Movies like Othello 1986
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Othello (1986)
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Original name: Otello
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 Zeffirelli's 1976 La Scala staging (production on the film was briefly interrupted while Domingo participated in the rescue operations following the Mexico City earthquake). While Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona and Justino Diaz as Iago perform their own singing, Zeffirelli's Cassio--played by real-life European prince Urbano Barberini--is dubbed by Ezio de Cesare. The director made several cuts in the original libretto and score in order to accommodate the film's two-hour time limit, but these excisions are done with taste and discretion. Because of the excessive violence in the third act--two murders, a suicide, a superficial throat-slashing--Otello was released with a PG rating.
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, serious, captivating, realistic, light, inspirational, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic ...
Plot:
opera, shakespeare, medieval, obsession, betrayal, dancing, forbidden love, tragedy, love and romance, interracial relations, royal family, intrigue, tragic love, rivalry, manipulation, tragic hero, dishonesty, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, uninhibited rivalry, jealousy, power, masturbation, classical music, shakespeare's othello ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
italy, europe, venice, paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, atmospheric and stylized films with plots about betrayal, unfulfillment, love and romance, opera, tragedy, rivalry and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like Othello: I, Don Giovanni (2009), The King Is Dancing (2000), Purpose (2002), Tosca (2001), Carmen (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Italy, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
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Style:
depressing, realistic, serious, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
shakespeare, shakespeare's othello, opera, tragedy, jealousy, betrayal, racism, downfall, love and romance, couple relations, vengeance, intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
venice, italy, turkey
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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.
Style:
tragic ending, costume drama, concert film
Plot:
opera, shakespeare's othello, jealousy, betrayal, classical music, manipulation, live performance, tribute, choir, military, dancing, elite ...
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55%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, serious, realistic, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain, europe, paris france
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53%
143
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
The 1965 version of the Shakespeare play.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, atmospheric, clever ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
cyprus, italy, venice, europe
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, realistic, costume drama, compassionate, bleak ...
Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, royal family, murder, medieval, tragic hero, poisoning, state affairs, family relations, parents and children, spirit, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
denmark, europe, england
Similarity:
43%
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Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, melancholic, atmospheric, tense, cynical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
venice, italy, europe, mediterranean sea, england
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Classic ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to the music of Prokofiev.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
shakespeare, couples, forbidden love, true love, tragic love, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, dancer's life, love and romance, music, tragedy, ballet ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, philosophical, atmospheric, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
denmark
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39%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, UK, France, Japan, USA, Germany
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
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Country: Spain
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, stylized, emotional
Plot:
opera, classical music, dancing, valet, musician, stage play, deal with the devil, couples, one last chance, vengeance, love and romance, downfall ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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948
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, psychological, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
shakespeare, hamlet, medieval, european, tragedy, ghost, murder, tragic love, supernatural, hidden identity, heroes, destructive relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
denmark, europe
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689
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, london, england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 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:
spiritual, serious, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
shakespeare, betrayal, knight, celtic, realism, siblings, kingdom, stage play, spirituality, family relations, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
middle ages, year 1971
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.
Style:
costume drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
skating, opera, tragic love, passion, dance, figure skating, classical music, adaptation, jealousy, fate, spectacle, sensuality ...
Time:
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Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on n'er do well, Laevsky (Andrew Scott) and his illicit relationship with his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott). Laevsky has convinced Nadya to leave her husband for him, but now wants to ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, captivating, period piece, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia, black sea, caucasus
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395
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he's rather unattractive, but he's good at his job of humiliating the courtiers for the amusement of the Duke. The courtiers, of course, are not amused. The ...
Style:
heartbreaking, dark, bleak, emotional, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
opera, father daughter relationship, seduction, dancing, tragedy, italian opera, revenge, fatalism, moral ambiguity, forbidden love, palace intrigue, betrayal ...
Time:
19th century, medieval times
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
While the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the superiority of Dagon, and the Hebrews are afraid ...
Style:
biblical, dramatic, tense, emotional, epic ...
Plot:
opera, seduction, betrayal, deception, religious, strength, faith, tragedy, religious conflict, ancient history, tragic hero, power struggle ...
Time:
biblical epic
Similarity:
33%
414
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera, in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, stars opera's 'Golden Couple', Rolando Villazon and Anna Netrebko as the protagonists, Rodolfo and Mimi. ...
Style:
serious, stylized, captivating, romantic, realistic
Plot:
love affair, opposites attract, lifestyle, tragic love, fall in love, couple relations, unfulfilled love, love and romance, social differences, couples, male female relationship, opera ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Singapore
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of three people whose lives are pulled into review and assessment when their paths cross. The initial sparks of what could be a new romance plays off against a couple falling out of love, a student and teacher, a father and son, a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
medieval, dance school, couples, ambition, follow your dream, couple relations, fall in love, family relations, hopes, parents and children, love triangle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
singapore, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
While rehearing Carmen of Bizet, the middle-aged choreographer Antonio brings the sexy Carmen to perform the lead role. Antonio falls in love for Carmen, who is an independent and seductive woman incapable to accept a possessive love. When Carmen ...
Style:
atmospheric, inspirational, art house, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
obsessive love, passion, music and dance, dancing, dancer, jealousy, underdog, scenery, sensuality, girl, artist, tragic love ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, West Germany, France
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Style:
dark, intense, dramatic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
opera, macbeth, tragedy, ambition, shakespeare, power, guilt, betrayal, murder, witch, adaptation, madness ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
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