Ridley Scott’s Typical Vibe
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Ridley Scott has 29 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 4 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Alien.
Recurring themes

Seven Swords
2005
Action · Drama

13 Assassins
2010
Adventure · Drama

King Arthur
2004
Adventure · War

Memories of the Sword
2015
Drama · History

William Tell
2025
Action · Adventure

Road to Perdition
2002
Crime · Drama

The Warrior
2001
History · Drama

Ip Man
2008
Drama · Action

American Gangster
2007 · Movie · Director
Top 6%Netflix · Included

Thelma & Louise
1991 · Movie · Director
Top 7%MGM+ · Included

The Last Duel
2021 · Movie · Director
Top 13%Hulu · Included

Matchstick Men
2003 · Movie · Director
Top 17%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Prometheus
2012 · Movie · Director
Top 26%Max · Included

Gladiator II
2024 · Movie · Director
Top 29%Prime Video · Included
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Golshifteh Farahani

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard

In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its combat services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Morris Chestnut
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman

1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg, Christopher Plummer

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino

In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley

Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco

A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz