William Shakespeare Movie Trailers
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Much Ado About Nothing Trailer (2005)
07 November 2005
Tensions mount in the TV studio when a take-charge anchor is reunited with a man she has a "history" with.
The Comedy of Errors Trailer (1978)
17 October 1978
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance.
Hamlet Trailer (1985)
07 January 1985
Prince Hamlet is the son of the late king. He hears from a ghost that the current king, Claudius, has murdered his father.
Hamlet Trailer (2000)
12 May 2000
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Hamlet at Elsinore Trailer (1964)
15 April 1964
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle.
Hamlet Trailer (1970)
23 October 1970
Hamlet, the young and indolent prince of Denmark, who is sure that his father, the king, has been tr�
Julius Caesar Trailer (2010)
31 October 2010
A short film presenting a stylized, abridged adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem Trailer (2017)
01 July 2017
The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to the language and storyline.
Haider Trailer (2014)
02 October 2014
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
#Shakespeare's Shitstorm Trailer (2020)
29 August 2020
Mad scientist Prospero runs away with his blind daughter Miranda to Tromaville, hiding from evil pharmaceutical execs, including his own sister Antoinette who ruined his career after he found the cure against opioid addiction.
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III Trailer (2023)
19 May 2023
Experience The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Shakespeare’s tragedy with one of his most indelible villains starring Danai Gurira in the title role.
Cirkus Trailer (2022)
23 December 2022
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally separated at birth. Several years later, when they are coincidentally in the same town, there is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding when people mistake them for each other.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest Trailer (2012)
09 November 2012
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last play, in Robert Lepage’s brilliantly inventive production.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth Trailer (2013)
19 July 2013
Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.
Antony and Cleopatra Trailer (1975)
04 January 1975
After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's Queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1999)
05 October 1999
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works and no wonder: it’s about the world’s most popular pastime — falling in love.
Julio César Trailer (1965)
24 November 1965
After Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Farsalia, Julius Caesar becomes the beacon of the Roman Repub�
Shakespeare's Globe: As You Like It Trailer (2010)
26 April 2010
Thea Sharrock's irresistible 2009 production of Shakespeare's popular romantic comedy stirs wit, sentiment, intrigue and love into a charming confection which challenges the traditional rules of romance.
Timon of Athens Trailer (1981)
16 April 1981
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
Otello Trailer (1986)
04 September 1986
Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon".
The Lovers of Verona Trailer (1949)
07 March 1949
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona.
More Strange Than True Trailer (2016)
31 December 2016
After beheading her husband, Queen Titiana takes over the mystical woods where lost souls and ghouls wander about confused in this surrealist film inspired by William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
Fitna and Hassan Trailer (1955)
02 January 1955
In the Iraqi countryside, a love story links Fitna and her cousin Hassan. The people of the village sympathize with Hassan for being a chivalrous and kind person, but Hassan's stepmother seeks to sabotage the relationship and tries to separate them.
The Tempest Trailer (2019)
13 April 2019
In Shakespeare’s great drama of loss and reconciliation, a long-deposed ruler uses magical arts to bring within her power the enemies who robbed her of her throne and marooned her on a remote island.
Romeo y Julieta Trailer (1943)
02 September 1943
Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, irreconcilable enemies.
Henry IV Part 1 Trailer (1979)
09 December 1979
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur').
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth Trailer (2005)
14 November 2005
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.
Julius Caesar Trailer (1913)
17 February 1913
An excerpt of the Shakespeare play presented in the Kinetophone sound system, in which the sound was provided by synchronized Edison cylinders.
Macbeth Trailer (1961)
22 January 1961
This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you were to go back to the early 1600s this is probably the way you'd see it.
Instruments of Darkness Trailer (2015)
10 November 2015
A war hero and the lure of ambition and descent into hell. An adaptation of Macbeth.
The Taming of the Shrew Trailer (1980)
23 October 1980
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate.
Hamlet Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain present an abridged version of Shakespeare's play, with explanatory links and introductions by Martin Jarvis.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1992)
01 May 1992
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Julius Caesar Trailer (2021)
01 March 2021
This muscular 2017 production features the signature physical storytelling of director Shana Cooper and choreographer Erika Chong Shuch.
Castle of Flames Trailer (1960)
30 October 1960
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is causing turmoil in the kingdom.
King Lear Trailer (1998)
21 March 1998
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Hamlet Trailer (1964)
24 June 1964
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev.
The Immortal Gentleman Trailer (1935)
26 March 1935
In the early seventeenth century William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton meet in a Southwark tavern and begin discussing the other customers who remind them of characters from Shakespeare's plays.
La Tragédie du roi Richard II Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
A French adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Richard II", staged by Jean-Baptiste Sastre.
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Trailer (2021)
28 September 2021
An adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular values clash.
The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth Trailer (2026)
17 October 2026
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return to The Met: Live in HD for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost.
Riccardo III Trailer (1981)
07 December 1981
Riccardo III is a theatre play staged in 1977 and also edited for television and aired in 1981, which Carmelo Bene dedicated to his friend Gilles Deleuze, who wrote a book about it before even seeing it.
The Night of the King Trailer (2023)
29 March 2023
A medieval tale about a soldier and his responsibility in announcing the tragic death of the King in combat.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1981)
24 August 1981
The Glyndebourne Opera's 1981 production of the Benjamin Britten opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra Trailer (2017)
24 May 2017
Following Caesaras assassination, Mark Antony has reached the heights of power. Now he has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.
Shakespeare’s Sonnets Trailer (2009)
05 December 2009
US stage director Robert Wilson has teamed up with pop star Rufus Wainwright to bring Shakespeare’s sonnets to the stage in Berlin.
National Theatre Live: King Lear Trailer (2011)
03 February 2011
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question.
Much Ado About Nothing Trailer (2022)
03 April 2022
A new RSC production for 2022 of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved romantic comedies.
The Winter's Tale Trailer (2025)
23 December 2025
Blinded by jealousy, King Leontes falsely accuses his pregnant wife of infidelity, setting into motion a series of catastrophes that will destroy his wife and son and leave his infant daughter abandoned to the elements on a distant island.
The Complete Walk: Cymbeline Trailer (2016)
20 September 2016
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death, Shakespeare's Globe has assembled an all-star cast to make 37 short films – one for each play – and here's the twist: each lavish 10 minute vignette is made on location in the real setting of each plot.
Hamlet Trailer (1964)
17 June 1964
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.
King Lear Trailer (2021)
02 July 2021
The once powerful King Lear chooses to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, and so begins one of Shakespeare’s most moving tragedies.
Much Ado About Nothing Trailer (1973)
21 May 1973
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
Hamlet Trailer (1980)
25 May 1980
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch.
William Shakespeare's Hamlet Trailer (1990)
02 November 1990
A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.
Macbeth Trailer (1982)
16 March 1982
Consistent of only two long shots, three witches predict that Macbeth will ascend to the throne of Scotland.
King Richard II Trailer (1954)
24 January 1954
The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
Tower of London Trailer (1939)
17 November 1939
In the 15th century, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother, King Edward IV of England.