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If you’re a movie fan, you’re probably going to watch Christopher Nolan<\/strong>‘s The Odyssey<\/em><\/a> at some point.<\/p>\n

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The epic adaptation of Homer’s classic poem starring Matt Damon<\/strong><\/a>, Anne Hathaway<\/strong>, Tom Holland, Zendaya<\/a><\/strong> and more is projected to top the box office this weekend and probably the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n

If you have already watched the film and are craving more ancient history spectacle, or simply want to watch a good film, you’re in luck.<\/p>\n

Watch With Us<\/a> has curated a list of films you should watch if you like The Odyssey<\/em> and can’t get enough of Hellenic heroism and sweaty men killing each other on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

What happens after the Trojan War, when the remaining soldiers have to return home and grapple with everything they’ve done to survive? That’s what Nolan explores in his Odyssey<\/em>, but he’s not the first to adapt the ancient text. Just two years ago, Uberto Pasolini released his version of the tale, The Return<\/em>, which adapts the second part of the poem. As a result, Penelope (Juliette Binoche<\/strong><\/a>) is more of a lead character than Anne Hathaway<\/strong><\/a> is in The Odyssey<\/em>, as she has to reconcile with her husband’s probable death and consider remarriage with a host of suitors. Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes<\/strong>) is still alive, though, and he’s not too happy to find out his beloved wife has finally moved on from him.<\/p>\n

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Less an epic film and more of a domestic drama, The Return<\/em> probes the psychology of its married couple as well as their son, Telemachus (Charlie Plummer<\/strong>), who gradually becomes affected by all the violence he sees when his father returns. Don’t expect Greek gods in The Return<\/em>; Pasolini is interested in only the human drama between an estranged husband and wife who still love each other and a child who is ready to leave them behind for good.<\/p>\n

The Odyssey<\/em> has been hailed as an intelligent epic by some critics, but Nolan isn’t the first to combine large-scale battle sequences with complex characterization and bravura filmmaking. Stanley Kubrick<\/strong>‘s Spartacus<\/em> revolutionized the epic movie genre in 1960 and became that year’s top-grossing film, beating out other classics like Psycho, The Apartment<\/em> and The Magnificent Seven<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Born in slavery and raised in chains, Roman citizen Spartacus (Kirk Douglas<\/strong><\/a>) has never known true freedom. When he’s sold to a gladiator trainer and commanded to fight to the death to entertain the Roman elite, something inside Spartacus snaps. He refuses, causing a rebellion that sees the city’s slaves wage war against their oppressors. But law and order must be preserved at all costs, and General Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier<\/strong>) is determined to quash the rebellion as quickly as it started – and consolidate his power in Rome in the process.<\/p>\n

Spartacus<\/em> is a strange hybrid of a traditional sword-and-sandal epic like 1953’s The Robe<\/em> and 1956’s The Ten Commandments<\/em> and a psychological character study like Kubrick’s Paths of Glory<\/em>. The result is a one-of-a-kind epic, a spectacle that dazzles the eyes and engages your mind. Spartacus was nominated for six Academy Awards in 1961 and won four, including Best Supporting Actor for Peter Ustinov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published July 19, 2026 at 10:05 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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