shakespeare 90s-present
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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: 31,676 | Gross: $10.16M
2. Hamlet (1990)
PG | 135 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield
Votes: 23,625 | Gross: $20.71M
3. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina
Votes: 23,865 | Gross: $0.74M
4. Henry VIII (1991 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama, History, Music
Director: Pierre Jourdan | Stars: Philippe Rouillon, Michèle Command, Lucile Vignon, Alain Gabriel
Votes: 19
5. 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: 6,725 | Gross: $1.75M
6. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992–1994)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Condensed animated adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare.
Stars: Alec McCowen, Michael Kitchen, Suzanne Burden, John Warner
Votes: 360
7. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 52,031 | Gross: $22.55M
8. Romeo & Juliet (1994 TV Movie)
81 min | Drama, Romance
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
Director: Alan Horrox | Stars: Geraldine Somerville, Jenny Agutter, Jonathan Firth, Nicholas Barnes
Votes: 66
9. 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: 10,181 | Gross: $2.11M
10. Richard III (1995)
R | 110 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War
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.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Christopher Bowen, Edward Jewesbury
Votes: 15,579 | Gross: $2.60M
11. 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: 40,066 | Gross: $4.41M
12. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 244,927 | Gross: $46.35M
13. 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: 6,407 | Gross: $0.59M
14. 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: 8,572 | Gross: $1.36M
15. Macbeth (I) (1997)
129 min | Drama
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish laird seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Director: Jeremy Freeston | Stars: Jason Connery, Helen Baxendale, Graham McTavish, Kenneth Bryans
Votes: 254
16. Macbeth (1998 TV Movie)
Drama
English thespian Sean Pertwee plays the painfully ambitious royal who schemes to murder so he can ascend to the throne in this superior version of William Shakespeare's literary classic. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Bogdanov | Stars: Sean Pertwee, Greta Scacchi, Lorren Bent, Denise Black
Votes: 167
17. 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
18. The Tempest (1998 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Peter Fonda, John Glover, Harold Perrineau, Katherine Heigl
Votes: 382
19. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 26,985 | Gross: $16.07M
20. 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: 21,475 | Gross: $1.92M
21. 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: 38,273 | Gross: $3.77M
22. 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: 3,731
23. King Lear (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 156 min | Drama
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.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, Philip Winchester, Ben Meyjes
Votes: 662
24. 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: 8,202 | Gross: $0.28M
25. 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: 33,528 | Gross: $0.76M
26. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, History, War
A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
Stars: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay
Votes: 7,319
27. Much Ado About Nothing (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese
Votes: 17,092 | Gross: $4.33M
28. 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: 59,527 | Gross: $1.11M
29. 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: 2,381 | Gross: $0.21M
30. 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
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: 9,992 | Gross: $1.57M
32. 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: 4,905 | Gross: $0.28M
33. 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
34. Hamlet (II) (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 178 min | Drama
The classic Shakespeare tragedy is revisioned in America at the turn of the 20th Century. Campbell Scott (Singles, The Spanish Prisoner) adapted, co-directed and stars in the title role ... See full summary »
Directors: Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson | Stars: Campbell Scott, Blair Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, LisaGay Hamilton
Votes: 245
35. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2000 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Kafno | Stars: Adam Long, Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor, Daniel Singer
Votes: 809
36. 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: 4,812 | Gross: $0.38M
37. O (2001)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.
Director: Tim Blake Nelson | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles, Martin Sheen, Josh Hartnett
Votes: 21,926 | Gross: $16.02M
38. Rave Macbeth (2001)
87 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
This movie is a loose adaptation of the Shakespeare play "MacBeth", except it's set in the world of the dance rave culture.
Director: Klaus Knoesel | Stars: Michael Rosenbaum, Nicki Aycox, Kirk Baltz, Jamie Elman
Votes: 161
39. Richard the Second (2001 Video)
93 min | Drama
A banished nobleman returns to usurp the throne of England when the king seizes all his property.
Director: John Farrell | Stars: Matte Osian, Kadina de Elejalde, Barry Smith, Ellen Zachos
Votes: 25
40. Macbeth: The Comedy (2001)
91 min | Comedy
Take one power hungry lesbian couple. Throw in a slow-witted king, a Caribbean sidekick, a trio of flamboyantly gay weird sisters, and a host of other misfits. And what do you have? Macbeth... See full summary »
Director: Allison L. LiCalsi | Stars: Erika Burke Rossa, Juliet Furness, Dudley Findlay Jr., Ted deChatelet
Votes: 43
41. Othello (2001 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Shakespeare'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.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston, Keeley Hawes, Richard Coyle
Votes: 667
42. King of Texas (2002 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Western
In this adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear, self-made ranch tycoon John Lear divides his holdings amongst his daughters, but finds that once they have his property, they reject him.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly, Roy Scheider
Votes: 751
43. A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002)
R | 85 min | Drama
William Shakespeare's classic tale of love and mischief "A midsummer night's dream" is re-imagined with Club kids at a rave in a L.A. warehouse. Love potions and drug deals gone bad, it's a high-energy, drug-fueled drama.
Director: Gil Cates Jr. | Stars: Andrew Keegan, Chad Lindberg, Lauren German, Corey Pearson
Votes: 556
44. Hamlet_X (2003)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story.
Director: Herbert Fritsch | Stars: Boris Aljinovic, Kathrin Angerer, Hendrik Arnst, Bela B.
Votes: 166
45. 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: 234,444 | Gross: $100.32M
46. Edward II (1991)
R | 87 min | Drama, History, Romance
In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Steven Waddington, Kevin Collins, Andrew Tiernan, John Lynch
Votes: 3,037 | Gross: $0.69M
47. Doctor Faustus (2012)
Not Rated | 147 min | Comedy, Drama
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the German story Faust.
Directors: Matthew Dunster, Ian Russell | Stars: Charlotte Broom, Michael Camp, Richard Clews, Nigel Cooke
Votes: 162
48. Royal Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night (I) (2018)
78 min | Comedy
A girl washes up on the beach of the small coastal town of Illyria. What follows is a story of love and identity.
Director: Ned Record | Stars: Charles Baker, Rich Baker, Justin Brownstone, Jamie Costa
Votes: 20
49. Lear's Shadow (2018)
64 min | Drama
When tragedy strikes two old friends, they find an unlikely path to recovery through Shakespeare's King Lear.
Director: Brian Elerding | Stars: David Blue, Fred Cross, Katie Peabody
Votes: 16
50. Much Ado (2018)
Drama
An inventive retelling of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'; using technology to address the strain on social relationships in the original narrative.
Director: Axel Carlsson | Stars: Megan Tremethick, Will Strike, Ellen Carnazza, Jordan Abbott
52. A Midsummer Night's Dream (I) (2022)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Shakespeare's classic comedy: Young lovers living under an oppressive state-rule flee their home-city to change their lives, and end up changing the world. After all, love changes everything.
Director: Sacha Bennett | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Harry Jarvis, Tamzin Merchant, Juliet Aubrey
Votes: 18
53. King Lear (2018)
147 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The feature length version following on from a short film in 2017 entitled The tragedy of King Lear.
Director: Stephen Armourae | Stars: Stephen Armourae, Charlie Bond, Sherine Chalhie, Claire Cooper-King
Votes: 17
54. Caesar (II)
Thriller | Announced
A chilling film adaptation of Shakespeare's shocking tale of ambition, betrayal, murder and - the supernatural.
Director: Tiago Mesquita
55. A Midsummer Night's Dream (II) (2017)
105 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Casey Wilder Mott | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Paz de la Huerta, Avan Jogia, Fran Kranz
Votes: 257
56. Kirik Kalpler Bankasi (2017)
120 min | Drama
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in Istanbul, the tragic story of three heroes chasing an unlikely dream, running towards their sad end in a Shakespearean manner.
Director: Onur Ünlü | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Serkan Keskin, Hazal Kaya, Taner Ölmez
Votes: 800
57. Macbeth (II) (2018)
121 min | Drama
Adventurous new adaption. A compelling tale of unchecked ambition, soured friendship, lost intimacy and the descent into nihilism. A brand new re-telling of the classic Shakespeare play, Macbeth.
Director: Kit Monkman | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Mark Rowley, Al Weaver, Charlie Hamblett
Votes: 1,029
58. Romeo & Juliet (2017)
101 min | Drama, Romance
Romeo, a hopeless romantic with emotionally-fueled impulsiveness, meets Juliet, an abused and desperate girl looking for anyway to escape. Together, destined for tragedy.
Director: Joel Petrie | Stars: Dallin Major, Devin Neff, Laurie Harrop-Purser, Maddy Forsyth
Votes: 22
59. Hamlet (I) (2017)
Drama
The King of Denmark is dead. Prince Hamlet is summoned home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral, only to discover Denmark has crowned Hamlet's Uncle the new King and his Mother is his new Queen.
Director: Dick Douglass | Stars: Luing Andrews, Taz Bear, Andrew Calverley, Tom Clear
Votes: 85
60. A Caribbean Dream (2017)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This beautiful re-imagining of Shakespeare's magical fairy tale "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set modern day, under a full moon and during a Caribbean Festival.
Director: Shakirah Bourne | Stars: Mikkel Bobby, Ahwe Birdman, Aden Gillett, Sonia Williams
Votes: 73
61. The Tragedy of JFK (as Told by Wm. Shakespeare) (2017)
Drama, History
The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) is the story of the conspiracy to assassinate the 35th President of the United States and its aftermath using Shakespearian text.
Director: Daniel Henning | Stars: Time Winters, Ford Austin, Chad Brannon, Cris D'Annunzio
62. Two Gentlemen of Verona (2017)
124 min | Comedy
All in love is fair. Or so Proteus thinks after he meets his best friend's new girlfriend. Shakespeare's early comedy is surprisingly relevant to modern times. Set in current-day Southern ... See full summary »
Stars: James August Aguiar, Tade Arzumanian, Beata Borelius, Griffin Crawford
63. Shylock (I)
Drama | Announced
A rewrite of Shakespeare's controversial play: " The Merchant of Venice"
64. Enter The Ghost (2020)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Star-crossed lovers meet with murder and mayhem in a ruthless gamble for power.
Stars: Petrina Fitzpatrick, Humphrey Pitman, Benjamin Blackmore, Rayner Bourton
Votes: 8
65. Love's Labour's Lost (II) (2017)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four boarding school boys, distracted by four enchanting exchange students, struggle to keep a vow of chastity in this new adaptation of Shakespeare's bawdy comedy.
Directors: Jake O'Hare, Jennifer Sturley | Stars: Rachel Ravel, Patrick O'Hare, Riley Rudy, Max Green
Votes: 15
66. Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy
Filmed version of Julie Taymor's live theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy about young lovers and magical sprites.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Kathryn Hunter, David Harewood, Tina Benko, Max Casella
Votes: 360
67. Gunpowder (2017)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History
Robert Catesby leads Guy Fawkes a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
Stars: Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 11,656
68. Instruments of Darkness (2014)
9 min | Short, Action, Drama
Director: Vincent Regan | Stars: James D'Arcy, Charles Dance, Sean Bean, Rupert Grint
Votes: 55
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