Ben-Hur

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Ratings & Reviews

8.1/10

269,891 votes

87/100

Fresh

90/100

Metascore

7.9/10

3,067 votes

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Average

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

🏆

Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 11 wins•📋 1 nomination

Won

Best Film Editing

Best Cinematography, Color

Best Special Effects

Best Art Direction, Color

Best Actor

Best Costume Design, Color

Best Sound

Best Director

Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor

Nominated

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$15.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$164.0M

Global Box Office

Domestic

$74,432,704

United States

Profit

+$149.0M

ROI: +993%

Budget Recovery1093% of budget

$0|Budget: $15.0M|Revenue: $164.0M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

148.7K

Daily Avg

2.5K

7-Day Trend

+7%

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Based On

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Rome

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1 Location Found

Story Setting

Set In

Israel

Time Period

1st century

Inspired By

Jean-Léon Gérôme(human)

Characters

Quintus Arrius

Played by Frank Currier

Joseph

Balthazar

Esther

Played by Emily VanCamp

Sheik Ilderim

Played by Hugh Griffith

Judah Ben-Hur

Played by Joseph Morgan

Messala

Played by William S. Hart

Mary

Jesus Christ

Tiberius

Pontius Pilatus

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Robert L. Surtees

Film Editing

John Dunning

Music / Score

Miklós Rózsa

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributors

Loews Cineplex EntertainmentNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Ben-Hur

Available in 77 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaG	Criterion Channel	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	Criterion Channel	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaG	HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
India	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesG

United KingdomPG

AustraliaG

Germany16

FranceTP

Belgium16

Brazil12

CZ12+

+12 more countries

Production

Director

William Wyler

Writers

Karl Tunberg, Lew Wallace

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Charlton Heston

Judah Ben-Hur

Stephen Boyd

Messala

Hugh Griffith

Scheich Ildirim

Jack Hawkins

Quintus Arrius

Haya Harareet

Esther

Martha Scott

Miriam

Cathy O'Donnell

Tirzah

Sam Jaffe

Simonides

Finlay Currie

Balthasar

Frank Thring

Pontius Pilatus

George Relph

Tiberius Caesar

André Morell

Sextus

Tags & Keywords

governormiddle eastbased on novel or bookroman empirepoliticschristianityjew persecutionjewish liferomanmiraclejerusalemprincechariot raceleprosyredemption

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