If you liked this movie, you should also see: The King and I (1956)The Music Man (1962)An American Tail (1986)Limelight (1952)Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Min (1965)
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.