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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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