List of films set in ancient Egypt

This article lists films set in ancient Egypt. This also includes mythological films and films only partially set in ancient Egypt.

1890s

Year Title Director Notes 1899CléopâtreGeorges MélièsThe earliest known version considered to be lost, retrieved 2005.

1900s

Year Title Director Notes 1908Antony and CleopatraJ. Stuart BlacktonIt was the first film to dramatize the ill-fated romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.

1910s

Year Title Director Notes 1910CléopâtreHenri Andréani and Ferdinand ZeccaFrench film 1912CleopatraCharles L. GaskillNew silent version after the play of Victorien Sardou. 1913Antony and CleopatraEnrico Guazzoni Italian production. 1917CleopatraJ. Gordon EdwardsAmerican film with Theda Bara as Cleopatra

1920s

Year Title Director Notes 1922The Loves of PharaohErnst Lubitsch 1923The Ten CommandmentsCecil B. DeMille 1924The Moon of IsraelMichael Curtiz 1928CleopatraRoy William Neill

1930s

Year Title Director Notes 1932The MummyKarl Freund 1934CleopatraCecil B. DeMilleWith Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra. 1938Professor BewareElliott NugentHarold Lloyd is the protagonist

1940s

Year Title Director Notes 1940The Mummy's HandChristy Cabanne 1944The Mummy's CurseLeslie Goodwins 1945SudanJohn Rawlins 1945Caesar and CleopatraGabriel PascalWith Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra and Claude Rains as Julius Caesar, after the play by G. B. Shaw. 1948Mummy's DummiesEdward Bernds

1950s

Year Title Director Notes 1953 Aida 1953 Serpent of the Nile William Castle With Rhonda Fleming as Cleopatra. 1954 Two Nights with Cleopatra 1954 The Egyptian 1955 Land of the Pharaohs 1956 The Ten Commandments Cecil B. DeMille Remake or expanded version of DeMille’s own 1923 film 1957 The Story of Mankind 1959 Legions of the Nile Vittorio Cottafavi Italian film

1960s

Year Title Director Notes 1960 Cleopatra's Daughter Il sepolcro dei re 1960 Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli 1960 Son of Samson 1960 The Pharaohs' Woman 1961 Nefertiti, regina del Nilo 1962 Toto vs. Maciste 1962 A Queen for Caesar Piero Pierotti and Victor Tourjansky Italian film, starring Pascale Petit 1963 Cleopatra Joseph L. Mankiewicz With Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, Richard Burton as Mark Antony and Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar. 1963 Toto and Cleopatra 1964 Carry On Cleo Gerald Thomas a parody of J. Mankiewicz's Cleopatra with Sid James as Mark Antony, set in the reign of Julius Caesar 1964 The Lion of Thebes 1965 Willy McBean and His Magic Machine 1966 Pharaoh 1968 Astérix et Cléopâtre René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo Belgian-French animated film

1970s

Year Title Director Notes 1970 Cleopatra 1972 Antony and Cleopatra Charlton Heston A film starring Charlton Heston and Hildegarde Neil. 1974 Antony and Cleopatra A television version of a Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Richard Johnson and Janet Suzman. 1974 Moses the Lawgiver

1980s

Year Title Director Notes 1980 The Awakening Mike Newell 1980 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb 1981Dawn of the Mummy (1981 film) 1981 Sphinx Franklin J. Schaffner 1981 Antony and Cleopatra A television version produced as part of the BBC Television Shakespeare starring Colin Blakely and Jane Lapotaire. 1983 The Cleopatras John Frankau BBC TV 8-episode series on the latter part of the reign of the Ptolemaic dynasty. 1985 Asterix Versus Caesar 1987 Aida

1990s

Year Title Director Notes1994The EmigrantYoussef Chahine 1995 Joseph 1995 Moses (film) 1995 Slave of Dreams 1998 The Prince of Egypt Set in Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, a member of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The film is based on the founding narrative of the Exodus, as depicted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 1999 Astérix et Obélix contre César 1999 Cleopatra Franc Roddam miniseries with Leonor Varela as Cleopatra and Timothy Dalton as Julius Caesar, based on the book by Margaret George 1999 The Mummy

2000s

Year Title Director Notes 2000 In the Beginning miniseries 2000 Joseph: King of Dreams 2000 Princes and Princesses 2000 Reign: The Conqueror 2001 The Mummy Returns 2002 Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre a French/Italian film based on Goscinny and Uderzo's 1963 comic-book Asterix and Cleopatra. 2002 Building the Great Pyramid documentary 2002 The Scorpion King 2005 Legion of the Dead 2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb 2006 The Ten Commandments miniseries 2007 Cleopatra Júlio Bressane Brazilian film with Alessandra Negrini as Cleopatra and Miguel Falabella as Julius Caesar. 2007 La Reine Soleil 2007 Sands of Oblivion 2007 The Ten Commandments 2008 The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior 2009 Agora Alejandro Amenábar

2010s

Year Title Director Notes 2010 The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Luc Besson Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec 2011 The Tragedy of Man (film) 2012 The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption 2013 The Bible 2014 Decline of an Empire 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings Ridley Scott Set in Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, a member of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The film is based on the founding narrative of the Exodus, as depicted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2015 A.D. The Bible Continues 2015 Antony and Cleopatra 2015 The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power 2016 Gods of Egypt Alex Proyas 2016 The Young Messiah 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse Bryan Singer 2017 The Mummy

External links Films set in ancient Egypt (IMDb)

See also

List of fiction set in ancient Rome List of fiction set in ancient Greece Lists of historical films List of films based on classical mythology