Ben-Hur (1959) set records at the 32nd Academy Awards by winning an unprecedented 11 Oscars, including the Best Picture, Best ...

While it's not an Easter movie, fans often watch 'The Ten Commandments' around Easter. Despite that, another Charlton Heston movie, 'Ben-Hur', fits the holiday better.

The 1925 silent Ben-Hur stunned audiences with epic chariots and drama, paving the way for the legendary 1959 remake.

Of all the film genres, the epic is one of the hardest to define. Must it be a period piece? Must the plot center on a hero? Why is “East of Eden” (1955), with its relatively meager runtime of 117 ...