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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
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...

#2
Hamlet

Hamlet

1996★ 7.3

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

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing....

#3
West Side Story

West Side Story

1961★ 7.2

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

In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides...

#4
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2012★ 7.3

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

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relent...

#5
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...

#6
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black

Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black

2024★ 7.2

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

Ava, a young bank professional is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for until fate intervenes, revealing Dallas' wicked deeds that h...

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