Films like King Lear

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   Hamlet

   Film · 1948 · also drama

   Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved t...

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   Hamlet

   Film · 2009 · also drama and tv movie

   David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production wa...

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   The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

   Film · 1972 · also drama

   Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an eleg...

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   Henry V

   Film · 1944 · also drama

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

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   TalhotBlond

   Film · 2012 · also drama and tv movie

   Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultim...

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   The Lion in Winter

   Film · 1968 · also drama

   Christmas 1183, Angevin Empire: King Henry II plans to announce his successor to the throne. Jockeying for the crown, though, is complex. Henry has three sons and wants h...

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   Strings

   Film · 2004 · also drama

   The story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who is the real killer,...

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   Hamlet

   Film · 1990 · also drama

   Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

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   Mary

   Film · 2024 · also drama

   A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.

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    Vanya on 42nd Street

    Film · 1994 · also drama

    An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling....

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