13 Hamlet Movies That Have Transformed Shakespeare's Greatest Tragedy

13 Hamlet Movies That Have Transformed Shakespeare's Greatest Tragedy

Filmmakers have been adapting the plays of William Shakespeare since the advent of cinema. The tale widely considered the Bard’s greatest work – The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – was first adapted in 1900 as a one-minute film starring Sarah Bernhardt, followed by a 1907 short directed by Georges Méliès. A slew of Hamlet adaptations have since followed, with the 1990s alone seeing four very different films inspired by the play, including…

6 Best Adaptations Of Hamlet, Ranked By Lead Performance

One of William Shakespeare's most celebrated works, Hamlet receives a new adaptation this week with a contemporary update on the source material. Among the best Shakespeare movies, some of the best and most exciting have updated the original plays for a contemporary setting. This has included Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, as well as Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing.

New ‘Hamlet’ adaptation features great performance, some adaptation struggles

“Hamlet” might be one of the most adapted properties of all time. When taking stock of those adaptations, the story mostly stays the same, but the focus usually changes.  It all comes down to preference – maybe you’re like Laurence Olivier, concentrating mostly on the psychology of the character and fascinated by his Oedipus complex (so much so that he cast 28-year-old Eileen Herlie to play his mother. He was 40). Or you’re more like Kenneth Bra…