Best Shakespeare/Fave Shakespeare
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1. Henry V (1989)
PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin
Votes: 31,647 | Gross: $10.16M
2. Othello (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Robert Coote, Suzanne Cloutier
Votes: 9,448
3. Macbeth (1948)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, History, War
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.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 7,794
4. National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
227 min | Drama, History
Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.
Directors: Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell
Votes: 399 | Gross: $0.19M
5.
TV teatar (1956– )
Episode:
Mletacki trgovac
(2007)
160 min | Drama
Shylock, the victim of racist bullying, demands a pound of flesh from Antonio, his debtor and a particularly vicious bully and bigot.
Director: Milivoje 'Misko' Milojevic | Stars: Predrag Ejdus, Dragan Micanovic, Irfan Mensur, Goran Susljik
Votes: 6
6. Macbeth (I) (2015)
R | 113 min | Drama, History, War
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.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan
Votes: 59,494 | Gross: $1.11M
7. Titus (1999)
R | 162 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Osheen Jones, Dario D'Ambrosi
Votes: 21,459 | Gross: $1.92M
8. Macbeth (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama
Macbeth (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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Philip Casson, Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, John Bown, Susan Dury
Votes: 915
9. Macbeth (1971)
R | 140 min | Drama, History
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler
Votes: 14,962
10. Hamlet (I) (1964)
191 min | Drama
The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
Directors: Bill Colleran, John Gielgud | Stars: Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Eileen Herlie
Votes: 517
11. 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: 5,221
12. Julius Caesar (1988 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama
Jealous conspirators convince Caesar's friend Brutus to join their assassination plot against Caesar. To stop Caesar from gaining too much power, Brutus and the conspirators kill him on the Ides of March.
Director: Michael Bogdanov | Stars: Christoph Bantzer, Matthias Fuchs, Grischa Huber, Hans Irle
13. Hamlet (I) (2015)
184 min | Drama
Shakespeare's most iconic work, "Hamlet" explodes with big ideas and is the ultimate story of loyalty, love, betrayal, murder and madness. Hamlet's father is dead and Denmark has crowned ... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Frankcom, Margaret Williams | Stars: Maxine Peake, John Shrapnel, Barbara Marten, Gillian Bevan
Votes: 132
14. Coriolanus (2011)
R | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Director: Ralph Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Lubna Azabal
Votes: 33,513 | Gross: $0.76M
15. Macbeth horror suite di Carmelo Bene da William Shakespeare (1997 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
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.
Director: Carmelo Bene | Stars: Carmelo Bene, Silvia Pasello
Votes: 7
16. Macbeth (I) (2004)
104 min | Drama
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.
Directors: Bo Landin, Alex Scherpf | Stars: Toivo Lukkari, Anitta Suikkari, Per Henrik Bals, Elisabeth H. Blind
Votes: 33
17. Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1988 TV Movie)
155 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Paul Kafno | Stars: Frances Barber, Christopher Hollis, Julian Gartside, Tim Barker
Votes: 207
18. An Age of Kings (1960)
60 min | Drama, History
A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the eighty-six years between Richard II and Richard III.
Stars: John Murray Scott, Frank Windsor, David Andrews, John Ringham
Votes: 166
19. Looking for Richard (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Documentary, Drama
Al 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."
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Frederic Kimball
Votes: 8,570 | Gross: $1.36M
20. Men of Respect (1990)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
It's Macbeth in mobster form!
Director: William Reilly | Stars: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina, Peter Boyle
Votes: 954 | Gross: $0.14M
21. Othello (1981 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 195 min | Drama, Romance
General Othello (Sir Anthony Hopkins) becomes convinced that his wife is having an affair, even though there is no evidence.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Anthony Pedley, Bob Hoskins, Geoffrey Chater, Alexander Davion
Votes: 488
22. Hamlet (I) (1970 TV Movie)
Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Ian McKellen, Faith Brook, John Woodvine, Susan Fleetwood
Votes: 78
23. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,387 | Gross: $7.09M
24. Henry V (1944)
Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 7,067
25. Hamlet (2018 TV Movie)
191 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Directors: Robert Icke, Rhodri Huw, Ilinca Radulian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Juliet Stevenson, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Thompson
Votes: 511
26. Macbeth (1982 TV Movie)
62 min | Drama
In this powerful film, the renowned William Shakespeare play is stripped down to the bare essentials, consisting of two lengthy shots.
Director: Béla Tarr | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi, Ferenc Bencze, Imre Csuja
Votes: 387
27. Hamlet (1996)
PG-13 | 242 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet
Votes: 40,047 | Gross: $4.41M
28. 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: 6,866
29. 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: 1,486 | Gross: $0.06M
30. The Winter's Tale (1981 TV Movie)
173 min | Comedy, Drama
King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events ... See full summary »
Director: Jane Howell | Stars: John Welsh, David Burke, Robert Stephens, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 161
31. Hamlet (2000)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard
Votes: 9,989 | Gross: $1.57M
32. 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: 6,720 | Gross: $1.75M
33. The Life and Death of King John (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
King John does whatever it takes to keep himself on the throne of England, making enemies of the pope, France, and his nephew along the way.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, William Whymper, Mary Morris, Robert Brown
Votes: 144
34. One Hamlet Less (1973)
70 min | Drama
A meditation on Art through the elements of the most famous tragedy.
Director: Carmelo Bene | Stars: Carmelo Bene, Luciana Cante, Sergio Di Giulio, Franco Leo
Votes: 192
35. King Lear (1970)
GP | 137 min | Drama
King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel
Votes: 936
36. 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: 1,642
37. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,154 | Gross: $43.66M
38. 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: 3,885
39. The Merchant of Venice (2004)
R | 131 min | Drama, Romance
In 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.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 38,242 | Gross: $3.77M
40. The Comedy of Errors (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy
Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Unfortunately, Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will ... See full summary »
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Charles Gray, Nicolas Chagrin, Nick Burnell
Votes: 223
41. Riccardo III (da Shakespeare) secondo Carmelo Bene (1981 TV Movie)
76 min | Drama
Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.
Director: Carmelo Bene | Stars: Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Maria Grazia Grassini, Daniela Silverio
Votes: 17
42. King Lear (1999)
Not Rated | 190 min | Drama
King 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Brian Blessed, Tony Rotherham | Stars: Brian Blessed, Hildegard Neil, Jason Riddington, Phillipa Peak
Votes: 99
43. Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)
180 min | Drama
A jealous King jeopardizes his family, friendships, and succession.
Directors: Rob Ashford, Kenneth Branagh, Benjamin Caron | Stars: Miranda Raison, Pierre Atri, Jaygann Ayeh, Tom Bateman
Votes: 298
44. Hamlet Denmark (2017)
Short
Deep in the vaults of the Ministry of Truth, a new file has arrived, a delicate file that may just break a scandal. Hamlet, the heir to the Denmark Family's wealth has been recorded of being guilty of thought.
Director: Archy Lublin
45. Stratford Festival: The Adventures of Pericles (2016)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Pericles travels to Antioch to win the hand of the King's daughter by solving a riddle - only to discover that its answer is a secret so dark that he will be put to death if he reveals it. ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Avrich | Stars: Marion Adler, Wayne Best, Evan Buliung, Deborah Hay
Votes: 38
46. Ophelia (2011)
5 min | Short, Drama
Oh! To see what I see To see what I have seen Ophelia Act 3 Scene 1 The Universally know image of Ophelia by John Millais, is used as a metaphor for Kashmir, a country, once called, ... See full summary »
Director: Greta Mendez | Stars: Minni Kumari, Greta Mendez
47. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, History
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.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud
Votes: 10,143 | Gross: $0.12M
48.
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: 1,819
49. The Merchant of Venice (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 157 min | Comedy, Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Franklyn-Robbins, John Rhys-Davies, Alan David, John Nettles
Votes: 296
50. Pericles by Shakespeare on the Road (2016)
107 min | Drama
The movie is based on the Shakespearean tragedy 'Pericles. Prince of Tyre' and maintains the original language of the text. The story takes place in a green area delimited by highways. A ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Quagliano | Stars: Brian Woodward, Katie Alexander Thom, Raphael Bar, Simon Brandon
51. Macbeth (2014)
Drama
In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin.
Director: Eve Best | Stars: Moyo Akandé, Geoffrey Aymer, Marc Borthwick, Bette Bourne
Votes: 113
52. The Merchant of Venice (2015)
150 min | Comedy, Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Bridget Caldwell | Stars: Jamie Ballard, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, James Corrigan, Owen Findlay
Votes: 66
53. Macbeth (2013)
140 min | Drama
As Macbeth rides home from battle, three witches prophecise that he will soon rise in power to become King of Scotland. Aided by his wife, the pair will stop at nothing to seal their fate.
Directors: Rob Ashford, Tim Van Someren | Stars: David Annen, Andy Apollo, Elliot Balchin, Nari Blair-Mangat
Votes: 425
54. Timon's Friendship Adventure (2007)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
Director: Max Littman | Stars: Lauren Bruniges, Eric Hedlund, Merlin Huff, Miguel Juanreichez
Votes: 6
55. Johnny Hamlet (1968)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Western
Back 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.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Andrea Giordana, Gilbert Roland, Horst Frank, Ennio Girolami
Votes: 657
56. 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
57. Othello (1995)
R | 123 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh, Irène Jacob, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 10,173 | Gross: $2.11M
58.
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
Episode:
Macbeth
(2005)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.
Director: Mark Brozel | Stars: James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes, Joseph Millson, Vincent Regan
Votes: 1,073
59.
Performance (1991–1998)
Episode:
Macbeth on the Estate
(1997)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
Shakespeare's play is updated to the present day starring James Frain and Susan Vidler. On a council estate where people survive by dealing drugs and shoplifting, Duncan is the Godfather. Urged by Mrs Macbeth, Macbeth kills Duncan.
Director: Penny Woolcock | Stars: James Frain, Susan Vidler, Andrew Tiernan, David Harewood
Votes: 104
60. King Lear (1976)
Drama
Director: Steven Rumbelow | Stars: Chris Auvache, Monica Buford, Stuart Cox, Paul Haley
Votes: 18
61. The Taming of the Shrew (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 127 min | Comedy, Romance
The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Simon Chandler, Anthony Pedley, John Franklyn-Robbins, Frank Thornton
Votes: 397
62. The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama, History
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Paul Jesson, Ray Roberts, Leon Lissek, Jon Rumney
Votes: 137
63. Titus Andronicus (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 168 min | Drama, Horror
Roman warrior Titus Andronicus finds himself trapped in a nightmarish cycle of vengeance, misery, and bloodshed.
Director: Jane Howell | Stars: Paul Davies Prowles, Edward Hardwicke, Walter Brown, Brian Protheroe
Votes: 193
64. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
R | 104 min | Drama
Two 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.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert
Votes: 61,719 | Gross: $6.40M
65. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The 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.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 234,280 | Gross: $100.32M
66. Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe (2012 TV Movie)
166 min | History
Director: Mark Rosenblatt | Stars: John Cummins, Mary Doherty, Kate Duchêne, Ian McNeice
Votes: 23
67.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
King Lear
(2008)
TV-G | 150 min | Music, Musical
King Lear decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three daughters.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, Philip Winchester, Ben Meyjes
Votes: 287
68. The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Music
A broadcast in honor of the 200th anniversary of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet. The company revives one of the most acclaimed triumphs in its history, Romeo and Juliet, featuring the original choreography of Leonid Lavrovsky.
Director: John Vernon | Stars: Natalia Bessmertnova, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Vladimir Levashev, Mary Tyler Moore
Votes: 37
69. Otello (1976 TV Movie)
Drama, Music
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.
Stars: Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, Giuliano Ciannella
Votes: 29
70. A Midsummer Night's Dream (II) (1981 TV Movie)
156 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Ileana Cotrubas, James Bowman, Ryland Davies, Dale Duesing
Votes: 34
71. Otello (1974)
142 min | Drama, Music
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.
Director: Roger Benamou | Stars: Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop, Stefania Malagù
Votes: 51
72. The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970 TV Movie)
Drama
The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The actions and repercussions of a proud King, whose vanity and selfishness lead to his downfall.
Directors: Richard Cottrell, Toby Robertson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Robert Eddison, Paul Hardwick
Votes: 74
73. King Lear (1983 TV Movie)
158 min | Drama
Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.
Director: Michael Elliott | Stars: Colin Blakely, Leo McKern, Robert Lindsay, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 866
74. 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: 1,687
75. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Michael Caine
Votes: 245
76. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Michael Caine
Votes: 245
77. Romeo & Juliet (1955)
92 min | Music, Drama, Romance
Russian ballet version of Shakespeare's tragedy about star crossed lovers from two feuding Italian Renaissance families.
Directors: Lev Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky | Stars: Galina Ulanova, Yuri Zhdanov, Iraida Olenina, Aleksandr Radunsky
Votes: 95
78. National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)
210 min | Drama
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.
Directors: Rufus Norris, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Nadia Albina, Michael Balogun, Stephen Boxer, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 107
79. National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018 TV Movie)
135 min | Biography, Drama
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat's popularity, the educated elite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of Rome.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Tony Grech-Smith | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley, David Morrissey, Adjoa Andoh
Votes: 281
80. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Twelfth Night (2013)
176 min | Comedy
Shipwrecked twins are lost among love-sick aristocrats, unruly servants, mischievous pleasure seekers, clowns, and a puritan. With music as the bittersweet "food of love," all converge and conspire in this comic journey.
Director: Tim Carroll | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly
Votes: 438
81. The Merchant of Venice (2015)
66 min | Drama
This Merchant of Venice production was done in a Sephardi style featuring some Jewish Ladinos songs. French Actor and Baritone David Serero gives a stunning performance as Shylock and signs... See full summary »
Director: David Serero | Stars: David Serero, Ron Barba, Joe Talluto, Dina Desmone
82. King Lear (2015)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his ... See full summary »
Director: Antoni Cimolino | Stars: Colm Feore, Liisa Repo-Martell, Derek Moran, Jonathan Goad
Votes: 95
83. The Tempest (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand
Votes: 8,201 | Gross: $0.28M
84. The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002 TV Movie)
134 min | Drama
Peter Brook presents a new interpretation of the classic in a setting is vaguely eastern rather than Scandinavian, with a multi-ethnic cast .
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Adrian Lester, Jeffery Kissoon, Natasha Parry, Bruce Myers
Votes: 114
85. Falstaff (2001 TV Movie)
126 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Cavassilas | Stars: Ambrogio Maestri, Roberto Frontali, Juan Diego Flórez, Barbara Frittoli
Votes: 21
86. Falstaff (1995 TV Movie)
144 min | Comedy, Music
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and ... See full summary »
Directors: Agnes Méth, Claus Viller | Stars: John Del Carlo, Teresa Ringholz, Richard Croft, Delores Ziegler
Votes: 11
87. Henry VIII (1991 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama, History, Music
Director: Pierre Jourdan | Stars: Philippe Rouillon, Michèle Command, Lucile Vignon, Alain Gabriel
Votes: 19
88. Cymbeline (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 175 min | Drama, Comedy
Cymbeline (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... See full summary »
Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Richard Johnson, Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, Robert Lindsay
Votes: 198
89. Siberian Lady Macbeth (1962)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In what might be termed Russo-Shakespearean noir, a ruthless woman's adulterous affair with a drifter sets in motion a chain-reaction of murder and deception in a remote village in 19th Century Mtsensk.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Olivera Markovic, Ljuba Tadic, Kapitalina Eric, Bojan Stupica
Votes: 384
90. Küß mich Kätchen (1961 TV Movie)
150 min | Musical
Director: Imo Moszkowicz | Stars: Hannelore Schroth, Gerhard Riedmann, Christiane Maybach, Harald Leipnitz
Votes: 20
91. Glyndebourne: Hamlet (2017)
163 min
Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017.
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Vladimir Jurowski, Allan Clayton, Rodney Gilfry, David Butt Philip
92. Macbeth (2006 TV Movie)
156 min | Music
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.
Director: Andrea Bevilacqua | Stars: Leo Nucci, Enrico Iori, Sylvie Valayre, Tiziana Tramonti
Votes: 11
93. Falstaff (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 136 min | Comedy, Musical
The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi's last opera, his only true comic opera.
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Vladimir Jurowski, Christopher Purves, Paolo Battaglia, Alasdair Elliott
Votes: 7
94.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Thomas Adès: The Tempest
(2012)
Not Rated | 142 min | Musical
Composer Ades employs a variety of musical styles, from dissonance to tonality, even a passacaglia for voices. The story follows Shakespeare's play: the banished magician Prospero regains his humanity after outsiders visit his island.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Thomas Adès, Deborah Voigt, Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard
Votes: 24
95. Antoine et Cléopâtre (1967 TV Movie)
153 min | Drama, History, Romance
After 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.
Director: Jean Prat | Stars: François Chaumette, Judith Magre, Jean Muselli, Pierre Meyrand
Votes: 6
96. Makibefo (2001)
73 min | Drama
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.
Director: Alexander Abela | Stars: Martin Zia, Neoliny Dety, Gilbert Laumord, Victor Raobelina
Votes: 33
97.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Otello
(1996)
142 min | Musical
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.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, James Morris, Jane Bunnell
Votes: 38
98. Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1998 TV Movie)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated after a shipwreck on the coast of Illyria, and each believes the other drowned. Viola disguises herself as a male page named Cesario and ... See full summary »
Stars: Helen Hunt, Kyra Sedgwick, Philip Bosco, Paul Rudd
Votes: 277
99. Macbeth (I) (1987)
133 min | Music
The Verdi opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Director: Claude d'Anna | Stars: Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Johan Leysen
Votes: 56
100. Richard III (I) (2016)
171 min | Drama
Almeida Theatre Live makes its debut broadcast with Richard III from the Almeida stage to cinemas in the UK and around the world, in association with Picturehouse Entertainment, produced by Illuminations Media.
Directors: Rupert Goold, Robin Lough | Stars: David Annen, Joseph Arkley, Osman Baig, Tom Canton
Votes: 163
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