Spartacus

This movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1961 and is a Stanley Kubrick Film ( Clockwork Orange, 2001 Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut).

The movie is about a slave named Spartacus and how he becomes a gladiator and eventually leads a revolt against the Roman Empire in an attempt to end slavery (ha! how foolish!) This movie was definitely better than Lawrence of Arabia because of its beautiful scenery and lavish costume designs (especially for that time). I don't really have anything to complain about for this movie since it was really well done although my friend kept interrupting the movie by saying the following ever 20 minutes, "Dude, this is just like in Gladiator" So basically, Ridley Scott ripped off Kubrick.

Watch this movie despite the length of the film.