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National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story: 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. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human ...
Plot: shakespeare, death of daughter, friendship, sibling rivalry, murder of daughter, illegitimate son, illegitimate child, death, king, tragedy, father daughter reunion, father daughter relationship ...
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
Story: When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the story moves ...
Plot: shakespeare, king, prince, shakespeare play
Place: ancient greece
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 6.0
 13K
Intimacy (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Jay, a failed musician, walked out of his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day Jay follows her and finds out about the ...
Style: sexy, sexual, sensual, erotic, controversial ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, explicit sex, erotica, strong sexual content, cheating wife, couple relations, obsession, sex scene, sexual relations, infidelity, oral sex, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england
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The Journey to Melonia (1989)
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.
Style: anime, experimental, philosophical, artsy, claymation ...
Plot: shakespeare, environmental, capitalism, good versus evil, magic, tragic love, robot, working class, paradise, shipwreck, magical creature, exotic island ...
Place: fictional island, eastern europe
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Richard III (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story: "Now is the winter of our discontent..." With these timeless words, Duke Richard - lounging on his sun deck - sets his murderous plans in motion. His goal: to eliminate the hated rival Lancaster dynasty, and reign as undisputed king. ...
Plot: shakespeare, royalty, royal family, medieval, knife fight, tragedy, kingdom, murder, death, sex, mafia, wealth ...
Place: los angeles
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 6.8
 27K
Lady Macbeth (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The passionate affair of a young woman trapped in a marriage of convenience unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
Style: psychological, cynical, costume drama, depressing, historical drama ...
Plot: forbidden love, secret lover, sex scene, infidelity, cruelty, adultery, father in law daughter in law relationship, loveless marriage, english countryside, male nudity, neglectful husband, horse ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, victorian era, year 1865
Place: england, northern england
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 6.6
 463
Romeo & Juliet (1978)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
TV show
Story: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take ...
Style: fairy tale
Plot: shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragedy, love, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The second televised production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with Helen Mirren in the cast, although this time in a different role (Titania). In the 1968 production, which was released to movie theatres in Europe, but premiered in ...
Plot: shakespeare, mistaken identity, unhappiness, magic realism, costume
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 6.4
 15K
Big Business (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally ...
Style: feel good, humorous, laugh out loud, cult classic, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: twins, luxury hotel, hotel, twins separated at birth, women, mistaken identity, shakespeare, culture clash, business, mountain, entrepreneurship, lgbtq ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, west virginia
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National Theatre Live: Coriolanus (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story: National Theatre Live will broadcast the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC's The Hollow Crown) in the ...
Style: captivating, intense, tense, psychological, epic ...
Plot: betrayal, shakespeare, vengeance, tragedy, political intrigue, state affairs, military, leadership, rise and fall, rivalry, truce, ambition ...
Place: rome italy
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: BBC rendition of Shakespeare's Coriolanus
Plot: shakespeare, peplum, tragedy, ancient rome, roman
Place: rome italy
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Henry IV Part II (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
Plot: shakespeare, british history, royalty, medieval, king of england, shakespeare play
Place: england
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Love Is All There Is (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another clan. Mike and Sadie Capomezzo, equally hard-working Sicilian caterers from the area, find they ...
Style: spectacular, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: date night
Plot: love, shakespeare, tragic love, restaurant, true love, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, wedding, infidelity, looking for love, love triangle, couples, cooking and food ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: italy, new york, usa, florence, europe
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story: The Glyndebourne Opera's 1981 production of the Benjamin Britten opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Plot: shakespeare, magical creature, farce, fairy, elf, opera, donkey, unrequited love, struggling actor, costume, opera live performance, switch
Place: ancient greece
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Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1982)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.
Style: one man show
Plot: shakespeare, realism, lecture, filmed play
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 6.5
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Ophelia (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man becomes enraged when his mother remarries his wealthy uncle after his father dies.
Style: modern day adaptation
Plot: shakespeare, shooting, heart attack, cemetery, cigarette smoking, countryside, death of father, filmmaker, french countryside, funeral, forest, bird ...
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ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Four of Shakespeare's plays are dramatically relocated to the modern day.
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, funny, anthology ...
Plot: true love, opposites attract, starting over, fall in love, haunted by the past, aristocracy, love triangle, insanity, shakespeare, wedding, dream, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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 8.5
 81K
Mirzapur (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A shocking incident at a wedding procession ignites a series of events entangling the lives of two families in the lawless city of Mirzapur.
Style: inspirational, sitcom
Plot: sex, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, gangster, seduction, brother brother relationship, shakespeare, mafia, inspiration, punjabi, mission ...
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Siberian Lady Macbeth (1962)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In what might be termed Russo-Shakespearean noir, a ruthless woman's adulterous affair with a drifter sets in motion a chain-reaction of murder and deception in a remote village in 19th Century Mtsensk.
Style: spiritual, tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: shakespeare, renaissance, spirituality, family relations, love triangle, infidelity, murder, violent content, couples, family problems, spouse killer, spouse in danger ...
Time: 19th century
Place: eastern europe, russia, siberia
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 7.1
 16K
McLintock! (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: George Washington McLintock, 'GW' to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. He anxiously awaits the return of his daughter Becky who has been away at school for the last two years. He's also ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: farce, ranch, cowboy, greed, rivalry, mogul, indians, father daughter relationship, wild west, couples, vengeance, shakespeare ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, year 1963, 60s
Place: oklahoma, arizona
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 7.8
 16K
Becket (1964)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas ...
Style: epic, period piece, realistic, clever, talky ...
Plot: religion, friendship, british history, medieval, royalty, biopic, politics, catholic, saint, martyr, monarch, betrayal ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe, london, france
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 8.3
 909K
Scarface (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style: serious, cult classic, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, ambition, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place: miami, cuba, miami beach, florida, bolivia ...
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A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Midsummer Night's Rave is a modern rave take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream released in 2002
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: rave, clubbing, party, shakespeare, dj, tragic love, club, drug use, profanity, sexual content, stoner, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Deadwood (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an ...
Style: tense, serious, atmospheric, clever, dramatic ...
Plot: sheriff, old west, power struggle, shooting, gold rush, prostitute, gunfight, profanity, dishonesty, lifestyle, violence, society ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, victorian era, y2k, year 2004 ...
Place: south dakota, usa, hawaii
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Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of ...
Plot: shakespeare, cleopatra, tragedy, ancient rome, roman
Time: 1st century
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 6.8
 265K
The Lion King (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, UK, Kenya
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle ...
Style: motion capture, fairy tale, inspirational, psychotronic, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: jungle, wilderness, lion cub, lion, animal, talking animal, kingdom, murder of father, king, hyena, sunrise, loss of father ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: africa, south africa
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 7.0
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The Northman (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his ...
Style: saga, dark, cerebral, period piece, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: viking, revenge, medieval, fight, prince, vengeance, sex scene, murder of father, sword, ship, death of father, nobility ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 2020s, 9th century, 10th century
Place: iceland, northern ireland, fictional island, ukraine
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2 Gentlemen of Verona (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In this modern setting for the Shakespeare classic, two small-town boys head to the big city looking for adventure and romance. But when they both fall for the same girl, friends become rivals.
Style: suspense, touching, sentimental, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: friendship, jealousy, love triangle, love and romance, love, shakespeare, young love, relationships, crush, unfulfilled love, unrequited love, male female relationship ...
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 7.3
 150K
The King (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Hungary, USA, Australia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 15th-century England, Prince Hal transforms from wayward wastrel to powerful king after he reluctantly inherits the throne and its many conflicts.
Style: period piece, costume drama, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: medieval, british history, king, father son relationship, king of england, kingdom, boy, crown, knight, death of father, lie, royal court ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times, 2010s, year 2019
Place: england, britain, france
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 8.2
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King Lear (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: live performance, family feud, king, ambition, father daughter relationship, kingdom, inheritance, sister sister relationship, greed, dementia, sibling rivalry, betrayal ...
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