Movies like Gladiator
If Gladiator's mix of gladiator, rome, italy and arena stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Gladiator's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Gladiator II
2024 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 148 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Ridley Scott · With Connie Nielsen and Derek Jacobi · Shares: gladiator, roman empire, ancient rome · Also action and adventure
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron…
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Troy
2004 · Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 163 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: battlefield, historical fiction, ancient world · Also action and adventure · From the same decade (2000s)
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy.
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The Revenant
2015 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 157 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship, revenge · Also drama and adventure
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
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How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Directed by Chris Sanders · 98 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: arena, combat
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle.
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Conan the Barbarian
1982 · Directed by John Milius · 130 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gladiator · Also adventure and action
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught…
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In Hell
2003 · Directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also action and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
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John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · Directed by Chad Stahelski · 122 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: rome, italy, revenge
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of…