Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Gladiator’: Ridley Scott’s Epic Period Masterpiece

R | 2h 35min | Drama, Action, Historical Fiction | 5 May 2000 (USA)

While it’s been around since the dawn of the film medium itself, the historical “Sword-and-Sandal” (S&S) sub-genre enjoyed its heyday from 1949 through 1965 in the form of frequently religious-based big-budget period epics.