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10 Best Movies Like Valentino: The Last Emperor

If you loved Valentino: The Last Emperor, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Valentino: The Last Emperor for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn...

#2
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

1970★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Valentino: The Last Emperor for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite he and his gir...

#3
Maya

Maya

2018★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Valentino: The Last Emperor for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in captivity....

#4
Frances Ha

Frances Ha

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Valentino: The Last Emperor for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks....

#5
The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Valentino: The Last Emperor for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, cap...

#6
Hostel

Hostel

2006★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Valentino: The Last Emperor for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them....