man throws brick to pull chariot

In 26 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.

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.