---
title: 'Gladiator (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ridley Scott'
released: '2000-05-05'
runtime_minutes: 155
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gladiator-2000'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '8.50/10'
fandom_stars: '4.25/5'
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gladiator (2000)

2000 · R · 155 min · Drama, Action, Adventure, History · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott)
- **Screenplay:** [John Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-logan), [William Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-nicholson), [David Franzoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-franzoni)
- **Producer:** [David Franzoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-franzoni), [Branko Lustig](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-lustig), [Douglas Wick](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-wick), [Terry Needham](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-needham)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lisa Gerrard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-gerrard), [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer), [Djivan Gasparyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/djivan-gasparyan)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mathieson)

## Cast

- [Djimon Hounsou](https://cinepixo.com/people/djimon-hounsou) as Juba
- [David Bailie](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bailie)
- [Sven-Ole Thorsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-ole-thorsen) as Tigris of Gaul
- [Joaquin Phoenix](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquin-phoenix) as Commodus
- [Derek Jacobi](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-jacobi) as Senator Gracchus
- [Adam Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-levy) as Condemned Officer
- [Tommy Flanagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-flanagan) as Cicero
- [Ralf Moeller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-moeller) as Hagen
- [Omid Djalili](https://cinepixo.com/people/omid-djalili) as a slave trader.
- [Giannina Facio](https://cinepixo.com/people/giannina-facio) as Maximus's wife.
- [Giorgio Cantarini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-cantarini) as Maximus's son
- [Richard Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-harris) as Marcus Aurelius
- [John Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-quinn-2)
- [Spencer Treat Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-treat-clark) as Lucius Aurelius Verus
- [Tony Curran](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curran)

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **8.50/10** (4.25 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **8.5/10** — [Bronze, Dust, and the Sound of a Crowd Becoming an Animal](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/bronze-dust-and-the-sound-of-a-crowd-becoming-an-animal) by Amara Osei, 2026-07-25
  > Ridley Scott’s Gladiator is not a perfect epic, but it is a fiercely tactile one, built from weathered metal, wounded faces, and the terrible music of spectacle.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/gladiator-2000
Film facts: Wikidata (Q128518); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.