🎬 Movie
Screen catalogue →
2000 · 2h 35m · R · Action · Drama · Adventure
Rotten Tomatoes 80%Metacritic 67/100IMDb 8.5/10TMDB 8.2/10 (21,238 votes)
Gladiator is a 2000 epic action adventure drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman general who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to a slave, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena, determined to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor.
Directed by Ridley Scott
Box office $466M worldwide
Family guide
16+Plugged In cautions kids, teens and adults; Common Sense Media calls it masterful but really violent and unsuitable below 16+.[1][2]
- Sex & nudity: Kissing. An exposed male backside is seen.[1]
- Violence: Many bloody battle scenes and deaths; wife and child burned and crucified off-screen.[1]
- Language: "Bitch," "whore," and one "s--t."[1]
- Frightening & intense: Intense graphic combat and severe frightening scenes.[1]
Family reviews:Plugged In ↗Common Sense Media ↗Dove ↗Movieguide ↗
_-_Copy.jpg?width=400)
_David_Hemmings_(2)_(cropped).png?width=400)
.jpg?width=400)
.jpg?width=400)
.jpg?width=400)
_(cropped).jpg?width=400)
