Do you know any movies that have characters and/or themes from Greek myth?

Question

I'm helping a friend compile a bibliography of movies that use characters and/or themes from ancient Greek and Roman myth. Anyone know any?

Answer 1

Jason and the Argonaughts
Hercules
Sinbad
Clash of the titans
Xanadu
Mighty Aphrodite
Seven faces of Dr Lao
Illiad
Odyssey
Oh Brother Where Art Though
Pirates of the Caribean 2

Answer 2

The sites below may help.

Also, The Illiad and the Odyssey (Epic Poems written by the Greek writer Homer)
If you type those into the search bar on the site below you will probably find quite a few titles based on those.
I typed in Odyssey and it gave me the second link's info. The Odyssey (1997) says it is a good adaptation of the Epic poem.
If you just type in things in the tool bar on IMDb (the site I linked you to) such as Titans, gods, Hercules, Greek myths, etc. you should get a lot of title, but make sure you review them to make sure they say they are based on greek things because things like Remember the Titans isn't Greek, but it contains Titans.

There was a movie Helen of Troy made and a movie called Troy also. I typed in Helen of Troy and gave you the link to that page.

The descriptions of the links are below the links themselves.
I hope this helps.

Answer 3

There was a made-for-TV movie a while back (sometime in the 1990's) about the Oddessy. I think it was called "The Oddessy and it starred Armand Assante. The book and movie "Cold Mountain" use the theme of The Oddessey as well.

"My Fair Lady" and George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion are based on the myth of the sculptor Pygmalion falling in love with the statue he creates and then Venus brings it to life. A more recent example of the theme from that myth is "She's All That"

"Tomb Raider 2" has a plotline about searching for Pandora's box--literally.

Answer 4

three specific movies come to mind:
jason and the argonauts
the minotaur
helen of troy

hercules was a greek myth so any movie with the character hercules is based on a greek myth some more loosely than others.

there was an epsisode of the tv series bones entitled the super hero in the alley where a credible case for the following story lines having their basis in greek mythd:

superman
battlesar gallactica(I do not know if they were refering to the current incarnation or the past one)
bugs bunny

Answer 5

Clash of the Titans is definately a good one the more recent "Helen or Troy" was pretty fun and gave a more mythological telling of the battle of Troy. "What Dreams may Come" had strong Classical Roman themes. Of course "Jason and the Argonots". Ohh, The adventures of Baron Von Munchenhousen" (I know I am spelling that wrong). And the TV shows Hucules and Zena. The TV show Rome is interesting too but not to accurate.

Answer 6

Clash of the Titans is probably the best movie...Of course there are a few Hercules movies and the television show.

The Odyssey was a made for TV movie, Troy, two different versions of Helen of Troy, Jason and the Argonauts among others.

Answer 7

O Brother Where Art Thou

based on The Odyssey

Answer 8

There is a real good movie from I think the 70's or earlier called "Clash Of The Titans", that is based around Greek mythology. Real good special fx for the time it was released, as well as it follows the details quite well.

Answer 9

Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, Hercules,

Answer 10

The Odyssey