Touch of Evil
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
1958
Charlton Heston
actor
The Bridge on the River Kwai
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.
1957
Jack Hawkins
actor
Roman Holiday
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
1953
William Wyler
director
Ben-Hur
When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
1959
Charlton Heston
actor
Jack Hawkins
actor
Lew Wallace
writer
Stephen Boyd
actor
William Wyler
director
55 Days at Peking
During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion against foreigners in China, U.S. Marine Major Matt Lewis, aided by British Consul Sir Arthur Robertson, devises a strategy to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force arrives.
1963
Charlton Heston
actor
Lawrence of Arabia
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
1962
Jack Hawkins
actor
Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur, a 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.
2016
Lew Wallace
writer
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
1964
Stephen Boyd
actor
