1959 · 3h 32m · Adventure, Drama
Ben-Hur
Directed byWilliam Wyler
IMDb
8.1
274K votes
Metacritic
90
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
critics
Box office
$164M
10.9x its $15M budget
Released Nov 18, 1959 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Critics vs the crowd
Critics (Metacritic)90
Audience (IMDb x 10)81
Critics liked it more than audiences did, by 9 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- William Wyler
- Music
- Miklós Rózsa
- Cinematography
- Robert Surtees
- Producers
- Sam Zimbalist
12 nominations, 11 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Actor · Academy Awards 1960Charlton Heston
- WonBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1960Hugh Griffith
- WonBest Production Design (Color) · Academy Awards 1960Art Direction: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
- WonBest Cinematography (Color) · Academy Awards 1960Robert L. Surtees
- WonBest Costume Design (Color) · Academy Awards 1960Elizabeth Haffenden
- WonBest Director · Academy Awards 1960William Wyler
- WonBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1960Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
- WonBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1960Miklos Rozsa
- WonBest Picture · Academy Awards 1960Sam Zimbalist, Producer
- WonBest Sound · Academy Awards 1960Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
- WonBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1960Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Milo Lory
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1960Karl Tunberg
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