The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.

Much Ado About Nothing

1993

English

7.3

♡ 31

90%

Kenneth Branagh Director

Emma Thompson as Beatrice

Keanu Reeves as Don John

Denzel Washington as Don Pedro

Kate Beckinsale as Hero

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

As You Like It

2006

English

6.0

♡ 8

42%

Kenneth Branagh Director

Kevin Kline as Jaques

Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind

Kenneth Branagh as Self

Alfred Molina as Touchstone

Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.

Dorian Gray

1970

German

5.8

♡ 6

52%

Action

based on novel or book

Massimo Dallamano Director

Beryl Cunningham as Adrienne

Helmut Berger as Dorian Gray

Bobby Rhodes as Man in white polo shirt

Margherita Horowitz as Party Guest

London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterious portrait of himself gradually reveals his moral decay.

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.

The Taming of The Shrew

1967

English

7.1

♡ 8

82%

73%

16th century

Action

based on play or musical

Comedy

Drama

father daughter relationship

Romance

shakespearean play

sister sister relationship

suitor

Franco Zeffirelli Director

Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina

Giuseppe Castellano as Man watching argument

Vernon Dobtcheff as Pedant

Carlo Pisacane as Petruchio's servant

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

Chimes at Midnight

1965

English

7.6

♡ 9

96%

Orson Welles Director

Tony Beckley as Ned Poins

Patrick Bedford as Nym

Julio Peña as Vassall

Fernando Rey as Worcester

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

That Most Important Thing: Love

1975

French

7.0

♡ 15

93%

89%

Action

based on novel or book

Andrzej Zulawski Director

Jacques Dutronc as Jacques Chevalier

Guy Mairesse as Laurent Messala

Roger Blin as Le père de Servais

Sybil Danning as (scenes deleted)

Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.

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