Movies like Macbeth
If Macbeth's mix of opera and giuseppe verdi stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Macbeth's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Amadeus
1984 · Directed by Miloš Forman · 160 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: opera · Also drama and music
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Maria
2024 · Directed by Pablo Larraín · 123 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: opera · Also drama and music
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
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The Legend of 1900
1998 · Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · 170 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by.
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On My Skin
2018 · Directed by Alessio Cremonini · 100 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention.
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Nostalgia
2022 · Directed by Mario Martone · 117 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.
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Euphoria
2018 · Directed by Valeria Golino · 109 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the small town from where both come from.
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Golden Men
2019 · Directed by Vincenzo Alfieri · 100 min6.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A group of desperate men, unsatisfied by their lives, decides to attempt a heist to a postal armored truck guard.