William Shakespeare
1) Macbeth
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A thrilling interpretation of one of Shakespeare's most famous and compelling characters, Macbeth is a dramatic re-imagining of the realities of war-torn times and a tale of all-consuming passion and ambition.
3) Ophelia
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
One of the world's greatest dramas is turned on its head through a bold, new perspective in Ophelia. Set in medieval Denmark and spoken in a modern tongue with a poetic twist, it recalibrates the classic Shakespearean tragedy of Hamlet so that its unspoken, complex heroine may share her own story. As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough,...
4) Coriolanus
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Caius Martius 'Coriolanus' is a feared and revered Roman general, suddenly pitted against his own city and fellow citizens. Rebelling against the power-hungry designs of his manipulative mother and rejected by his own people, Coriolanus incites a riot that expels him from Rome. The banished hero joins forces with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius to extract his revenge and determine his destiny.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Viola becomes furious when she learns that her high school, Cornwall, has just cut the girl's soccer team. So furious, in fact, that she takes advantage of her twin brother Sebastian skipping town for a few weeks to take his place at his school, Illyria, so she can join the soccer team there. But her disguise as her brother leads to major complications when she falls in love with her soccer-playing roommate and the girl he's in love with falls in...
6) Cymbeline
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When extortion, betrayal, and fiery passions threaten his criminal empire, a drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures in this explosive, modern retelling of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It's William Shakespeare's epic and searing tale of love. An ageless story from the world's most renowned author is reimagined for the 21st Century. This adaptation is told in the lush traditional setting it was written, but gives a new generation the chance to fall in love with the enduring legend.
8) Hal King
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After being drafted for the Korean War, a young black man returns home where he has to choose between carrying his father's political legacy and the woman he loves.
9) Henry V
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Henry V, King of England, invades France to make what he believes is a legal claim to the throne, but a massive army stands in his way and the young king must lead his own army to victory for the British Empire.
10) Ran
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
日本語
Description
An aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom peacefully among his three sons, but is driven to madness when they turn against him.
Series
Criterion collection volume 830
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Prince Hal must choose between loyalty to Sir John Falstaff or to his father, King Henry IV.
12) Othello
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
A great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall.
13) Julius Caesar
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's classic tale of Julius Caesar's assassination at the hands of the Roman senate.
14) Macbeth
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Moved by his own burning ambition and that of his unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland and seizes his crown. But his insatiable lust for power soon leads Macbeth towards his own destruction.
15) Macbeth
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A thrilling interpretation of one of Shakespeare's most famous and compelling characters, Macbeth is a dramatic re-imagining of the realities of war-torn times and a tale of all-consuming passion and ambition.
17) Romeo and Juliet
Series
Criterion collection volume 1171
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Considered one of the great Shakespeare adaptations, it was the first to cast actual teenagers in the lead roles. Young lovers have an affair which threatens to inflame the tensions between their feuding families during the Renaissance.