15. King Lear

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  • TV-14

• Jim Broadbent
• Jim Carter

The story of the legendary king (Lear), as he's aging invites disaster ,when he rejects his loving honest daughter, while embracing his other corrupt daughters.

14. Hamlet

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  • Unrated

• John Laurie
• Esmond Knight

The Shakespearean tragedy about Hamlet, the son of the murdered King of Denmark who's driven to insanity as he sets out to take revenge on his uncle Claudius who killed his father and married his...Read more mother shortly after.

12. Chimes at Midnight

• Orson Welles
• Jeanne Moreau

The story follows King Henry IV's accession to the throne of the Kingdom of France, through the eyes of Sir John Falstaff, a friend of his heir, the Prince of Wales.

11. King Lear

• • MPAA
  • Unrated

• Paul Scofield
• Irene Worth

A story of old age, love, and betrayal, following King Lear, who divides his kingdom between his three daughters based on which of them loves him best. When Cordelia refuses to sweet-talk him like her...Read more sisters, he banishes her, only to learn that a thankless child is worse than a serpent's tooth.

10. Julius Caesar

• Marlon Brando
• James Mason

As Brutus joins the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar, the conspirators end up underestimating Mark Antony and the sway he might have on the masses.

8. Angoor

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  • NR

• Sanjeev Kumar
• Moushumi Chatterjee

After they get separated at birth, two pairs of identical twins meet in adulthood and their lives get out of control.

7. Othello

• Robert Lang
• Frank Finlay

As Othello returns to Venice from a battle with the Turks, the evil Iago plots to ruin his life by making him suspicious that his wife Desdemona is cheating on him with his loyal lieutenant, Michael...Read more Cassio.

6. A Midsummer Night's Dream

• • MPAA
  • PG-13

• Kevin Kline
• Michelle Pfeiffer

Fleeing a forced marriage, Hermia and her lover Lysander escape into the woods, pursued by Hermia's intended Demetrius. Unbeknownst to them, the faerie royals and their court are in the forest, and...Read more one of the faeries runs amok with a flower that makes people fall for the first thing they see.

5. Romeo + Juliet

• • MPAA
  • PG-13

• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Claire Danes

Adapted into a post-modern city, this retelling of the famous Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet tragedy features two rival gangs, the Capulets and the Montagues. As Juliet attends a costume ball thrown...Read more by her parents, Romeo secretly attends and grows fond of her.

4. Richard III

• Christopher Rob Bowen
• Edward Jewesbury

A contemporary retelling of the classic Shakespearean play, the events take place in 1930s England where the country is torn apart by civil war, as Richard III sets out to rule the country with a...Read more fascist dictatorship, while eliminating all those who stand in his way.