Henry V Laurence Olivier rouses an all-star cast and an imperiled nation with his magnificent adaptation of Shakespeare's warrior monarch. Biopic Historical drama 1944 131 mins Laurence Olivier Hamlet The first British film to win the Best Picture Oscar remains one of the strongest examples of Shakespeare on film. Drama 1948 153 mins Laurence Olivier Throne of Blood A master of period-drama, Kurosawa (Rashomon, Seven Samurai) recasts Macbeth as a Japanese warlord in one of the greatest Shakespearean adaptations Drama 1957 110 mins Akira Kurosawa The Bad Sleep Well The first film made by Akira Kurosawa's own production company is a dark tale of greed, corporate corruption and revenge. Crime 1960 151 mins Akira Kurosawa Ran Akira Kurosawa’s visually spectacular epic transplants Shakespeare’s King Lear from Celtic Britain to feudal Japan. Drama 1985 154 mins Akira Kurosawa Julius Caesar Gregory’s Doran’s innovative Shakespeare interpretation transplants the action to post-independence Africa. Drama 2012 151 mins Gregory Doran Macbeth Antony Sher stars in the Gregory Doran’s acclaimed RSC production, lauded as the finest adaptation of the Scottish play for over a quarter of a century. Drama 2001 128 mins Gregory Doran Macbeth Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood star as Macbeth and his Lady in Rupert Goold's immediate and visceral adaptation. Drama 2009 151 mins Rupert Goold Time Flies Fast-talking funny man Tommy Handley visits Elizabethan England - and ends up teaching Good Queen Bess con tricks - in this snappy time-travel comedy. Comedy Science Fiction 1944 88 mins Walter Forde
