Movies like Othello

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Othello (1995)
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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: atmospheric, melancholic, tense, costume drama, cynical, cult classic, serious, realistic, erotic, light ...
Plot: shakespeare, interracial relations, black man white woman relationship, jealousy, murder, racism, tragedy, medieval, tragic love, revenge, love and romance, couples, rivalry, interracial marriage, life is a bitch, society, downfall, unfulfillment, interracial romance, interracial love, tudors, renaissance, royalty, friends, psychopath ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, middle ages, 18th century, 1930s
Place: italy, venice, europe, mediterranean sea, england
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Othello

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, atmospheric and period drama films with plots about love and romance, dishonesty, couples, shakespeare, betrayal, unfulfillment and rivalry mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like Othello: The Affair (1995), O (2001), Jungle Fever (1991), One Night Stand (1997), Macbeth (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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100%
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The Affair (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
Style: sex comedy, erotic, bleak, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot: black man white woman sex, world war two, making love, sex scene, wartime, black, interracial relations, racism, war, fall in love, soldier, military ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jungle Fever (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, controversial ...
Audience: date night
Plot: interracial romance, architect, african american, racism, society, adultery, drug addiction, love affair, prejudice, hip hop, relationships, black ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, africa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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One Night Stand (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat ...
Style: sexy, melancholic, intense, light, touching ...
Plot: male female relationship, love triangle, infidelity, friendship, one night stand, justice, adaptation, adultery, interracial romance, couples, family problems, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, new york, los angeles, california, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Macbeth (1971)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Style: disturbing, visual, bleak, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, murder, guilt, witch, prophecy, macbeth, royalty, betrayal, witchcraft, knight, ambition ...
Time: 11th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 1971, 20th century
Place: scotland, eastern europe, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tomato (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to ...
Plot: train station, hooker, immigrant, death of brother, police, teacher, prostitute, violence, drug use, death, brother brother relationship, baby ...
Place: southern italy, ghana, rome italy, naples italy, canada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Style: sexy, period piece, talky, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot: shakespeare, renaissance, religious intolerance, women, friends, love and romance, judaism, trial, prejudice, segregation, culture clash, life is a bitch ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2004
Place: venice, italy, israel, middle east, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a ...
Style: romantic, period piece, costume drama, talky, sweet ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: opposites attract, shakespeare, countryside, wedding, bachelor, honest, intrigue, happy ending, mistaken identity, love and romance, battle of wits, dishonesty ...
Time: 16th century, 90s, year 1993, victorian era
Place: italy, tuscany, europe, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young ...
Style: romantic, sweet, colorful, period piece, emotional ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: forbidden love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, fall in love, family feud, love story, medieval, unfulfillment, true love, love, star crossed lovers ...
Time: year 1968, 1900s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Hamlet (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, compassionate, bleak, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, murder, royal family, tragic hero, poisoning, state affairs, family relations, parents and children, spirit, dishonesty, unfulfillment ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 16th century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Hamlet (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Style: meditative, intense, cynical, psychological, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, murder, revenge, tragedy, vengeance, betrayal, ghost, intrigue, tragic hero, haunted by the past, corporation, poisoning ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2000
Place: new york, denmark, europe, usa, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Hamlet (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Style: fairy tale, tense, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: shakespeare, hamlet, tragedy, medieval, european, murder, tragic love, ghost, haunted by the past, royal family, parents and children, couples ...
Time: year 1969, middle ages
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Othello (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story: Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style: independent film
Plot: triumph, courage, tragedy, false accusation, maniac, racism, espionage, shakespeare's othello, deception, conspiracy, jealousy, betrayal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy, atmospheric
Plot: shakespeare, ghost, rape, incest, revenge, insanity, sexual abuse, betrayal, tragic love, hamlet, indecision, vengeance ...
Time: middle ages
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Hamlet (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, ...
Style: serious, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, crying ...
Audience: date night
Plot: royal court, revenge, betrayal, murder, shakespeare, rivalry, tragic hero, shakespeare's hamlet, intrigue, heroes, state affairs, royal family ...
Time: middle ages
Place: europe, denmark
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20%
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Romeo & Juliet (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are ...
Style: romantic, dramatic, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, true love, star crossed lovers, young lovers, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, family feud, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: italy, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Onegin (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Through his best friend Lensky, Onegin is ...
Style: atmospheric, period piece, romantic, costume drama, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: unfulfilled love, forbidden love, tragic love, marriage, unrequited love, book, obsession, unfulfillment, love and romance, couple relations, poetry, inheritance ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1800s, year 1999, victorian era
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Valmont (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as ...
Style: stylized, period piece, sensual, costume drama, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: betrayal, virginity, seduction, manipulation, infidelity, virgin, tragedy, hypocrisy, couple relations, wager, love triangle, love ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, Australia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. ...
Style: romantic, stylized, visual, sexy, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: love story, forbidden love, tragic love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, teen romance, true love, young lovers, star crossed lovers, young love, suicide, secret marriage ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 1900s, y2k, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Baptista, a rich Paduan merchant, announces that his fair young daughter, Bianca, will remain unwed until her older sister, Katharina, a hellish shrew, has wed. Lucentio, a student and the son of a wealthy Pisan merchant, has fallen in love with ...
Style: costume drama, clever, humorous, witty, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: battle of the sexes, shakespeare, opposites attract, medieval, wedding, marriage, renaissance, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, makeover, stage play, royal family ...
Time: 16th century, year 1967, 20th century
Place: persia, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style: sexy, atmospheric, period piece, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: love, love triangle, relationships, nudity, death, betrayal, greed, fall in love, literary, power relations, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time: 1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: england, london, britain, venice, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...
Style: sexy, costume drama, period piece, sexual, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: aristocracy, fatal attraction, seduction, sexuality, sex, sexual manipulation, decadence, love, love letter, adultery, casanova, sexual relations ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Proposition (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is ...
Style: absurd, melancholic, sincere, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot: priest in love, infertility, adultery, love triangle, human nature, dangerous attraction, fall in love, family problems, crumbling marriage, society, forbidden sex, dishonesty ...
Time: 1930s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: boston, usa, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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King Lear (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 158 min.
Story: An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, emotional, talky ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, king, literary, dancing, betrayal, state affairs, intrigue, rivalry, unfulfillment, downfall, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn (Natascha McElhone) who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII (Jared Harris), before ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, period drama
Plot: royal family, renaissance, mistress, royal court, sister, infidelity, intrigue, uninhibited rivalry, blind ambition, love and romance, state affairs, rise to the top ...
Time: 16th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Wuthering Heights (1992)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until ...
Style: gothic, romantic, atmospheric, emotional, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: obsession, tragic love, forbidden love, social differences, passion, revenge, master and servant, betrayal, haunted by the past, love, love story, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, regency period, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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