The Play of God (1997) Drama Movie
An adaptation of “Othello” set in the south Indian state of Kerala. Year 1997.
Generes: Drama |
Director: Jayaraj |
Writer: Balram, Jayaraj, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Suresh Gopi, Lal, Manju Warrier |
An adaptation of “Othello” set in the south Indian state of Kerala. Year 1997.
Generes: Drama |
Director: Jayaraj |
Writer: Balram, Jayaraj, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Suresh Gopi, Lal, Manju Warrier |
The world’s greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. Year 1998.
Generes: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance |
Director: John Madden |
Writer: Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard |
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O’Donnell, Tim McMullan |
King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. A proud man, he …
Condensed animated adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare. Year 1992–1994.
Generes: Animation, Comedy, Drama |
Director: N/A |
Writer: N/A |
Actors: Alec McCowen, Michael Kitchen, Suzanne Burden, Gerald James |
The wealthy Joe kills his brother and then weds the widow, Gertie. Gertie’s son, the taciturn Hawk, has a hunch that something is rotten and hires a theatre troupe to perform a play rewritten to provoke Joe into admitting his guilt. Year 1972.
Generes: Western |
Director: Richard Balducci |
Writer: William Shakespeare, Richard Balducci, Félix Fernández |
Actors: Maria Schell, Robert Cunningham, Daniel Beretta |
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. Year 1989.
Generes: Biography, Drama, History |
Director: Kenneth Branagh |
Writer: William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh |
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd |
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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Based on Shakespeare’s ‘A Comedy of Errors’, this is a story of identical twins (2 pairs) and mistaken identities. Year 1982.
Generes: Comedy |
Director: Gulzar |
Writer: Gulzar, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Deven Verma |
A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective. Year 2018.
Generes: Drama, Romance, Thriller |
Director: Claire McCarthy |
Writer: Semi Chellas, Lisa Klein, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O’Rourke |
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one. Year 2018.
Generes: Drama |
Director: Richard Eyre |
Writer: Richard Eyre, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter, Tobias Menzies |
Modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with an Indian twist, the film focuses on the story of Ram and Leela, their love, lust and the drama afterwards. Year 2013.
Generes: Drama, Musical, Romance |
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
Writer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, William Shakespeare, Siddharth-Garima |
Actors: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Supriya Pathak |
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. Year 2021.
Generes: Drama, Thriller, War |
Director: Joel Coen |
Writer: Joel Coen, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Alex Hassell |
When the King of Denmark suddenly dies. his son, Crown Prince Hamlet, returns home to find that his Uncle Claudius has usurped the throne and married his sister-in-law, Hamlet’s recently-widowed mother. One night Hamlet is visited… Year 1964.
Generes: Drama |
Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev |
Writer: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Boris Pasternak, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzina |
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. Year 2014.
Generes: Action, Crime, Drama |
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj |
Writer: William Shakespeare, Basharat Peer, Vishal Bhardwaj |
Actors: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor |
The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy ‘Macbeth’ is transposed to the Mumbai underworld. Year 2003.
Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj |
Writer: Abbas Tyrewala, Vishal Bhardwaj, William Shakespeare |
Actors: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur |