Films based on plays by Aeschylus
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hercules Unchained | 1959 | Italy |
| The Family Reunion | 1959 | TV movie, Canada |
| Les Perses | 1961 | TV movie, France |
| Aeschylus | 1967 | TV movie, Finland |
| I Persiani | 1967 | TV movie, Italy |
| The Forgotten Pistolero | 1969 | Italy |
| Agamemnon | 1973 | Belgium |
| Orestea | 1975 | Italy |
| Atreides | 1979 | TV movie, Greece |
| Oresteia | 1979 | TV mini-series, UK |
| Prometheus Retrogressing | 1998 | |
| Le Rêve Plus Fort que la Mort | 2002 | France |
| Die Perser | 2003 | Germany |
Films based on Sophocles
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Oedipe roi | 1908 | |
| Oedipus Rex | 1909 | |
| Oedipus Rex | 1911 | |
| Oedipus Rex | 1957 | |
| Antigone | 1960 | |
| Acosados, Los | 1960 | |
| Antigone | 1961 | |
| Antigone | 1962 | |
| Edipo re | 1967 | |
| Oedipus the King | 1968 | |
| Élo Antigoné | 1968 | |
| Antigone | 1970 | |
| I Cannibali | 1970 | |
| Elektra | 1970 | |
| Antigone | 1973 | |
| Antigone | 1973 | |
| Antigone | 1974 | |
| Antigone | 1974 | |
| Oedipus Rex | 1975 | |
| Elektra | 1981 | |
| Oedipus Rex | 1984 | |
| Oedipus the King | 1984 | |
| Oedipus at Colonus | 1984 | |
| Elettra | 1987 | |
| Électre | 1987 | |
| Elektra | 1989 | |
| Antigone/Rites of Passion | 1991 | |
| Oedipus Rex | 1992 | |
| Elektra | 1994 | |
Films based on Euripides
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Medea | 1959 | United States - TV play of the week |
| Le Baccanti | 1961 | Italy |
| Phaedra | 1962 | Greece |
| Electra | 1962 | Greece |
| Troyanas, Las | 1963 | |
| Medea | 1963 | |
| Troerinnen, Die | 1966 | |
| Medea | 1969 | |
| Dionysus in '69 | 1970 | |
| The Trojan Women (film) | 1971 | |
| Medéia | 1973 | |
| Bakchen, Die | 1974 | |
| Iphigenia | 1977 | |
| A Dream of Passion | 1978 | Greece |
| Medea | 1983 | |
| Medea | 1983 | |
| Medea | 1989 | |
| Iphigenia at Aulis | 1991 | |
| Backanterna | 1993 | |
| Médée | 2001 | |
| The Bacchae | 2002 | |
| The Trojan Women | 2004 | |
| Medea | 2005 | |
| The Women of Troy | 2006 | |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 2017 | |
Films based on Aristophanes
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Daughters of Destiny | 1954 | |
| The Second Greatest Sex | 1955 | |
| Sendung der Lysistrata, Die | 1961 | |
| Escuela de seductoras | 1962 | |
| An oles oi gynaikes tou kosmou | 1967 | |
| Flickorna | 1968 | |
| Lysistrate | 1982 | |
| Komediya o Lisistrate | 1989 | |
| Chi-Raq | 2015 | |
See also
- Fiction set in ancient Rome
- Fiction set in ancient Greece
- List of films based on classical mythology
- List of films based on Germanic mythology
- List of films based on Slavic mythology
- List of films set in ancient Greece
- List of films set in ancient Rome
- List of films set in ancient Egypt
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