20 movies like Macbeth, ordered by similarity : The Madness of King George(1994), Lady Jane(1986), Mary, Queen of Scots(1971), Mary Queen of Scots(2018), 13 Assassins(2010), The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933), Padmaavat(2018), Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007), Henry V(1945), The Black Abbot(1963), Amadeus(1984), The Favourite(2018) ...
Drama
UK|USA
1971
140 Minutes
Jon Finch Francesca Annis Martin Shaw Nicholas Selby Stephan Chase Paul Shelley Terence Bayler Andrew Laurence Frank Wylie Bernard Archard John Stride
king macbeth lady ghost rival brutal unrestrained castle scotland countryside royal court madness political intrigue assassination royalty violence fall wretched excess 16th century
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1994
110 Minutes
Nigel Hawthorne Helen Mirren Ian Holm Rupert Everett Rupert Graves John Wood Amanda Donohoe Julian Rhind-Tutt Julian Wadham
queen prime minister king doctor prince of wales lady fascinating melodramatic royal court palace england king george iii mental illness political intrigue royalty marriage assassination plot transformation rivalry love
When King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.
Drama, History
UK
1986
142 Minutes
Helena Bonham Carter Cary Elwes John Wood Michael Hordern Jill Bennett Jane Lapotaire Sara Kestelman Patrick Stewart Warren Saire Joss Ackland Ian Hogg
father minister princess king edward vi lady son brutal disheartening passionate england castle prison carriage woods bedroom power royalty schemes lady jane grey reformation
The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1971
128 Minutes
Vanessa Redgrave Glenda Jackson Patrick McGoohan Timothy Dalton Nigel Davenport Trevor Howard Daniel Massey Ian Holm Andrew Keir Tom Fleming Katherine Kath
mary stuart elizabeth tudor husband courtier lord somber fascinating passionate scotland england royal court royalty catholicism political intrigue romantic dilemma exile betrayal love revenge fall
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2018
124 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Margot Robbie Jack Lowden Joe Alwyn David Tennant Guy Pearce Gemma Chan Martin Compston Ismael Cruz Cordova Brendan Coyle Ian Hart
queen widow rival husband leader friend tense intense gripping brash uneasy france scotland england castle mansion queen elizabeth i queen mary power royalty
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
Japan|UK
2010
126 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Takayuki Yamada Yusuke Iseya Goro Inagaki Mikijir? Hira Hiroki Matsukata Ikki Sawamura Arata Furuta Tsuyoshi Ihara Sosuke Takaoka Masachika Ichimura
samurai lord assassin warrior bodyguard government official brutal spectacular thrilling japan bordello village assassination violence abuse of power honor loyalty suicide mission pursuit wretched excess
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Drama, History
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Binnie Barnes Robert Donat Merle Oberon Miles Mander Wendy Barrie John Loder
anne boleyn wife queen king cheeky melodramatic emotional england royal court castle king henry viii marriage royalty death infidelity forbidden love love 16th century
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
War, Drama, History
India
2018
164 Minutes
Deepika Padukone Shahid Kapoor Ranveer Singh Aditi Rao Hydari Anupriya Goenka Raza Murad Jim Sarbh
king queen tyrant wife uncle eunuch brutal bleak disheartening emotional gripping intense kingdom castle mansion forest temple battlefield love at first sight jealousy
Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.
Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2007
115 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Geoffrey Rush Clive Owen Rhys Ifans Jordi Mollá Abbie Cornish Samantha Morton Tom Hollander Antony Carrick David Threlfall Eddie Redmayne
queen mary stuart king philip ii adviser sir walter raleigh servant engaging melodramatic powerful england spain throne room ship palace countryside royalty war romance queen elizabeth i assassination plot
A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.
Drama
UK
1945
137 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Robert Newton Renee Asherson Leslie Banks Esmond Knight Leo Genn Felix Aylmer Ralph Truman Harcourt Williams Ivy St. Helier Ernest Thesiger
soldier king leader military officer queen creative intense england france war marriage military royalty empowerment fall rise rivalry 16th century
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Crime, Drama
West Germany
1963
95 Minutes
Joachim Fuchsberger Dieter Borsche Grit Boettcher Charles Régnier Eva Ingeborg Scholz Werner Peters Alice Treff Harry Wüstenhagen Friedrich Schoenfelder Eddi Arent Klaus Kinski
scotland yard detective lord murderer murder suspect murder victim airy amusing suspenseful thrilling shocking brooding scotland yard castle united kingdom murder investigation treasure adventure discovery rivalry
Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|France|Czechoslovakia|Italy
1984
158 Minutes
F. Murray Abraham Thomas Hulce Jeffrey Jones Elizabeth Berridge Simon Callow Roy Dotrice Christine Ebersole Charles Kay Kenny Baker Lisbeth Bartlett Barbara Bryne
composer rival musician engaging passionate vienna royal court ambition music jealousy deception wolfgang amadeus mozart royalty rivalry fall 18th century
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Comedy, Drama
Ireland|UK|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Olivia Colman Rachel Weisz Emma Stone Nicholas Hoult Joe Alwyn James Smith Mark Gatiss Jenny Rainsford Liam Fleming Carolyn Saint-Pé John Locke
queen friend servant amusing spirited melodramatic emotional uneasy tense mansion england castle parlor dining room royalty royal life leadership rivalry quantrill's raiders rise
In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Danay Garcia Chad Michael Collins Billy Zane Tom Berenger Joe Lando Juan Sebastián Calero Juan Pablo Gamboa Felipe Calero Lucho Velasco
sniper kingpin sergeant major special agent assassin brutal confident engaging gutsy tense striking colombia sniper drug cartel smuggling mission hired killers assassination plot discovery
For the first time, Brandon Beckett, Richard Miller and Sgt. Thomas Beckett join forces in Colombia to take down a brutal drug cartel.
Crime, Drama
USA
2002
97 Minutes
Wood Harris Mekhi Phifer Kevin Carroll Esai Morales Chi McBride Cameron "Cam'ron" Giles Remo Green Cynthia Martells Elise Neal Regina Hall
drug lord drug dealer ex-convict friend rival thug gritty intense brutal harlem, n.y. street basketball court hospital drug trade crime ring violence loyalty murder gangs rise
A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
Comedy, Crime, Western, Drama
France|Spain|Romania|Belgium|USA
2018
120 Minutes
John C. Reilly Joaquin Phoenix Jake Gyllenhaal Riz Ahmed Rebecca Root Allison Tolman Rutger Hauer Carol Kane Patrice Cossonneau
criminal gunslinger brother chemist detective assassin amusing brash thrilling suspenseful unrestrained witty wild west saloon camp wilderness desert guns robbery assassination
In 1850s Oregon, the infamous duo of assassins, Eli Sisters (John C. Reilly) and Charlie Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix), chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally.
Drama, History
UK
1966
120 Minutes
Paul Scofield Robert Shaw Orson Welles Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Susannah York John Hurt Nigel Davenport Vanessa Redgrave
writer king henry viii wife catherine of aragon emotional inspiring intense england royal court royalty marriage religion social change forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 16th century
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Drama, History
France|Italy|Germany
1994
143 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Daniel Auteuil Jean-Hugues Anglade Vincent Perez Virna Lisi Dominique Blanc Pascal Greggory Claudio Amendola Miguel Bosé Asia Argento Julien Rassam
heiress king catherine de medici husband lover brother striking gripping france household palace political unrest arranged marriage family bloodline royalty political intrigue religious wars forbidden love pursuit 16th century
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
Crime, Drama
USA
1983
170 Minutes
Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer Steven Bauer Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Robert Loggia Miriam Colon F. Murray Abraham Paul Shenar Harris Yulin Ángel Salazar Arnaldo Santana
drug lord friend kingpin detective girlfriend dark brutal gory intense miami household restaurant drug trade organized crime drug addiction violence corruption self-destruction rise fall
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Drama
Japan
1966
122 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Toshirô Mifune Yûzô Kayama Michiyo Aratama Ichirô Nakatani Yôko Naitô Kei Satô
samurai competitor brother mistress assassin intense chilling japan geisha house madness dueling ghosts revenge wretched excess rivalry adventure ancient times
Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
Crime, Drama
Canada|UK|USA
2018
159 Minutes
Mel Gibson Vince Vaughn Tory Kittles Michael Jai White Jennifer Carpenter Thomas Kretschmann Laurie Holden Jordyn Ashley Olson Don Johnson Udo Kier Fred Melamed
corrupt police officer gangster criminal bank robbers suspenseful thrilling intense brutal gory bank police station prison crime corrupt police violence police brutality bank robbery metamorphosis rise fall
Once two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.