Directors' Films
Ridley Scott
The Duellists (1977); Alien (1979); Bladerunner (1982); Legend (1985); Thelma and Louise (1991); Gladiator (2000); Hannibal & Black Hawk Down (2001); Prometheus (2012); The Martian (2015); Covenant (2017); Napoleon (2023); Gladiator 2 (2024)
David Fincher
Alien 3 (1992), Se7en (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Zodiac (2007), Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), Mank (2020), The Killer (2023)
Christopher Nolan
Following (1998), Memento (2000), Insomnia (2002), Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), Oppenheimer (2023)
Gladiator
2000. Dir. Ridley Scott. Maximus (Russell Crowe); Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix); Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris); Lucilla (Connie Nielsen); also Oliver Reed (Proximo), Ralf Möller/Djimon Hounsou (Hagen/Juba), Derek Jacobi (Senator Gracchus).
OS Hand in wheat; II Aurelius murdered; B Maximus, a slave/gladiator; MP Maximus to the Colosseum; B defying Commodus to save gladiator; C Commodus vs (wounded) Maximus; CS Dawn over the Colosseum
cf. 1950s Swords-and-Sandals
Quentin Tarantino
Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (2003/4), Death Proof (2007), Inglorious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019)