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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

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Orson Welles

, Jean Sacha

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Scalera Film, Mercury Productions

Distributor: United Artists, Academy Entertainment, Carlotta Films US, Castle Hill Productions, HBO Max, Image Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, United American Video

Countries: Italy, Morocco, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 28,980

3.3 - MovieMeter
27 votes

Were the World Mine (2008)

Summary: A bullied and demoralized gay student at an all-boys school uses a magical flower derived from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream' to turn many in his community gay, including a comely rugby player for himself.

Release Date: May 14, 2009

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Tom Gustafson

Writers: Cory Krueckeberg

, Tom Gustafson

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: SPEAK Productions, The Group Entertainment

Distributor: Wolfe Video, SPEAK Productions, Logo

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 123,789

3.2 - MovieMeter
508 votes

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Summary: Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.

Release Date: July 20, 1991

Genre: Drama

Director: Gus Van Sant

Writers: Gus Van Sant

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 6,401,336

3.2 - MovieMeter
63 votes

Caesar Must Die (2012)

Summary: Inmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."

Release Date: March 02, 2012

Genre: Drama

Directors: Paolo Taviani

, Vittorio Taviani

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Paolo Taviani

, Vittorio Taviani

Runtime: 1 h 17 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Kaos Cinematografica, Stemal Entertainment, Le Talee, La Ribalta-Centro Studi Enrico Maria Salerno, Rai Cinema

Distributor: Adopt Films

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 76,908

International: $ 1,490,431

3.1 - MovieMeter
130 votes

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

3.1 - MovieMeter
73 votes

Looking for Richard (1996)

Summary: 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."

Release Date: October 11, 1996

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Director: Al Pacino

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Al Pacino

, Frederic Kimball

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Chal Productions, Jam Productions, Twentieth Century Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,408,575

3 - MovieMeter
1896 votes

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Summary: A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.

Release Date: March 31, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Gil Junger

Writers: Karen McCullah

, Kirsten Smith

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Mad Chance, Jaret Entertainment

Distributor: Touchstone Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney+, Touchstone Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 38,178,166

International: $ 15,301,568

3 - MovieMeter
475 votes

The Merchant of Venice (2004)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: February 18, 2005

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Michael Radford

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Michael Radford

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: R

Production: Movision, Avenue Pictures, UK Film Council, Luxembourg Film Fund, Delux Productions, Immagine e Cinema, Dania Film, Istituto Luce, Navidi-Wilde Productions Ltd., 39 McLaren St. Sydney, Barry Navidi Productions, LSG Productions, Rough Diamond Productions, Spice Factory

Distributor: Movision, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,765,585

International: $ 17,794,597

2.9 - MovieMeter
34 votes

A Double Life (1947)

Summary: A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.

Release Date: April 01, 1948

Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Director: George Cukor

Writers: Ruth Gordon

, Garson Kanin

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Kanin Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Mundus Television, Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation, National Telefilm Associates (NTA), Republic Pictures Home Video, Republic Pictures (II), Worldvision Enterprises, Artisan Entertainment, Paramount Television, Olive Films

Country: United States

Language: English

2.9 - MovieMeter
12 votes

Haider (2014)

Summary: A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.

Release Date: October 02, 2014

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Basharat Peer

, Vishal Bhardwaj

Runtime: 2 h 40 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: UTV Motion Pictures, Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures

Country: India

Language: Hindi

Movie budget: $ 370,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,048,143

International: $ 356,164

2.8 - MovieMeter
176 votes

O (2001)

Summary: An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.

Release Date: August 31, 2001

Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller

Director: Tim Blake Nelson

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Brad Kaaya

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Chickie the Cop, Daniel Fried Productions, Dimension Films, Dimension Films, FilmEngine, Rhulen Entertainment

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Trimark Home Video, The WB Television Network, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, Miramax

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,025,437

International: $ 3,235,100

2.8 - MovieMeter
4 votes

Measure for Measure (2019)

Summary: The lives of inhabitants of a housing commission tower whose paths cross after a shocking event occurs on their front doorstep.

Release Date: September 03, 2020

Genre: Drama

Director: Paul Ireland

Writers: Damian Hill

, Paul Ireland

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

Production: Toothless Pictures, Harvest Pictures Group, Roar Film

Distributor: Bankside Films, Samuel Goldwyn Films

Country: Australia

Language: English

2.7 - MovieMeter
67 votes

Prospero's Books (1991)

Summary: The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.

Release Date: August 30, 1991

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Director: Peter Greenaway

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Peter Greenaway

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Allarts, Cinéa, Caméra One, Camera One, Penta Distribuzione, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Channel 4 International, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), Canal+, NHK, Pierson, Heldring & Pierson N.V., Palace Pictures

Distributor: Cine Electra Ltd., Miramax, The Criterion Channel

Countries: United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Domestic: $ 1,750,301

2.6 - MovieMeter
214 votes

Titus (1999)

Summary: Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.

Release Date: February 11, 2000

Genres: Drama, History, Thriller

Director: Julie Taymor

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Julie Taymor

Runtime: 2 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Clear Blue Sky Productions, Overseas FilmGroup, Urania Pictures S.r.l., NDF International, Vulcan Productions

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, Twilight Time

Countries: United States, Italy, United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,007,290

International: $ 252,390

2.6 - MovieMeter
111 votes

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Summary: Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.

Release Date: May 14, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Michael Hoffman

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Michael Hoffman

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Searchlight Pictures, New Regency Productions, Taurus Film, Panoramica

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,071,990

2.5 - MovieMeter
24 votes

Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: March 31, 2000

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Musical

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Kenneth Branagh

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Pathé Pictures International, Intermedia Films, Arts Council of England, Shakespeare Film Company

Countries: United Kingdom, France, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 299,792

2.3 - MovieMeter
122 votes

Coriolanus (2011)

Summary: A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Release Date: January 20, 2012

Genres: Drama, Thriller, War

Director: Ralph Fiennes

Writers: John Logan

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hermetof Pictures, Piccadilly Pictures, Icon Entertainment International, Kalkronkie, Atlantic Swiss Productions, Artemis Films, Magnolia Mae Films, Synchronistic Pictures, Lonely Dragon

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 757,195

International: $ 1,678,130

2.1 - MovieMeter
33 votes

The Tempest (2010)

Summary: Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.

Release Date: January 07, 2011

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Julie Taymor

Writers: Julie Taymor

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Miramax, TalkStory Productions, Artemis Films, Mumbai Mantra Media, Prologue Films, Chartoff Hendee Productions, Chartoff Productions

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 277,943

International: $ 127,918

1.9 - MovieMeter
8 votes

Private Romeo (2011)

Summary: A modern take on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Set at an isolated all-boys military academy, it follows the forbidden relationship between two cadets.

Release Date: June 20, 2011

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Alan Brown