The best Shakespeare film adaptations
The top 3 according to 118 votes from people: Throne of Blood (1957) · Chimes at Midnight (1965) · Ran (1985). (Updated Jan 30, 2022.)
Kurosawa, Welles, Olivier, Kozintsev and Branagh: from Throne of Blood and Chimes at Midnight to the four-hour uncut Hamlet. The Shakespeare films picked by Esculpiendo el Tiempo, Libertad Digital and El Español.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 15
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1
Throne of Blood (1957)
Akira Kurosawa: Macbeth in feudal Japan, with Toshirō Mifune.
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2
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Orson Welles: Falstaff, assembled from several plays, shot in Spain.
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3
Ran (1985)
Akira Kurosawa: King Lear with a warlord and his three sons.
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4
Othello (1952)
Orson Welles: Palme d'Or at Cannes, shot in Morocco and Italy.
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5
Macbeth (1948)
Orson Welles: an expressionist, low-budget version.
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6
Hamlet (1964)
Grigori Kozintsev: the Prince of Denmark in Soviet cinema, with music by Shostakovich.
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7
King Lear (1971)
Grigori Kozintsev: the tragedy in a desolate land.
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8
Caesar Must Die (2012)
The Taviani brothers: Rebibbia prisoners rehearse Julius Caesar; Golden Bear.
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9
Julius Caesar (1953)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Marlon Brando as Mark Antony.
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10
Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski: the bloodiest version.
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11
West Side Story (1961)
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins: Romeo and Juliet among New York gangs.
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12
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Franco Zeffirelli: two genuinely teenage actors as the lovers of Verona.
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13
Hamlet (1996)
Kenneth Branagh: the complete text in over four hours.
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14
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Kenneth Branagh: Benedick and Beatrice in Tuscany.
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15
Henry V (1944)
Laurence Olivier: shot in wartime, in Technicolor.
Candidates
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16
Hamlet (1948)
Laurence Olivier: Oscar for best picture.
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