Hamlet adaption list

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1. 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: 40,063 | Gross: $4.41M

2. Hamlet (1990)

PG | 135 min | Drama

53 Metascore

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: 23,618 | Gross: $20.71M

3. Hamlet (2000)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

70 Metascore

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

4. Hamlet (1948)

Approved | 154 min | Drama

82 Metascore

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: 18,409 | Gross: $7.09M

5. 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

6. Hamles (1960)

8 min | Short

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: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Zdzislaw Lesniak, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Wieslaw Golas, Hanna Skarzanka

Votes: 136

7. Eva & Adam (1999–2001)
Episode: Hamlet & Ofelia (1999)

26 min | Drama, Family

Eva spends much time with the school play and her new acting friend Sebastian. Adam becomes jealous.

Director: Catti Edfeldt | Stars: Ellen Fjæstad, Carl-Robert Holmer-Kårell, Ulrika Bergman, Pablo Martinez

Votes: 18

9. Stratford Festival: Hamlet (2016)

Not Rated | 166 min | Drama

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is in mourning for his dead father, the king. He's also disturbed by how quickly his mother, Gertrude, has remarried - and by the fact that her new spouse is ... See full summary »

Directors: Antoni Cimolino, Shelagh O'Brien | Stars: Tim Campbell, Jonathan Goad, Adrienne Gould, John Kirkpatrick

Votes: 54

10. The Hamlet Blog (2012)

40 min | Short, Drama

In order to remember his father, Prince Hamlet must murder his uncle, the King of Denmark. Set in the modern day Shakespeare's iconic tragedy is set as Prince Hamlet's Video Blogs.

Directors: Tim Collins, Rick Papandrea | Stars: Rick Papandrea, Ethan Loomis, Morgan Cornelius, Josh Throop

11. National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)

210 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: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Michael Peavoy, Matthew Barker, David Calder, Marcus Cunningham

Votes: 70

12. 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: 516

13. 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: 3,800

14. Hamlet (2021)

45 min | Crime, Drama

Shakespeare's darkest tragedy in a modern retelling of family betrayal and horse carriages.

Stars: Erdal Besikçioglu, Elit Iscan, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Sebnem Bozoklu

Votes: 460

15. Hamlet (VIII)

Drama | Post-production

A modern adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', set in London.

Director: Aneil Karia | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Joe Alwyn, Timothy Spall

16. Hamlet 2 (2008)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Music

54 Metascore

In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, J.J. Soria

Votes: 17,358 | Gross: $4.88M

17. 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

18. Hamlet (XIV)

Announced

It is a gender-swapped adaptation of the famous work by William Shakespeare.

Director: Ali Abbasi | Star: Noomi Rapace

19. Hamlet (1969)

G | 117 min | Drama

Academy Award-winning director Tony Richardson brings Shakespeare's tragedy to the screen - with searing performances from Nicol Williamson as the melancholy Dane and future Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins as the deceitful Claudius.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Hopkins, Marianne Faithfull

Votes: 870

20. 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: 519

21. Hamlet (II) (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 178 min | Drama

67 Metascore

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

22. Hamlet (1960 TV Movie)

152 min | Drama, Mystery

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.

Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Hans Caninenberg, Wanda Rotha, Dunja Movar

Votes: 670

23. Hamlet (TV Movie)

Drama | Pre-production

Add a Plot

Director: Diana Brooks | Stars: Blake Ostin, William Marshall, Rob Kirtley, Teresa Dawn Taylor

24. 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

25. Hamlet (2011)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama

33 Metascore

Shot on a micro-budget in only three days, Ramsay's adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal play premiered in competition at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2011.

Director: Bruce Ramsay | Stars: Bruce Ramsay, Lara Gilchrist, Peter Wingfield, Gillian Barber

Votes: 40

26. 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

27. 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

28. Hamlet (1985 TV Movie)

159 min | Drama

Prince Hamlet is the son of the late king. He hears from a ghost that the current king, Claudius, has murdered his father. Hamlet is unsure if this is true. He test the king by pretending ... See full summary »

Director: Ragnar Lyth | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Mona Malm, Frej Lindqvist, Pernilla August

Votes: 42

29. Hamlet (1921)

131 min | Drama

Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features (and a few lines) familiar from Shakespeare's ... See full summary »

Directors: Svend Gade, Heinz Schall | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Paul Conradi, Mathilde Brandt, Eduard von Winterstein

Votes: 521

30. Hamlet (1976)

65 min | Drama

Hamlet (Tony Meyer) suspects his uncle, King Claudius (Barry Stanton) has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Dame Helen Mirren), but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

Director: Celestino Coronado | Stars: Quentin Crisp, Helen Mirren, Barry Stanton, Vladek Sheybal

Votes: 112

31. Hamlet (2019 TV Movie)

139 min | Musical

A Danish prince becomes melancholic after the death of his father. But when the late king appears as a ghost and claims that he was murdered, events spiral out of control. Ambroise Thomas's... See full summary »

Director: Serge van Veggel | Stars: Lucie Chartin, Quirijn de Lang, Yavuz Arman Isleker, Joop Keesmaat

34. Hamlet (1913)

64 min | Drama

The opening scene is in Elsinore, where a ghost is seen by the sentinels keeping guard on the battlements of the castle. This is related to Hamlet by his friend Horatio, who describes the ... See full summary »

Director: Hay Plumb | Stars: Walter Ringham, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, S.A. Cookson, J.H. Barnes

Votes: 81



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