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Movies by Lists - Shakespeare On Screen (86 [115])
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
AnonymousThe theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.2011Roland Emmerich (*)Drama, Thriller6.9 (40.4K votes)13020211228
Antony and CleopatraAfter the murder of her lover Julius 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, Octavius1974Jon ScoffieldDrama, History, Romance6.9 (154 votes)16120211228
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 ItAfter the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.1978Basil ColemanComedy7.1 (357 votes)15120240622
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
As You Like ItShakespeare's tale of young love, betrayal, cross-dressing, and redemption.2010Thea SharrockComedy7.9 (141 votes)14920211228
Caesar Must DieInmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."2012Paolo Taviani, Vittorio TavianiDrama7.3 (6.5K votes)7720211228
CoriolanusA banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.2011Ralph FiennesDrama, Thriller, War6.1 (31.9K votes)12320211228
CymbelineCymbeline (Richard Johnson), the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen (Dame Helen Mirren) has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus (Michael Pennington), who goes to fight for Rome....1982Elijah MoshinskyDrama, Comedy7.0 (199 votes)17520240622
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.2014Michael AlmereydaDrama3.8 (3.9K votes)9820211228
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
The First Part of Henry the SixthFollowing his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France, young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are other claimants to the throne, Plantagenet ...1983Jane HowellDrama, History7.3 (151 votes)18820240622
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
HamletAcademy Award-winning director Tony Richardson brings Shakespeare's greatest tragedy to the screen with searing performances from Nicol Williamson as the melancholy Dane and Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins as the deceitful Claud1969Tony RichardsonDrama7.0 (785 votes)11720211228
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
HamletThe RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.2009Gregory DoranDrama8.1 (3.4K votes)18020211228
Henry IVDeranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval rever1984Marco BellocchioDrama6.3 (327 votes)8520211228
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
Henry V [The Life of Henry the Fifth]In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.1979David GilesBiography, Drama, War7.4 (160 votes)17020240504
Julius CaesarThe assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.1979Herbert WiseDrama, History7.4 (260 votes)16120240622
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 LearKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he b1999Brian Blessed, Tony RotherhamDrama6.1 (88 votes)19020211228
King LearAging King Lear invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.1983Michael ElliottDrama7.7 (799 votes)15820211228
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 Richard the SecondThe incompetent King Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer King.1978David GilesDrama, History7.9 (324 votes)15820240622
Lady MacbethIn 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.2016William OldroydDrama, Romance6.8 (22.3K votes)8920211228
The Life of Henry the FifthIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.1979David GilesBiography, Drama, War7.4 (160 votes)17020240622
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.2015Justin KurzelDrama, History, War6.6 (55.6K votes)11320211228
MacbethThe Scottish Lord Macbeth, chooses evil as the way to fulfill his ambition for power. He commits regicide to become King, and then furthers his moral descent with a reign of murderous terror to stay in power, eventually plunging the 1961Paul AlmondDrama6.0 (178 votes)8520211228
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
MacbethMacbeth (Sir Ian McKellen) is a daring member of the Scottish military, who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the King of Scotland. This information gives him a thirst for power, and...1979Philip Casson, Trevor NunnDrama7.6 (877 votes)14520230728
MacbethMacbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.1983Jack GoldDrama6.9 (394 votes)14820240622
MacbethA television adaptation of the classical Shakespeare play.2001Gregory DoranDrama7.5 (86 votes)13220211228
MacbethA contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in the ganglands of Melbourne.2006Geoffrey WrightCrime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller4.6 (2.2K votes)10920211228
MacbethSir Patrick Stewart stars in a gripping Tony-nominated production.2010Rupert GooldDrama7.5 (1.2K votes)16020211228
The Merchant of VeniceA rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct ca...1980Jack GoldComedy, Drama7.3 (300 votes)15720240622
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
The Merry Wives of WindsorWhen Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Windsor wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical jo...1982David Hugh JonesComedy, Romance6.9 (168 votes)17020240622
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'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
Miguel and William [Miguel y William]A romantic comedy inventing a friendship between Cervantes and Shakespeare, who both fall in love with a Spanish woman.2007Inés ParísComedy, Romance5.2 (302 votes)10220231013
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.2012Joss Whedon (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.1 (16.6K votes)10920211228
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
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
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
OthelloGeneral Othello (Sir Anthony Hopkins) becomes convinced that his wife is having an affair, even though there is no evidence.1981Jonathan MillerDrama, Romance7.1 (448 votes)19520211228
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
OthelloGeneral Othello (Sir Anthony Hopkins) becomes convinced that his wife is having an affair, even though there is no evidence.1981Jonathan MillerDrama, Romance7.1 (488 votes)19520240622
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
Performance of Macbeth, AMacbeth (Sir Ian McKellen) is a daring member of the Scottish military, who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the King of Scotland. This information gives him a thirst for power, and wi1979Philip Casson, Trevor NunnDrama7.6 (832 votes)14520211228
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 II [King Richard the Second]The incompetent King Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer King.1978David GilesUnknown8.0 (298 votes)15820211228
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 & JulietTwo teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.1978Alvin RakoffDrama, Romance6.6 (466 votes)16820240622
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 JulietRomeo and Juliet secretly wed despite the sworn contempt their families hold for each other. It is not long, however, before a chain of fateful events changes the lives of both families forever.2013Carlo CarleiDrama, Romance5.8 (11.7K votes)11820211228
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
The Second Part of Henry the SixthFollowing his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are other claimants to the throne, Plantagent of...1983Jane HowellDrama, History7.6 (127 votes)20320240622
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
Taming of The Shrew, TheBrutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.1967Franco ZeffirelliComedy, Drama, Romance7.1 (8K votes)12220220423
Tempest [La tempesta]In 18th century Russia, Imperial officer Piotr Grinov is dispatched to a faraway isolated outpost where his loyalties are tested during the Pugachev Rebellion against the Empress Catherine II.1958Alberto LattuadaAdventure, History6.3 (230 votes)12020211228
Tempest, TheShakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.2010Julie TaymorComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance5.4 (7.8K votes)11020211228
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
The Third Part of Henry the SixthFollowing his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are other claimants to the throne, Plantagent of...1983Jane HowellDrama, History8.0 (119 votes)21120240622
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
Troilus & CressidaDuring the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.1981Jonathan MillerDrama6.5 (150 votes)19020240622
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
Twelfth NightA noblewoman disguises herself as a young man and falls for her employer, a lovesick count. Unfortunately, the count's beloved falls for the disguised noblewoman and a comedy of unrequited love and mistaken identities ensues.1988Paul KafnoComedy, Drama, Romance7.1 (197 votes)15520211228
Will ShakespeareBiography of William Shakespeare.1978Mark Cullingham, Robert Knights, Peter WoodBiography, Drama7.6 (123 votes)120240205
Much Ado About Nothing2010Brandon ArnoldComedy, Drama, Romance4.2 (Unkn) Excluded
A Midsummer Night's Dream1996Adrian NobleComedy, Romance6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Taming of the Shrew1976Kirk Browning, William BallComedy, Romance8.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Twelfth Night, or What You Will1998nanComedy, Drama, Romance8.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Twelfth Night, or What You Will2003Tim SuppleDrama, Comedy, Romance6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Merry Wives of Windsor2011Christopher LuscombeComedy7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Romeo and Juliet2014Don Roy KingRomance5.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Julius Caesar1950David BradleyDrama, History6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Antony and Cleopatra1984Lawrence CarraDrama, History, Romance5.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Titus Andronicus1999Christopher DunneDrama, Horror5.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Hamlet1964John Gielgud, Bill ColleranDrama7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Hamlet at Elsinore1964Philip SavilleDrama7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Hamlet1970David GilesDrama7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Hamlet A.D.D.2014Andrew Swant, Bobby CiraldoAnimation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Macbeth1981Arthur Allan SeidelmanDrama6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Macbeth1997Jeremy FreestonDrama5.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Macbeth1998Michael BogdanovDrama5.9 (Unkn) Excluded
The Tragedy of Macbeth2012Daniel CollDrama6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
The Tragedy of Macbeth2012Dan GallagherAnimation6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
King Lear2008Trevor NunnDrama7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Hollow Crown: Richard II2012Rupert GooldDrama, History, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 12012Richard EyreDrama, History, War8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 22012Richard EyreDrama, History, War7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Henry V2007Peter BabakitisDrama, History, War4.7 (Unkn) Excluded
The Hollow Crown: Henry V2012Thea SharrockDrama, History, War8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Richard III2007Scott AndersonAction, Crime, Drama6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
The Hollow Crown: Richard III2016Dominic CookeDrama, History, War8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992nanAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Horror, Romance, War7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
The Life of Shakespeare1914John McDowell, Frank R. GrowcottDrama, History5.5 (Unkn) Excluded