William Shakespeare Movies

Macbeth, 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...

Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias...

Low-born Helena is convinced that she and the high-born Bertram are meant to be. Bertram does not, so he runs off to fight in the Italian wars with...

After winning in battle, Commander Macbeth receives a prophesy that he will one day become King of Scotland. Influenced by the whisperings of his...

An abstract reimagining of Shakespeare's tragedy, where Romeo and Juliet's voices and bodies collide with memory, fantasy, and fate in an...

An excerpt of the Shakespeare play presented in the Kinetophone sound system, in which the sound was provided by synchronized Edison cylinders.

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company presents As You Like It.

The earliest surviving film of Orson Welles, a vignette of his and Roger Hill's production of Twelfth Night at the Todd School for Boys.

Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just...

A modern re-telling of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”, set in a motorcycle repair shop. It’s rough, it’s tough,...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is rendered in exquisitely expressive pen drawings.

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Measure for Measure.

Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona. In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get...

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into...

Pursuing two respectably married women at the same time, a would-be seducer fails to anticipate that his targets will, quite literally, compare...

This bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece features Danielle Brooks (“Orange is the New Black,” Broadway’s...

The first installment of Phyllida Lloyd’s groundbreaking all-female Shakespeare Trilogy sees Harriet Walter take on the role of Brutus, who...