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Shakespeare

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Best Shakespearean adaptations
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  • Anthony Hopkins in Titus (1999)

    1. Titus

    19992h 42mR57Metascore
    7.0 (22K)
    Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
    DirectorJulie TaymorStarsAnthony HopkinsJessica LangeOsheen Jones
  • Kenneth Branagh, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, and Emma Thompson in Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

    2. Much Ado About Nothing

    19931h 51mPG-1380Metascore
    7.3 (54K)
    Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.
    DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghEmma ThompsonKeanu Reeves
  • Hamlet (1996)

    3. Hamlet

    19964h 2mPG-13
    7.7 (41K)
    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
    DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghJulie ChristieDerek Jacobi
  • Kenneth Branagh in Henry V (1989)

    4. Henry V

    19892h 17mPG-1383Metascore
    7.5 (33K)
    In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
    DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon Shepherd
  • Robert Downey Jr., Annette Bening, and Ian McKellen in Richard III (1995)

    5. Richard III

    19951h 44mR86Metascore
    7.3 (16K)
    The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.
    DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsIan McKellenAnnette BeningChristopher Bowen
  • Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler in Coriolanus (2011)

    6. Coriolanus

    20112h 3mR79Metascore
    6.1 (34K)
    A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
    DirectorRalph FiennesStarsRalph FiennesGerard ButlerBrian Cox
  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

    7. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    19901h 57mPG
    7.3 (25K)
    Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
    DirectorTom StoppardStarsGary OldmanTim RothRichard Dreyfuss
  • Shahid Kapoor in Haider (2014)

    8. Haider

    20142h 40mNot Rated
    8.0 (60K)
    A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.
    DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsShahid KapoorTabuShraddha Kapoor
  • Maqbool (2003)

    9. Maqbool

    20032h 12m
    8.0 (13K)
    The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.
    DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsIrrfan KhanTabuPankaj Kapur
  • Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, and Saif Ali Khan in Omkara (2006)

    10. Omkara

    20062h 35m
    8.0 (23K)
    A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.
    DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsAjay DevgnKareena KapoorSaif Ali Khan
  • Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, and Shawn Dixon in Macbeth (2015)

    11. Macbeth

    20151h 53mR71Metascore
    6.6 (61K)
    Macbeth, 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.
    DirectorJustin KurzelStarsMichael FassbenderMarion CotillardJack Madigan
  • Macbeth (1971)

    12. Macbeth

    19712h 20mR
    7.4 (16K)
    A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJon FinchFrancesca AnnisMartin Shaw
  • Hamlet (1948)

    13. Hamlet

    19482h 34mApproved82Metascore
    7.5 (19K)
    Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
    DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsLaurence OlivierJean SimmonsJohn Laurie
  • Orson Welles and Suzanne Cloutier in Othello (1951)

    14. Othello

    19511h 30mApproved
    7.5 (9.9K)
    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.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesMicheál MacLiammóirRobert Coote
  • Chimes at Midnight (1965)

    15. Chimes at Midnight

    19651h 55mNot Rated94Metascore
    7.6 (11K)
    When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar. Through Falstaff's eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of Henry V.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJeanne MoreauMargaret Rutherford
  • Catherine Tate and David Tennant in Much Ado About Nothing (2011)

    16. Much Ado About Nothing

    20112h 41m
    8.5 (1.3K)
    Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
    DirectorsRobert DelamereJosie RourkeStarsJonathan CoyLeo StaarCatherine Tate
  • King Lear (2008)

    17. King Lear

    20082h 36mTV-PGTV Movie
    7.5 (700)
    Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.
    DirectorTrevor NunnStarsIan McKellenWilliam GauntPhilip Winchester
  • Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, and Misa Uehara in The Hidden Fortress (1958)

    18. The Hidden Fortress

    19582h 6mNot Rated89Metascore
    8.0 (44K)
    Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMisa UeharaMinoru Chiaki
  • Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Romeo and Juliet (1968)

    19. Romeo and Juliet

    19682h 18mPG69Metascore
    7.6 (36K)
    When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
    DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsLeonard WhitingOlivia HusseyJohn McEnery
  • Roger Allam and Colin Morgan in The Tempest (2014)

    20. The Tempest

    20142h 49m
    8.1 (375)
    Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this perfidious brother and his confederates on the island, his long contemplated revenge at last seems within reach.
    DirectorsJeremy HerrinIan RussellStarsRoger AllamJason BaughanJessie Buckley
  • Laurence Olivier in King Lear (1983)

    21. King Lear

    19832h 38mTV Movie
    7.6 (908)
    Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.
    DirectorMichael ElliottStarsColin BlakelyLeo McKernRobert Lindsay
  • Robert Hardy and Felicity Kendal in Twelfth Night (1980)

    22. Twelfth Night

    19802h 8mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.7 (308)
    Lookalike twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself as her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.
    DirectorJohn GorrieStarsAlec McCowenRobert HardyFelicity Kendal
  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)

    23. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    1992–199412 epsTV-Y7TV Series
    7.8 (403)
    Condensed animated adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare.
    StarsAlec McCowenMichael KitchenSuzanne Burden
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2000)

    24. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

    20001h 28mTV Movie
    8.5 (820)
    Three guys, one dead playwright, and 37 plays, all in under two hours. In this universally acclaimed theater experience, Adam Long (one of the troupe's founding members), Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor manage to compress the complete works of Shakespeare into about an hour and 40 minutes of high-speed over-the-top hilarity. Knowledge about Shakespeare's works is helpful, but not at all necessary. All that is needed is time enough to watch and someone to dial 911 in case you pass out from laughing so much.
    DirectorPaul KafnoStarsAdam LongReed MartinAustin Tichenor

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