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Shakespeare in Love

William Shakespeare still remains the most performed playwright on stage across the world. It has often been brought to the screen. Here is a personal top on the films seen bringing together the different adaptations, transpositions, inspirations and other quests on the writings or the very identity of Shakespeare in the cinema.

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There are 26 films in this list available on Amazon Video US.

  • 10 Things I Hate About You

    34

  • The Lion King

    1

  • The Northman

    21

  • Romeo + Juliet

    11

  • West Side Story

    12

  • My Own Private Idaho

    31

  • West Side Story

    2

  • Throne of Blood

    6

  • Shakespeare in Love

    25

  • Macbeth

    33

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    14

  • Romeo and Juliet

    13

  • Forbidden Planet

    18

  • Hamlet

    4

  • Chimes at Midnight

    5

  • Macbeth

    15

  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    26

  • Theatre of Blood

    24

  • Julius Caesar

    7

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    22

  • Hamlet

    19

  • Henry V

    29

  • The Merchant of Venice

    27

  • Anonymous

    32

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    30

  • Renaissance Man

    28