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10 Best Movies Like Othello

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

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#1
Othello

Othello

1995★ 6.3

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

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic....

#2
Othello

Othello

1951★ 7.4

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

Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy...

#3
Maestro

Maestro

2023★ 6.3

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

A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at...

#4
Author! Author!

Author! Author!

1982★ 5.9

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

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belon...

#5
Lilies

Lilies

1997★ 8.1

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

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch ...

#6
Persuasion

Persuasion

2007★ 7.2

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

Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are...

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