Gladiator (2000, Part 1) ni filime y’epic action-drama igaruka ku butwari, guhemukirwa, n’ubwishyu mu gihe cya Roma ya kera. Inkuru ikurikira Maximus Decimus Meridius, umusirikare ukomeye wa Roma, uhemukirwa n’umwami mushya Commodus, agahinduka umugaragu n’umukinnyi w’imikino ya Colosseum.