, and, along the way, Ben is given a helping hand and converted by Jesus. An unmissable slice of movie history. Won Best Picture at 1959 Academy Awards. find out more...

Among the lavish sets one can detect a plot in which one of Nero's Roman commanders falls in love with a Christian girl and they both get thrown to the lions. Ustinov barks, foams at the mouth, sets fire to the eternal city, and steals the show. Rivetting acting in one of the last great cinema epics.

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A young man, well liked, indeed adored, by many, and wise beyond his years, Jesus has no history of violence bar an unsightly scuffle in the local market, yet he is convicted by a corrupt politician of crimes against the state and sentenced to death. Jesus takes his fate well, but a tortuous and brutal day awaits him. I suspect I'm giving little away when I say things don't go well, there's no last minute reprieve, no audacious escape, he simply dies agonisingly. The Passion Of The Christ is an find out more...