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Unraveling the Dark Emotions: Exploring Movies and TV Shows about Envy

Envy, a complex and often destructive emotion, has been a timeless theme in literature and cinema. From Shakespeare's tragic characters to modern-day TV shows, the struggle with jealousy and resentment has captivated audiences worldwide. In this article, we'll delve into the best movies and TV shows that explore the intricacies of envy, shedding light on its causes, consequences, and human impact.

Cast

F. Murray Abraham

Tom Hulce

Elizabeth Berridge

Simon Callow

Amadeus (1984)

8.0 4.8K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 160 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Plot: opera, composer, musician, marriage crisis, talent, emperor, based on true story, based on play or musical, ...

Time: 18th century

Place: italy, austria

Cast

Amy Poehler

Maya Hawke

Kensington Tallman

Liza Lapira

Inside Out 2 (2024)

7.5 6.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

Style: witty

Plot: sadness, disgust, sequel, computer animation, teenage girl, fear, anger, envy, ...

Cast

Matt Damon

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jude Law

Cate Blanchett

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

7.2 4.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Style: shocking, intense

Plot: new york city, friendship, ship, new love, lovesickness, jealousy, dual identity, double life, ...

Place: italy

Cast

Allison Williams

Logan Browning

Steven Weber

Alaina Huffman

The Perfection (2018)

6.4 1.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Story: When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.

Plot: musician, amputation, psychopath, classical music, cello, gore, revenge, female homosexuality, ...

Just My Luck (2006)

6.2 2.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.

Plot: kiss, bad luck, romcom, jinx, alcohol abuse, celebration, envy, luck, ...

Cast

Jason Bateman

Ryan Reynolds

Leslie Mann

Olivia Wilde

The Change-Up (2011)

6.2 3.0K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy life without obligation or consequence is the real dream come true. One fateful drunken night, they both admit that they wish they had the other’s life while peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes. The next morning, they wake up, hungover, in each other’s bodies! With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

Plot: jealousy, bachelor, fountain, sarcasm, wish, slacker, lawyer, co-workers relationship, ...

The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)

5.8 20 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: France, Italy

Duration: 113 min.

Story: Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.

Plot: greed, sin, sketch, lust, anger, envy, pride, gourmet, ...

Cast

Kerry Bishu00e9

Joel McHale

Al Madrigal

Natalie Zea

Happily (2021)

5.8 144 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tom and Janet have been happily married for years. But a visit from a mysterious stranger leads to a dead body, a lot of questions, and a tense couples' trip with friends who may not actually be friends at all.

Plot: jealousy, married couple, dark comedy, sexual attraction, writer, lust, sexual desire, envy, ...