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10 Best Movies Like Death in Venice

If you loved Death in Venice, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Death in Venice

Death in Venice

1971★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death in Venice for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying wit...

#2
For a Lost Soldier

For a Lost Soldier

1992★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death in Venice for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, a young teenager, Jeroen Boman (Maarten Smit) is sent to the Dutch countryside to avoid the war in Amsterdam. While living with hi...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death in Venice for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death in Venice for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death in Venice for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death in Venice for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...