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Movies that feel likeGladiator II (2024)

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.

If you loved Gladiator II, the closest films we have are The Death of Robin Hood (2026), Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). All three share Gladiator II's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Uprising (2026).

🍅 70% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ridley Scottkineticepiccontemplative
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If Gladiator II hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Gladiator (2000)

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The Death of Robin Hood
2026 · dir. Michael Sarnoski
🍅 68%★ 6adventure · drama · actionRent or buy

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.

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Ip Man 4: The Finale
2019 · dir. Wilson Yip
🍅 85%★ 7action · history · dramaPrime VideoHulu

Contemplative action in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into history than Gladiator II does

Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 71%★ 6.5adventure · actionDisney+

Common ground: ancient rome

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Gladiator II does

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

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The Promised Land
2023 · dir. Nikolaj Arcel
🍅 97%★ 7.7action · drama · historyHulu

Kinetic drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

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Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 39%★ 7.3drama · action · adventure

Both are Ridley Scott's work, and they rhyme

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

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The Uprising
2026 · dir. Paul Greengrass
★ 7.9history · drama · actionRent or buy

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

As war and plague devastate 14th-century England, a humble peasant ignites a rebellion, uniting an army of commoners to defy the King’s might in a desperate fight for justice and survival.

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Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 29%★ 6adventure · drama · action

Ridley Scott directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

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Robin Hood
2010 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 43%★ 6.6action · adventure · historyMax

Action built on stillness, twice over

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

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The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016 · dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
🍅 19%★ 6.1action · adventure · dramaNetflix

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.

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Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
2009 · dir. Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
★ 6.6adventure · drama · action

Both lean on scale more than on drama

When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning Mulan disguises herself as a male soldier to swell the ranks in her aging father's stead. The warrior's remarkable courage drives her through powerful battle scenes and brutal wartime strategy. Mulan loses dear friends to the enemy's blade as she rises to become one of her country's most valuable leaders — but can she win the war before her secret is exposed?

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The Grandmaster
2013 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 78%★ 6.6action · drama · history

Both lean on stillness more than on action

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

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House of Flying Daggers
2004 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 87%★ 7.5adventure · drama · actionPrime Video

Cut from the same adventure cloth

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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