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Films set in ancient Rome

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Gladiator
2000 film by Ridley Scott
Cleopatra
1963 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Last Legion
2007 film directed by Doug Lefler
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 American epic film by Anthony Mann
Julius Caesar
1953 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Three Ages
1923 film by Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Sebastiane
Sebastiane is a 1976 Latin-language British historical film directed by Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress and written by Jarman, Humfress and James Whaley. It portrays the events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. The film, which was aimed at a gay audience, was controversial for the homoeroticism portrayed between the soldiers and for having dialogue entirely in Latin.
The Silver Chalice
1954 film by Victor Saville
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 film by Gabriel Pascal
Quo Vadis
1913 film by Enrico Guazzoni
Titus
1999 film directed by Julie Taymor
Ben Hur
1907 American short film directed by Sidney Olcott
Attila
1954 film by Pietro Francisci
Antony and Cleopatra
1913 film by Enrico Guazzoni
Duel of the Titans
1961 film by Sergio Corbucci, scripted by Sergio Leone
Spartacus
2004 North American miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm
Quo Vadis
1924 film by Georg Jacoby, Gabriellino D'Annunzio
Cleopatra
1999 television miniseries directed by Franc Roddam
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
1937 film by Carmine Gallone
The Slave
1962 film directed by Sergio Corbucci
Nero
1922 American-Italian silent historical film directed by J. Gordon Edwards
Constantine and the Cross
1961 film by Lionello De Felice
Fabiola
1949 film directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Dacii
1967 film by Sergiu Nicolaescu
Androcles and the Lion
1952 film by Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray
The Rebel Gladiators
1962 film by Domenico Paolella
Julius Caesar
1914 film directed by Enrico Guazzoni
Imperium: Augustus
2003 film by Roger Young
Messalina
1923 film by Enrico Guazzoni
Nel Segno di Roma
1958 film by Guido Brignone, Michelangelo Antonioni
Romulus & Remus: The First King
2019 film directed by Matteo Rovere
Nero's Weekend
1956 film by Stefano Vanzina
Sins of Rome
1953 film directed by Riccardo Freda
Carry On Cleo
1964 film by Gerald Thomas
The Column
1968 film by Mircea Drăgan
Brutus
1911 film by Enrico Guazzoni
Julius Caesar
1970 film by Stuart Burge
Messaline
1951 film by Carmine Gallone
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
1983 film by Bruno Mattei
Agrippina
1910 film by Enrico Guazzoni
Jupiter's Darling
1955 film by George Sidney
Kampf um Rom
1968 television film duology directed by Robert Siodmak
Apostle Peter and the Last Supper
2012 film directed by Gabriel Sabloff
Julius Caesar
2002 TV miniseries directed by Uli Edel
Messalina
1960 film by Vittorio Cottafavi
Nero
2004 television film by Paul Marcus
Satiricosissimo
Satiricosissimo is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a parody of the 1969 Federico Fellini film Fellini Satyricon.
Messalina, Messalina
1977 film by Bruno Corbucci
The Arena
1974 film by Joe D'Amato, Steve Carver
Brennus, Enemy of Rome
1963 film by Giacomo Gentilomo
Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet
2008 film by Miguel Bardem
Caesar the Conqueror
1962 film by Tanio Boccia
The Centurion
1961 film by Mario Costa
La vendetta dei gladiatori
1964 film by Luigi Capuano
Romulus and the Sabines
1961 film by Richard Pottier
Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006 documentary film directed by Edward Bazalgette
The Revenge of Spartacus
1964 film by Michele Lupo
Imperium: Saint Peter
2005 TV film directed by Giulio Base
The Magnificent Gladiator
1964 film by Alfonso Brescia
Caligola - La storia mai raccontata
1982 Italian film directed by Joe D'Amato