William Shakespeare Films

 
Listed below are some examples of the more than 200 films that have been made based on William Shakespeare Plays:
 

A Midsummer’s Night's Dream (1999) - Directed by Michael Hoffman. Lead actors: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer and Calista Flockhart.

Antony and Cleopatra (1974) - Directed by Jon Scoffield. Lead actors: Ben Kingsley and Patrick Stewart.

Comedy of Errors (1978) - Directed by Trevor Nunn and Philip Casson. Lead actors: Francesca Annis and Judi Dench.

Hamlet (1996) - Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Lead actors: Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, Richard Attenborough and Judi Dench.

Henry V (1989) - Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Lead actors: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi and Brian Blessed.

Henry VIII (2003) - Directed by Pete Travis. Lead actors: Ray Winstone, Joss Ackland and Helena Bonham Carter.

Julius Caesar (1970) - Directed by Stuart Burge. Lead actors: Charlton Heston, Robert Vaughn, Diana Rigg, John Gielgud, Richard Chamberlain and Christopher Lee.

King Lear (1999) - Directed by Brian Blessed. Lead actors: Brian Blessed, Jason Riddington, Phillipa Peak and Hildegarde Neil.

Love's Labour’s Lost (2000) - Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Lead actors: Kenneth Branagh, Emily Mortimer, Timothy Spall, Alicia Silverstone and Natascha McElhone.

Macbeth (1948) - Directed by Orson Welles. Lead actors: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan and Roddy McDowall.

Measure for Measure (1994) - Directed by David Thacker. Lead actors: Tom Wilkinson, Corin Redgrave and Juliet Aubrey.

The Merchant of Venice (2004) - Directed by Michael Radford. Lead actors: Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins and Jeremy Irons.

Much Ado about Nothing (1993) - Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Lead actors: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale and Richard Briers.

Othello (1995) - Directed by Oliver Parker. Lead actors: Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Fishburne, Nathaniel Parker, Anna Patrick and Michael Maloney.

Richard III (1995) - Directed by Richard Loncraine. Lead actors: Ian McKellen, Jim Broadbent, Annette Bening, Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Downey Jr.

Romeo and Juliet (1996) - Directed by Baz Luhrman. Lead actors: Leonardo Di Caprio and Claire Danes.

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) (BBC TV) - Directed by David Hugh Jones. Lead actors: Ben Kingsley.

The Taming of the Shrew (1967) - Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Lead actors: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

Titus (Titus Andronicus) (1999) - Directed by Julie Taymor. Lead actors: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange and Angus Macfadyen.

Twelfth Night (1996) - Directed by Trevor Nunn. Lead actors: Nigel Hawthorne, Imogen Stubbs, Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley.