Gladiator was nominated for a number of Oscars, winning quite a few in the process. The Ridley Scott swords-and-sandals epic, which starred Russell Crowe as Maximus, premiered in 2000 and instantly became a hit with both critics and audiences. At the time of writing, more than 250 different critics’ reviews have been compiled to earn it a Certified Fresh score of 80% on the review aggregator platform Rotten Tomatoes. More than 250,000 audience members have also rated it, giving it an even more favorable score of 87%.
