Movies by Lists - Modern era adaptations of Shakespeare (64 [72]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 10 Things I Hate About YouA pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does. | 1999 | Gil Junger | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (322.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1962 | Basil Dearden | Drama, Music | 7.1 (1.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1992 | Christine Edzard | Drama, Romance | 5.6 (95 votes) | 117 | 20240319 |
| Bad Sleep Well, TheA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide. | 1960 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (12.3K votes) | 151 | 20211228 |
| Beneath the 12-Mile ReefFierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida. | 1953 | Robert D. Webb | Adventure, Drama | 5.7 (1.4K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Big BusinessTwo couples of sisters from New York and from the countryside discover that they are connected in an incredible way. | 1988 | Jim Abrahams | Comedy | 6.4 (13.7K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Broken LanceThe saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona. | 1954 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Adventure, Drama, Western | 6.9 (3.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Catch My SoulSet in the American Southwest, Othello is a wandering evangelist who happens onto Iago's remote commune. | 1974 | Patrick McGoohan | Musical, Drama | 5.8 (85 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| China GirlA modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs. | 1987 | Abel Ferrara | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.2 (1.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| CoriolanusA banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. | 2011 | Ralph Fiennes | Drama, Thriller, War | 6.1 (31.9K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| CymbelineA gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures. | 2014 | Michael Almereyda | Drama | 3.8 (3.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Double Life, AA celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello. | 1947 | George Cukor (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.0 (3.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Falstaff - Chimes at MidnightThe career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as a roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400 to 1413. | 1965 | Orson Welles (*) | Comedy, Drama, History, War | 7.8 (8.7K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (47.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Get Over ItA high school senior's girlfriend breaks up with him. His friends try to make him think of something else. His friend's sister Kelly helps him with the school musical. Spending time with Kelly has an effect. | 2001 | Tommy O'Haver | Comedy, Romance | 5.8 (18.8K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Ham in a Role, AA Shakespearian dog, tired of being a pie-in-the-face looney tune, quits Warner Brothers to study dramatic acting and goes to his country house to practice the bard. He finds that two polite twin gophers have taken over his abode ... | 1949 | Robert McKimson, Arthur Davis | Family, Animation, Short, Comedy | 6.8 (440 votes) | 7 | 20240319 |
| HamletModern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder. | 2000 | Michael Almereyda | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.0 (9.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1987 | Aki Kaurismäki (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Honourable Murder, AnShakespeare's Julius Caesar is played in modern dress with Caesar as the chairman of a board of directors considering a merger with another company. The conspirators are his fellow directors and the people of Rome are the company's s | 1960 | Godfrey Grayson | Drama | 5.0 (31 votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| House of StrangersAfter years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective. | 1949 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.3 (3.4K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| 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 w | 1955 | Ken Hughes | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.3 (183 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1968 | Enzo G. Castellari | Drama, Western | 6.7 (537 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Journey to Melonia, TheWhen a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside. | 1989 | Per Åhlin | Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy | 7.4 (1.3K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| JubalA new foreman rejects the sexual advances of a frustrated rancher's wife, which leads to conflicts that could get him killed. | 1956 | Delmer Daves | Drama, Romance, Western | 7.1 (3.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Just One Of The GuysTerry feels discriminated against when the summer jobs at Sun Tribune go to two guys. She decides to do something about it. She dresses like a guy and gets a haircut. Will students at the other high school notice? Girls notice "him". | 1985 | Lisa Gottlieb | Comedy, Romance | 6.5 (15.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| King LearEverything returns to normal after Chernobyl. That is, everything but art. Most of the great works are lost, and it is up to people like William Shakespear Junior the Fifth to restore the lost artwork of the human race. He finds stra | 1987 | Jean-Luc Godard (*) | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 5.6 (1.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| King LearEverything returns to normal after Chernobyl. That is, everything but art. Most of the great works are lost, and it is up to people like William Shakespear Junior the Fifth to restore the lost artwork of the human race. He finds stra | 1987 | Jean-Luc Godard (*) | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 5.6 (1.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2002 | James Gavin Bedford | Drama | 4.6 (219 votes) | 91 | 20240323 |
| 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. | 1953 | George Sidney | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 7.1 (6.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| L.A. StoryWith the help of a talking freeway billboard, a wacky weatherman tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early 1990s Los Angeles. | 1991 | Mick Jackson | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.7 (32.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Let the Devil Wear BlackIn this updated version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, a young man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered. | 1999 | Stacy Title | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.1 (696 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Lion King, TheLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself. | 1994 | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical | 8.5 (1M votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| 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." | 1996 | Al Pacino | Documentary, Drama | 7.3 (8.2K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Love Hurts [Amar te duele]Renata is a young high-class girl and Ulises is a poor guy. They both fall in love, but they must fight against everyone, specially Renata's rich parents, who want to stop their love by sending her to Canada. The story remarks the... | 2002 | Fernando Sariñana | Drama, Romance | 6.6 (3.5K votes) | 104 | 20231013 |
| Love Is All There IsRomeo & Juliet gets transplanted to the Bronx. | 1996 | Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor | Comedy, Romance | 5.1 (1.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Kenneth Branagh | Romance, Comedy, Musical | 6.0 (4.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Ma che musica maestroThe love story between two youths born in rival villages is hindered by the other inhabitants. | 1971 | Mariano Laurenti | Musical, Comedy | 4.4 (24 votes) | 94 | 20240715 |
| MacbethA contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in the ganglands of Melbourne. | 2006 | Geoffrey Wright | Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 4.6 (2.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| McLintockWealthy rancher G.W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials. | 1963 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Western | 7.2 (14.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| 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 consequence | 1990 | William Reilly | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.6 (854 votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Midsummer Night's Rave, AWilliam Shakespeare's classic tale of love and mischief ""A midsummer night's dream"" is re-imagined with Club kids at a rave in a L.A. warehouse. Love potions and drug deals gone bad, it's a high-energy, drug-fueled drama. | 2002 | Gil Cates Jr. | Drama | 5.0 (544 votes) | 85 | 20231013 |
| Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, AA wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside. | 1982 | Woody Allen (*) | Comedy | 6.6 (19.3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Much Ado About NothingA modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words. | 2012 | Joss Whedon (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (16.6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| My KingdomA modern story, inspired by King Lear, set in contemporary Liverpool. | 2001 | Don Boyd | Drama, Crime | 6.0 (650 votes) | 117 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 1991 | Gus Van Sant (*) | Drama | 7.0 (54.7K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| OAn update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin. | 2001 | Tim Blake Nelson | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.1 (21.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Private RomeoA modern take on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Set at an isolated all-boys military academy, it follows the forbidden relationship between two cadets. | 2011 | Alan Brown | Drama, Romance | 6.0 (2.4K votes) | 94 | 20231013 |
| Rest Is Silence, The [Der Rest ist Schweigen]An interpretation of Hamlet finds the heir Claudius Steel Works struggling with his mother's to uncle Van Eyk in a sterile industrial post-WW2 West Germany. | 1959 | Helmut Käutner | Crime, Drama | 6.6 (149 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1995 | Richard Loncraine | Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.4 (14.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Romeo + JulietShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann (*) | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (220.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadTwo minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them. | 1990 | Tom Stoppard | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (21.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2001 | Billy Morrissette | Comedy, Crime | 6.7 (4.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| 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 tro | 2006 | Andy Fickman | Comedy, Romance, Sport | 6.3 (154.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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 th | 1945 | Edgar G. Ulmer (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.2 (983 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Tempest, TheJohn Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him. | 1982 | Paul Mazursky | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.5 (2.4K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Theatre of BloodA Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. | 1973 | Douglas Hickox | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 7.2 (10.7K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Thousand Acres. AA family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters. | 1997 | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Drama | 6.1 (5.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Tromeo and JulietTromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him. | 1996 | Lloyd Kaufman | Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.1 (6.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1996 | Trevor Nunn | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (6K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Ultimate Gunfighter [Fury of Johnny Kid; Dove si spara di più]Two family clans have always been enemies; they spend their time hating and killing each other. The daughter of the Campos family and the son of the Mounter family fall in love, thus causing further hatred and deaths. | 1967 | Gianni Puccini | Western | 6.0 (216 votes) | 84 | 20230619 |
| Were the World MineA bullied and demoralized gay student at an all-boys school uses a magical flower derived from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream' to turn many in his community gay, including a comely rugby player for himself. | 2008 | Tom Gustafson | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 6.9 (5.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| West Side StoryTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. | 1961 | Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance | 7.5 (108.1K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Yellow SkyA pistol-packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town. | 1948 | William A. Wellman (*) | Crime, Western | 7.4 (4.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| You Made Me Love YouA rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer. | 1933 | Monty Banks | Comedy | 6.7 (63 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| Measure for Measure | 2006 | Bob Komar | Drama | 5.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Iron Strain | 1915 | Reginald Barker | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western | 4.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Impossible Catherine | 1919 | John B. O'Brien | Comedy, Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rose by Any Other Name... | 1997 | Kyle Schickner | Comedy | 3.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Strange Brew | 2010 | James Burrows | Comedy | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eloise | 2002 | Brenden Dannaher | Drama, Romance | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cleopatra's Second Husband | 1998 | Jon Reiss | Drama | 4.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |