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- DirectorMaximianno CobraStarsEllis J. WellsEmily CardingMaximianno CobraAthens 417 B.C.E. General Timon's fortune collapses after a lifetime of over-zealous generosity, against a backdrop of false friends, Athenian politics and war.
- DirectorLyndsey TurnerRobin LoughStarsBenedict CumberbatchCiarán HindsSian BrookeHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
- DirectorAntoni CimolinoStarsColm FeoreLiisa Repo-MartellDerek MoranAn 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.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsMichael FassbenderMarion CotillardJack MadiganMacbeth, 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.
- DirectorEve BestStarsMoyo AkandéGeoffrey AymerMarc BorthwickIn eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin.
- DirectorWilliam OldroydStarsFlorence PughCosmo JarvisPaul HiltonIn 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
- DirectorSam MendesRobin LoughStarsSaif Al-WarithWaj AliNathan AmpofoAn aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
- DirectorKit MonkmanStarsWunmi MosakuMark RowleyAl WeaverAdventurous new adaption. A compelling tale of unchecked ambition, soured friendship, lost intimacy and the descent into nihilism. A brand new re-telling of the classic Shakespeare play, Macbeth.
- DirectorAimée KwanStarsLouisa IselinNatalie LaurenSaul Lowndes BrittonViola. Olivia. Malvolio. Orsino. Experience a new retelling of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. When Viola flees home and disguises herself for her own protection, she has no idea the trouble she's about to cause when it comes to love.
- DirectorBrian ElerdingStarsDavid BlueFred CrossKatie PeabodyWhen tragedy strikes two old friends, they find an unlikely path to recovery through Shakespeare's King Lear.
- DirectorStephen ArmouraeStarsStephen ArmouraeCharlie BondSherine ChalhieThe feature length version following on from a short film in 2017 entitled The tragedy of King Lear.
- DirectorDaniel HenningStarsFord AustinTime WintersChad BrannonThe Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) is the story of the conspiracy to assassinate the 35th President of the United States and its aftermath using Shakespearian text.
- DirectorJoel PetrieStarsDallin MajorDevin NeffLaurie Harrop-PurserRomeo, a hopeless romantic with emotionally-fueled impulsiveness, meets Juliet, an abused and desperate girl looking for anyway to escape. Together, destined for tragedy.
- DirectorDick DouglassStarsLuing AndrewsTaz BearAndrew CalverleyThe King of Denmark is dead. Prince Hamlet is summoned home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral, only to discover Denmark has crowned Hamlet's Uncle the new King and his Mother is his new Queen.
- DirectorRob AshfordTim Van SomerenStarsDavid AnnenAndy ApolloElliot BalchinAs Macbeth rides home from battle, three witches prophecise that he will soon rise in power to become King of Scotland. Aided by his wife, the pair will stop at nothing to seal their fate.
- DirectorJosie RourkeTim Van SomerenStarsRochenda SandallMark StanleyDwane WalcottCaius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
- DirectorJavor GardevStarsMichael BrandoA young prince's epic journey of love, obsession and betrayal.
- StarsPeter HoldwayJim ZidarJared DoreckKing Lear is an in-depth study of love, power and death. Through this film Shakespeare is saying, "Don't blame the gods or the heaven's for the horrors committed on earth. No. Blame hellish inhumanity on those who inhabit the earth."
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsRhys IfansVanessa RedgraveDavid ThewlisThe theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsAlexis DenisofAmy AckerFran KranzA modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsLeonardo DiCaprioClaire DanesJohn LeguizamoShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsRalph FiennesGerard ButlerBrian CoxA banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
- StarsAnton LesserSimon Russell BealeTom GeorgesonA mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon ShepherdIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
- DirectorCasey Wilder MottStarsRachael Leigh CookPaz de la HuertaAvan JogiaMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.