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10 Best Movies Like König Lear

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

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#1
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.6

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#4
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#5
King Lear

King Lear

2018★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to König Lear 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....

#6
The River

The River

1984★ 6.3

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

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