My Top 25 Sword & Sandal Sagas
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- DirectorGiovanni PastroneStarsItalia Almirante-ManziniLidia QuarantaBartolomeo PaganoCabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRory CalhounLea MassariGeorges MarchalWhile holidaying in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsSteve ReevesSylva KoscinaFabrizio MioniThe muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsGordon ScottYôko TaniDante DiPaoloSam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciGiacomo GentilomoStarsGordon ScottLeonora RuffoJacques SernasGoliath must save the kidnapped women of his village from an evil zombie leader who needs their blood to feed his soldiers.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsSteve ReevesGordon ScottVirna LisiTwin brothers revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city.
- DirectorCarlo CampogallianiStarsSteve ReevesChelo AlonsoBruce CabotWhen barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
- DirectorJacques TourneurBruno VailatiMario BavaStarsSteve ReevesMylène DemongeotSergio FantoniA Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsRichard HarrisonMoira OrfeiAlberto FarneseOnce upon a time there were born two twin boys to Emperor Marcus Aurelius and for reasons of dynasty the birth of twins was kept secret. One of the twins was supposed to be drowned at birth but fate intervenes and the kid is brought up in a good household and enters Rome's legions.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsRichard HarrisonAnna RanalliArturo DominiciA warrior does battle against the evil Medusa, her army of stone warriors and a monstrous dragon.
- DirectorNick NostroStarsDan VadisHelga LinéGiovanni Di BenedettoSpartacus And The 10 Gladiators
- DirectorDomenico PaolellaStarsPeter LupusMario PetriHelga LinéThe legendary strong man, Goliath, goes through a series of harrowing adventures as he helps an exiled king regain his throne.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoAntonio MompletStarsRichard HarrisonIsabelle CoreyLivio LorenzonA Roman warrior leads a revolt against an evil ruler.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsMark ForestMarilù ToloPaolo GozlinoAttalus, a war prisoner by Rome, proves his valor in the arena, becomes a gladiator trainer, conquers the women's hearts and the men's envy, and saves Rome from a political plot to a usurper to occupy the throne.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsSilvana ManganoKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnA movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsSergio CianiJany ClairAnna Maria PolaniHercules is summoned to oppose the evil Queen Samara, who has allied herself with aliens and is sacrificing her own people in a bid to awaken a moon goddess.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsRichard HarrisonWandisa GuidaEttore ManniAn elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.
- DirectorCarlo CampogallianiStarsMark ForestChelo AlonsoVira SilentiMaciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsSteve ReevesJacques SernasGianna Maria CanaleDuring the power struggle between Caesar and Crassus, a Roman centurion, who is the lost son of Spartacus, is dispatched to Crassus' camp to observe his movements and keep Caesar informed.
- DirectorGiorgio FerroniStarsMark ForestYvonne FurneauxMassimo SeratoHercules being heroic in ancient Greece.
- DirectorGiorgio FerroniStarsGordon ScottAlessandra PanaroRosalba NeriA prince passes himself off as Hercules and does battle with an evil queen and her bloodthirsty religious cult in Mycene, in order to free the people of a neighboring kingdom.
- DirectorOsvaldo CiviraniStarsMark ForestMimmo PalmaraRosalba NeriAn evil desert bandit kidnaps the son of a sultan and raises him as his own. It turns out that the son has magic powers and is invincible. Years later, as a young man, he falls in love with a woman and is preparing to raid a village--when he finds out that the woman is actually his brother's fiance and the village belongs to his real father.
- DirectorAntonio LeonviolaStarsMark ForestMoira OrfeiPaul WynterMaciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape. Maciste kills the ape and carries Saliura back to the aboveground world. The white-clad marauders can't follow them if it means being caught in the sunlight which instantly dissolves them. Maciste then returns to the underground city to save the other captives. Meanwhile, high priest Kahab informs his son, Katar, that their queen is not one of them but, unbeknownst to her, was kidnapped as a small child from the "world above." If Katar can marry her, their children can be "normal" and can live in the world of sunlight. Katar sees Maciste as his enemy and is pleased when the re-captured Maciste is now subjected to a test of strength which will not only kill him but also Bango and another captive named Loth who is in love with the Princess Saliura.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsDan VadisMarilù ToloPierre CressoyHercules defends a people against a race of giant warriors.
- DirectorAntonio LeonviolaStarsGordon MitchellChelo AlonsoVira SilentiStrongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.