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Othello (1981)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
bleak, dark, independent film, period drama
Plot:
jealousy, tragedy, shakespeare's othello, betrayal, racism, shakespeare, manipulation, tragic hero, envy, crimes of passion, false evidence, suspicion, palace intrigue, character study, revenge, honor, loyalty, renaissance, love, maniac, murder, conspiracy, espionage, deception, courage ...
Place:
venice
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Most similar movies to Othello
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, period drama, bleak and intense films with plots about betrayal, tragedy, shakespeare, revenge, murder, power struggle and literary mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Othello: Black Commando (1982), Richard III (1983), Romeo & Juliet (1994), King Lear (1982), Macbeth (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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.
Style:
dark, intense, period piece
Plot:
shakespeare's othello, tragedy, mercenary, betrayal, jealousy, manipulation, shakespeare, revenge, deception, tragic hero, literary, jealous husband ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
venice, cyprus, africa
Similarity:
95%
516
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, realistic, serious, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
shakespeare, shakespeare's othello, opera, tragedy, jealousy, betrayal, racism, downfall, love and romance, couple relations, vengeance, intrigue ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
venice, italy, turkey
Similarity:
87%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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:
costume drama, melancholic, atmospheric, tense, cynical ...
Plot:
black man white woman relationship, interracial relations, shakespeare, jealousy, vengeance, tragedy, racism, murder, interracial marriage, tudors, tragic love, renaissance ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, middle ages, 18th century, 1930s
Place:
venice, italy, europe, mediterranean sea, england
Similarity:
83%
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:
15th century
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play, presented originally on television for schools in the UK.
Style:
romantic drama, tragic ending, bleak, period piece, educational
Plot:
shakespeare, literary, star crossed lovers, tragedy, family feud, family tragedy, forbidden love, teen romance, young love, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, duel, fatalism ...
Similarity:
71%
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 ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
The 1965 version of the Shakespeare play.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, atmospheric, clever ...
Plot:
tragedy, shakespeare, jealousy, shakespeare's othello, love, betrayal, racism, tragic love, innocent person killed, suffocation, deception, miscegenation ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
cyprus, italy, venice, europe
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, royal court, palace intrigue, jealousy, problem, male female relationship, relationships, royal family, intrigue, king, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch ...
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
54%
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:
46%
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:
46%
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.
Style:
suspense, period drama
Plot:
manipulation, betrayal, revenge, jealousy, female antagonist, jealous lover, tragedy, love triangle, seduction, deception, racism, rumor ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
venice
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's forgotten masterpiece of a good man in an evil world.
Style:
dark, bleak, thought provoking, philosophical, costume drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, character study, literary, power struggle, corruption, palace intrigue, moral ambiguity, tragedy, frustration, manipulation, betrayal, ancient rome ...
Similarity:
44%
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:
murder, ambition, witch, betrayal, bloodbath, paranoia, power struggle, regicide, shakespeare, tragedy, guilt, violent ...
Similarity:
43%
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:
11th century
Place:
scottish highlands, scotland
Similarity:
43%
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 ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of ...
Style:
tragic ending, historical drama, period piece, art house
Plot:
shakespeare, cleopatra, ancient rome, roman empire, love affair, power struggle, ancient egypt, ambition, suicide, betrayal, political intrigue, jealousy ...
Time:
1st century
Similarity:
42%
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:
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Before they get married, Paul and Monica want to indulge in an unforgettable sexual adventure. For this purpose, they invite a great number of acquaintances to a party, at which there will be no sexual restrictions.
Style:
tension, suspense, sensual, sexploitation film
Plot:
seduction, sexploitation, murder mystery, suspect, suspicion, betrayal, glamour, scandal, infidelity, manipulation, crime investigation, jealousy ...
Similarity:
41%
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
Similarity:
40%
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, stylized, emotional, atmospheric, crying ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
royal court, revenge, betrayal, murder, throne, shakespeare, shakespeare's hamlet, tragic hero, rivalry, heroes, intrigue, state affairs ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, bleak, dark, intense ...
Plot:
literary, adaptation, spanish history, character study, fatalism, tragedy, palace intrigue, seduction, betrayal, slow burn, revenge, sword fight ...
Time:
16th century
Similarity:
40%
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:
14th century
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, are competing for their father's ...
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:
37%
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 ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, comedy drama, tense
Plot:
british history, shakespeare, king of england, medieval, rebellion, political intrigue, coming of age, friendship, betrayal, identity crisis, character study, loyalty ...
Similarity:
36%
4K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her ...
Style:
art house, detective, period drama, f word
Plot:
husband wife relationship, tragedy, female protagonist, manipulation, repression, character study, adaptation, literary, betrayal, passion, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Similarity:
35%
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:
middle ages, 11th century
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
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:
1st century, 1st century b.c.
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
While in prison, Sunder learns that his fiancee is to marry another man. Enraged, he goes to the wedding venue and shoots her.
Style:
emotional, intense, sentimental, dark, suspense
Plot:
heartbreak, tragedy, murder, revenge, betrayal, prison, jealousy, love triangle, obsessive love, punishment, suffering, justice ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
23K
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, teen, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, high school, shakespeare, manipulation, interracial relations, friends, teenage life, father son relationship, love and romance, youth, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
35%
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