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10 Best Movies Like Richard II

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

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#1
Richard III

Richard III

1955★ 7.2

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

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and ...

#2
King Lear

King Lear

2018★ 6.1

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

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one....

#3
Bride & Prejudice

Bride & Prejudice

2004★ 6.4

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

Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitors for her four unmarried daughters when a family friend introduces them to handsome American Will Darcy. A Bollywood-style modern adaptation of J...

#4
Sarafina!

Sarafina!

1992★ 6.1

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

A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement....

#5
Avanti!

Avanti!

1972★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard II for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress....

#6
Belle

Belle

2013★ 7.1

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

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England....

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