Shakespeare's othello movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant shakespeare's othello movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, atmospheric, captivating and tense films and TV shows about / with shakespeare's othello, shakespeare, husband wife relationship, jealousy, love and romance, rivalry, dancing, bare chested male, slapping and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as shakespeare's othello: O (2001), Othello (1981), Othello (1965), Black Commando (1982), Othello (2001), Othello (1995), All Night Long (1962), Mank (2020), Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019), Hastrman (2018).

List of shakespeare's othello movies

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O (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic, "Othello." O is Odin James (Mekhi Phifer), the ...
Style: suspense, intense, tense, serious, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: basketball, high school, shakespeare, betrayal, interracial relations, friends, manipulation, downfall, teenage life, youth, love and romance, society ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
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Othello (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 195 min.
Story: Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides to his friend -- who had hoped to marry Desdemona -- that he serves Othello to further his own ...
Style: depressing, serious, realistic, rough, emotional ...
Plot: shakespeare, shakespeare's othello, opera, jealousy, tragedy, betrayal, racism, unfulfillment, rivalry, downfall, love and romance, intrigue ...
Time: 16th century
Place: venice, italy, turkey
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 7.0
 2K
Othello (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story: The 1965 version of the Shakespeare play.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, clever, atmospheric ...
Plot: tragedy, shakespeare, jealousy, shakespeare's othello, love, betrayal, racism, tragic love, circus, opera, dancing, interracial relations ...
Time: 16th century
Place: cyprus, italy, venice, europe
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Black Commando (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Plot: mercenary, shakespeare's othello, blaxploitation, racism, tragedy, wife, love, doctor, betrayal, husband wife relationship, jealousy, senator ...
Place: africa
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Othello (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit still retaining the original's power and potency. The story is set in the London ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: interracial relations, shakespeare, tragic love, power relations, vengeance, downfall, murder, betrayal, life is a bitch, couple relations, infidelity, dirty cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london
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 6.8
 10K
Othello (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, tense, costume drama, cynical ...
Plot: shakespeare, interracial relations, black man white woman relationship, jealousy, murder, racism, tragedy, medieval, tragic love, revenge, love and romance, rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place: venice, italy, europe, mediterranean sea
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All Night Long (1962)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.
Style: grindhouse, neo noir, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot: jazz, shakespeare, jazz musician, shakespeare's othello, musician, tragic love, blaxploitation, interracial, music and dance, opera, african, underground ...
Time: 60s
Place: britain, london, england, east end london
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 6.8
 82K
Mank (2020)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Style: black and white, historical drama, sentimental, inspirational, intense ...
Plot: screenwriter, filmmaking, wealth, biopic, writers, beach, movie business, politics, friendship, loneliness, car accident, name calling ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 2020s, year 1942, year 1936 ...
Place: los angeles, mojave desert, california, usa
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Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they are imagining their lives elsewhere.
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: family in crisis, black lesbian, lesbian, blended family, father daughter relationship, parents and children, husband wife relationship, family relations, cross cultural relations, escapades, multiculturalism, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.2
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Hastrman (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A strange nobleman returning after years abroad to a small Bohemian village in the beginning of 19th century. The nobleman feels closer to animals despite looking like a human.
Style: enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, dark comedy ...
Plot: loneliness, collector, priest in love, unrequited love, secret, tragic romance, supernatural power, love triangle, fish out of water, mythology, hiding place, murder ...
Time: 1830s, 19th century
Place: central europe
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 5.7
 8K
Dismissed (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: perfectionist, teachers and students, sociopathy, manipulative person, revenge, mental illness, crime and punishment, boy, teenage murderer, bad kids, psychopath, chess ...
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 5.1
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Doubles (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czech Republic
Story: Comedy tells the story of two men who are much alike but their temperament and life story are as different as day and night. They have never seen each other, they have no idea about each other's mutual existence and it would remain like that if ...
Style: exciting, intense, humorous, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: robbery, mafia, teenager, criminal, teenage girl, missing person, stolen painting, bossy wife, drunkenness, dog, teacher, painting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: prague, europe, czech republic
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Chocolat (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The history of the clown Chocolate, the first black circus artist in France, which has a great success in the late 19th century.
Style: thought provoking, factual, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: circus, racism, gambling, clown, black man, illegal immigrant, coworker relationship, rise to the top, comedy duo, fame, black, escapades ...
Time: 1910s, 1890s, year 2016, year 2015, 19th century ...
Place: paris france, france, cuba, caribbean
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 4K
The Dresser (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sad ...
Plot: world war two, aging, friendship, illness, actor's life, elderly, showbiz, actor, death, adultery, lgbtq, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, london
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Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Mr. Müller is not satisfied with his new work at the Goethe-Gesamtschule. The early getting up and correcting exams annoy him. Director Gerster wants to improve the image of the Goethe-Gesamtschule because she wants to be a symbol of the new ...
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, freeze frame, entertaining
Audience: teens
Plot: school teacher, vulgar language, school, teacher, high school, criminal as protagonist, teenager, camp, survival, naked in public, emotional blackmail, teachers and students ...
Time: year 2015
Place: thailand
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Casanova Variations (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Portugal, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two stories about the greatest seducer of all time, Giacomo Casanova.
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, psychological
Plot: womanizer, cross dressing, obsession, love and romance, estate, couples, death of protagonist, older man younger woman relationship, dancing, twists and turns, writers, old age ...
Time: 18th century, 1800s
Place: europe, portugal, venice, italy
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Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. ...
Style: atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, visual ...
Plot: gay, erection, male nudity, filmmaking, gay sex, movie business, love and romance, fall in love, artists and showbiz, homosexuality, thunderstorm, rain ...
Time: 2010s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1931, year 1948 ...
Place: mexico, soviet union, latin america, moscow russia, ussr
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The Humbling (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.
Style: tragicomedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, actor, aging, life turned upside down, dark humor, artists and showbiz, actor's life, love and romance, love affair, female professor, psychiatrist patient relationship, veterinarian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, new england, manhattan new york city, new york
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The King's Speech (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style: inspirational, period piece, sincere, uplifting, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: british royal family, british history, world war two, stuttering, royal family, disability, queen, politics, unlikely friendships, british monarchy, king of england, historical character ...
Time: 1930s, year 2010, 2010s, pre world war two, 50s ...
Place: england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
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 5.7
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Cement (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: What's the bond between partners, between brothers, and between spouses? In L.A., Bill Holt handcuffs Sean Rickhart inside a rebar frame for a freeway pillar at a construction site; Bill's going to bury Sean in quick-drying cement. Guided ...
Style: neo noir, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, gangster, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch, rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, police investigation, drug dealing, addiction, showbiz ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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 6.7
 164K
From Hell (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Style: gothic, atmospheric, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, jack the ripper, freemason, police investigation, conspiracy, prostitution, a vision, murder, violent, graphic violence, goth, psychic ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2001, 1880s, 1800s ...
Place: england, london, britain, ireland, europe ...
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The Last of the High Kings (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer ...
Style: humorous, light, talky, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: politics, coming of age, friendship, infidelity, self discovery, single parent, teenage love, cheerleader, teenage boy, male nudity, fall in love, misfit ...
Time: year 1996, 70s, year 1977, 90s
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, milwaukee wisconsin, massachusetts, europe ...
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Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A woman seduces a hotel janitor to gain access to the famous musicians coming into town.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, feel good, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: crumbling marriage, youth, dishonesty, fall in love, society, lifestyle, unfulfillment, opposites attract, love and romance, couple relations, obsession, couples ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, spain
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The Star Maker (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through the small villages of Sicily pretending that he is working for the big film studios in Rome.
Style: uplifting, serious, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, hidden identity, self discovery, love and romance, disorder, hopes, on the road, cons and scams, village life, countryside, small town, village ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: sicily, italy, europe, madrid, palermo italy ...
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Orlando (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1600, nobleman Orlando inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I, who commands the young man to never change. After a disastrous affair with Russian princess Sasha, Orlando looks for solace in the arts before being appointed ...
Style: surreal, stylized, period piece, art house, enigmatic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gender bending, gender, transsexual, surrealism, transgender, immortality, painting, women, looking for love, switching roles, feminist, lgbt ...
Time: 17th century, 16th century, year 1992, 18th century, victorian era ...
Place: england, ottoman empire, europe, london, middle east ...
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The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.
Style: slasher, gothic horror, grindhouse, creepy, classic horror ...
Plot: murder, paranormal, serial killer, exploitation, virus, love triangle, guillotine, bare butt, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, bare chested male, nudity ...
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Iaga (2015)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Iaga secretly exposes the marriage between Desdemona and Othella, but when the marriage is accepted by Venetian nobility, Iaga plots to drive a wedge between Othella and Desdemona using handsome Cassio as her pawn.
Plot: shakespeare, shakespeare's othello, gender bending, lesbian, magic, racism
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 8.5
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Othello (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story: The complete version of Verdi's Otello performed by Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Gala Performance in honour of Sir Georg Solti's 80th birthday.. 27 October 1992. BBC 2 Television live relay.
Plot: opera, dancing, tragedy, shakespeare's othello, opera live performance
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 6.9
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Othello (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands, USA, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Having previously staged Verdi's 1887 opera Otello at the Met and La Scala, filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli committed his production to film in 1986. Starring as the fatally jealous Moor of Venice is Placido Domingo, who had also headlined ...
Style: atmospheric, stylized, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: opera, shakespeare, obsession, betrayal, medieval, dancing, tragedy, rivalry, dishonesty, love and romance, losing-it hero, intrigue ...
Place: italy, europe, venice
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Caprice Italian Style (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
Style: fairy tale, anthology, spiritual, slapstick comedy, poliziottesco ...
Plot: lgbt, spirituality, queen of england, staircase, shakespeare's othello, puppet, police station, flashback, man disguised as a woman, teenage boy, dog, james bond ...
Place: italy, rome italy
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