Fans are eagerly awaiting the premiere of Gladiator 2, the 2024 new movie from legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott that picks up years after the events of his Best Picture-winning original Gladiator. Part of that excitement is the new additions to the cast of the Roman Empire-set epic, including Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington. That anticipation could be helping to lift another Washington and Scott movie in the Netflix rankings: American Gangster.
On Monday, September 23, the same day that a new Gladiator 2 trailer hit the internet, American Gangster is in the top 10 most popular movies on Netflix in the US; the movie is also streaming on Netflix in the UK. American Gangster is officially sixth on the list, only trailing brand-new 2024 movies in The Garfield Movie, Uglies, Rebel Ridge, His Three Daughters and Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter. American Gangster premiered on Netflix on September 16.
