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After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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Gladiator II (2024)
It has a 61% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
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 fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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Embattled (2020)
It has a 43% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
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Conan the Destroyer (1984)
It has a 42% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
Conan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagoth. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities of his sidekicks: the eccentric wizard Akiro, the warrior woman Zula, and the inept Malak. Together the hero and his allies must defeat both mortal and supernatural foes in this voyage to sword-and-sorcery land.
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Conan the Barbarian (1982)
It has a 42% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
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 the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.
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Flesh + Blood (1985)
It has a 41% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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The Legion (2020)
It has a 40% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.
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William Tell (2025)
It has a 37% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, desiring more land, invades neighbouring Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation. Protagonist William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless warlords.
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
It has a 36% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
It has a 34% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons—and a mysterious dragon rider with a startling connection to Hiccup. And as the ruthless conqueror Drago Bludvist rises to seize control of both dragons and people alike, Hiccup must step into his role as a true leader and, alongside his friends and Toothless, protect Berk from a devastating war.
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Life After Fighting (2024)
It has a 33% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Retired martial arts world champion Alex Faulkner has settled into a simple life, when the disappearance of two of his students leads to an unthinkable discovery close to home. Just when all hope of finding the children is lost, he locates the imprisoned girls and unsurfaces an international child trafficking operation, which draws him back into the fight of his life against those behind it.
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Ice Age (2002)
It has a 32% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by its story and themes, country of origin and TMDB relationship signals.
Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
It has a 32% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
It has a 32% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
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Interceptor (2022)
It has a 31% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
It has a 29% affinity with Gladiator, driven mainly by its story and themes, TMDB relationship signals and shared genres.
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
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