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10 Best Movies Like Nero and the Burning of Rome

If you loved Nero and the Burning of Rome, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Love at First Fight

Love at First Fight

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nero and the Burning of Rome for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to lear...

#2
The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nero and the Burning of Rome for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't e...

#3
The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nero and the Burning of Rome for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity....

#4
Deadpool

Deadpool

2016★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nero and the Burning of Rome for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, ...

#5
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nero and the Burning of Rome for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#6
Black Mass

Black Mass

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nero and the Burning of Rome for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Ma...