Movie Marathon (Part 3)

Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Hamlet (1948)
  4. Julius Caesar (1953)

With Marlon Brando as Marc Anthony.

Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Hamlet (1948)
  4. Julius Caesar (1953)
  5. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Hamlet (1948)
  4. Julius Caesar (1953)
  5. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
  6. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Hamlet (1948)
  4. Julius Caesar (1953)
  5. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
  6. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  7. Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Hamlet (1948)
  4. Julius Caesar (1953)
  5. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
  6. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  7. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)

Great performances by an all-star cast, including a much lauded portrayal of Puck by fifteen year old Mickey Rooney.

Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Hamlet (1948)
  4. Julius Caesar (1953)
  5. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
  6. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  7. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
  9. Forbidden Planet (1956)

It’s The Tempest.

Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Hamlet (1948)
  4. Julius Caesar (1953)
  5. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
  6. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  7. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
  9. Forbidden Planet (1956)
  10. Henry V (1944)

Laurence Olivier’s wartime adaptation - still worth a look.

Pass.

Next:

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  4. Hair (1979)

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  4. Hair (1979)
  5. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  4. Hair (1979)
  5. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  6. Chicago (2002)

He had it coming! He had it coming! He only had himself to blame!

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  4. Hair (1979)
  5. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  6. Chicago (2002)
  7. Grease (1978)

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  4. Hair (1979)
  5. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  6. Chicago (2002)
  7. Grease (1978)
  8. Wicked (2024)

Film Adaptations of Stage Musicals

  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  4. Hair (1979)
  5. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  6. Chicago (2002)
  7. Grease (1978)
  8. Wicked (2024)
  9. Hamilton (2020)
  1. The Music Man (1962)
  2. The Pajama Game (1957)
  3. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  4. Hair (1979)
  5. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  6. Chicago (2002)
  7. Grease (1978)
  8. Wicked (2024)
  9. Hamilton (2020)
  10. Mame (1974) [also probably the worst thing Lucille Ball ever did]

NEXT: Bad choices by big stars

  1. Cybill Shepherd to star in a remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979)

Bad choices by big stars

  1. Cybill Shepherd to star in a remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979)
  2. Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman decide to do Ishtar (1987)

Bad choices by big stars

  1. Cybill Shepherd to star in a remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979)
  2. Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman decide to do Ishtar (1987)
  3. Mickey Rourke, who went from Diner and Pope of Greenwich Village to boxing.

Bad choices by big stars

  1. Cybill Shepherd to star in a remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979)
  2. Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman decide to do Ishtar (1987)
  3. Mickey Rourke, who went from Diner and Pope of Greenwich Village to boxing.
  4. Sylvester Stallone, to star in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)