Christopher Nolan says Gladiator II is one of his favorite films of 2024: “Why are there sharks in the Colosseum? Because we demand them”

Legendary director Christopher Nolan has announced his favorite movie of 2024, sharing his love for fellow British director Ridley Scott in the process.

Nolan picked Gladiator II as his movie of the year, as part of Variety’s list of directors’ top movies of 2024. “Like the best long-awaited sequels, Gladiator II must be a remake and sequel in one, and it’s testament to Scott’s brilliance that he manages to balance the individual pathos of the original with the expansionist demands of the sequel’s central theme, bringing a lifetime of experience in controlling tone,” wrote Nolan.