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10 Best Movies Like Challenge of the Gladiator

If you loved Challenge of the Gladiator, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Dr Terror's House of Horrors

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

1965★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Challenge of the Gladiator for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful ...

#2
Head Over Heels 2

Head Over Heels 2

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Challenge of the Gladiator for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alice owns a network of sex shops and workaholic who, in trying to reconcile the harsh routine of work and family life, suffers nervous breakdown, she is forced by her husband to g...

#3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

1972★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Challenge of the Gladiator for fans of Action & Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son,...

#4
Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill

Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill

2022★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Challenge of the Gladiator for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In a night of killer comedy, Bill Burr hosts a showcase of his most raucous stand-up comic pals as they riff on everything from COVID to Michael Jackson....

#5
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Challenge of the Gladiator for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#6
The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Challenge of the Gladiator for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war y...