Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "modern-gladiator"

1. Escape from New York (1981)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 157,265 | Gross: $25.24M

2. Guns Akimbo (2019)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.

Director: Jason Howden | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Ned Dennehy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo

Votes: 69,757

3. Escape from L.A. (1996)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer

Votes: 80,479 | Gross: $25.48M

4. Unleashed (2005)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A man enslaved by the mob since childhood and raised into behaving like a human attack dog escapes his captors and attempts to start a new life.

Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jet Li, Bob Hoskins, Morgan Freeman, Kerry Condon

Votes: 108,003 | Gross: $24.52M

5. The Condemned (2007)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.

Director: Scott Wiper | Stars: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Nathan Jones, Robert Mammone

Votes: 54,269 | Gross: $0.00M

6. Death Race 2 (2010 Video)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.

Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames

Votes: 34,619

7. Gladiators (1992–2000)

60 min | Action, Game-Show, Reality-TV

Members of the public are pitted against superfit Gladiators in trials of strength, speed and stamina.

Stars: Ulrika Jonsson, John Anderson, John Sachs, Kim Betts

Votes: 1,505

8. Man of Tai Chi (2013)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama

A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club.

Director: Keanu Reeves | Stars: Tiger Hu Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Hai Yu

Votes: 40,947 | Gross: $0.10M

9. The Blood of Heroes (1989)

R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport

In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.

Director: David Webb Peoples | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina

Votes: 7,565 | Gross: $0.88M

10. Arena (2011 Video)

R | 94 min | Action, Thriller

David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.

Director: Jonah Loop | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz, Johnny Messner, Katia Winter

Votes: 12,415

11. Blood Out (2011 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Savion drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.

Director: Jason Hewitt | Stars: Luke Goss, Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Vinnie Jones

Votes: 4,381

12. American Samurai (1992)

R | 94 min | Action

An American reporter teams up with a martial arts expert, whose half-brother is a "yakuza" - Japanese mafia - drug dealer to battle swordsmen from around the world in a Turkish arena.

Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: David Bradley, Mark Dacascos, Valarie Trapp, Rex Ryon

Votes: 2,131

13. Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite (1999)

R | 100 min | Action, Romance

A police officer goes undercover to investigate the disappearance of inmates at a prison.

Director: Elvis Restaino | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, Ivan Ivanov, Lisa Stothard, Stefanos Miltsakakis

Votes: 1,347

14. Angelfist (1993)

R | 80 min | Action, Thriller

An assassination in the Philippines is caught on film by kickboxer Christy, which leads to her death at the hands of radicals intent on disrupting peace talks. Her sister Kat, a Los Angeles... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Catya Sassoon, Melissa Moore, Michael Shaner, Denise Buick

Votes: 456

15. Animal 2 (2008)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

James "Animal" Allen (Ving Rhames) took the fall for the crimes of his older son (Vicellous Shannon) and is now serving a life term at Folsom Prison.

Director: Ryan Combs | Stars: Ving Rhames, Vicellous Shannon, Richard Waugh, Yannick Bisson

Votes: 1,066

16. Pit Fighter (2005)

R | 83 min | Action

Jack Severino has no memory, all he knows is the brutal sport of Pit Fighting. When his past catches him up, he realizes he is not who he thought he was. For some men must fight for redemption.

Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Dominique Vandenberg, Steven Bauer, Fernando Carrillo, Stephen Graham

Votes: 1,229

17. Ring of Steel (1994)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama

A champion fencer accidentally kills an opponent in a match. Disgraced, he is blackballed from the fencing community, until a mysterious stranger saves his life one night from a gang of ... See full summary »

Director: David Frost | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Carol Alt, Robert Chapin, Darlene Vogel

Votes: 322

18. Sunday Too Far Away (1975)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

A hard-drinking but hard-working gun shearer leads a group of Outback sheep herders into striking after wealthy landowners attempt to drive them from their territory.

Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Jack Thompson, Max Cullen, Robert Bruning, Jerry Thomas

Votes: 947

19. Forced to Kill (1994)

R | 93 min | Action, Thriller

Johnny is a very good fighter and thus sheriff Wilson wants him to fight in one of his illegal fights. So Wilson kidnaps Johnny and drills him to become a fighting machine.

Director: Russell Solberg | Stars: Corey Michael Eubanks, Michael Ironside, Rance Howard, Kari Whitman

Votes: 280

20. Final Round (1994 Video)

R | 75 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

After a recruiter sees him winning a bar fight, Tyler Verdiccio is kidnapped and thrown into an abandoned industrial complex which has been converted into the arena. Along with his lover, ... See full summary »

Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, Anthony De Longis, Clark Johnson

Votes: 300

21. Gladiaattorit (1993–1994)

45 min | Game-Show

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Stars: Juha-Pekka Jalo, Timo Honkala, Mikko Tukonen, Minna Aaltonen

Votes: 218

22. GirlFight: inVite (2016)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure

Sinister fatal femme Rachel inVites four unlikely model hopefuls into an underground death fight inside a barbaric steel cage surrounded by razor-sharp barb-wire. An all-female nightmare horror concept short film inspired by true events.

Director: Kelcey Coe | Stars: Becca Chanay, Kelly Culbertson, Brianna Culp, Amanda Dicapo

Votes: 380

23. Street Warrior (2008 TV Movie)

R | 91 min | Action

An Iraqi war vet returns home to find that his brother is in a coma from participating in an illegal underground fight club.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Max Martini, Nick Chinlund, Jane Park Smith, Max Perlich

Votes: 607

24. Warrior of Justice (1995)

R | 89 min | Action

A karate expert enters a deadly underground tournament to avenge one of his students who was killed there and stop the disgraced marshal arts champion who organized this deadly competition.

Directors: Jorgo Ognenovski, Mike Tristano | Stars: Jorgo Ognenovski, Jorge Rivero, Richard Lynch, Shari Blum

Votes: 89

25. Honor (2006)

R | 87 min | Action, Drama

In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends, Raymond and Gabriel, must decide which side of the battle to join. This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and HONOR.

Director: David Worth | Stars: Jason Barry, Russell Wong, Roddy Piper, Remy Bonjasky

Votes: 597

26. East L.A. Warriors (1989)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Drama

Bitter rivalry and endless warfare take over the streets of East L.A.

Director: Addison Randall | Stars: Tony Bravo, Kamar de los Reyes, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Sabino Villa Lobos

Votes: 119

27. Rustlands (2019)

9 min | Short, Action, Drama

A man fights for a girl he knows, but in the land of rust and sand, nothing is as it seems.

Director: Rok Mlinar | Stars: Branko Ristic, Mirko Vorkapic, Inja Zalta, Andrei Lenart

Votes: 6

28. Eternal Fist (1992)

95 min | Action, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic world, a man helps a beautiful young girl get revenge against a roving gang of renegades that destroyed her village.

Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Dale Cook, Don Nakaya Neilsen, Greg Douglass

Votes: 118

29. Final Fight: Streetwise (2006 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

Cody Travers was a hero in Metro City... a long time ago. He brought down the Mad Gear gang. But now he's just another boxing trainer. It's his younger brother Kyle that's the star of the ... See full summary »

Director: Yoshiaki Hatano | Stars: Trent Kaniuga, Joe Willis, Gerardo Sprigg, Cecil Carthen Jr.

Votes: 69

30. Unfailing (2008 Video)

102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A secret criminal organization, headed by Mr. Takamura, arranges a tournament in order to find the perfect killer. Ten young people who have nothing to lose, accept the rules and run in ... See full summary »

Director: Davy Sihali | Stars: Frank Truong, Emilie De La Perriere, Pier Gaudin, Laetitia Lopez

Votes: 24

31. Hu quan tie zhang (1974)

90 min | Action

An ex-con takes on brutal street gang, climaxing in a violent underground kung fu tournament.

Director: Min-Hsiung Wu | Stars: Jimmy Heung, Hsiang Li, Yun-Wen Chang, Yi-Chun Chiang

Votes: 22

32. FX Fighter Turbo (1996 Video Game)

T | Action

FX Fighter Turbo is a 2D fighting game developed by Digital Illusions and released for DOS in 1996. It is an enhanced version of the 1995 game FX Fighter, featuring new characters, moves, ... See full summary »

33. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Bread and Circuses (1968)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.

Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, William Smithers

Votes: 3,272