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10 Best Movies Like The Scarlet Empress

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

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#1
Scarface

Scarface

1932★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Scarlet Empress for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the crim...

#2
The Devil Is a Woman

The Devil Is a Woman

1935★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Scarlet Empress for fans of Drama & History & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. D...

#3
Morocco

Morocco

1930★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Scarlet Empress for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer....

#4
Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

1932★ 6.8

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

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye ...

#5
Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

1934★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Scarlet Empress for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial iss...

#6
Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1940★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Scarlet Empress for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure....