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The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 ★ 6.0The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968 ★ 6.6Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Task
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
1979 ★ 3.0A modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word overview of the film "William Shakespeare's Twelf
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992 ★ 6.4An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of
Hamlet
1948 ★ 7.4Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s
Macbeth
2015 ★ 6.4Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the th
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 ★ 5.7Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story co
Tromeo & Juliet
1996 ★ 6.0All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had! Join Tromeo and Juliet as they travel through Manhattan's underground i
The Merchant of Venice
1953 ★ 6.7A 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 die
Nightmare Ned
1997 ★ 7.6Nightmare Ned is a short-lived animated television series. Based on an eponymous video game the show focuses on the life of Ned Needlemeyer, a 10-year-old boy t
The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth
2026 ★ 0.0Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return to The Met: Live in HD for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple det
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003 ★ 4.5Multicultural version of the Shakespearean tale Twelth Night, Made in modern day society featuring Anglo-Indian cast. Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a telev
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991 ★ 6.9Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The
Rosaline
2022 ★ 7.1Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shake
King Lear
1970 ★ 6.5King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess their affect
Ophelia
2019 ★ 7.1Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Oph
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2017 ★ 4.1A modern-day movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream". The new version takes place in present-day Hollywood where fantasy and reali
Juliet & Romeo
2025 ★ 6.0Set at the dawn of the fourteenth century, a revisionist adaptation of history's most celebrated star-crossed lovers rejects classical iambic pentameter in favo
Flowers for Algernon
2000 ★ 5.6Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. When he gets picked for experimental surgery it looks like his dream may fina
Romeo + Juliet
1996 ★ 6.8In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona
Hamlet
1964 ★ 6.9A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in f
Romeo y Julieta
1943 ★ 6.8Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, irreconcilable enemies. The two families have continued fighti
The Taming of the Shrew
1961 ★ 5.4Classic adaptation of the even more classic play by William Shakespeare. Comedy Romance comedic romantic classic lighthearted Sergey Kolosov Mosfilm Lyudmila Ka
Omkara
2006 ★ 6.9Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy,