Peplum Movies

A hero saves a beautiful young princess from a forced marriage to an evil villain.

Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians, arrives to take charge of an aqueduct project on the hot,...

After the death of Octavian, the rebel populations of Illyria and Pannonia pose a grave threat to the Roman Empire. Tribune Marcus Ventidius is sent...

Biblical figure Jacob is forced to flee for his life when an enraged Esau vows to kill him.

408 AD. The Visigoths led by Alaric invade northern Italy. At Ravenna, they have to battle, and they are stopped by the power of the Roman legions...

Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.

A documentary on the history of Italy's peplum genre.

The poetess Sappho led an uprising against the corrupt government of the island of Lesbos.

In British colonial India, Lt. Dick Ramsay is charged with secretly rescuing the kidnapped daughter of the British viceroy of India and her...

A wizard summons Ali Baba to transport a sacred crown to a nearby country. An evil ruler has taken over the land, and the crown is needed to free the...

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished...

In the first century A.D. Carthago Nova is a splendid city of the Roman Empire. The Albino prosperous family is obliged to enter into competition...

Rome is ruled by two emperors, Julius Caesar and Nero, who perform all kinds of orgies to celebrate their vast war triumphs and are controlling...