Movies like Re Lear
If Re Lear's drama stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Re Lear's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Oedipus Rex
1967 · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · 105 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (1960s)
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed.
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Bad Tales
2020 · Directed by Damiano D'Innocenzo · 98 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and…
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5 Is the Perfect Number
2019 · Directed by Igort · 102 min6.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Peppino, a retired hitman for the Camorra, has now fully passed on his job and know-how to his single son, Nino. But when Nino is brutally assassinated, the old man is back in business to take revenge.