
10 Best Movies Like King Lear
If you loved King Lear, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Paths of Glory
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King Lear for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916....

Fiddler on the Roof
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King Lear for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows....

Ludwig
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King Lear for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cou...

Titanic
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King Lear for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

Shutter Island
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King Lear for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

Inside Out
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King Lear for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...