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10 Best Movies Like Richard III

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

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#1
King Lear

King Lear

2018★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard III 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....

#2
Henry V

Henry V

1944★ 6.7

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

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France....

#3
Hamlet

Hamlet

1990★ 6.6

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

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge....

#4
Hamlet

Hamlet

2009★ 7.3

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

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 b...

#5
Living

Living

2022★ 7.0

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

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under pap...

#6
Henry V

Henry V

1989★ 7.1

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

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France....

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