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I, Timon (2017)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's forgotten masterpiece of a good man in an evil world.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, dark, philosophical, allegory, costume drama, period drama, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, shakespeare, power struggle, character study, literary, betrayal, tragedy, manipulation, frustration, moral ambiguity, palace intrigue, ancient rome, justice, revenge, isolation, loyalty, political satire, class conflict, reform, madness, evil, court intrigue
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Most similar movies to I, Timon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, bleak, intense and period drama films with plots about betrayal, revenge, shakespeare, power struggle, tragedy, corruption and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like I, Timon: King Lear (1982), Macbeth (2025), MacBeth (1961), The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984), National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
289
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and ...
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, allegory, period drama
Plot:
shakespeare, tragedy, betrayal, father daughter conflict, madness, power struggle, literary, deception, political intrigue, sibling rivalry, loyalty, desperation ...
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517
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse, stars the formidable talents of David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Shakespeare’s most infamous tragedy.
Style:
creepy, dark, intense, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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224
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you were to go back to the early 1600s this is probably the way you'd see it. The plot of ...
Style:
dramatic, psychological, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, macbeth, regicide, medieval, guilt, ambition, adaptation, downfall, tragedy, power struggle, corruption, monarchy ...
Time:
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Place:
scottish highlands, scotland
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
BBC rendition of Shakespeare's Coriolanus
Style:
serious, dark, period piece, intense, epic
Plot:
shakespeare, ancient rome, tragic hero, power struggle, political conflict, literary, revenge, moral ambiguity, adaptation, pride, honor, exile ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, moral dilemma, prince, intrigue, stage play, shakespeare's hamlet, tragedy, hamlet, palace intrigue, murder, political intrigue ...
Place:
denmark, london
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
A ghostly visitor with a shocking secret, a daughter devastated by loss, a deadly duel – and the most famous question in all of drama. Just some of the reasons why Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy will hold you spellbound.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
tragedy, hamlet, shakespeare, stage play, revenge, royal palace, life is a bitch, shakespeare's hamlet, family relations, male female relationship, relationship problems, royal family ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
60%
417
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.
Style:
dark, intense, psychological, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
shakespeare, ambition, witch, medieval, murder, blood, guilt, power struggle, tragedy, regicide, prophecy, betrayal ...
Time:
medieval times, 11th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min.
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Story:
King Lear is an in-depth study of love, power and death. Through this film Shakespeare is saying, "Don't blame the gods or the heaven's for the horrors committed on earth. No. Blame hellish inhumanity on those who inhabit the ...
Style:
intense, bleak, dark, philosophical, existential ...
Plot:
shakespeare, tragedy, royalty, madness, adaptation, mature, betrayal, literary, desperation, revenge, loyalty, isolation ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 239 min.
Story:
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
shakespeare, royal family, royalty, murder, ambition, betrayal, political intrigue, power struggle, manipulation, tragedy, conspiracy, adaptation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
bleak, dark, independent film, period drama
Plot:
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Place:
venice
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46%
176
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic corruption.
Style:
tense, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, hamlet, revenge, political intrigue, urban, betrayal, moral ambiguity, power struggle, corruption, existentialism, family honor, moral dilemma ...
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44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
8 important executive members of some notable corporations of the country are kidnapped during a recent trial.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, intense, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, guilt, power struggle, moral ambiguity, interrogation, corruption, isolation, morality, revenge, retribution, justice ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
It is the turn of the century in Russia, and the revolution (at this time not yet a communist one) has sentenced government minister Joel Birkman (Etienne Glaser) to be assassinated for his role in quelling a student rebellion. To that end, they ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspenseful, bleak, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bodyguard, ethical dilemma, assassination, power struggle, intrigue, moral ambiguity, civil unrest, oppression, revolution, fictional country, deception, conspiracy ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Visually mesmeric with countless lateral subplots set in a a nightmarish no man's land: Shakespeare in the Extreme!
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, existential, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
supernatural, alienation, isolation, adaptation, literary, ghost, palace intrigue, femme fatale, mourning, identity crisis, manipulation, ritual ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
43%
127
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, bleak, tension, art house ...
Plot:
shakespeare, murder, tragedy, power, adaptation, tragic hero, witch, ambition, supernatural, literary, prophecy, madness ...
Place:
scottish highlands
Similarity:
42%
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Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, brutal, bleak, intense, black comedy ...
Plot:
shakespeare, ancient rome, revenge, bloodbath, tragedy, vengeance, palace intrigue, betrayal, violence, murder, madness, warrior ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
42%
263
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin...
Style:
dark, bleak, sinister, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, macbeth, regicide, prophecy, witch, ambition, adaptation, witchcraft, supernatural, tragedy, power struggle, tragic hero ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland, scottish highlands
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
monarchy, political intrigue, civil war, shakespeare, palace intrigue, monarch, medieval, power struggle, king, royalty, ruler, arrogance ...
Time:
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41%
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Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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40%
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rise to power, power struggle, anti hero, organized crime, transformation, moral ambiguity, underworld, character study, biopic, violence, betrayal ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's classic tragedy of ambition, witches and murder.
Style:
dark, art house, period drama
Plot:
shakespeare, medieval, macbeth, ambition, tragedy, power struggle, witch, guilt, madness, prophecy, regicide, supernatural ...
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
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Story:
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, dark, intellectual, period drama
Plot:
shakespeare, assassination, betrayal, conspiracy, power struggle, political intrigue, roman, ambition, ethical dilemma, loyalty, character study, senate ...
Time:
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Similarity:
40%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hari and his two friends who get embroiled in a murder case under unusual circumstances. They deal with the power-play, haplessness and trauma.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A modern day adaptation of two of William Shakespeare's tragedies - Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
Style:
tense, tragic ending, dark, stylized, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
corruption, revenge, murder, corporate conspiracy, murder of wife, oil tycoon, money, corrupt businessman, businessman, murderer, frame up, fight for justice ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified ...
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, blackmail, corruption, power struggle, corrupt system, corrupt politician, criminal, bandit, political unrest, political intrigue, secret, criminal gang ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south korea, seoul, busan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A fearless software engineer fights workplace harassment, societal blame, and a murder accusation--only to uncover a dark conspiracy behind her husband's tragic accident.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, intense
Plot:
conspiracy, strong female lead, justice, female protagonist, family tragedy, social justice, murder mystery, empowerment, corruption, false accusation, sexism, investigation ...
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
William Houston's portrayal of the Danish prince.
Style:
tragic ending, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
tragedy, shakespeare, revenge, political intrigue, royalty, moral ambiguity, melancholy, castle, patricide, regicide, fatalism, poisoning ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the late 1980s, stage actor Alexander Petrov is banned from theatre without any apparent reason. When he reappears, after the demise of the Communist regime, he discovers that he had been denounced by the one man he admired most, his master and ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
theater, betrayal, actor, secret, problem, political unrest, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, corruption, power struggle, frustration, character study ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
Style:
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Plot:
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