King Lear (2018), Bill (2015), Ran (1985), Chimes at Midnight - Campanadas a medianoche (1965), Hamlet (1996), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Henry V (1989), McKellen: Playing the Part (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Shakespeare movies.
Storyline: King Lear divides his kingdom among his three daughters -- Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. The kingdom and family soon collapse into chaos and warfare as Lear goes mad and tragedy strikes.
Plot Keywords: tragedy, shakespeare, play adaptation, family conflict, power struggle, betrayal, madness ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream, explaining the "lost years" of Shakespeare.
Plot Keywords: adventure, animation, comedy, family, music, fantasy, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Japanese warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides the time has come to retire and divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest and middle sons - Taro and Jiro - agree with his decision and promise to support him for his remaining days. The youngest son Saburo disagrees with all of them arguing that there is little likelihood the three brothers will remain united. Insulted by his son's brashness, the warlord banishes Saburo. As the warlord begins his retirement, he quickly realizes that his two eldest sons selfish and have no intention of keeping their promises. It leads to war and only banished Saburo can possibly save him.
Plot Keywords: war, shakespeare, japan, epic, tragedy, power struggle, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Plot Keywords: shakespeare, play adaptation, historical drama, black and white, british literature, power struggle, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hamlet (Sir Kenneth Branagh), son of the King of Denmark (Brian Blessed), is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother Gertrude's (Julie Christie's) wedding to his uncle Claudius (Sir Derek Jacobi). In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, who he hates anyway, murdered his father. In an incredibly convoluted plot, the most complicated and most interesting in all literature, he manages to (impossible to put this in exact order) feign (or perhaps not to feign) madness, murder the "Prime Minister", love and then unlove an innocent who he drives to madness, plot and then unplot against the uncle, direct a play within a play, successfully conspire against the lives of two well-meaning friends, and finally take his revenge on the uncle, but only at the cost of almost every life on-stage, including his own and his mother's.
Plot Keywords: shakespeare, tragedy, drama, kenneth branagh, classic literature, revenge, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Against the backdrop of a venomous feud between the powerful clans of the Montagues and the Capulets in the medieval city of Verona, William Shakespeare's eternal story of teenage love unfolds. As youth's insolence arms the charming young Montague, Romeo, with dauntless courage to come uninvited to the Capulets' scintillating masked ball, a brief but thrilling encounter with the delicate dark-haired Capulet, Juliet, will pave the way for an ardent passion and a cruel romantic tragedy. Before God, the star-crossed lovers have sworn never-ending devotion despite their perilous plight; however, before the grim machinations of fate, man stands powerless. Are Romeo and Juliet destined to be together?
Plot Keywords: romance, tragedy, shakespeare, classic, play adaptation, renaissance, teenagers ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: King Henry V of England is insulted by the King of France. As a result, he leads his army into battle against France. Along the way, the young King must struggle with the sinking morale of his troops and his own inner doubts. The war culminates at the bloody Battle of Agincourt.
Plot Keywords: history, war, shakespeare, england, king, play adaptation, kenneth branagh ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Feature documentary on the life and work of Sir Ian McKellen.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, actor, shakespeare, career, lgbtq+, uk ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Richard's military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. But jealousy and resentment cause Richard to seek the crown for himself, and he conceives a lengthy and carefully calculated plan using deception, manipulation, and outright murder to achieve his goal. His plotting soon has tumultuous consequences, both for himself and for England.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: shakespeare, historical drama, england, war, power struggle, tragedy, royalty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Roman Polanski's version of Shakespeare's tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king's son conspires to attack Macbeth and expose him for the murderer he is.—Jason Ihle <jrihl@conncoll.edu>
Plot Keywords: shakespeare, tragedy, medieval, scotland, power struggle, murder, ambition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: William Shakespeare's classic play is brought into the present with the setting as Great Britian in the 1930s. Civil war has erupted with the House of Lancaster on one side, claiming the right to the British throne and hoping to bring freedom to the country. Opposing is the House of York, commanded by the infamous Richard who rules over a fascist government and hopes to install himself as a dictator monarch.
Plot Keywords: shakespeare, historical drama, england, war, power struggle, tragedy, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scenes from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play, and the events that happened at the time the play is set. Interviews with mostly British actors are also included, attempting to explain why American actors have more problems performing Shakespearean plays than they do.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, shakespeare, drama, film production, actors, american film, director ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome are on their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech. The conspirators are driven from Rome, and two armies are formed: one side following the conspirators; the other, Antony. Antony has the superior force, and surrounds Brutus and Cassius, but they kill themselves to avoid capture.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, shakespeare, ancient rome, political conspiracy, betrayal, power struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. In the end, though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing".
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, shakespeare, british literature, adaptation, drama, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Twentieth-century teenagers (Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes) fall in love, despite feuding families, in an update of the classic tragedy.
Plot Keywords: romance, tragedy, shakespeare, classic adaptation, youth, fate, modern setting ...
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