If you like Shakespeare, you may like to watch the many filmed adaptations of his plays. You may want to buy them, to add to your collection, or you may simply want to rent a movie of a Shakespeare play to watch one evening.
Here is a list of all the Shakespeare adaptations I could find on the iTunes Store. I started making this list for myself, but realized that others might find it useful. The links are to the US iTunes Store; other country stores may or may not have all of these films, and others countries may have films that are not on this list.
I’ve put the names of actors, and, in some cases, directors under each graphic. I’ve also put star ratings next to the ones that I’ve seen, and, in some cases, links to reviews on my website.
All’s Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil, Eric Porter, 1972
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
★★★★ Greard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Harry Fenn, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave, 2012
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, 1948
Henry IV Part 1
Henry IV Part 2
Henry V
Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Renee Asherson, Leo Genn, 1944
Henry VI Part 1
Henry VI Part 2
Henry VI Part 3
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (dir.), Marlon Brando, John Gielgud, James Mason, Calhern Louis, 1953
King John
King Lear
Loves Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Patrick Stewart, Michael Feast, Scott Handy, Kate Fleetwood, 2010
Roman Polanski (dir.), Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, 1971
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
★★★★★ Michael Radford (dir.), Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, 2004
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston, 1973
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Peter Hall (dir.), Helen Mirren, Paul Rogers, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, 1969
James Cagney, Dick Powell, Ian Hunter, 1935
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Laurences Fishburne, Irene Jacob, Kenneth Branagh, 1995
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III
Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, 1955
Romeo & Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew
Franco Zeffirelli (dir.), Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Hordern, Natasha Pyne, 1967
The Tempest
Christopher Plummer, Geraint Wyn Davies, James Blendick, 2010
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus & Cressida
Twelfth Night
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Winter’s Tale
About Shakespeare
Looking for Richard, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey,, Winona Ryder, Aidan Quinn, 2007
★★★★★ Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, 1998