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Gladiator
2000
· Movie
· 155 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #254
- IMDb #36
- Google retired #81
- Rotten Tomatoes #1234
- Metacritic #791
- Letterboxd #220
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2013
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #845
- Metacritic Critics #1705
- Metacritic Audience #56
- Criticker #422
- Douban #246
- Kinopoisk #20
- AlloCiné #8
- Trakt #30
Every rating
65–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 65, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A powerful Roman general is betrayed when the emperor's corrupt son murders his family and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery and stripped of his name, he is forced into the brutal world of the gladiator arenas. He must fight to survive and use his growing fame as a warrior to seek vengeance against the man who destroyed his life.
Details
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writers
- David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
- Released
- 4 May 2000
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $103.0M
- Box office
- $465.5M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 31 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 53 →19 major awards won · 22 wins from 53 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Picture | David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Costume Design | Janty Yates | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Sound | Bob Beemer, Scott Millan and Ken Weston | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Visual Effects | Tim Burke, Neil Corbould, Rob Harvey and John Nelson | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2000 | Excellence in Production Design Award — Period Feature Film | Arthur Max | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 2000 | Best Cinematography | John Mathieson | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 2000 | Best Film | David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick | Winner |
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Critics' Choice Awards
7 nominations, 6 won
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John Mathieson | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Production Design | Arthur Max | Winner |
| Best Score | Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Winner |
| Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
Academy Awards
12 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Janty Yates | Winner |
| Best Picture | David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick | Winner |
| Best Sound | Bob Beemer, Scott Millan and Ken Weston | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Tim Burke, Neil Corbould, Rob Harvey and John Nelson | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Arthur Max ; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | John Mathieson | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Pietro Scalia | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
14 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | John Mathieson | Winner |
| Best Editing | Pietro Scalia | Winner |
| Best Film | David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Arthur Max | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Oliver Reed (posthumous) | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Janty Yates | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Film Music | Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Makeup & Hair | Paul Engelen and Graham Johnston | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Bob Beemer, Per Hallberg, Scott Millan, and Ken Weston | Nominee |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Tim Burke, Neil Corbould, Rob Harvey, and John Nelson | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Original Score | Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer | Winner |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design Award — Period Feature Film | Arthur Max | Winner |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
3 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Russell Crowe, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, and Oliver Reed | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film — Dramatic | Pietro Scalia | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Actor of the Year | Russell Crowe | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Joaquin Phoenix (also for Quills and The Yards ) | Winner |
Saturn Awards
6 nominations
| Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Nominee | |
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Best Costume | Janty Yates | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Best Music | Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Writing | David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson | Nominee |