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51. Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.
Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele, William Beckwith
Votes: 6,869
52. Caesar Must Die (2012)
Unrated | 77 min | Drama
Inmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca
Votes: 6,813
53. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An 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.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 6,812 | Gross: $4.38M
54. Prospero's Books (1991)
R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy
The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson
Votes: 6,724 | Gross: $1.75M
55. Twelfth Night (1996)
PG | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shakespeare'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.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 6,404 | Gross: $0.59M
56. Dilbert (1999–2000)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Cubicle denizen Dilbert toils away at Path-E-Tech which makes undefined products. The focus is on his survival amongst a moronic boss, hostile co-workers and his malevolent pet, Dogbert.
Stars: Daniel Stern, Larry Miller, Gordon Hunt, Chris Elliott
Votes: 5,928
57. Were the World Mine (2008)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A 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.
Director: Tom Gustafson | Stars: Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane, Zelda Williams
Votes: 5,893 | Gross: $0.12M
58. Angoor (1982)
Not Rated | 131 min | Comedy
Based on Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors', this is a story of identical twins (2 pairs) and mistaken identities.
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Deven Verma, Aruna Irani
Votes: 5,820
59. A Thousand Acres (1997)
R | 105 min | Drama
A family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards
Votes: 5,816 | Gross: $7.94M
60. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,228
61. Carry on Cleo (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Two Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Caesar.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 5,007
62. Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
PG | 93 min | Romance, Comedy, Musical
An 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.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 4,903 | Gross: $0.28M
63. Scotland, Pa. (2001)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime
In a modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania, Joe McBeth, an unambitious hamburger stand employee, is driven to success by his scheming wife.
Director: Billy Morrissette | Stars: James Le Gros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan
Votes: 4,811 | Gross: $0.38M
64. Saints Row IV (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Play as your own customized President of United States of America and fight for an Alien invasion that nobody saw coming.
Director: Keith Arem | Stars: Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Robin Atkin Downes, Kenny Blank
Votes: 4,649
65. Wishbone (1995–1998)
TV-Y | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An intelligent and witty dog imagines himself in the role of characters from classic books and gets involved in similar real-life adventures.
Stars: Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield
Votes: 4,385
66. King Lear (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 115 min | Drama
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter, Tobias Menzies, Emily Watson
Votes: 4,305
67. Cymbeline (2014)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, John Leguizamo
Votes: 4,260
68. The Deadly Affair (1967)
Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 4,189
69. A Double Life (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Edmond O'Brien, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters
Votes: 3,973
70. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.
Directors: William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt | Stars: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 3,889
71. Hamlet (2009 TV Movie)
PG | 180 min | Drama
The 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.
Director: Gregory Doran | Stars: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies
Votes: 3,799
72. As You Like It (2006)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Richard Clifford, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 3,730
73. Hamlet (1964)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
After the death of the King of Denmark - Hamlet's father - his brother Claudius ascends the throne, who takes his widow Gertrude as his wife. Hamlet meets the ghost of his father and learns that he was killed by Claudius.
Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzina, Yuriy Tolubeev
Votes: 2,974
74. I, Timon (2017)
78 min | Drama, Thriller
Shakespeare's forgotten masterpiece of a good man in an evil world.
Directors: Bramwell Noah, Dan Noah | Stars: Kylie Azzopardi, Kain Baigent, Melissa Barlas, Tiannah Clark
Votes: 2,935
75. Film socialisme (2010)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
The passengers on a Mediterranean cruise enjoy their luxuries as a small family struggles with overbearing media attention.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture, Mathias Domahidy, Quentin Grosset
Votes: 2,921 | Gross: $0.03M
76. Tempest (1982)
PG | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman
Votes: 2,702 | Gross: $5.01M
77. Patision Avenue (2018)
13 min | Short, Drama
A single mother's most important roles in life will collide over the phone, during a long-take shot in the centre of Athens.
Director: Thanasis Neofotistos | Stars: Marina Symeou, Konstantina Koutsonasiou, Dimitra Alexandrakou, Zoi Bekio-Zanniko
Votes: 2,481
78. Private Romeo (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A modern take on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Set at an isolated all-boys military academy, it follows the forbidden relationship between two cadets.
Director: Alan Brown | Stars: Hale Appleman, Charlie Barnett, Adam Barrie, Chris Bresky
Votes: 2,406
79. Hamlet (2015)
217 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
Directors: Lyndsey Turner, Robin Lough | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Sian Brooke, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Votes: 2,382 | Gross: $0.21M
80. Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Playboy Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, a paper baron in today's Finland.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Esko Salminen, Kati Outinen, Elina Salo
Votes: 2,330
81. Macbeth (I) (2006)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in the ganglands of Melbourne.
Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Gary Sweet, Sam Worthington
Votes: 2,279 | Gross: $1.11M
82. Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Passed | 125 min | Drama, Romance
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Conway Tearle
Votes: 2,230
83. Coriolanus (2014)
192 min | Drama, History, War
Caius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
Directors: Josie Rourke, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Rochenda Sandall, Mark Stanley, Dwane Walcott, Mark Gatiss
Votes: 2,230
84. Biography (1987– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Robert J. Thompson
Votes: 2,088
85. The King Is Alive (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama
When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."
Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley, David Calder
Votes: 2,005 | Gross: $0.10M
86. Julius Caesar (1970)
G | 117 min | Drama, History, War
The 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.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson
Votes: 2,002
87. I'm Going Home (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Antoine Chappey
Votes: 1,848
88.
The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
Episode:
Richard II
(2012)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, History, War
The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: David Bradley, Richard Bremmer, Daniel Boyd, Peter De Jersey
Votes: 1,820
89. Doctors (2000–2024)
30 min | Drama
The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen
Votes: 1,700
90. King Lear (1970)
PG | 140 min | Drama
A Soviet adaptation of a world-famous tragedy about an aged king and how cruelly he lose his illusions.
Directors: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro | Stars: Jüri Järvet, Elza Radzina, Galina Volchek, Valentina Shendrikova
Votes: 1,688
91. Mandaar (2021– )
Drama
Power corrupts. And the pursuit of power devastates. As the battle for Geilpur reaches its peak, thirst for power overpowers human conscience in this tragic tale of greed, lust and prophecies.
Stars: Anirban Bhattacharya, Sohini Sarkar, Debasish Mondal, Korak Samanta
Votes: 1,667
92. Eye on Entertainment (2005– )
News, Talk-Show
Eye on Entertainment is an award-winning television show that features interviews with successful entertainment visionaries, exploring the traits they have in common, with a unique focus on independent film and television.
Stars: Dawna Lee Heising, Aki Aleong, Joseph Kelbie Williamson, Paul Heising
Votes: 1,648
93. Othello (1965)
Unrated | 165 min | Drama
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,643
94.
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
Episode:
The Taming of the Shrew
(2005)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young harridan MP marries a title in order to advance towards her goal of becoming party leader.
Director: David Richards | Stars: Shirley Henderson, David Mitchell, Simon Chandler, Jaime Murray
Votes: 1,533
95. All Night Long (1962)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Music
This 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.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris
Votes: 1,528
96.
The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
Episode:
Henry IV, Part 1
(2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, History, War
1403: Henry IV finds himself facing uprisings from the Welsh chieftain Owen Glendower and impetuous young Harry "Hotspur" Percy, son of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, angry with the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Joe Armstrong, John Ashton, Will Attenborough
Votes: 1,500
97. King Lear (1987)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Woody Allen, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy
Votes: 1,487 | Gross: $0.06M
98. ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
TV-PG | 360 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern re-telling of four William Shakespeare stories.
Stars: Nick Malinowski, James McAvoy, Shirley Henderson, Sarah Parish
Votes: 1,472
99. Love Is All There Is (1996)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
Romeo & Juliet gets transplanted to the Bronx.
Directors: Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor | Stars: Lainie Kazan, Paul Sorvino, Barbara Carrera, Joseph Bologna
Votes: 1,469 | Gross: $0.03M
100. The Journey to Melonia (1989)
104 min | Animation, Family, Adventure
When 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.
Director: Per Åhlin | Stars: Allan Edwall, Robyn Carlsson, Olle Sarri, Tomas von Brömssen
Votes: 1,459