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Name: Spartacus
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Genre: adventure, drama, history, war
Released: 1960
Duration: 3 h 17 min
Rating: 7.9

Spartacus has an iRankMovies score of 83.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Spartacus (1960)

They trained him to kill for their pleasure ... but they trained him a little too well

Release:1960

Runtime:3h 17m

Country:United States

Director:Stanley Kubrick

Language:English

Genre

AdventureDramaHistory

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Keywords

GladiatorRoman EmpireGladiator FightSlaveryInsurgenceAncient RomeHistorical FictionTorture

iRank84

Spartacus rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.9/10· 151K votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic87%

TMDb7.538/10· 2K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.9/10 on IMDb and 87/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Spartacus

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Cast of Spartacus

Kirk Douglas
as Spartacus
Laurence Olivier
as Marcus Licinius Crassus
Jean Simmons
as Varinia
Charles Laughton
as Sempronius Gracchus
Peter Ustinov
as Lentulus Batiatus
John Gavin
as Julius Caesar
Tony Curtis
as Antoninus
Nina Foch
as Helena Glabrus
John Ireland
as Crixus
Herbert Lom
as Tigranes Levantus
John Dall
as Marcus Publius Glabrus
Woody Strode
as Draba

Spartacus facts

Budget: $12M
Box office: $60M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Ancient Rome setting provides grand historical epic scale spectacle
•Gladiator fight choreography captures ancient world warfare authentically
•Stanley Kubrick directs historical drama with visual grandeur

What the audience disliked

•Escaped slave narrative sometimes sacrifices historical accuracy completely
•Extended runtime stretches certain character development sequences unnecessarily