Movies like Macbeth 1983

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Macbeth (1983)
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Macbeth (1983)
Original name: Shakespeare Tragedies: Macbeth
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: artsy
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, peplum, witch, ambition, king, witchcraft, murder, tyrant, prophecy, able to see the dead, filicide, macbeth, scottish history
Time: medieval times, 11th century

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out atmospheric, captivating, serious and independent film films with plots about shakespeare, medieval, shakespeare play, murder, king, royalty and royal family mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Macbeth: MacBeth (1961), Richard III (1983), Henry IV Part II (1979), Henry IV Part I (1979), Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Performance of Macbeth (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Shakespeare's classic tragedy of ambition, witches and murder.
Plot: shakespeare, macbeth, medieval, able to see the dead, live action
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Macbeth (1997)
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: independent film
Plot: shakespeare, macbeth, murder, suicide, regicide, king, blood, prophecy, child murder, witch, wife, knife
Time: middle ages, 11th century
Place: scotland
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93%
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MacBeth (1961)
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 ...
Plot: shakespeare, macbeth, 007, medieval, taunting, regicide, husband wife relationship, murder, manhood, male protagonist, costume, scottish accent
Time: 11th century
Place: scotland
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79%
National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: king, shakespeare, revenge, tragic hero, prophecy, femme fatale, betrayal, rise and fall, medieval, throne, assassination, state affairs ...
Time: middle ages
Place: scotland, united kingdom
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78%
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Richard III (1983)
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 ...
Plot: royalty, shakespeare, royal family, medieval, king of england, shakespeare play
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72%
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Macbeth (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style: independent film
Plot: shakespeare, murder, suicide, child murder, macbeth, shakespeare play, knife
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71%
Henry IV Part II (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
Plot: shakespeare, british history, royalty, medieval, king of england, shakespeare play
Place: england
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69%
Henry IV Part I (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in ...
Plot: british history, king of england, shakespeare, medieval, royalty, shakespeare play
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69%
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
Story: When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the story moves ...
Plot: shakespeare, king, prince, shakespeare play
Place: ancient greece
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62%
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 217 min.
Story: Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange) plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th ...
Style: entertaining, melancholic, intense, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, theater, live performance, theatre play, royal court, life & death, obsession, runaway, mother son relationship, sword fight, queen ...
Time: middle ages
Place: europe, denmark
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57%
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King Lear (1982)
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: period drama
Plot: shakespeare, dancing, tragedy, shakespeare's king lear
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57%
The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: BBC rendition of Shakespeare's Coriolanus
Plot: shakespeare, peplum, tragedy, ancient rome, roman
Place: rome italy
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56%
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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 ...
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56%
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Macbeth (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 62 min.
Story: A Hungarian TV version of the play shot in just two takes.
Style: independent film
Plot: shakespeare, macbeth, misanthropy, nihilism, pessimism, theater
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55%
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Henry V (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: The life of King Henry the Fifth.
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, british aristocracy, king, dead children, historical event, battles, shakespeare play
Time: 15th century
Place: france, england
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55%
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Hamlet (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.
Plot: shakespeare, murder, incest, fratricide, dysfunctional family, duel, skull, insanity, haunted by the past, castle, brother sister relationship, tragedy ...
Place: denmark
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55%
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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
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54%
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King Lear (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, mythology, royalty, bible, ancient history, myth, theater, dancing, death of king, betrayal, tragedy ...
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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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49%
The Third Part of King Henry VI (1983)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 211 min.
Story: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Plot: shakespeare, british history, medieval, royalty, king of england, shakespeare play
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48%
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Richard II (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
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Story: Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, royalty, british history, peplum, british aristocracy, king of england, rebel, king, corruption, aristocrat, nephew ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 14th century
Place: britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
46%
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Hamlet (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
Story: From its sell-out run at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique and critically acclaimed production of Hamlet with BAFTA-nominee Maxine Peake in the title role. This ground-breaking stage production, directed by ...
Style: atmospheric, psychological, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, haunted by the past, tragic hero, betrayal, dishonesty, royal family, ghost, murder, state affairs, parents and children, shakespeare ...
Time: middle ages
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 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: black and white, cerebral, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: shakespeare, murder, treason, medieval, rise to power, king, intrigue, betrayal, royal family, macbeth, knight, life & death ...
Time: middle ages, future
Place: scotland
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45%
The Moving Forest (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias meets a mysterious woman who claims to be able to predict his future and says he will ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: shakespeare, murder, bank, ambition, prophecy, banker, mysterious girl, blind ambition, career, murder mystery, murderer, husband wife relationship ...
Place: brazil
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44%
Henry VI Part 2 (1983)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 203 min.
Story: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Plot: shakespeare, british history, royalty, chivalry, medieval, sorcery, king of england, shakespeare play
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44%
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
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44%
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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
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43%
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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
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41%
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II (2013)
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: captivating, disturbing
Audience: date night
Plot: medieval, ruler, royalty, king, palace intrigue, power struggle, kingdom, power, political intrigue, monarchy, intrigue, civil war ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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