• The Lion King
  • West Side Story
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • Gnomeo & Juliet

William Shakespeare Film Adaptation Ranking / Showdown: To Be or Not to Be

Tom Surtees
Tom Surtees 4 films

Ranking of all the films I’ve seen that were based on or loosely inspired by a William Shakespeare play. Retroactively…

  • Angels in America
  • The Celluloid Closet
  • The Carmilla Movie
  • Badhaai Do
  • Morocco

Showdown

Planning to add all my showdown picks here. Currently:

1-10: To Be or Not to Be (Best Shakespeare film adaptations)…

  • Macbeth
  • Scotland, PA
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • O
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shake It Up

MarybethMcD
MarybethMcD 11 films

Best adaptations of William Shakespeare’s canon    💀 🗡️ 🖤

  • The Lion King
  • West Side Story
  • My Own Private Idaho
  • Ex Machina
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • The Lion King
  • Throne of Blood
  • Julius Caesar
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • O

Shaking Speare

PF4Eva
PF4Eva 10 films

I'm embarrassed to say I've seen very few Shakespeare adaptations, straight or otherwise. (I wanted to see Branagh's Hamlet forever.)…

  • Ex Machina
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • The Northman
  • Anyone But You
  • Romeo + Juliet

To Be or Not to Be: Best Shakespeare film adaptations

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"In joyous celebration of Akira Kurosawa’s King Lear re-imagining, Ran, re-releasing in select US and Canadian theaters for its…

  • Gnomeo & Juliet
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • My Own Private Idaho
  • The Lion King
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • Titus
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Ex Machina
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • West Side Story

To be or not to be showdown

Best shakespeare film adaptations

  • Ran
  • The Lion King
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Romeo + Juliet

Showdown: To Be or Not To Be

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In joyous celebration of Akira Kurosawa’s King Lear re-imagining,…

  • Richard III
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • The Merchant of Venice (Globe Theater, 2015)
  • Hamlet
  • The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

My personal tentative Shakespearean adaptations ranking

Not including stories loosely inspired in the plays. Off course, only films I have already watched; the list is continuously…

  • West Side Story
  • Throne of Blood
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • West Side Story

Shakes Adaptations

An off-the-top-of-my-head top ten Shakespeare adaptations.

As a lover of Shakespeare's plays, I really should be better versed in some…

  • Richard III
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Hamlet
  • Dia de Reis
  • Macbeth

To Be or Not to Be Showdown

I added the showdown:bard tag to my Shakespeare list ( boxd.it/92f9o ), but as the challenge considered pro-shot theatre as…