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Hamlet (1990)

Summary: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Release Date: January 18, 1991

Genre: Drama

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Christopher De Vore

, Franco Zeffirelli

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Icon Productions, Carolco Pictures, Canal+, Nelson Entertainment, Sovereign Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, WGN, Paramount Pictures

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 20,710,451

Henry V (1989)

Summary: In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Release Date: November 08, 1989

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Kenneth Branagh

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Renaissance Films, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Curzon Film Distributors

Distributor: CBS/Fox, HBO Max, MGM Home Entertainment, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,161,099

The Angelic Conversation (1985)

Summary: 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 elemental: boulders and smaller rocks, the...

Release Date: February 28, 1987

Genre: Drama

Director: Derek Jarman

Writer: William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 17 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Channel Four Films, British Film Institute (BFI)

Distributor: The Criterion Channel

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000

Macbeth (1983)

Summary: Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

Release Date: November 05, 1983

Genre: Drama

Director: Jack Gold

Writer: William Shakespeare

Runtime: 2 h 28 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Time-Life Television Productions

Distributor: Ambrose Video Publishing

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Tempest (1982)

Summary: John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.

Release Date: August 13, 1982

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Paul Mazursky

Writers: Paul Mazursky

, Leon Capetanos

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Columbia Pictures

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,005,245

Macbeth (1982)

Summary: In this powerful film, the renowned William Shakespeare play is stripped down to the bare essentials, consisting of two lengthy shots.

Release Date: March 16, 1982

Genre: Drama

Director: Béla Tarr

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Béla Tarr

Runtime: 1 h 02 min

Production: Magyar Televízió

Country: Hungary

Language: Hungarian

Henry IV Part II (1979)

Summary: Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed "Hotspur"). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court i...

Release Date: December 16, 1979

Genre: Drama

Director: David Giles

Writer: William Shakespeare

Runtime: 2 h 30 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Time-Life Television Productions

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Tempest (1979)

Summary: Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Director: Derek Jarman

Writers: Derek Jarman

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Boyd's Company

Distributor: Kino Video, The Criterion Channel

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 150,000

Macbeth (1971)

Summary: A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.

Release Date: December 25, 1971

Genres: Drama, History

Director: Roman Polanski

Writers: Roman Polanski

, William Shakespeare

, Kenneth Tynan

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Playboy Productions, Caliban Films

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,100,000

Julius Caesar (1970)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: February 21, 1970

Genres: Drama, History, War

Director: Stuart Burge

Writers: Robert Furnival

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: G

Production: Commonwealth United Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Olive Films, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

King Lear (1970)

Summary: The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children, and it's especially galling because he turned over his en...

Genre: Drama

Director: Peter Brook

Writers: Peter Brook

, Geoffrey of Monmouth

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Athéna Films, Filmways Pictures, Filmways

Countries: United Kingdom, Denmark

Language: English

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Summary: When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.

Release Date: October 08, 1968

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Franco Brusati

, Masolino D'Amico

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: PG

Production: BHE Films, Verona Produzione, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount+, The Criterion Collection

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 850,000

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)

Summary: The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.

Release Date: February 09, 1969

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Peter Hall

Writer: William Shakespeare

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmways Pictures, Royal Shakespeare Enterprises Ltd.

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

The Taming of The Shrew (1967)

Summary: Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.

Release Date: March 08, 1967

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Paul Dehn

, Suso Cecchi D'Amico

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Burton-Zeffirelli Productions, Royal Films International, F.A.I.

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Television International, Films sans Frontières, Columbia Pictures Television Distribution

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

Summary: When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar. Through Falstaff's eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of H...

Release Date: March 17, 1967

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Director: Orson Welles

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Raphael Holinshed

, Orson Welles

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Internacional Films, Alpine Films

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Countries: Spain, Switzerland

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 800,000

Domestic: $ 126,724

Carry on Cleo (1964)

Summary: Two Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Ca...

Release Date: October 25, 1965

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Director: Gerald Thomas

Writers: Talbot Rothwell

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Peter Rogers Productions, Adder

Distributor: Thorn EMI Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, StudioCanal, Magnum Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

All Night Long (1962)

Summary: This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.

Release Date: April 17, 1963

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Basil Dearden

Writers: Nel King

, Paul Jarrico

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Roberts Pictures Inc.

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Richard III (1955)

Summary: Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.

Release Date: March 11, 1956

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Director: Laurence Olivier

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Laurence Olivier

, David Garrick

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: London Film Productions, L.O.P.

Distributor: Lopert Pictures Corporation, Janus Films, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Nelson Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Othello (1951)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: September 12, 1955

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Orson Welles