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10 Best Movies Like Hamlet

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

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#1
In the Heights

In the Heights

2021★ 7.1

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

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights....

#2
My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

1940★ 7.0

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

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spe...

#3
Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hamlet for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must a...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Mulan

Mulan

2020★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hamlet for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an hono...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....