I have seen this film more than 60 times and I always come to the same conclusion: The best film of all times !

BEN HUR is a timeless masterpiece for all times. Powerful movie!!!!

What a great movie. It never fails to move me. It was from a time when movies had everything that's missing today.

This movie rates with a selected few as theatrical masterpieces in every way. Timeless, in its costumes, casting, acting, directing, stages, and story.

I still get chills every time I watch this. What an honor...

I've seen Ben-Hur countless times; but every time I view it now, I notice something in it that I've never seen before!

Great scene, I was so happy that Arrius and Judah became close especially when they got off on the wrong foot earlier in the film when Arrius damned near killed Judah when he was at the oars (RAMMING SPEED!!!).

An incredible and epic film classic, I saw it this year on the big screen, thank you Turner Classic Movies at the Theater!!!!!

One of the Great Classics ! Music is excellent !

A multitude of powerful scenes in this epic. Arius knew from the start that there was something about “41” Judah should have had this number on the licence plate of his chariot lol...a great way for the Judean to honor his adopted father..🙂

Knowing Roman law, the Apostle Paul understood once one was adopted that adoption was final and could never be revoked. As adopted sons and daughters of the Most High we cry, Abba Father. Shalom and Maranatha!!

Jack Hawkins.........one of my top fave actors of all time. I absolutely love his performance in THE THIRD KEY.

I like how you used the Biblical phrase "spirit of adoption" to the scene in Ben-Her.

The best movie film I love Ben hur so much!!!!!!!!

I find it amazing that young people often don't rank this movies in the top 10. Some don't even place it in the top 100.

I would have seriously liked to have seen Judah Ben-Hur's relationship with the Roman girl who was on his arm. She must have been an important daughter of some noble Roman, with a stunning looking mother as well. I am sure he would have fit well into the Roman culture. But, he was staying true to his roots which were imprisoned back where he grew up.

I love this version instead of the recent version that came out a few years ago. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey took out this major piece of Judah Ben Hur's Character development.

Magnificent Replicative Qualities from the Great Director Mr. Wyler and intended any Audience to witness as a Biblical Epoch!

I even felt sad for him in the end

Wonderful movie I watched the movie when I was a kid in the theatre after that several times still I luv watching this movie

If you watch very carefully, in a previous scene aboard the ship where Arrius offers to make Judah one of his gladiators, they have this exchange: Arrius: "It's a strange, stubborn faith your people keep, to believe that existence has a purpose. A sane man would have learned to lose it long ago." Judah: "As you have. What drove it out of you?" Now, right after Judah says that, there's a film cut, and Arrius just says, "Go back to your oar, Forty-One." With this scene for context, I believe that scene was originally longer, with Arrius telling Judah about the loss of his own son. If so, I wish that scene could be put back.

17 veces vi esta maravillosa pelicula. Y la volvere a ver muchas veces mas si Dios quiere

That’s what a spot of effortless acting calls for.Simply sophisticated and marvellous.

This movie has power

One reason Rome became great. If you adopted its ways and followed its laws, you could become a Roman citizen too...no matter where you were from. Remind you of any country today?

All time classic... Never ceases to amaze!

I bought this movie and Ten Commandments. Almost 8 hours combined of great acting, action, story etc.

One of the things I liked about this movie is that not all Roman characters are straight up bad guys. Arrius was introduced as a hard man who despite all he achieved was effectively a broken one, he had lost his son and loat his faith, not only in his gods but himself. He had accepted his fate, expecing to die in battle, only to encounter a jewish slave who despite all he had endured had managed to hold on to the very thing he abandoned. When he was to die, that same slave saved his life and forced him to live despite a desire not to. In doing so he showed him that hope and faith still had value, now we see him here humbled, his faith restored and as he said, feeling a love and pride he had long lost. A Roman, and a high ranking one at that, adopted a Jew and former slave as his son, something I imagine would have been a controversal decision in Roman society and yet he does it and it is well recieved.

Ben Hur at the end of the movie is incredibly rich and powerful. Son of a consul with his entire estate as well as his riches at home

Olha que cena impressionante, quando o General dá o anel para Ben-Hur, ele ainda desce um degrau para se equiparar a ele. Maravilhosa cena, pura percepção do diretor do filme. Sensibilidade Total!! incrível.

THE MOVIE "BEN-HUR" WILL EVER BE FOREVER -TIMELESS!!( I AM 72 YRS). MY FIRST GLIMPSE , BEEN TAKING TO THE CINEMA AGED 10YRS. WITH ONE'S FAMILY.AND GOT HOOKED !!! SEEN IT MILLIONS OF TIMES !!! HAVE THE D.V.D. AND IT SEE'S DAY LIGHT SOMETIMES !!!! WHEN I DO ITS VERY REFRESHING LIKE SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME !! R.I.P. TO ALL THE CAST & CREW & THE MOUGHULS WHO MADE THE MOVIE !!! FROM U.K. (2021). AN EPIC OF EPICS !!!!

O Senhor é a minha luz e a minha salvação; de quem terei temor? O Senhor é o meu forte refúgio; de quem terei medo? - Salmo 27:1🧡

Jack Hawkins played a great role here...very human

I never get tired of watching Ben Hur this one or the Silent movie with Ramon Navaro

I don't believe there is one single scene, line, or performance in this masterpiece that is less than perfection. This has to be Wlliam Wyler & Cecil B. DeMille's best legacy, ever!

in 2017 went down to L.A. to see old friends. By chance this was playing in the Egyptian theater on Hollywood Blvd.

I see this film many times every year since I saw the first time in mid 70s...now I'm 61...still my all favourit movie...the best

A master piece of its time.

I have a Son. He is a good man. I love and have great pride in him.

Êste filme assisto e repriso sempre que posso...dêsde os 12 anos, quando trocava gibis, na frente de um cinema catarinense, aqui no Brasil...linda película...parabéns ao cinema mundial...

Cuando DIOS QUIERE BENDECIR A UN HOMBRE no importa que todo esté en contra :aunque un ejército escampe contra mi no temerá mi corazón...

If I'm correct Dad got to meet Jack Hawkins while he filmed in New Zealand. He stayed at the same hotel as Dad and my grandparents; apparently they had breakfast together each day of their stay. A lovely fellow to talk to was Dad's memory of him.

Uno dei migliori film che abbia mai visto e rivisto e rivisto ancora un kolossal indimenticabile

“Honor” long time ago most of humans had such a good thing.

The chariot race is what many look to as the great scene of this epic. But there are many deep scenes. Another favorite is when Ben Hur is a slave and is lead along with other slaves and they come to Nazareth. Jesus whose face we don't see gives Ben Hur water after the nasty centurion says no water for Ben Hur. When the centurion turns to yell at Jesus, he can't yell; he's angry, dumbfounded, ashamed then he turns away. And the cup never runs out of water.

I have not read the book, but I always imagined that after the crucifixion Judah his mom and sister all went to Rome and reunited with Arrius.

These movies are truely landmark movies ! even a few of such movies are all that humanity needs not the thousands of stupid movies produced every year !

"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."

Chuck should of got 2 Oscar's... He is practically in every scene of Ben Hur... Imagine how difficult that must of been to do !!!!!

THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE.... AWESOME SCORE AND ACTORS...

The greatest movie ever made imho! Superb

Omg....gratitude..

Superlative portrayal of history in motion picture. One must see this film before dying. Unfortunately Hollywood lost the golden rhythm after these magnum Opera and lost in slapstick entertainers like Jamesbond and other erotic kind of movies. But this was the period of sunshine. You are directly exported to the Roman era as it was made 2500 years ago. Today's generation must see to make one like this!

The Romans were not the bastards, as some people would like to believe us! They behave intelligent, civilized, as a human being with a sophisticated civilization! As you can see here, the consul Qintus Arrius give help for Judah to flee from the ship, but he helped the consul in need, and finally save his life! After this great event the Roman consul adopted him as his own son, and give him all of his property!

Im adopted so this scene is special for a number of reasons

At the acadamy awards ben her hasnever been passed for the amount of oscars won ben hur and moses

Great, great acting.

Deep down inside, he knows he wants to find his sis & mom.

What a wonderful movie

In that story, Ben-Hur is just likeable man. Everywhere he goes. And even that wasn't enough to stop abuse and war. There is a dark element preventing the world for being truly happy. Selfishness. The message of that movie is pretty clear to me.

Thank you from Indonesia

We watch it over 60 years later. Most of today's trash will not be around in 10 years.

As a Roman citizen the Apostle Paul knew Roman law well ....When one is adopted under Roman law that adoption can not be revoked....It is forever...The Sprit of Adoption that cause the believer to cry out Abba Father is also forever and far more powerful...

Está uma das mais isuberante sena Magnífica

Im wondering the name of the music at begin the scene...

Q.e.p.d. excelente actor.y sus film

2:24 Expected them to hug like father and son but....

This Movie is the GOAT!

The Scorpions And Holy Prophets Can't Get On With Out Me There It Is -Pontius Pilate

Ben Hur, and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. All four movies contend for the #1 spot of best movies ever in my opinion.

I wonder how different it is to speak latin. Is it really more difficult than German, English, or whatever other modern language?

One of the best

Numero Uno among all films 🥰

The best movie ever.

Charlton here and like Moses was great - 1959 ..

His eyes are no longer full of hate as they were in earlier scenes

There's Eunice (from Quo Vadis) with Judah! All her lines were cut in Ben Hur.

At 1:42, the guy in front to the immediate left of Jack Hawkins (saying "Bravo!") looks a lot like Joe Pesci.

as I know Charles was personally very good person too...

When he says the son he lost and you look at Hestons face. That is real acting.

Without victory and superior horses there is no reward.

Mi associo a te, oh Giuda Ben Hur, in questa scena con questa mia preghiera:"ASan Domenico fondatore del Santo Rosario, Scuola di Maria Santissima, nostra madre e maestra, nonché matrona, ché per lei, io sottoscritto, Aldo Gigliarano, ho studiato latino come segno che esaudirà questa mia preghiera:Visitazione della Beata Vergine Maria - Oh come esulta la favorita della tua visita tanto arricchita! Ti aspetto! Vieni, oh clemente, oh pia, oh del Lacinio, dolce Maria ed io, Aldo, possa servirti come tuo discepolo e schiavetto come nell'antica Pompei perché io ho il gusto dell'antico che rispecchia sereno i mutamenti dei tempi, della società e della mia vita come l'arte romanica, per cui vorrei che tu mi insegnassi a parlare bene latino come lo sapevano parlare bene gli abitanti dell'antica Pompei, specialmente la Santa Perpetua e la sua schiava amata, Felicita! Amen! Alleluja!".

Ave Ben Hur! Possa Iddio farmi testimoniare la fede nella mia città e nel mio Dio, come l'hai testimoniata tu con la tua patria ed il nostro Dio, per questo ti dedico questa mia preghiera:"ASan Dionigi Patrono di Crotone, che gli onori dell'Areopago lasciasti per la follìa della Croce e al Cristianesimo nascente portasti il contributo dell'ingegno e dell'elevata condizione sociale. A questo secolo e millennio superbo dica il tuo esempio che la Fede, lungi dall'essere avversa alla Scienza, la invoca e innalza, e che è fatal pregiudizio quello che dalla religione distoglie le classi più elevate della società come quella a cui appartiene la nobile famiglia dei Berlingieri di Crotone, nella cui Cappella, al Cimitero di Crotone, io sottoscritto, Aldi Gigliarano, ho recitato Messe e preghiere con Padre Cristoforo, il quale se l'è portato in Uganda, suo Paese d'origine, il mio Creast dell'Incrociatore Vittorio Veneto, che così diventi la navicella del mio Spirito. Noi siamo parte di quel gregge che l'Apostolo delle Genti ti affidava, elevandoti a Pastore, perciò Tu sei il patrono nato di questa città. Al tuo patrocinio, reso più forte da quello della Regina di Capocolonna, affidiamo il nostro destino e quello della nostra Patria, la cui grandezza è inseparabile dalla sua Fede religiosa. Benedici, oh Santo Patrono, i nostri campi, il nostro mare e le nostre belle donne e altrettanto virtuose. Benedici chi è preposto alla Pubblica cosa e tutti indistintamente i cittadini, specialmente apprendisti di mestieri, oranti, studenti, studentesse e disoccupati come me, Aldo. Benedici il nostro Arcivescovo, tuo degno successore e il Clero che lo aiuti sempre nel suo difficile arringo. Solleva la tua mano paterna sulla balda gioventù effondendogli lo Spirito Santo, e, nella tua larga benedizione, ritrovi ognuno il pegno sicuro per il proprio bel posto in Paradiso (anche a svantaggio di quanti ci ostacolano in tale ricerca o cammino)! Amen!".

I’ve always believed in the movie Ben-Hur that at the end of the movie he should have left And went back to Rome and live out his new life with his adopted father after sorting out his business and affairs and obtaining revenge and never giving back the ring.

How did they get the fountains to work like that?

I’m pretty sure there were no electric water pumps for the fountains back in those days…

Great movie but at 4 hours it is a bit long but what scene or scenes would I cut. None.

How can I watch the full movie of Ben hur

Does anyone know who the lady is at Judah’s side? She was incredibly beautiful.

This made Judah have more power over mesala. Mesala knew this and was scared

Most tellings treat Pontius Pilate as a villain. This movie treats him more like he was, a reluctant civil servant enforcing laws because he had to. The actor that plays him, Frank Thring, always reminds me of Vincent Price. He did a number of these sand & sandals movies.

See! Not all imperialists are jerks!

William Wyler was a genius.

Dovete metterli in italiano

diese wohl teuerste, aufwendig produzierte und zugleich bewegenste Verfilmung eines wunderbaren "Märchens" war, ist und bleibt meine unverrückbare Nummer 1 (!)

Did Arrius ever say how his son died?

Goddamn this movie's good.

2:36 Little did Pilate know he had a date with The One Above All ✝️ 🙏😔

Mi nombre es Ruth jiraldo correa venjur es mi pelicula predileta tiene muchas en señansas no epodido verla aca en español

Pontius Pilate accurately portrays the environment regarding prophets at the time ("the holy prophets can't get on without me.") This is critical when addressing the historicity of Jesus, because while we have records of men that bear similarities to the person described in The Bible, the reality is that the business of being a prophet was a sort of streetcorner, dime-a-dozen business at the time. It was almost a joke by that time. People have this idea of this one person stepping out as a prophet, but the person of Jesus is smeared out across several people. This is due to Judaism's concept of a Messiah overlapping with Roman dictatorship, with many citizens assuming it was the Roman's that the Messiah was supposed to overthrow. This lead to many, many opportunists and cults in Judea. It there is no mystery why some Jesus-like character would inevitably emerge from such a political climate.