Description: A playlist of films dedicated to the great Poet/Playwright William Shakespeare (Some are classic versions and others are re-imagined versions of Shakespeare’s plays)
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Shakespeare in Love
( 1998 )
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
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Much Ado About Nothing
( 1993 )
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
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As You Like It
( 2006 )
A daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.
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Othello
( 1996 )
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.
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Coriolanus
( 2019 )
Roman War hero Martius, alias Coriolanus, is named consul, Rome's highest public office. But the warrior is no politician - and he faces unaccustomed enemies who fan the flames of populism against him, with catastrophic results.
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Richard III
( 1995 )
The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.
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Tempest
( 1982 )
John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.
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Love's Labour's Lost
( 2000 )
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.
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Titus
( 2000 )
Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
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The Merchant of Venice
( 2004 )
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.
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Hamlet
( 1996 )
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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O
( 2001 )
An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.
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Looking for Richard
( 1996 )
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."
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Cymbeline
( 2015 )
A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.
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Hamlet
( 1991 )
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
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Coriolanus
( 2012 )
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
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King Lear
( 2018 )
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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Romeo + Juliet
( 1996 )
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
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Macbeth
( 2015 )
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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The King
( 2019 )
Hal (Timothée Chalamet), wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life - including his relationship with his closest friend and mentor, the aging alcoholic knight, John Falstaff (Joel Edgerton).
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Ophelia
( 2019 )
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, Ophelia captures the affections of the young Prince Hamlet. A passionate romance kindles between the 2 in secret as the kingdom is on the brink of war amidst its own political intrigue and betrayal. When Hamlet's father is murdered and the prince's wits begin to unravel into an insatiable quest for vengeance, Ophelia sharply navigates the rules of power in Denmark all while struggling to choose between her true love and her own life.
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Royal Shakespeare Company: The Merry Wives of Windsor
( 2018 )
BBC presents the classic play by William Shakespeare. Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley stars with Judy Davis and Richard Griffiths in Shakespeare's comedy of romantic misdemeanors. Sir John Falstaff devises a plan to seduce both Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, the wives of two wealthy burgesses of Windsor. But the ladies resolve to play a number of cruel tricks on him and he soon finds himself the butt of their jokes. As his humiliation escalates, Falstaff's hopes are finally and cruelly dashed late one night in Windsor Forest.
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The Taming of the Shrew
( 2016 )
The main action of The Taming of the Shrew takes place as a play within the play, performed for the benefit of a drunken tinker, Christopher Sly.
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King Lear
( 2015 )
An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king - and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.
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Love's Labour's Lost
( 2017 )
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
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Measure for Measure
( 2020 )
The lives of inhabitants of a housing commission tower whose paths cross after a shocking event occurs on their front doorstep.
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Hamlet
( 2000 )
Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
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Private Romeo
( 2011 )
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.
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The Tempest
( 2011 )
Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.
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Much Ado About Nothing
( 2013 )
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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Henry V
( 1989 )
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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Richard III
( 1956 )
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
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Macbeth
( 2006 )
A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in the ganglands of Melbourne.
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The Hungry
( 2017 )
An adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus set in contemporary New Delhi. The Hungry is a contemporary retelling of Shakespearian tragedy Titus Andronicus, set in the extravagant surroundings of an Indian wedding whilst exploring the role of the patriarch and corruption in Indian politics and big business.
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The Taming of The Shrew
( 1967 )
Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
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Macbeth
( 1949 )
In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship... Restructured, but all the dialogue is Shakespeare's.
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All Is True
( 2019 )
London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theatre, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.
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Romeo and Juliet
( 2014 )
Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad take on the title characters in a modern adaptation of the timeless classic, Romeo and Juliet. This Broadway stage production is being broadcast in movie theaters.
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King Lear
( 1970 )
King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.
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Henry VIII
( 1979 )
Henry VIII is a proud and wilful monarch who defies Rome's ban on divorce to marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. Cardinal Wolsey, the Powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the king's wishes in the matter of the divorce of Catherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Later, near death, he repents his unpriestly activity. After Henry divorces her, Catherine is sent to Kimbolton Castle. Anne marries Henry and becomes his queen.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
( 1996 )
Filmed adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1996 version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
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The King Is Alive
( 2001 )
When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."
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Romeo & Juliet
( 2013 )
Romeo and Juliet secretly wed despite the sworn contempt their families hold for each other. It is not long, however, before a chain of fateful events changes the lives of both families forever.
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The Tempest
( 1979 )
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.
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Hamlet
( 2015 )
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
( 1969 )
The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.
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The Hollow Crown
( 2012 )
The Hollow Crown brings together four filmed adaptations of Shakespeare's History Plays - Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 and 2, and Henry V. Starting in the year 1399, this continuous story of monarchy follows events during sixteen years of dynastic and political power play. Kings, with their families and followers, are threatened by rebellion and conflict. The story takes us from the Royal Court at Westminster to battlefields in England and France. These rich films are woven with the finest of Shakespeare's poetry and are filmed in the architecture and landscape of the period.
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The Scottish Play
( 2021 )
A successful actress accepts the role of Lady Macbeth at a small New England theater, where she begins a flirtation with her charmingly awkward young director, and finds herself haunted by the ghost of William Shakespeare - who's keen to do some rewrites.
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All Night Long
( 1962 )
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.
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Hamlet
( 2009 )
The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.
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Scotland, Pa.
( 2001 )
A modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania. Joe McBeth, an unambitious hamburger stand employee, is driven to success by his scheming wife.
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Will
( 2017 )
Will is the wild story of young William Shakespeare's arrival onto the punk rock theater scene that was 16th century London - the seductive, violent world where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side-shows. It's the hot, contemporary, dangerous version of Shakespeare's life, played to a modern soundtrack, exposing all his recklessness, lustful temptations and brilliance.
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A Midsummer Night's Rave
( 2002 )
William Shakespeare's classic tale of love and mischief "A midsummer night's dream" is re-imagined with Club kids at a rave in a L.A. warehouse. Love potions and drug deals gone bad, it's a high-energy, drug-fueled drama.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
( 2022 )
A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.
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Othello
( 1952 )
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.
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Rosaline
( 2022 )
A comedic retelling of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," told from the point of view of Romeo's jilted ex, Rosaline, the woman Romeo first claims to love before he falls for Juliet.
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The Prince
( 2023 )
All the world's a stage and Jen and Sam have learned the hard way, being trapped in a Shakespearean multiverse. On their quest to discover the doorway back to reality they notice something unusual about Henry 'Hotspur' Percy
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
( 2019 )
Young lovers, a troupe of actors, and fairies have romantic encounters in the forest on summer's night.
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