Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s
Ben-Hur
Scored from 448 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).
Summary
Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince in Jerusalem, is betrayed by his childhood friend Messala, a Roman officer, and falsely condemned to slavery in the galleys. His family is imprisoned, and Judah's life is destroyed by this treachery. Years later, Ben-Hur returns to Jerusalem seeking redemption and resolution with those who wronged him.
Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic, drama and history film. It was made in the United States. It was directed by William Wyler. It stars Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd and Hugh Griffith. The runtime is 212 minutes.
560 other films from the 1950s form the cohort it is ranked inside. 448 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 463 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.
Is Ben-Hur (1959) worth watching?
- Cohort
- Films · 1950s · 561 titles
- Calibrated reviewers
- 448
Cohort: Films · 1950s
