Movies like Gladiator
12 films like Gladiator (2000), Gladiator II, Robin Hood, The Fall of the Roman Empire among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with Gladiator: its director, cast, franchise or setting.
2000 · 155 min · Action, Adventure, Drama. A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
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Gladiator II
Also directed by Ridley ScottAfter his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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Robin Hood
Also directed by Ridley Scott · Also stars Russell CroweIn twelfth-century England, Robin Longstride and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
Also dramaThe death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
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American Gangster
Also directed by Ridley Scott · Also stars Russell CroweAn outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas.
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Black Hawk Down
Also directed by Ridley ScottThe story of one hundred and sixty elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed...
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Kingdom of Heaven
Also directed by Ridley ScottBalian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
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Napoleon
Also directed by Ridley Scott · Also stars Joaquin PhoenixAn epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
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Spartacus
Also adventure and dramaThe slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Also action and adventureWill Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Hector Barbossa, and the crew of the Black Pearl try and rescue Jack from Davy Jones's locker, and prepare to fight Lord Cutler Beckett, who controls Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman.
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
Also directed by Ridley ScottThe defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
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Hannibal
Also directed by Ridley ScottLiving in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target of revenge from a powerful victim.
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Body of Lies
Also directed by Ridley Scott · Also stars Russell CroweA CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
