Shakespeare Watchlist
by DavidBanuelos | created - 27 Jan 2022 | updated - 2 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)
156 min | Drama, History
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child's love rejected. As Lear's world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question.
Directors: Michael Grandage, Robin Lough | Stars: Michael Hadley, Paul Jesson, Alec Newman, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 43
2. King Lear (2014)
210 min | Drama, History
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Directors: Sam Mendes, Robin Lough | Stars: Saif Al-Warith, Waj Ali, Nathan Ampofo, Paul Anthoney
Votes: 180
3. 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: 164
4. Royal Shakespeare Company: King John (2021)
150 min | Drama
Richard the Lionheart is dead. His brother John is King of England. Threatened from all sides by Europe, the English noblemen and even his own family, King John will stop at nothing to keep hold of his crown.
Director: Eleanor Rhode | Stars: Michael Abubakar, Sarah Agha, David Birrell, John Cummins
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Georgine Anderson, Stephanie Bidmead, Michael Blakemore, David Buck
Votes: 126
6. 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
7. Othello (1989 TV Movie)
187 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: Janet Suzman | Stars: John Kani, Richard Haddon Haines, Dorothy Ann Gould, Joanna Weinberg
Votes: 30
8. As You Like It (1992)
G | 117 min | Drama, Romance
Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.
Director: Christine Edzard | Stars: James Fox, Cyril Cusack, Andrew Tiernan, Cate Fowler
Votes: 96
9. Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Musical
A celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, broadcast live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Directors: Bridget Caldwell, Gregory Doran, Robin Mason, Tim Taggart | Stars: Catherine Tate, David Tennant, Akala, Roger Allam
Votes: 207
10. 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
11. Richard III (1912)
55 min | Drama
Richard of Gloucester uses manipulation and murder to gain the English throne.
Directors: André Calmettes, James Keane | Stars: Robert Gemp, Frederick Warde, Albert Gardner, James Keane
Votes: 321
12.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Romeo and Juliet
(1957)
Drama, Musical, Comedy
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Claire Bloom, John Neville, Ronald Allen, John Breslin
13.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1958)
105 min | Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Paul Rogers, Natasha Parry, John Justin, Miles Malleson
14. Macbeth (IV) (1960 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Roger Jenkins | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Nigel Bellairs, Michael Bryant, Tony Church
15.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1971)
Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Robert Stephens, Lynn Redgrave, Amanda Barrie
Votes: 10
16. Romeo & Juliet (I) (2021)
145 min | Drama
This filmed theatre production retells Shakespeare's classic tale of the star-crossed lovers for a modern audience, utilising new technology to produce and film the show against the backdrop of Manchester's Palace Theatre.
Director: Nick Evans | Stars: Sylvester Akinrolabu, Helen Anker, Brandon Bassir, Daniel Bowerbank
Votes: 140
17. Shakespeare Uncovered (2012– )
55 min | Documentary
Various actors discuss Shakespeare plays. Each episode is presented by one actor and, in most cases, the actor discusses one play. However, some episodes cover more than one play. For ... See full summary »
Stars: Simon Russell Beale, Ethan Hawke, Harriet Walter, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 274
18. The Wars of the Roses (1989– )
The entire cycle of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the English Shakespeare Company
Stars: Colin Farrell, Charles Dale, Michael Pennington, Paul Brennen
Votes: 24
19. 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
20. Richard III (2007)
Action, Crime, Drama
"Now is the winter of our discontent..." With these timeless words, Duke Richard - lounging on his sun deck - sets his murderous plans in motion. His goal: to eliminate the hated rival ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Anderson | Stars: David Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Maria Conchita Alonso, Scott Anderson
Votes: 190
21. Hamlet (1953 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Director: Albert McCleery | Stars: Maurice Evans, Wesley Addy, Norman Barrs, Francis Bethencourt
Votes: 23
22. 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
23. Hamlet Shakespeare's Globe (2018)
154 min | Drama
Directors: Federay Holmes, Elle While | Stars: Catrin Aaron, James Garnon, Colin Hurley, Bettrys Jones
Votes: 66
24. Hamlet (2009)
77 min | Drama
Shakespeare's Hamlet -- Dogma style.
Director: Simon Bowler | Stars: David Melville, Bernadette Sullivan, Danny Campbell, Melissa Chalsma
Votes: 7
25. The Spread of the Eagle (1963)
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
Stars: John Barcroft, Terry Wale, Roger Croucher, Hugh Dickson
Votes: 17
26.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on Film
(2016)
60 min | Documentary
An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day featuring archive interviews with movie directors including Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh and more.
Director: David M. Thompson | Stars: Penelope Wilton, Kenneth Branagh, Peter Brook, George Cukor
Votes: 11
27. Much Ado About Nothing (1967 TV Movie)
125 min | Comedy, Romance
Young lovers Hero (Caroline John) and Claudio (Michael Byrne), soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick (Robert Stephens) and Beatrice (Dame Maggie Smith) to wed as well.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Alan Adams, Chloe Ashcroft, David Belcher, Michael Byrne
Votes: 42
28. Love's Labour's Lost (Globe Theatre Version) (2010 Video)
167 min | Comedy
Four young men swear off love in order to focus on their studies, only to have their plans go awry when four lovely ladies enter their lives.
Stars: Jade Anouka, Philip Cumbus, Seroca Davis, Jack Farthing
Votes: 72
29. The Winter's Tale (1967)
150 min | 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: Frank Dunlop | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Jane Asher, Diana Churchill, Moira Redmond
Votes: 37
30. The Winter's Tale (1962 TV Movie)
140 min | 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: Don Taylor | Stars: Robert Shaw, Rosalie Crutchley, Patrick Macnee, Brenda Bruce
Votes: 11
31. The Winter's Tale (1967 TV Movie)
196 min | 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: Barry Boys | Stars: Vincent Baggetta, Russell Gold, Earle Hyman, Stacy Keach
Votes: 8
32. The Merchant of Venice (I) (2016)
150 min | Drama
Antonio and his friend Bassanio borrow money from Shylock, a rich Jew, so that Bassanio may marry. When the payment is due, Bassanio can't pay and Shylock demands a pound of his flesh.
Directors: Robin Lough, Jonathan Munby | Stars: Dominic Mafham, Brian Martin, Regé-Jean Page, Daniel Lapaine
Votes: 54
33. The Merchant of Venice (1914)
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 »
Directors: Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber | Stars: Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber, Douglas Gerrard, Rupert Julian
Votes: 37
34.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Merchant of Venice
(1955)
118 min | 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: Hal Burton | Stars: Raymond Westwell, Michael Hordern, Rachel Gurney, John Hayter
Votes: 13
35. Antony and Cleopatra (1984 TV Movie)
179 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: Lawrence Carra | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Nichelle Nichols, John Carradine
Votes: 128
36. Hamlet Within (2023)
86 min | Drama
A modern-day version of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', which explores a young man's psyche as he contemplates avenging his father's death.
Director: Ken McMullen | Stars: Ian McKellen, Dominique Pinon, Gabriella Wright, John Shrapnel
Votes: 13
37. Measure for Measure from Shakespeare's Globe (2015)
Not Rated | 173 min | Drama
A television production of Shakespeare's enduring comedy Measure for Measure from the Globe Theatre.
Director: Dominic Dromgoole | Stars: Naana Agyei Ampadu, Ella Cumber, Kurt Egyiawan, Mariah Gale
Votes: 18
38. Julius Caesar (I) (1908)
13 min | Short, Drama, History
Shakespeare's historical tragedy of the rise and fall of Julius Caesar, told in fifteen scenes.
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, William V. Ranous | Stars: Charles Kent, William Shea, Maurice Costello, William V. Ranous
Votes: 70
39. Globe on Screen: Julius Caesar (2015)
151 min | History
Director: Dominic Dromgoole | Stars: Catherine Bailey, Sam Cox, Patrick Driver, Anthony Howell
Votes: 22
40. Henry IV: Part 1 (2012)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
The first installment of what is widely acknowledged to be Shakespeare's greatest historical saga, Henry IV, Part I is an epic tale of power, treachery and war, exploring the complexity of ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Lee Hamilton | Stars: Jack Baldwin, Aimée-Lou Cameron, Ian Horgan, Saul Matlock
Votes: 22
41. Timon of Athens (2012)
180 min | Drama
Timon of Athens is a play unique to Shakespeare as it offers a central character without family or partner; the story of a rich and liberal Athenian whose generosity is exploited until he learns the full extent of man's greed.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Matt Ayleigh, Simon Russell Beale, Paul Bentall, Charlie Blackwood
Votes: 28
42. Othello (1956)
Not Rated | 107 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: Sergei Yutkevich | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Andrei Popov, Vladimir Soshalsky
Votes: 351
43. 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
44. As You Like It (1912)
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, Charles Kent, James Young | Stars: Maurice Costello, Rose Coghlan, Rosemary Theby, Rose Tapley
Votes: 26
45. As You Like It (1963 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Directors: Michael Elliott, Ronald Eyre | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Allen, Max Adrian, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 160
46. King Lear (1974– )
120 min | Drama
When King Lear decides to step down from his throne, he decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters with tragic results.
Stars: Patrick Mower, Ann Lynn, Philip Brack, Beth Harris
Votes: 84
47. Shakespeare's Globe: Henry IV, Part 1 (2010 Video)
167 min | Drama
Henry IV faces armed opposition from former allies and at the same time is worried by the company his son and heir Prince Hal is keeping, company that includes the dissolute and cowardly Sir John Falstaff
Directors: Dominic Dromgoole, Robin Lough | Stars: Roger Allam, Jason Baughan, Patrick Brennan, Daon Broni
Votes: 39
48. Shakespeare's Globe: Henry IV, Part 2 (2010 Video)
172 min | Drama
Hotspur is dead and Henry's son Prince Hal has proved his military worth, but the King himself is increasingly sick and a remaining band of rebels is reluctant to surrender.As the Prince's ... See full summary »
Directors: Dominic Dromgoole, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Oliver Cotton, Barbara Marten
Votes: 30
49. Shakespeare's Globe: Titus Andronicus (2015)
186 min | Drama
Grotesquely violent and daringly experimental, Titus was the smash hit of Shakespeare's early career, and is written with a ghoulish energy he was never to repeat elsewhere.
Director: Lucy Bailey | Stars: William Houston, Indira Varma, Obi Abili, Samuel Edward-Cook
Votes: 49
50. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Henry V (2013)
164 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Shakespeare's masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry's campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of ... See full summary »
Directors: Dominic Dromgoole, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Jamie Parker, Brid Brennan, Graham Butler, Nigel Cooke
Votes: 52
51. The Tragedy of King Lear (1982 Video)
182 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 »
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Mike Kellin, Darryl Hickman, Charles Aidman, David Groh
Votes: 27
52. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew (2013)
167 min | Comedy
The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
Director: Toby Frow | Stars: Jamie Beamish, Michael Bertenshaw, Sarah MacRae, Simon Paisley Day
Votes: 59
53. Othello (1955 TV Movie)
108 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: Tony Richardson | Stars: Gordon Heath, Rosemary Harris, Paul Rogers, Edmund Willard
Votes: 28
54. Coriolanus (1979 Video)
Drama, History
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Director: Wilford Leach | Stars: Frank Adu, Bimbo, Thomas Martell Brimm, Christine Campbell
Votes: 122
55. 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
56. 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
57. The Tempest (2019)
Drama
Director: Barry Avrich | Stars: Graham Abbey, Michael Blake, Farhang Ghajar, Sebastien Heins
Votes: 21
58. Simon Schama's Shakespeare (2012– )
Not Rated | History
Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new light on some of the greatest plays ever written.
Stars: Simon Schama, Harriet Walter, Peter De Jersey, Simon Russell Beale
Votes: 67
59. Titus Andronicus (1999)
147 min | Drama, Horror
A classic and intense horror/drama about the all consuming nature of revenge.
Director: Christopher Dunne | Stars: Candy K. Sweet, Lexton Raleigh, Tom Dennis, Levi Tinker
Votes: 132
60. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Antony & Cleopatra (2015)
180 min | Drama, Romance, History
Cleopatra, the alluring and fascinatingly ambiguous Queen of Egypt, has bewitched the great Mark Antony, soldier, campaigner and now one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire. When Antony... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Munby | Stars: Ignatius Anthony, Peter Bankolé, Eve Best, Jonathan Bonnici
Votes: 17
61. National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well (2009)
Comedy
Helena, orphaned and impoverished, follows the countess' son, Bertram, to court, hoping to win his heart. Bertram, though, has other ideas.
Director: Marianne Elliott | Stars: Ben Allen, Cassie Atkinson, Jolyon Coy, Rob Delaney
Votes: 16
62. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (2015)
140 min | Comedy
Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Shakespeare caps the mayhem of his Roman original to build up a hectic tale of violent cross-purposes, furious slapstick and social nightmare.
Director: Blanche McIntyre | Stars: Simon Harrison, Matthew Needham, Brodie Ross, Jamie Wilkes
Votes: 38
63. 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
64. The Merchant of Venice (1908)
9 min | Drama, Short
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: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Julia Swayne Gordon, William V. Ranous, Florence Turner, Maurice Costello
Votes: 44
65. The Merchant of Venice (1947 TV Movie)
90 min | 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: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Abraham Sofaer, Austin Trevor, André Morell, John Gatrell
Votes: 6
66. The Merchant of Venice (1927)
9 min | Short, 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: Widgey R. Newman | Stars: Lewis Casson, Maurice Farquarson, Joyce Lyons, Christine Murray
Votes: 7
67. Romeo and Juliet (2000 Video)
Drama, Romance
Shakespeare's tragic tale about two young lovers and their warring families as re-told by Mercutio.
Director: Colin Cox | Stars: Kel Mitchell, Fran de Leon, Conrad Cimarra, Benito Martinez
Votes: 105
68. Romeo & Juliet (1993 TV Movie)
162 min | Drama, Romance
The Stratford Festival stage production of Shakespeare's drama.
Directors: Norman Campbell, Richard Monette | Stars: Tim MacDonald, Colm Feore, Mervon Mehta, Jeffrey Kuhn
Votes: 42
69. Romeo and Juliet (I) (1908)
15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Paul Panzer, Florence Lawrence, John G. Adolfi, Josephine Atkinson
Votes: 70
70. Romeo and Juliet (1912)
34 min | Romance, Drama, Short
Romeo, of the House of Capulets, and Juliet, of the House of Montagues, scorn the family feud of years, and love each other with all the fervor of Veronian youths. The ardent wooer sings ... See full summary »
Directors: Ugo Falena, Gerolamo Lo Savio | Stars: Gustavo Serena, Francesca Bertini, Ferruccio Garavaglia, Giovanni Pezzinga
Votes: 106
71. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1947 TV Movie)
120 min
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
Director: Michael Barry | Stars: Andrew Osborn, John Bailey, Rosalie Crutchley, Andre Van Gyseghem
72. The Comedy of Errors (1989 TV Movie)
138 min | Comedy
Two identical twins and their two servants (also identical twins) are separated in a ship-wreck. When, years later, they all show up in the same town, mistaken identities abound.
Directors: Norman Campbell, Richard Monette | Stars: James Blendick, Nicholas Pennell, Hubert Kelly, John Innes
Votes: 50
73. Richard II (2003 TV Movie)
210 min | Drama
Richard II is a historical drama by William Shakespeare that depicts the downfall of King Richard II of England and his replacement by Henry Bolingbroke, who becomes King Henry IV. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrew Marr, Razia Iqbal, Mark Rylance, John McEnery
Votes: 47
74. Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film (2016)
63 min | Documentary, History
Over 300 Shakespeare films from all over the world were produced during the silent era, most of which are now lost. This compilation from the BFI National Film and Television Archive showcases some of the very best material that survives.
Votes: 31
75. A Winter's Tale (1913)
43 min | Short
An early silent, Italian version of Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale.
Director: Baldassarre Negroni | Stars: V. Cocchi, Pina Fabbri
Votes: 13
76. Twelfth Night, or What You Will (2003 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
Multicultural version of the Shakespearean tale Twelth Night, Made in modern day society featuring Anglo-Indian cast.
Director: Tim Supple | Stars: Parminder Nagra, Ronny Jhutti, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Burt Caesar
Votes: 136
77. Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Drama
Claire Bloom has performed leading and important supporting roles in numerous plays by William Shakespeare, starting while she was still in her teens. In this documentary, she discusses her... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Schopper | Stars: Claire Bloom, John Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Votes: 27
78. 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
79.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
(1997)
TV-G | Music, Musical
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Directors: Richard Olivier, Steve Ruggi | Stars: Vincent Brimble, Christian Camargo, Toby Cockerell, Brian Cox
Votes: 35
80. National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors (2012)
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 »
Directors: Dominic Cooke, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Marcus Adolphy, Tom Anderson, Paul Bentall, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 40
81. Much Ado About Nothing (1978 TV Movie)
Comedy, Romance
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Rayner Bourton, Nigel Davenport, Penelope Keith
Votes: 35
82. The Angelic Conversation (1985)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama
An unseen woman recites Shakespeare's sonnets - fourteen in all - as a man wordlessly seeks his heart's desire. The photography is stop-motion, the music is ethereal, the scenery is often ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Paul Reynolds, Phillip Williamson, Judi Dench, Dave Baby
Votes: 911
83.
Festival (1963–1964)
Episode:
The Comedy of Errors
(1964)
Drama
Two unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.
Directors: Peter Duguid, Clifford Williams | Stars: Donald Sinden, John Welsh, Ian Richardson, Alec McCowen
Votes: 11
84. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
76 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Trnka | Stars: Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton, Tom Criddle
Votes: 468
85. The Tempest (1983 Video)
127 min
Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
Director: William Woodman | Stars: Duane Black, Edward Edwards, Roberta Farkas, David Graf
Votes: 50
86. Othello (1979 Video)
Drama, Romance
Video production of Shakespeare's stage play about Othello, a Moorish general in Venice deeply in love with his wife Desdemona and, unbeknown to him, deeply hated by his trusted ensign and best friend, Iago, who has death on his mind.
Director: Joseph Papp | Stars: Frances Conroy, Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia
Votes: 52
87. King Lear (2016 Video)
180 min | Drama
Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Director: Michael Buffong | Stars: Don Warrington, Alfred Enoch, Miltos Yerolemou, Rakie Ayola
Votes: 38
88. King Lear (2017– )
233 min | Drama
King Lear is an in-depth study of love, power and death. Through this film Shakespeare is saying, "Don't blame the gods or the heaven's for the horrors committed on earth. No. Blame hellish inhumanity on those who inhabit the earth."
Stars: Peter Holdway, Jim Zidar, Jared Doreck, Alexander Barnett
Votes: 28
89. Shakespeare's Globe: Richard II (2015)
Stars: Graham Butler, Charles Edwards, William Gaunt, Angus Imrie
Votes: 19
90. Richard III (2023)
Drama
His succession plan will slay you. Charismatic, cunning and utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Colm Feore) is the very embodiment of lethal ambition as he maneuvers and murders ... See full summary »
Director: Antoni Cimolino | Stars: Colm Feore, Elizabeth Adams, Anousha Alamian, Sean Arbuckle
91. As You Like It (I) (2019)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Director: Carlyle Stewart | Stars: Geoffrey Anderson, Tui Asau, Tom Bower, Branton Box
Votes: 57
92.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Macbeth
(1970)
Drama
The Thane of Cawdor plots to become King of Scotland.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Eric Porter, Janet Suzman, John Thaw, John Woodvine
Votes: 14
93. Twelfth Night (1974 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: Janet Suzman, Charles Gray, Marilyn Taylerson, Bryan Marshall
Votes: 7
94.
Performance (1991–1998)
Episode:
Richard II
(1997)
132 min | Drama
The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
Director: Deborah Warner | Stars: Fiona Shaw, Graham Crowden, Richard Bremmer, David Lyon
Votes: 105
95. All's Well That Ends Well (2023 TV Movie)
Comedy
Directors: Blanche McIntyre, Todd MacDonald | Stars: Bruce Alexander, Laila Alj, Micah Balfour, Oscar Batterham
96. The Taming of the Shrew (1956 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
The shrew Katharina meets her match in the wily Petruchio.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Maurice Evans, Philip Bourneuf, Diane Cilento
Votes: 10
97. The Taming of the Shrew (1982 TV Movie)
153 min | Comedy
The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
Directors: Norman Campbell, Peter Dews | Stars: Shaun Austin-Olsen, Rod Beattie, Anthony Bekenn, Len Cariou
Votes: 16
98. Shakespeare Lives! (1983– )
Drama
Stars: Caroline Langrishe, Suzanne Bertish, Daniel Massey, Michael Bryant
99. The Winter's Tale (2017)
166 min
Cheek by Jowl's adaptation of the Shakespearean play "The Winter's Tale". Determined that his wife has been unfaithful, King Leontes goes down a path of tyranny- exiling friends, courtiers, and even family.
Director: Declan Donnellan | Stars: Grace Andrews, Tom Cawte, Ryan Donaldson, Orlando James
100. Julius Caesar (2012 TV Movie)
151 min | Drama
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: Gregory Doran | Stars: Theo Affail, Segun Akingbola, Adjoa Andoh, Leaphia Darko
Votes: 226
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