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Movies by Lists - 100 Shakespeare Films (87 [102])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
10 Things I Hate About YouA pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.1999Gil JungerComedy, Drama, Romance7.3 (322.9K votes)9720211228
All Night LongThis movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.1962Basil DeardenDrama, Music7.1 (1.3K votes)9120211228
Antony and CleopatraAfter the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.1972Charlton HestonDrama, History5.8 (981 votes)16020211228
As You Like ItA daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.2006Kenneth BranaghDrama, Comedy, Romance6.2 (3.3K votes)12720211228
As You Like itA Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyra1936Paul CzinnerDrama, Comedy, Romance5.9 (761 votes)9620211228
As You Like ItHiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.1992Christine EdzardDrama, Romance5.6 (95 votes)11720240319
Bad Sleep Well, TheA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.1960Akira Kurosawa (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (12.3K votes)15120211228
Banquet, The [Ye Yan]A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.2006Xiaogang FengAction, Drama, Fantasy, Romance6.4 (6.8K votes)13120211228
Boys from Syracuse, TheThe action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also name1940A. Edward SutherlandComedy, Musical6.0 (127 votes)7320211228
Chicken Rice War [Jiyuan qiaohe]Two young lovers are caught in the middle of a family feud. The subject that sparked the feud? None other than chicken rice: both families have been in the chicken rice business for the last two decades, which is as far back as th...2000CheeKComedy, Romance6.2 (182 votes)10020240715
Double Life, AA celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.1947George Cukor (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir7.0 (3.4K votes)10420211228
Empress, TheA loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.2006Xiaogang FengAction, Drama, Fantasy, Romance6.4 (6.9K votes)13120211228
Falstaff - Chimes at MidnightThe career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as a roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400 to 1413.1965Orson Welles (*)Comedy, Drama, History, War7.8 (8.7K votes)11520211228
Forbidden PlanetA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.1956Fred M. Wilcox (*)Adventure, Sci-Fi7.6 (47.9K votes)9820211228
HamletHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.1990Franco ZeffirelliDrama6.7 (22.2K votes)13520211228
HamletHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.1996Kenneth BranaghDrama7.7 (37.5K votes)24220211228
HamletWhen the king of Denmark dies suddenly, his son, crown prince Hamlet, returns home to find that his uncle Claudius has usurped the throne and married Hamlet's recently widowed mother. Then, one night, Hamlet is visited by his father'1964Grigoriy KozintsevDrama8.3 (2.7K votes)14020211228
HamletPrince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.1948Laurence Olivier (*)Drama7.6 (16.5K votes)15420211228
HamletModern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.2000Michael AlmereydaDrama, Romance, Thriller6.0 (9.5K votes)11220211228
HamletHamlet (Tony Meyer) suspects his uncle, King Claudius (Barry Stanton) has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Dame Helen Mirren), but the Prince cannot decide whether or not h1976Celestino CoronadoDrama6.9 (97 votes)6520211228
HamletDanish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features (and a few lines) familiar from Shakespeare's version of the legend. The most important of...1921Svend Gade, Heinz SchallDrama7.0 (498 votes)13120230728
Hamlet Goes Business [Hamlet liikemaailmassa]A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. After the death of his father, young Hamlet inherits a seat on the board of a company controlled by his uncle that decides to move into the rubber duck market. 1987Aki Kaurismäki (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.9 (2K votes)8920211228
Henry VIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.1944Laurence Olivier (*)Biography, Drama, History, War7.1 (6.3K votes)13720211228
Henry VIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.1989Kenneth BranaghDrama, History, War7.5 (29.5K votes)13720211228
Jew of Mestri, The [Der Kaufmann von Venedig]The Venetian merchant Antonio is in a difficult financial situation. To help his friend Bassanio, who is campaigning for the heiress Portia, he goes, although in mutual disgust, to the Jewish money lender Shylock to borrow money f...1923Peter Paul FelnerDrama5.7 (36 votes)12820231112
Joe MacBethShakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster w1955Ken HughesCrime, Drama, Film-Noir6.3 (183 votes)9020211228
Johnny HamletBack from the Civil War, Johnny Hamilton learns that his father was murdered by Santana the bandit and that his mother Gertrude married his uncle Claude but Johnny is determined to find out the truth.1968Enzo G. CastellariDrama, Western6.7 (537 votes)9120211228
Julius CaesarThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.1953Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*)Drama, History7.3 (11.3K votes)12020211228
Julius CaesarThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar, but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.1970Stuart BurgeDrama, History, War6.1 (1.7K votes)11720211228
King LearThe Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children, and it's especially galling because he turned over his entir1970Peter BrookDrama7.2 (834 votes)13720211228
King Lear [Korol Lir]A Soviet adaptation of a world-famous tragedy about an aged king and how cruelly he lose his illusions.1970Grigoriy Kozintsev, Iosif ShapiroDrama8.2 (1.5K votes)14020211228
King of TexasIn this adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear, self-made ranch tycoon John Lear divides his holdings amongst his daughters, but finds that once they have his property, they reject him.2002Uli EdelDrama, Western6.4 (680 votes)9520211228
King RikkiTurf wars. Violent betrayals. A family torn apart by greed and jealousy. And one man who wants to rule the gang-ravaged streets of East L.A.2002James Gavin BedfordDrama4.6 (219 votes)9120240323
Kiss Me KateAn ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.1953George SidneyComedy, Musical, Romance7.1 (6.2K votes)10920211228
Life and Death of King Richard III, The [Richard III]Richard of Gloucester uses manipulation and murder to gain the English throne.1912André Calmettes, James KeaneDrama5.7 (268 votes)5520211228
Looking for RichardAl Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."1996Al PacinoDocumentary, Drama7.3 (8.2K votes)11120211228
Lovers of Verona, The [Les amants de Vérone]Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Ver1949André CayatteDrama6.6 (266 votes)9020211228
Love's Labour's LostAn update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.2000Kenneth BranaghRomance, Comedy, Musical6.0 (4.6K votes)9320211228
MacbethA ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.1971Roman Polanski (*)Drama, History7.4 (13.6K votes)14020211228
MacbethMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.1948Orson Welles (*)Drama, History, War7.5 (7K votes)10720211228
MacbethA contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in the ganglands of Melbourne.2006Geoffrey WrightCrime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller4.6 (2.2K votes)10920211228
Macbeth-Sangradornan2000Leonardo HenríquezDrama7.1 (117 votes)8620231013
MakibefoMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.2001Alexander AbelaDrama7.4 (31 votes)7320231013
MaqboolThe intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.2003Vishal BhardwajCrime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (11.6K votes)13220231013
Men of RespectA hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on others. However, with power comes consequence1990William ReillyCrime, Drama, Thriller5.6 (854 votes)11320211228
Merchant of Venice, TheIn 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.2004Michael RadfordDrama, Romance7.0 (36.2K votes)13120211228
Midsummer Nights Dream, ALovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.1999Michael HoffmanComedy, Fantasy, Romance6.4 (25.3K votes)11620211228
Midsummer Night's Dream, AThe adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.1968Peter HallComedy, Fantasy, Romance6.4 (752 votes)12420211228
Midsummer's Night Dream, ATwo couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.1935William Dieterle, Max ReinhardtComedy, Fantasy, Romance6.9 (3.4K votes)13320211228
Much Ado About NothingYoung lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.1993Kenneth BranaghComedy, Drama, Romance7.3 (47.3K votes)11120211228
My KingdomA modern story, inspired by King Lear, set in contemporary Liverpool.2001Don BoydDrama, Crime6.0 (650 votes)11720220414
My Own Private IdahoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.1991Gus Van Sant (*)Drama7.0 (54.7K votes)10420211228
OAn update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.2001Tim Blake NelsonDrama, Romance, Thriller6.1 (21.1K votes)9520211228
OmkaraA politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.2006Vishal BhardwajAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (20.5K votes)15520211228
Once Upon a TimeA beautiful but imperious princess refuses all offers of marriage, often condemning her suitors to death. The prince of Denmark comes seeking her hand and, aided by magic objects given to him by a mysterious spirit, seeks to win her 1922Carl Theodor Dreyer (*)Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance6.3 (453 votes)7520211228
OpheliaAfter the death of his father, the weirdo Yvan Lesurf believes his mother Claudia Lesurf and his uncle Adrien Lesurf have poisoned him since they got married to each other. Completely disturbed and insane, the cruel Yvan decides to m1963Claude Chabrol (*)Drama6.5 (228 votes)10520211228
OthelloThe Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.1951Orson Welles (*)Drama, History, Romance7.6 (8.4K votes)9020211228
OthelloGeneral Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.1965Stuart BurgeDrama7.1 (1.5K votes)16520211228
OthelloBased on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.1922Dimitri BuchowetzkiDrama, Romance6.4 (270 votes)7920211228
OthelloShakespeare's Othello retold in modern London; racial tension in the police force collides with jealousy and revenge. An officer suspects his new bride of infidelity.2001Geoffrey SaxDrama7.4 (651 votes)10020230728
OthelloThe Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio, when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.1995Oliver ParkerDrama, Romance6.9 (9.5K votes)12320211228
Othello [Otello]The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.1956Sergei YutkevichDrama, Romance7.1 (333 votes)10720211228
Prospero's BooksThe magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.1991Peter Greenaway (*)Drama, Fantasy6.9 (6.3K votes)12420211228
RanIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.1985Akira Kurosawa (*)Action, Drama, War8.2 (121.7K votes)16220211228
Richard IIIShakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.1955Laurence Olivier (*)Biography, Drama, History, War7.4 (4.5K votes)16120211228
Richard IIIThe classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.1995Richard LoncraineDrama, Sci-Fi, War7.4 (14.5K votes)11020211228
Romeo + JulietShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.1996Baz Luhrmann (*)Drama, Romance6.7 (220.6K votes)12020211228
Romeo and JulietWhen two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.1968Franco ZeffirelliDrama, Romance7.6 (31.1K votes)13820211228
Romeo and JulietYoung love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.1936George Cukor (*)Drama, Romance6.5 (2K votes)12520211228
Romeo and JulietIn Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.1954Renato CastellaniDrama, Romance6.1 (533 votes)13820211228
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadTwo minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.1990Tom StoppardComedy, Drama7.4 (21.7K votes)11720211228
Scotland, PAA modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania. Joe McBeth, an unambitious hamburger stand employee, is driven to success by his scheming wife.2001Billy MorrissetteComedy, Crime6.7 (4.5K votes)10420211228
Shakespeare in LoveThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.1998John MaddenComedy, Drama, History, Romance7.1 (221.3K votes)12320211228
She's the ManWhen her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for his school's star soccer player, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic tro2006Andy FickmanComedy, Romance, Sport6.3 (154.5K votes)10520211228
Strange IllusionPaul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant Governor of California before his untimely death, has a strange, recurring dream in which his mother falls in love with a dangerous man (Brett Curtis), a dream which also contains th1945Edgar G. Ulmer (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery6.2 (983 votes)8720211228
Taming of the Shrew, TheIn sixteenth century Padua, Hortensio loves Bianca, the youngest daughter of Baptista. But Baptista will not allow the two to get married until his eldest daughter, the extremely headstrong Katherine, is betrothed. This task seems im1929Sam TaylorComedy, Romance6.3 (576 votes)6320211228
Taming of The Shrew, TheBrutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.1967Franco ZeffirelliComedy, Drama, Romance7.1 (8K votes)12220220423
Tempest, TheProspero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel from a spell, and also meets the savage Caliban. Then Prospero uses his powers to cr1908Percy StowShort, Drama, Fantasy5.9 (258 votes)1220211228
Tempest, TheBanished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.1979Derek Jarman (*)Drama, Fantasy6.4 (1K votes)9520211228
Tempest, TheProspero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel from a spell, and also meets the savage Caliban. Then Prospero uses his powers to cr1908Percy StowShort, Drama, Fantasy5.9 (258 votes)1220211228
Tempest, TheJohn Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.1982Paul MazurskyComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance6.5 (2.4K votes)14020211228
Thousand Acres. AA family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters.1997Jocelyn MoorhouseDrama6.1 (5.5K votes)10520211228
Throne of BloodA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.1957Akira Kurosawa (*)Drama, History8.1 (50.7K votes)11020211228
TitusTitus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.1999Julie TaymorDrama, History, Thriller7.1 (20.5K votes)16220211228
Tromeo and JulietTromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.1996Lloyd KaufmanAction, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance6.1 (6.2K votes)10720211228
Twelfth NightShakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.1996Trevor NunnComedy, Drama, Romance7.2 (6K votes)13420211228
West Side StoryTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.1961Jerome Robbins, Robert WiseCrime, Drama, Musical, Romance7.5 (108.1K votes)15320211228
Julius Caesar1950David BradleyDrama, History6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Macbeth1997Jeremy FreestonDrama5.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Macbeth2004Alex Scherpf, Bo LandinDrama6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Maori Merchant of Venice2002Don SelwynDrama7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
A Midsummer Night's Dream1996Adrian NobleComedy, Romance6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream2001Christine EdzardDrama, Fantasy5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
El sueño de una noche de San Juan2005Manolo Gómez, Ángel de la CruzAnimation, Drama, Romance, Adventure4.6 (Unkn) Excluded
ShakespeaRe-Told: A Midsummer Night's Dream2005Ed FraimanComedy, Drama, Romance6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
ShakespeaRe-Told: Much Ado About Nothing2005Brian PercivalComedy, Drama, Romance7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Otello1986Franco ZeffirelliDrama, Music6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Souli2004Alexander Abelanan6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
ShakespeaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew2005David RichardsComedy, Drama, Romance8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Tempest1998Jack BenderDrama4.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Dvenadtsataya noch1955Yan FridComedy, Drama, Romance7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Twelfth Night, or What You Will2003Tim SuppleDrama, Comedy, Romance6.5 (Unkn) Excluded