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10 Best Movies Like Gladiator

If you loved Gladiator, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gladiator for fans of Action & Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 Empero...

#2
Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

1982★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gladiator for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#3
Coriolanus

Coriolanus

2011★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gladiator for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position o...

#4
Titus

Titus

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gladiator for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy....

#5
Embattled

Embattled

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gladiator for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued....

#6
Flesh + Blood

Flesh + Blood

1985★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gladiator for fans of Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who stiffs them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction th...

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