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10 Best Movies Like Macbeth

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

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#1
Hamlet

Hamlet

2009★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Macbeth 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...

#2
Hamlet

Hamlet

1990★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Macbeth for fans of Drama. 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....

#3
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996★ 6.8

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

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo a...

#4
Hamlet

Hamlet

1948★ 7.4

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

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Ol...

#5
Deathtrap

Deathtrap

1982★ 6.7

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

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script....

#6
Julia

Julia

1977★ 6.5

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

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany....

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