One of the greatest epics ever made. It is an interesting historical work shows many customs, beliefs and punishments that time. And has one of the most memorable scenes of cinema, the chariot race.

Totally awesome dude (Ben) screws up and kills some dude Jack Kennedy style accidentally, and the Romans put him on a mother-f***in boat, rowing like crazy so he can get super-buff, and then he escapes the boat when it sinks with some important guy, who adopts him. Now that he's rich (and free), he goes back to pwn the guy who put him in the boat, only to find that he's turned his mom and sister into LEOPARDS! So, he does that horse and cart duel thing because he's awesome. The end.

ger; [Ben Hur]; ein jüdischer adelsmann wird durch seinen sandkastenfreund betrogen und in die sklaverei gezwungen, doch er erhält seine freiheit zurück und sinnt nach rache.;

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A masterful epic that grips the viewer from beginning to end.

The definition of epic, nearly four hours long yet never boring and it never disappoints the viewer. Heston and Boyd are fantastic.

What can anyone say for Ben-Hur? It's probably the best movie ever, even if the last scene isn't what it should be. The best actors of the age made their best performance and the script was just perfect!

really long thats why it got -5

The chariot race is decent. The other big action scene, a seabound battle, consisted of boats firing flares up in the air, looking very dull, whilst the music swamps the film just to make sure we know quite how EPIC this is. The bland score reappears at every given moment not enhancing our emotional reactions but instead trying to make up for the utter lack of them. The script often drifts in to pure cheese and literally no one can act. Also the Christ bits that are added on feel smug.

Ramming speeeeeeeed!

It suffers from its length, but the parts when it doesn't drag are very enjoyable.

Just stupid enough to inspire someone to make Spartacus.