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10 Best Movies Like Richard III

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

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#1
King Lear

King Lear

2018★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard III 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....

#2
Henry V

Henry V

1944★ 6.7

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

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France....

#3
Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969★ 7.0

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

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn....

#4
Hamlet

Hamlet

1990★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard III for fans of Drama & History. 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....

#5
The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009★ 7.2

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

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regenc...

#6
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937★ 7.5

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

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers tr...

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