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1. Hamlet (1996)
PG-13 | 242 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet
Votes: 40,059 | Gross: $4.41M
2. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,408 | Gross: $7.09M
3. Hamlet (1990)
PG | 135 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield
Votes: 23,613 | Gross: $20.71M
4. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina
Votes: 23,859 | Gross: $0.74M
5. Ophelia (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.
Director: Claire McCarthy | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O'Rourke, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 13,055 | Gross: $0.05M
6. Hamlet (2009 TV Movie)
PG | 180 min | Drama
The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.
Director: Gregory Doran | Stars: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies
Votes: 3,799
7. Hamlet (2015)
217 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
Directors: Lyndsey Turner, Robin Lough | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Sian Brooke, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Votes: 2,382 | Gross: $0.21M
8. Hamlet (1969)
G | 117 min | Drama
Academy Award-winning director Tony Richardson brings Shakespeare's tragedy to the screen - with searing performances from Nicol Williamson as the melancholy Dane and future Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins as the deceitful Claudius.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Hopkins, Marianne Faithfull
Votes: 870
9. Hamlet (I) (1964)
191 min | Drama
The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
Directors: Bill Colleran, John Gielgud | Stars: Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Eileen Herlie
Votes: 519
10. Ophélia (1963)
105 min | Drama
After the death of his father, the weirdo Yvan Lesurf believes his mother Claudia Lesurf and his uncle Adrien Lesurf have poisoned him since they got married to each other. Completely ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Alida Valli, Claude Cerval, André Jocelyn, Juliette Mayniel
Votes: 283
11. Enter The Ghost (2020)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Star-crossed lovers meet with murder and mayhem in a ruthless gamble for power.
Stars: Petrina Fitzpatrick, Humphrey Pitman, Benjamin Blackmore, Rayner Bourton
Votes: 8
12. Bare Bones Hamlet (2019)
79 min | Drama
A hero for our troubled age, Hamlet becomes all Elsinore's players in a one-man performance that infuses Shakespeare's play with electrifying energy and a renewed sense of purpose.
Director: Sarah Jane Bokaer | Star: Devin Bokaer
13. Hamlet (III) (2017)
108 min | Drama
A new adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play.
Director: Jens Ohlin | Stars: Hannes Meidal, Per Sandberg, Monica Stenbeck, Yngve Dahlberg
15. Hamleyed (2022)
8 min | Short, Drama
Wilderman García (Wild District, Narcos), performs this film inspired by the monologue by William Shakespeare's masterpiece "Hamlet". It is a very contemporary twist on the same precepts ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Blanco-Uribe | Star: Wilderman García
16. Elsinore (2019 Video Game)
History, Sci-Fi
A time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet, with Ophelia as the protagonist.
Stars: Janice Robinson, Ethan Crystal, Samuel Kurnit, A.E. West
17.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
Episode:
Spam
(1970)
TV-14 | 31 min | Comedy
World revolutionaries are quizzed about football scores; figures from works of art go on strike throughout galleries in England; the search continues for a cure for over-acting; Viking marauders kidnap Englishmen who ask for canned ham.
Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: Terry Jones, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapman
Votes: 935
18.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Tales from the Public Domain
(2002)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer reads three stories from an overdue library book, imagining himself as Odysseus, Lisa as Joan of Arc, and Bart as Hamlet.
Directors: Jim Reardon, Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 1,722
19.
Good Omens (2019– )
Episode:
Hard Times
(2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
We follow Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship across the ages. Meanwhile, in the present day, Agnes Nutter's descendant Anathema arrives in Tadfield on her own mission to save the world.
Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: Frances McDormand, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Adam Bond
Votes: 5,610