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Life of Brian

IMDB Rating: 8.20
59301 votes

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The Monty Pyton team tells the life, death and resurrection (?) of Brian from Nazareth, an unwilling prophet who wants to free his land from the oppression of Rome. When Brian covers a huge wall with the writing "ROMANI ITE DOMUM" (Romans go home), a local revolutionary group begins to take him seriously...
Actors
Wise Man #2/Brian Cohen/Biggus DickusGraham Chapman
Wise Man #1/Reg/Jewish Official/Centurion/Deadly Dirk/ArthurJohn Cleese
Man Even Further Forward/Revolutionary/Jailer/Blood & Thunder Prophet/Frank/Audience Member/CrucifeeTerry Gilliam

Up Pompeii

IMDB Rating: 5.40
256 votes

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Roman slave Lurkio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems small compared to the trouble the scroll brings - but all are in for a nasty shock when Mount Vesuvius decides to erupt.
Actors
LurcioFrankie Howerd
Ludicrus SextusMichael Hordern
AmmoniaBarbara Murray

The Da Vinci Code

IMDB Rating: 6.50
56975 votes

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Professor Robert Langdon is in Paris on business when he's summoned to The Louvre. A dead body has been found, setting Langdon off on an adventure as he attempts to unravel an ancient code and uncover the greatest mystery of all time.
Actors
Robert LangdonTom Hanks
Sophie NeveuAudrey Tautou
Sir Leigh TeabingIan McKellen

Gladiator

IMDB Rating: 8.20
147070 votes

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Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.
Actors
MaximusRussell Crowe
CommodusJoaquin Phoenix
LucillaConnie Nielsen

Caligula (Caligola)

IMDB Rating: 4.60
6847 votes

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The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).
Actors
Emperor Gaius Germanicus Caesar (Caligula)Malcolm McDowell
Julia DrusillaTeresa Ann Savoy
CaesoniaHelen Mirren