Most Similar Movies to King Lear (2018)
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Macbeth (1971), Cymbeline (2014), Macbeth (2006), Ran (1985), Titus (1999), Siberian Lady Macbeth (1961), Othello (1995) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Macbeth (1971)
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
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Cymbeline (2014)
A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.
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Macbeth (2006)
Set in the present in Melbourne, Australia, a power struggle takes place among gangsters.
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Ran (1985)
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
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Titus (1999)
Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
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Siberian Lady Macbeth (1961)
Left with her father-in-law, Izmajlow (Bojan Stupica), when her husband goes on an extended trip, Katarina (Olivera Markovic) falls in love with local pig farmer, Sergei (Ljuba Tadic). Her father-in-law discovers the affair and mercilessly beats Sergei. Fearing for her lover, Katerina feeds her father-in-law poisonous mushrooms, which allows a period of peace for the couple. However, when Katarina's husband, Zinovij (Miodrag Lazarevic), returns home, even more violence ensues.
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Othello (1995)
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio, when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
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Macbeth (2015)
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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Medea (1987)
Kreon (Henning Jensen), the King of Corinth, offers the hand of his daughter, Glauce (Ludmilla Glinska), to valiant adventurer Jason (Udo Kier). The catch is that Jason's present wife, Medea (Kirsten Olesen), and his two children must leave the kingdom. Jason tries to convince his wife that it is all for the better, guaranteeing her a life of wealth and ease. Medea, however, sensing that her family is being destroyed, descends into madness and commits a horrendous crime.
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Chimes at Midnight - Campanadas a medianoche (1965)
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
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Othello (1965)
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
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Medea (1970)
After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with the powerful sorceress, Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?
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Jassy (1948)
In 17th. century England, Jassy is believed a witch because she has sometimes visions of approaching disasters. When Barney Hatton, an impoverished gentry whose gambling father has lost the family home, helps her anyway she will not forget and will try to help him have his property back - at any price?
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Henry IV (1984)
Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.
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Coriolanus (2011)
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
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Nayakan (1987)
A common man's struggles against a corrupt police force put him on the wrong side of the law. He becomes a don, who is loved and respected by many, but his growing power and influence exact a heavy toll.
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The Tempest (2010)
Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.
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