Sword and Sandal/Biblical Epic movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Stanley Kubrick
Universal S-Tier 4K with a perfect 5.0 score. Kubrick's sword-and-sandal epic gets cited as a reference disc in every catalog discussion. The 70mm photography has more detail than a modern display can fully resolve, and HDR finally gives the gladiator pit scenes the contrast they need. Available for under $13 USD on Amazon as a standalone, same disc as the one in the Kubrick 4K box set.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Still coming up in Easter and Passover context. Someone rewatched it ahead of their Ben-Hur collector's edition arriving and the comments went to Spartacus comparisons. The 4K is A-Tier.
Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
