Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet

2016

English

7.5

♡ 2

Robin Lough Director

Clarence Smith as Claudius

Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet

Natalie Simpson as Ophelia

Cyril Nri as Polonius

Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare's searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world. Hamlet played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until throughout summer 2016.

Hamlet

2000

English

5.9

♡ 16

59%

shakespeare in modern dress

Thriller

video store

Michael Almereyda Director

Ethan Hawke as Hamlet

Bill Clinton as Himself

Julia Stiles as Ophelia

Steve Zahn as Rosencrantz

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

A Witches' Ball

2017

English

5.1

♡ 9

55%

Justin G. Dyck Director

Morgan Neundorf as Beatrix

'Weird Al' Yankovic as Jax

Joey Fatone as Muggs

Madeline Leon as Ophelia

Every year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help of her furry best friend Muggs (voiced by Joey Fatone) to solve some magical riddles before the big event. Will Beatrix sink or soar on the night of the Witches' Ball?

Hamlet/Horatio

2020

English

6.7

♡ 1

60%

Action

Drama

shakespeare in modern dress

Paul Warner Director

Themo Melikidze as Horatio

Phage Nolte as Ophelia

Joe Menino as Polonius

David Vando as The Cinematographer

Hamlet/Horatio begins on an empty sound stage with the death of Hamlet. The action transpires in his last moment of awareness as the hero of Shakespeare's most famous play watches his life flash before him while his soul transcends all earthly conflict. Hamlet/Horatio is told from the perspective of Hamlet's closest friend and confidante, Horatio, who takes on the role of film director in order to fulfill his promise to dying Hamlet of telling the story of Hamlet's life so that the world will know of Hamlet's tragic sacrifice.

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009

English

5.1

♡ 6

24%

Howard Michael Gould Director

Lindsay Sloane as Autumn

Elisha Cuthbert as Barbara

Andie MacDowell as Kate

Jenna Elfman as Ophelia

A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.

Hamlet

1996

English

7.7

♡ 42

95%

Kenneth Branagh Director

Rowena King as Attendant to Gertrude

Rufus Sewell as Fortinbras

Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet

Kate Winslet as Ophelia

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Ophelia

2018

English

6.5

♡ 93

62%

Claire McCarthy Director

Clive Owen as Claudius

Naomi Watts as Gertrude / Mechtild

Tom Felton as Laertes

Daisy Ridley as Ophelia

Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.

A Room of My Own

2022

Georgian

6.2

♡ 4

83%

Drama

Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze Director

Mariam Tsutskiridze as

Sophio Zeragia as Nini

Ophelia Bliadze as Ophelia

Lashao Gabunia as Vajiko

Tina, a young woman who has lost her way in life, rents a room from the vibrant Megi, thanks to whom she gradually starts to discover what it’s like to be free and to be able to make her own decisions without being reliant on men… Self-assured in its directorial style, this authentic film portrays millennials in contemporary Tbilisi and points to the influence of patriarchal thinking on Georgian society.

Hamlet

1990

English

6.7

♡ 43

76%

59%

Action

based on play or musical

Franco Zeffirelli Director

Glenn Close as Gertrude

Mel Gibson as Hamlet

Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia

Vernon Dobtcheff as Reynaldo

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Grand Theft Hamlet

2024

English

6.9

♡ 6

94%

shakespeare in modern dress

Sam Crane Director

Pinny Grylls as Filmmaker

Lizzie Wofford as Gertrude

Sam Crane as Hamlet

Tilly Steele as Ophelia

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.

Trading Places

1983

English

7.5

♡ 82

87%

85%

Action

christmas movie alternative

philadelphia, pennsylvania

prostitute

John Landis Director

Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine

Bryan Clark as Official #2

Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia

Robert Curtis Brown as Todd

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Run Fatboy Run

2007

English

6.5

♡ 32

parent child relationship

David Schwimmer Director

Simon Pegg as Dennis

Thandie Newton as Libby

Nikky Smedley as Ophelia

Simon Day as Vincent

Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.

Hamlet

2009

English

8.0

♡ 20

100%

91%

Action

based on play or musical

Drama

revenge

revenge tragedy

the royal shakespeare company

tragedy

Gregory Doran Director

Patrick Stewart as Claudius / Ghost

David Tennant as Hamlet

Mariah Gale as Ophelia

David Ajala as Reynaldo / Dumbshow Poisoner

David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny.

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A Witches' Ball

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Hamlet

Ophelia

A Room of My Own

Hamlet

Grand Theft Hamlet

Trading Places

Run Fatboy Run

Hamlet