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10 Best Movies Like Othello

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

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#1
Othello

Othello

1951★ 7.4

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

Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy...

#2
Hamlet

Hamlet

1996★ 7.3

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

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing....

#3
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#6
Othello

Othello

1995★ 6.4

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

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....

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