Greek Mythology Movies

A reworking of the myth of Hippolytus, in which a chaste youth rejects the incestuous advances of his mother and is saved from death by a caring...

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a...

A cut-out animation depicting the Twelve Labours of Hercules.

A loose interpretation of the Minoan myth, as seen through the monster's point of view. Abandoned in a labyrinthine island, the childlike minotaur...

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

A modern retelling of the Orpheus myth where Euridice, code number BA 2037, is trapped in a metaphorical hell-house, waiting for rescue from her...

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman...

A woman who is researching alien abductions for a book receives increasing reports of nocturnal attackers who are described as resembling Santa...

Arturo, who is searching for true love, and Daphne, a polygamist allergic to commitment. They meet for a one-night stand, but they end up finding...

In order to persuade the Emperor to spare his village, the mighty Ursus is forced to fight the greatest gladiator in Rome in the Roman Arena.

A man has his routine reduced to his monotonous work and the suspicious relationship with his wife, until objects, places and people mysteriously...

Alternate-language version of Amphitryon (1935).

The Cyclops Polyphemus falls in love with the beautiful nymph Galatea, but she rejects him in favor of Acis, a shepherd. Furious, Polifemo goes in...

They have traveled the length and breadth, taught us to read and write, told us their fantastic stories. But who are these ancient Greeks we no...

Set in Ancient Greece, a street clown Cockian is hired by a Roman Commander to impersonate an imprisoned Christian leader in order to learn the...

"Perseus won't bring you luck, Acrisius", oracles the seer Talos at the birth of Perseus, the son of the father of the god Zeus. And that doesn't...

Eleven-year old Jason and his companions, including Hercules and Orpheus, go with the ship "Argo" in the search for the Golden Fleece. With wit and...

Rock musical retelling of the legend of the Trojan Horse.

A professor takes a group of students on a trip to an abandoned stage in a park, with the intention of finding a scenic setting for the production of...