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Movies like The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele (2014)

The best movies like The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele (2014) are Fire with Fire (1986), The Fugitive Kind (1960) and Salome (1953). If The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Fire with Fire (1986)

    A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  2. The Fugitive Kind (1960)

    Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  3. Salome (1953)

    In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

  4. The Program (1993)

    Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  5. Not Easily Broken (2009)

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  6. Gabriel's Redemption: Part I (2023)

    After leaving his prestigious post at the University of Toronto, Gabriel embarks on a new journey with Julia, and he is eager to become a father. However, Gabriel's idyllic vision is jeopardized when Julia's intensive program becomes all consuming. When Julia is granted a prestigious opportunity to deliver an academic lecture at Oxford, Gabriel challenges her about the subject of her presentation, which clashes with his own research. In Oxford, their past resurfaces, including an old nemesis determined to humiliate Julia and expose one of Gabriel's well-guarded secrets. Emotions run high, alliances are tested, and the couple must confront the shadows of their shared history in a battle for love, truth, and redemption.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  7. Maria's Lovers (1984)

    A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  8. My Brilliant Career (1979)

    A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  9. Gabriel's Inferno (2020)

    An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness and love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  10. Northanger Abbey (2007)

    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  11. Newness (2017)

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  12. Hollywood Dirt (2017)

    Hollywood arrives in force to Quincy, the small town where the secret Crown Cola billionaire's live. They want to film about the billionaire's and how they made their fortunes. Summer Jenkins, who was the town pariah, joins forces with the scout, Ben, and finds filming locations, extras, lessons with the town officials and house owners, etc. When Cole Masten arrives, they hate each other, but sparks fly. Cole is running from a nasty divorce, yet is captivated by Summer. Summer is dying to leave town to get away from the gossip. This is a great story about Southern customs, a Southern girl, and a Hollywood star who finds his lady.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  13. The Golden Bowl (2000)

    Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte are having an affair, which Maggie discovers and navigates through a silent, psychological battle of wills, ultimately using her cunning to preserve her marriage and protect her father.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  14. The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)

    A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

  15. The Girl from the Song (2017)

    A young musician travels to Burning Man, a psychedelic festival in the middle of the Nevada desert, in an attempt to get the impetuous girl he has fallen in love with.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  16. Jane Eyre (1997)

    After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  17. Nine Lives (2005)

    Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  18. TalhotBlond (2012)

    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 ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. Hounddog (2008)

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)

    A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. Birth (2004)

    It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  22. Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser (2004)

    Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conducted by Franz Welser-Most and featuring Peter Sieffert (Tannhauser), Solveig Kringelborn (Elisabeth) and Roman Trekel (von Eschenbach). Initially produced in Dresden in 1845, "Tannhauser" instilled a sense of wonder in a few of Strauss's ardent friends and admirers, among them Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt. Opera buffs will love it.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  23. Farinelli (1994)

    The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  24. The ROH Live: Lucia di Lammermoor (2016)

    Lucia’s brother Enrico is horrified to learn she has fallen in love with his sworn enemy Edgardo. He hastily arranges her marriage to his associate Arturo. Edgardo and Lucia privately exchange rings before he leaves to fight in France. Enrico tricks Lucia into believing that Edgardo has been unfaithful. Longing for death, she signs the contract with Arturo – moments before Edgardo returns. Lucia murders Arturo in their wedding bed. His death is followed first by Lucia’s, and then by Edgardo’s.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  25. The ROH Live: Nabucco (2016)

    Nabucco, King of Babylon, takes Jerusalem in his war with the Israelites – but his daughter Fenena loves the Israelite Ismaele. She releases their prisoners, leading her vengeful half-sister Abigaille to plot to take power. Nabucco declares himself a god and is struck by a bolt of lightning. Abigaille tricks the now feeble king into signing a death warrant for the Israelites, including Fenena and Ismaele. Nabucco prays to the God of Israel for forgiveness; his sanity is restored and he saves the prisoners from death. He converts himself and his people, while Abigaille commits suicide.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  26. Orango (2014)

    "Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre Academy. In the 1920s, Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov carried out a series of experiments to create a human/nonhuman ape hybrid. Three female chimpanzees were inseminated with human sperm. No pregnancy occurred.. In 1929 he organized a set of experiments involving nonhuman ape sperm and human volunteers, but was delayed by the death of his last orangutan.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  27. The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)

    An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. Bedřich Smetana: Libuše (1983)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Adriana Lecouvreur (2000)

    Francesco Cileo wrote this opera about the real life Adriana Lecouvreur, a French actress from the 18th Century who revolutionized acting by her naturalistic delivery.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  30. Oh, for a Man! (1930)

    Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her career to marry him. But Barney grows disenchanted himself at being known as the husband of a diva and itches to get back to his life of crime and manliness.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele?

The closest matches to The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele are Fire with Fire (1986), The Fugitive Kind (1960) and Salome (1953). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele?

Start with Fire with Fire (1986), the closest match to The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele?

Gabriel's Inferno (2020), rated 8.4/10 by 2,486 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele?

Gabriel's Redemption: Part I (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele?

Yes: Fire with Fire (1986), The Fugitive Kind (1960) and Salome (1953).

How are movies similar to The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele chosen?

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