Overview
A legendary stand against overwhelming odds unfolds in ancient Greece as a small band of warriors fights for freedom.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- operatic
- bombastic
- visceral
- action movie night
- historical epic marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually exciting and energetic but simple-minded, excessively violent, and limited by hammy dialogue and thin substance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The battle scenes use stylized compositions, heightened color, and digitally manipulated movement derived from Frank Miller's graphic novel.
Leonidas and the Thermopylae stand are framed through heroic rhetoric, monstrous adversaries, and operatic battlefield imagery.
Leonidas leads a vastly outnumbered force into a deliberate last stand against Xerxes's Persian army.
Sword fights, dismemberment, blood spray, and slow-motion attacks are presented with intense visual emphasis.
Films like 300, and why
Gladiator
stylized ancient warfare, heroic sacrifice, and mythic historical spectacle
Apocalypto
graphic combat, heightened visual design, and a doomed resistance against an overwhelming empire
Sin City
comic-book-inspired action, operatic violence, and larger-than-life warrior heroism
The Last Samurai
historical battlefield spectacle centered on loyalty, honor, and sacrificial defiance
Movie Details
- Director
- Zack Snyder
- Release Date
- 2007-03-07
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (15126)
Cast
- Gerard Butler
- Lena Headey
- Dominic West
- David Wenham
- Vincent Regan
- Michael Fassbender
- Tom Wisdom
- Andrew Pleavin
- Andrew Tiernan
- Rodrigo Santoro
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is 300 about?
- A hyper-stylized retelling of Thermopylae turns a doomed Spartan defense into a blood-soaked spectacle of courage, discipline, and sacrifice.
- What is 300 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 300 as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is 300 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in 300 as graphic.
- What did critics think of 300?
- Critics broadly found the film visually exciting and energetic but simple-minded, excessively violent, and limited by hammy dialogue and thin substance.
- Which films are like 300?
- Films with a similar feel include Gladiator, Apocalypto, Sin City, and The Last Samurai.
- How long is 300?
- 300 runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch 300?
- In United States, 300 streams on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.
