Do you know movies based on William Shakespeare's plays?

Question

For example, movies like "She's the Man" (this one is based on Twelfth Night, or What You Will)

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Answer 1

10 things i hate about you, is based on the taming of the shrew

Answer 2

10 Things I Hate About You, Hamelt, isn't O based off of a play too? It stars Josh Hartnett and Julia Styles (sp).  

Answer 3

West Side Story (Romeo and Juliet)

Answer 4

There are tons - here's a list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare...

Some I'm familiar with...

"10 Things I Hate About You" (Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles) - Taming of the Shrew.

"My Own Private Idaho" (Keanu) - Henry IV

"O" (Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles) - Othello

"Clueless" (Alicia Silverstone) - Emma

"Throne of Blood" (aka "Kumonosu jô" by Kurosawa) - Macbeth

Answer 5

10 things i hate about you. west side story  

Answer 6

For just about every movie question I have I go to Internet Movie Database. www.imdb.com

Answer 7

The Lion King is based off of Hamlet... except for the part where everyone lives happily ever after... not so much in Hamlet.

Answer 8

The sci fi classic Forbidden Planet is based on The Tempest.

Answer 9

LA Story is based on A Midsummers Nights Dream

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare...

Answer 11

Romeo and Juliet

Answer 12

Isn't Macbeth based on ..........Macbeth?!!!!!! lol

Answer 13

i think O is based off Othello.

Answer 14

American Ninja 3

Answer 15

"O"- Based on Othello

"Othello"..based on you guessed it

"Romeo and Juliet" (Clair Danes and Leonardo DeCaprio)

"Ran" (Japanese...based on King Lear)

"Bitter Moon" based on Macbeth

These are some of the better ones I can think of.

Answer 16

Well, I certainly didn't know that My Own Private Idaho was based on Henry 4th!

Watch Prospero's Books with John Gielgud.  It is strange, but intensely magical.  Directed by Peter Greenaway.

Answer 17

Obviously West Side Story is based off of Romeo and Juliet