What does a person need to be happy? According to the emperors in ancient Rome - bread and circuses. It was there that appeared gladiator fights - the main entertainment for which they were looking for the best fighters across the country. Gladiators are the favorites of the audience, entertaining the audience. The essence of the fight is simple - either you won or you were killed. The best films about gladiators are films showing the cruelty of the rules of the empire and the popularity of battles that took place in the arena.
Gladiator
- Year: 2000
- Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure
- Country: United States, United Kingdom
- Cast: Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris and Oliver Reed
Of course, “Gladiator” is the best movie about battles in the arena, the main role in which was played by Russell Crowe. Marcus Aurelius - the aged emperor of the Roman Empire, who feels the approach of death. He must tell who will be his heir and become the new ruler. The son of the emperor Commodus is stupid and ambitious, so Marcus considers him unworthy of the throne.Aurelius decided that the victorious General Maximus would take the reign of Rome into his own hands, but his son killed his father, accusing the general of everything that happened, sentencing Maximus and his family to death.
The general miraculously survived and fled, but he did not have time to save his wife and son. Fate gave a second chance to a man, because he fell into slavery and became a gladiator. Winning each fight, he goes to Rome to avenge the death of his relatives Kommodu and fulfill the request of the emperor. This picture will show the complex fate of a man who has lost everything, but has not dropped his hands.
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
- Year: 2011
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
- Country: USA
- Cast: John Hannah, Peter Mensah, Manu Bennett, Lucy Lawless, Nick E. Tarabey and Dustin Claire
Young Batiat - the son of the emperor, who is experiencing the best years in his life. He is bathed in glory, because his gladiator Gannik is an undefeated fighter, on account of which there is a lot of spilled blood and ruined lives. While everyone is keen on gladiator battles, Batiat and his wicked wife, Lecrece, are plotting and plotting intrigues in order to overthrow Batiat’s father from the throne and take power under control.
Ben gur
- Year: 1959
- Genre: Adventure, Drama
- Country: USA
- Cast: Charlton Heston, Haya Hararit, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith and Stephen Boyd
The action picture unfolds during the time of Christ in Palestine. Roman Messala and Jew Judah Ben Hur - two best friends who met for the first time in a long time and realized that their friendly connection is no longer possible. The fact is that Judas has sympathy for his people, and Messala makes him betray his relatives and friends, his people. Chariot races, fights and battles, sea battles and the birth of Christianity - all this can be seen in the painting “Ben-Hur”.
Kamo Ridges?
- Year: 1951
- Genre: Drama, Melodrama
- Country: USA
- Cast: Robert Taylor, Leo Genn, Deborah Kerr, Patricia Laffan and Peter Ustinov
This film is a large-scale film adaptation of the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, whose actions take place in ancient Rome when Nero was the emperor. Marcus - Roman legionary in love with an ordinary girl. He understands that their relationship is impossible, because she is a Christian, which can easily be put to the mercy of lions. Can a couple be together and pass all the obstacles?
Quo vadis
- Year: 2001
- Genre: Drama
- Country: USA, Poland
- Cast: Pavel Delag, Bohuslav Linda, Magdalena Meltzazh, Jerzy Trell and Michal Bayor
The film, whose actions unfold in the Roman Empire, at a time when its ruler was Nero - the beginning of our era. It was during these years that the first historical evidence appeared that Christianity began to spread throughout the world, and the apostles Paul and Petro who were in Rome were subjected to painful death. Nero is a cruel and stern ruler, arsonist and murderer. The film is not recommended for children, because there are terrible pictures where Christians are crucified on crosses, doused with hot resin and thrown into cages with tigers.
Pompeii
- Year: 2014
- Genre: Drama, Melodrama, Action
- Country: USA, Canada, Germany
- Cast: Keith Harrington, Kiefer Sutherland, Emily Browning, Jared Harris and Adewale Akinoi-Agbazhe
Love is an eternal feeling that existed at all times. The protagonist of the film is an ordinary slave whose life is predetermined. Of course, he dreams that he will be able to collect money and become free to win the heart of his girlfriend. Now he is a limp slave of a rich lord, who has a beautiful and young daughter Flavia. At one moment, fate separates them, for rich Lucretius sells a slave to another man, and marries his daughter to a rich Roman senate. Milo is sent from Pompeii to Naples, but at that time a terrible thing happens - the volcano Vesuvius erupts, and this chaos gives Milo a chance to return to the dying city to save his beloved.
Last gladiator
- Year: 2003
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Action
- Country: Germany, Austria
- Cast: Stefan Hornung, Tanya Venzel, Andrea Kleven, Marion Mitterhammer and Zsolt Bach
The battle of gladiators is the height of military courage in the Roman Empire.Some are doomed to death, others will bathe in the glory, their name will be shouted out by thousands of satisfied viewers wishing to see a vivid performance. Germanius is a slave whose roots belong to a noble family. After his parents were killed, Germanius with his sister and brother was captured by the Romans. The brother of the main character is killed by the gladiator Lagos and now he has only one goal - revenge. The problem is that Germanis's sister is in love with this killer.
Arena
- Year: 2001
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
- Country: USA, Russia
- Cast: Karen MakDugal, Olga Sutulova, Lisa Dergan, Severina Kamugish Kemirimbe and Yulia Chicherina
The main spectacle of ancient Rome - deadly performances with gladiators. Among the captured heroes were an ardent servant of the cult of the druids Body, barbarian Flavius and slave girl Jessemina. Timarkus is the ruler who will confront heroes in an arena full of blood, battles and orgies. This world is cruel, because love and hate, freedom and slavery, life and death share just one moment.
