Movies Like Cleopatra

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Crusades

1935·2h 5m·★ 6.5·Cecil B. DeMille

4 shared cast incl. Henry Wilcoxon & Ian Keith2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMille

The Sign of the Cross

1932·2h 6m·★ 6.8·Cecil B. DeMille

3 shared cast incl. Claudette Colbert & Ian KeithDir. Cecil B. DeMilleThemes: ancient rome, pre-code

The Buccaneer

1938·2h 6m·★ 6.6·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Victor Milner

The Plainsman

1936·1h 53m·★ 6.8·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Victor Milner

The Ten Commandments

1956·3h 40m·★ 7.9·Cecil B. DeMille

TMDB recommendsDir. Cecil B. DeMilleThemes: ancient egypt, egypt

Cleopatra

1963·4h 11m·★ 7.0·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

6 shared themes: 1st century bc, alexandria egypt, cleopatra...Fans also likedDrama & History & Romance

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945·2h 18m·★ 6.2·Gabriel Pascal

6 shared themes: 1st century bc, alexandria egypt, cleopatra...Fans also likedDrama & History

Ben-Hur

1959·3h 32m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

TMDB recommendsThemes: roman empire, ancient romeHistory & Drama

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommendsDP: Victor MilnerStarring C. Aubrey Smith

Quo Vadis

1951·2h 54m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Themes: roman empire, ancient romeFans also likedDrama & History & Romance

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002·1h 48m·★ 6.7·Alain Chabat

4 shared themes: cleopatra, ancient egypt, ancient rome...

Gladiator

2000·2h 35m·★ 8.5·Ridley Scott

TMDB recommendsThemes: roman empire, ancient rome

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964·3h 8m·★ 6.7·Anthony Mann

Themes: roman empire, ancient romeFans also likedDrama & History

Land of the Pharaohs

1955·1h 45m·★ 6.6·Howard Hawks

Themes: ancient egypt, egyptFans also likedDrama & History

Agora

2009·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Alejandro Amenábar

Themes: roman empire, egyptFans also likedDrama & History

The Gilded Lily

1935·1h 20m·★ 6.7·Wesley Ruggles

Both star Claudette Colbert & C. Aubrey SmithDP: Victor Milner

It Happened One Night

1934·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Frank Capra

TMDB recommendsStarring Claudette Colbert

Braveheart

1995·2h 58m·★ 8.3·Mel Gibson

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Titanic

1997·3h 14m·★ 8.0·James Cameron

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Spartacus

1960·3h 17m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: roman empire, ancient romeHistory & Drama

How Good Is Cleopatra?

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