Top 12 films based on classical mythology As Wrath of the Titans is released in cinemas we look at the greatest movies based on greek mythology, in historic order: Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus (1959), which won an Oscar for best foreign film, transports the Orpheus and Eurydice tale to a favela in modern day Brazil. In myth Orpheus is a brilliant musician whose love - Eurydice - is killed by a serpent on their wedding day and is taken to the underworld. Orpheus journeys to bring her back from the jaws of death by charming the lord of the underworld with his song.