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1. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.
Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik
Votes: 387,775 | Gross: $38.18M
2. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 245,491 | Gross: $46.35M
3. She's the Man (2006)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
When her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for his school's star soccer player, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic troubles.
Director: Andy Fickman | Stars: Amanda Bynes, Laura Ramsey, Channing Tatum, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 176,426 | Gross: $2.34M
4. Warm Bodies (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Lio Tipton
Votes: 244,129 | Gross: $66.38M
5. Macbeth (I) (2015)
R | 113 min | Drama, History, War
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 spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan
Votes: 59,587 | Gross: $1.11M
6. Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Separated by a garden fence and a feud, are blue gnomes on one side and red gnomes on the other. This doesn't stop blue Gnomeo and red Juliet from falling in love with each other. Do they have a future together?
Director: Kelly Asbury | Stars: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Maggie Smith, Ashley Jensen
Votes: 59,838 | Gross: $99.97M
7. Get Over It (2001)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
A high school senior's girlfriend breaks up with him. His friends try to make him think of something else. His friend's sister Kelly helps him with the school musical. Spending time with Kelly has an effect.
Director: Tommy O'Haver | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó
Votes: 20,068 | Gross: $11.58M
8. Prospero's Books (1991)
R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy
The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson
Votes: 6,734 | Gross: $1.75M
9. Tempest (1982)
PG | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman
Votes: 2,716 | Gross: $5.01M
10. ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
TV-PG | 360 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern re-telling of four William Shakespeare stories.
Stars: Nick Malinowski, James McAvoy, Shirley Henderson, Sarah Parish
Votes: 1,477
11. Private Romeo (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A modern take on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Set at an isolated all-boys military academy, it follows the forbidden relationship between two cadets.
Director: Alan Brown | Stars: Hale Appleman, Charlie Barnett, Adam Barrie, Chris Bresky
Votes: 2,407
12. Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words (2019)
90 min | Drama, Music
As members of the feuding Capulet and Montague families, Romeo and Juliet should be sworn enemies, but they fall deeply in love and marry in secret. This sets off a chain of events that culminate in tragedy.
Director: Michael Nunn | Stars: William Bracewell, Francesca Hayward, Matthew Ball, Marcelino Sambé
Votes: 176
13. The Moving Forest (2015)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias meets a mysterious woman who claims to be ... See full summary »
Director: Vinicius Coimbra | Stars: Gabriel Braga Nunes, Ana Paula Arósio, Ângelo Antônio, Nelson Xavier
Votes: 238
14. Romeu & Romeu (2016– )
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Monteiro and Campelo families live in the shadow of a crime committed in the past. But when chance puts Ramon and Rômulo face to face, hatred turns into an unlikely love that can hurt parents, siblings, friends, and even themselves.
Stars: João Mesquita, Arthur Chermont, João Tessari, Lilian Menezes
Votes: 80
15. Julius Caesar (2010)
46 min | Drama
Director: Patrick J. Donnelly | Stars: Marci Adilman, Kat Brower, Randy Harrison, Jakob Hawkins
Votes: 39
16. Duang Jai Akkanee (2010)
100 min | Romance
Stars: Nadech Kugimiya, Urassaya Sperbund, Mark Prin Suparat, Mam Jintara Sukapat
Votes: 6
17. Richard III (2005)
54 min | Drama
Shakespeare's classic play is transferred to warring gang factions of a notorious, contemporary Brighton housing project.
Director: Maximilian Day | Stars: Matthew Beggs, Michael Bowlby, Judy Carey, Leo Carey
Votes: 20
18. Hamlet the Vampire Slayer (2008)
85 min | Comedy
Hamlet is haunted by the possibility that his Latin Lover Uncle Claudio is a vampire who murdered Hamlet's father in order to become king and seduce Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. As the ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Witter | Stars: Kevin R. Elder, Leslie Nesbit, Doug Montoya, Summer Olsson
Votes: 31
19. Oh'phelia (1919)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Anson Dyer
Votes: 25
20. Otelo (2014 Video)
15 min | Short, Drama
Othello, the Moor in the service of Venice, marries Desdemona, a young virtuous and generous. Iago, jealous for not getting the promotion he sought, decides to ruin the marriage of Othello ... See full summary »
Director: Horacio Ojeda Lacognata | Stars: Horacio Ojeda Lacognata, Jorge López, Lourdes Amarilla, Alicia Ávalos
21. The Sacred King - Shakespeare's Richard II at Pontefract Castle (2019)
13 min | Short, Drama
Having been crowned at the age of 10, crushed the Peasant's Revolt, feuded with his powerful uncles, been humiliated by his council and deposed by his own cousin, the former King Richard II... See full summary »
Director: Yvonne Morley | Star: Mark Burghagen
22. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1918)
Comedy
Director: William Wauer | Stars: Gretl Basch, Jacques Bilk, Robert Blass, Edwin Heyer
23. Ricardo III (2013 Video)
12 min | Short, Drama, History
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots in order to become king of England. To do this, do not hesitate to send murdering his brother and his own nephews. Having become king, will face the Duke of Richmond in a decisive battle.
Director: Horacio Ojeda Lacognata | Stars: Horacio Ojeda Lacognata, Jorge López, Alicia Ávalos, Agustín López
Votes: 5
24.
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
Episode:
Macbeth
(2005)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.
Director: Mark Brozel | Stars: James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes, Joseph Millson, Vincent Regan
Votes: 1,074
25.
The Ann Sothern Show (1958–1961)
Episode:
Always April
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
Katy and Mr. Devery find a girl named April living at the hotel who ran away from a fancy boarding school so she could come to New York and become an actress, much against the will of her ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Ann Sothern, Don Porter, Constance Bennett, John Emery
26.
Television Theater (1953– )
Episode:
Ryszard III
(1989)
Drama
Director: Feliks Falk | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Polony, Miroslawa Dubrawska, Ewa Mirowska
27.
Television Theater (1953– )
Episode:
Burza
(2008)
133 min | Drama
Directors: Kasia Adamik, Krzysztof Warlikowski | Stars: Adam Ferency, Stanislawa Celinska, Magdalena Cielecka, Jacek Poniedzialek