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Plot Summary:
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
Best tv shows and movies like Romeo & Juliet (1978):
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Cinderella (2011)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time in post-war Rome: 13-year old Aurora, a gifted pianist, is the daughter of Valerio, a brilliant conductor. After Aurora's mother died, Valerio hired Irene, a single mother of two girls, to run the household. To Aurora's regret he decides to marry Irene. One day, Aurora happens to meet the boys next door, Freddy and Sebastian, the sons of a wealthy Italo-Austrian family. Freddy is an easy-going chap, though sometimes a little bit arrogant. His brother Sebastian is kind and shy, with a great ability to listen to and understand people, which makes him win Aurora's heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic
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The Good Hope (1986)
Plot Summary:
Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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As You Like It (1992)
Plot Summary:
Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: independent film, modern day adaptation
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All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
Plot Summary:
Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena has a remedy that might cure him and win her the right to marry Bertram. But does Bertram want to marry her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags:
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Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
Plot Summary:
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags:
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King Lear (1974)
Plot Summary:
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Black Commando (1982)
Plot Summary:
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Romeo & Juliet (1994)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play, presented originally on television for schools in the UK.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags:
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Mourning Becomes Electra (1978)
Plot Summary:
In a Greek tragedy updated to the 1860s, young New Englanders exact vengeance after the murder of their father.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 290 min
Plot tags:
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One Hamlet Less (1973)
Plot Summary:
The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the Shakespeare play and the 1877 story by Jules Laforgue. In the story, Hamlet (Carmelo Bene) is a would-be playwright. He suffers from inept Freudian analysis by Polonius (Pippo Tuminelli), and Ophelia and Gertrude (Isabella Russo & Luciana Cante) are women conjured up in his erotic imagination.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, experimental
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Othello (1981)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Henry IV Part II (1979)
Plot Summary:
The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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Henry IV Part I (1979)
Plot Summary:
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags:
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King Lear (1982)
Plot Summary:
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: period drama
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A Performance of Macbeth (1979)
Plot Summary:
Shakespeare's classic tragedy of ambition, witches and murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags:
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)
Plot Summary:
When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the story moves us through resurrection, attempted murder, pirates, prostitution, and divine revelation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags:
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King Lear (2017)
Plot Summary:
King Lear is an in-depth study of love, power and death. Through this film Shakespeare is saying, "Don't blame the gods or the heaven's for the horrors committed on earth. No. Blame hellish inhumanity on those who inhabit the earth.".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min
Plot tags:
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Richard III (1983)
Plot Summary:
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward has him imprisoned in the Tower of London; killers in Richard's pay then drown Clarence in a barrel of wine. When news of Clarence's death reaches the King, the subsequent grief and remorse bring about his death. Richard is made Lord Protector, with power to rule England while his nephew (now King Edward V) is still a minor. Before the young king's coronation he has his two nephews conveyed to the Tower, ostensibly for their safekeeping. Richard's accomplice, the Duke of Buckingham, then declares the two boys illegitimate and offers Richard the crown, which after a show of reticence he accepts. After Richard's coronation, he and Buckingham have a falling-out over whether or not to assassinate the two children.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 239 min
Plot tags:
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Romeo and Juliet (1966)
Plot Summary:
Classic ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to the music of Prokofiev.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, stylized, independent film
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Othello (1981)
Plot Summary:
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides to his friend -- who had hoped to marry Desdemona -- that he serves Othello to further his own ends. Venice needs Othello to protect its commercial interests in Cyprus where the Turkish fleet is headed. Desdemona insists on going to Cyprus, too. In Cyprus, Iago plots to convince Othello that Desdemona has betrayed him with Cassio. A lot more than political ambition seems to be motivating Iago.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: depressing, atmospheric, rough, serious, emotional, realistic
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984)
Plot Summary:
BBC rendition of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags:
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Inconstant Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
The hatred of Miran Aslanbey against the man guilty of the death of his parents unleashes his desire for revenge by taking him to seduce his daughter Reyyan. Reyyan falls madly in love in Miran's arms. But what will happen when he finds out the truth? What is stronger love or revenge?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, romantic
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Over The Sea I Come to You (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story of laughter and tears that surrounds three different families in the journey of sending their children to study abroad. Huang Cheng Dong is forced to accompany his only son Huang Xiao Dong to study in the US after his wife's visa was rejected. In his travels, he meets Lin Sa, a high ranking executive who gives up her career to marry into a rich family and accompanies her new stepdaughter Wu Dan Dan to study abroad. After a series of hilarious mishaps, Huang Cheng Dong learns that Liu Ruo Yu who was supposed to act as his son's guardian has run into troubles of her own leaving him no choice but to find a way to stay in the US. Three families of different backgrounds cross paths in a foreign country and experience many trials that test their relationships with their loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Julius Caesar (1979)
Plot Summary:
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags:
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A Place in the Sun (2019)
Plot Summary:
When an orphan raised by foster parents has a near death experience, he changes his name and disappears from his life including his girlfriend. Attempting to cope, his girlfriend begins work at the conglomerate company Yangji Group where they meet again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Romeo & Juliet (2017)
Plot Summary:
Romeo, a hopeless romantic with emotionally-fueled impulsiveness, meets Juliet, an abused and desperate girl looking for anyway to escape. Together, destined for tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Romeo and Juliet (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Plot Summary:
Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, colorful, period piece, emotional, costume drama, atmospheric, erotic, sad, romantic drama
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Romeo & Juliet (2013)
Plot Summary:
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, dramatic, touching, emotional, realistic, sentimental, disturbing, fairy tale, gothic, sweet
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Plot Summary:
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, Australia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, stylized, visual, sexy, emotional, period piece, visually stunning, atmospheric, tense, depressing