Screenplay: Lewis Wallace

Direction William Wyler

Cast Charlton Heston · Jack Hawkins · Stephen Boyd · Haya Harareet

Synopsis Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ....

Direction Fred Niblo

Cast Ramon Novarro · May McAvoy · Francis X. Bushman · Betty Bronson

Synopsis Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be...

Direction William R. Kowalchuck Jr.

Synopsis When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

Direction Timur Bekmambetov

Cast Jack Huston · Toby Kebbell · Morgan Freeman · Rodrigo Santoro

Synopsis The epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

Direction Sidney Olcott · Frank Oakes Rose · Harry T. Morey

Cast Herman Rottger · William S. Hart

Synopsis The scene opens with an assembly of citizens who are harangued by one of their number, whose words have great weight with the crowd, and their attitude of approval shows that Roman misrule in Jerusalem has reached its climax. Heralds...

Direction Al Guest · Jean Mathieson

Direction Fernando Uribe