Title Matching "HAMLET" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Hamlet (1996)
PG-13 | 242 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet
Votes: 39,002 | Gross: $4.41M
2. Hamlet (1990)
PG | 135 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield
Votes: 23,048 | Gross: $20.71M
3. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 17,700
4. Hamlet (2000)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard
Votes: 9,790 | Gross: $1.57M
5. Hamlet (2018 TV Movie)
191 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Directors: Robert Icke, Rhodri Huw, Ilinca Radulian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Juliet Stevenson, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Thompson
Votes: 410
6. Hamlet (2009 TV Movie)
PG | 180 min | Drama
The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.
Director: Gregory Doran | Stars: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies
Votes: 3,578
7. Hamlet 2 (2008)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Music
In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, J.J. Soria
Votes: 17,174 | Gross: $4.88M
8. Hamlet (VIII)
Comedy | Pre-production
A modern adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', set in London.
Director: Aneil Karia | Stars: Joe Alwyn, Morfydd Clark, Riz Ahmed
9. Hamlet (2015)
217 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
Directors: Lyndsey Turner, Robin Lough | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sian Brooke, Ciarán Hinds, Anastasia Hille
Votes: 2,282 | Gross: $0.21M
10. Hamlet (1969)
G | 117 min | Drama
Academy Award-winning director Tony Richardson brings Shakespeare's tragedy to the screen - with searing performances from Nicol Williamson as the melancholy Dane and future Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins as the deceitful Claudius.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Hopkins, Marianne Faithfull
Votes: 831
11. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 210 min | Drama
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.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter
Votes: 635
12. Pharaoh's War (2019)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An ex-military man with a mysterious past leads a group of Egyptian refugees through the desert and must protect them from a group of evil mercenaries.
Director: Raouf Abd El Aziz | Stars: Mike Tyson, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Amr Saad, Muhammad Lutfi
Votes: 618
13. Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. After the death of his father, young Hamlet inherits a seat on the board of a company controlled by his uncle that ... See full summary »
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Esko Salminen, Kati Outinen, Elina Salo
Votes: 2,113
14. Hamlet (I) (1964)
191 min | Drama
The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
Directors: Bill Colleran, John Gielgud | Stars: Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Eileen Herlie
Votes: 500
15. Mel Gibson Goes Back to School (1991 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Mel Gibson teaches Hamlet to a group of high school drama students.
Director: Mel Gibson | Star: Mel Gibson
Votes: 106
16. Hamlet (1964)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
After the death of the King of Denmark - Hamlet's father - his brother Claudius ascends the throne, who takes his widow Gertrude as his wife. Hamlet meets the ghost of his father and learns that he was killed by Claudius.
Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzina, Yuriy Tolubeev
Votes: 2,856
17. Hamlet (2021)
45 min | Crime, Drama
Shakespeare's darkest tragedy in a modern retelling of family betrayal and horse carriages.
Stars: Erdal Besikçioglu, Elit Iscan, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Sebnem Bozoklu
Votes: 394
18. Hamlet Within
86 min | Drama | Completed
A modern-day version of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', which explores a young man's psyche as he contemplates avenging his father's death.
Director: Ken McMullen | Stars: Ian McKellen, John Shrapnel, Lex Shrapnel, Dominique Pinon
19. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama
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.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Michael Caine
Votes: 201
20. Hamlet/Horatio (2020)
97 min | Drama
HAMLET/HORATIO celebrates the power of love to transcend corruption and evil driven by Horatio's mission to keep Hamlet's spirit alive, even after death.
Director: Paul Warner | Stars: Andrew Burdette, Themo Melikidze, Anna Maria Cianciulli, Michael Elian
Votes: 57
21. Johnny Hamlet (1968)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Western
Back from the Civil War, Johnny Hamilton learns that his father was murdered by Santana the bandit and that his mother Gertrude married his uncle Claude but Johnny is determined to find out the truth.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Andrea Giordana, Gilbert Roland, Horst Frank, Ennio Girolami
Votes: 618
22. The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002 TV Movie)
134 min | Drama
Peter Brook presents a new interpretation of the classic in a setting is vaguely eastern rather than Scandinavian, with a multi-ethnic cast .
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Adrian Lester, Jeffery Kissoon, Natasha Parry, Bruce Myers
Votes: 112
23. Zombie Hamlet (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
An ambitious filmmaker plots a re-imagining of Hamlet set during the American Civil War, but when he loses his large budget he has to accept much less money--which means making major script changes.
Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Travis Wester, John Amos, A.J. Buckley, K.C. Clyde
Votes: 174
24. Hamlet (1960 TV Movie)
152 min | Drama, Mystery
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Hans Caninenberg, Wanda Rotha, Dunja Movar
Votes: 653
25. Hamlet (2020 TV Movie)
119 min | Drama
Directors: Johan Simons, Catharina Kleber | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Stefan Hunstein, Mercy Dorcas Otieno, Bernd Rademacher
26. Hamlet (II) (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 178 min | Drama
The classic Shakespeare tragedy is revisioned in America at the turn of the 20th Century. Campbell Scott (Singles, The Spanish Prisoner) adapted, co-directed and stars in the title role ... See full summary »
Directors: Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson | Stars: Campbell Scott, Blair Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, LisaGay Hamilton
Votes: 235
27. Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet (2016)
Not Rated | 175 min | Drama
Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly ... See full summary »
Directors: Simon Godwin, Robin Lough | Stars: Paapa Essiedu, Tanya Moodie, Clarence Smith, Ewart James Walters
Votes: 103
28. Hamlet (I) (2015)
184 min | Drama
Shakespeare's most iconic work, "Hamlet" explodes with big ideas and is the ultimate story of loyalty, love, betrayal, murder and madness. Hamlet's father is dead and Denmark has crowned ... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Frankcom, Margaret Williams | Stars: Maxine Peake, John Shrapnel, Barbara Marten, Gillian Bevan
Votes: 124
29. Hamlet (XIV)
Announced
It is a gender-swapped adaptation of the famous work by William Shakespeare.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Star: Noomi Rapace
30. Hamlet & Hutch (2014 Video)
TV-G | 90 min | Drama
A former Broadway star, who is now a great-grandfather suffering from Alzheimer's, relocates to the South to live with his granddaughter Tatum and her 10-year-old daughter, Liv. Along with ... See full summary »
Directors: Jared Young, Matthew Young | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Elizabeth Leiner, Emma Rayne Lyle, Turbo
Votes: 142
31. Hamlet's Ghost (2015)
TV-PG | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A modern Shakespearean actor must travel back in time to confront enigmatic forces from the past and future.
Director: Walker Haynes | Stars: Glen Mac, Creagen Dow, Walker Haynes, John Loprieno
Votes: 199
32. National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
210 min | Drama
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.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Michael Peavoy, Matthew Barker, David Calder, Marcus Cunningham
Votes: 65
33. Hamlet de William Shakespeare (2021 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
Director: António Sabino | Stars: José Condessa, Bárbara Branco, Elmano Coelho, Elmano Sancho
34. Hamlet (I) (2017)
Drama
The King of Denmark is dead. Prince Hamlet is summoned home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral, only to discover Denmark has crowned Hamlet's Uncle the new King and his Mother is his new Queen.
Director: Dick Douglass | Stars: Luing Andrews, Taz Bear, Andrew Calverley, Tom Clear
Votes: 82
35. Hamlet (1921)
131 min | Drama
Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features (and a few lines) familiar from Shakespeare's ... See full summary »
Directors: Svend Gade, Heinz Schall | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Paul Conradi, Mathilde Brandt, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 495
36. Hamlet (2024)
84 min | Horror, Thriller | Post-production
A theatre director intends to make a revolutionary version of Hamlet. It all starts with finding the right actors and putting their lives in danger.
Director: Florin Serban | Stars: Cosmina Stratan, Andreea Gramosteanu, Igor Babiac, Roberta Antonie
37. Hamlet (1976)
65 min | Drama
Hamlet (Tony Meyer) suspects his uncle, King Claudius (Barry Stanton) has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Dame Helen Mirren), but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Celestino Coronado | Stars: Quentin Crisp, Helen Mirren, Barry Stanton, Vladek Sheybal
Votes: 104
38. Hamlet (I) (1970 TV Movie)
Drama
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.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Ian McKellen, Faith Brook, John Woodvine, Susan Fleetwood
Votes: 75
39. Hamlet (1985 TV Movie)
159 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet is the son of the late king. He hears from a ghost that the current king, Claudius, has murdered his father. Hamlet is unsure if this is true. He test the king by pretending ... See full summary »
Director: Ragnar Lyth | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Mona Malm, Frej Lindqvist, Pernilla August
Votes: 34
40. The Hamlet Syndrome (2022)
85 min | Documentary
A group of young Ukrainians is preparing a modern stage version of Hamlet. Their goal is to use their own wartime experiences and traumas to relate to Shakespeare's play.
Directors: Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski | Stars: Oksana Cherkashyna, Myroslav Gavianets, Slavik Gavianets, Katia Kotliarova
Votes: 66
41. Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
In the village of Donja Mrdusa the anniversary party is being prepared marking the election of the peasant cooperatives' president. He orders the teacher to prepare a Hamlet play that would... See full summary »
Director: Krsto Papic | Stars: Rade Serbedzija, Milena Dravic, Kresimir Zidaric, Fabijan Sovagovic
Votes: 309
42. Hamlet (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Shot on a micro-budget in only three days, Ramsay's adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal play premiered in competition at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2011.
Director: Bruce Ramsay | Stars: Bruce Ramsay, Lara Gilchrist, Peter Wingfield, Gillian Barber
Votes: 39
43. Hamlet A.D.D. (2014)
100 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Hamlet is an easily distracted prince who is challenged to kill his uncle Claudius by the ghost of his recently dead dad. This bizarre sci-fi comedy features live-action characters in a colorful cartoon world.
Directors: Bobby Ciraldo, Andrew Swant | Stars: Bobby Ciraldo, Robert Richard Jorge, Andrew Swant, Dustin Diamond
Votes: 114
44. Shakespeare's Globe: Hamlet (2018)
154 min | Drama
Directors: Federay Holmes, Elle While | Stars: Catrin Aaron, James Garnon, Colin Hurley, Bettrys Jones
Votes: 63
45. Hamlet (II) (2007)
131 min | Drama, Thriller
Set in a surrealistic, nightmarish, Kafkaesque no man's land, this version of the famous Shakespeare play centres on the ghostly, supernatural aspects of the play. The text is the original ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Fodor | Stars: William Belchambers, Max Davis, Alexander Fodor, James Frail
Votes: 58
46. Intikam Melegi / Kadin Hamlet (1976)
86 min | Drama
Adaptation of Hamlet, whose father was murdered. But in this story, Hamlet is a woman.
Director: Metin Erksan | Stars: Fatma Girik, Sevda Ferdag, Reha Yurdakul, Orçun Sonat
Votes: 318
47. The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1995)
Not Rated | 22 min | Comedy, Short
Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.
Director: Todd Louiso | Stars: Austin Pendleton, Ernest Perry Jr., Philip Seymour Hoffman, Angie Phillips
Votes: 215
48. Hamlet: The Fall of a Sparrow
Drama, Romance, Thriller | Pre-production
A young prince's epic journey of love, obsession and betrayal.
Director: Javor Gardev | Star: Michael Brando
49. Stratford Festival: Hamlet (2016)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is in mourning for his dead father, the king. He's also disturbed by how quickly his mother, Gertrude, has remarried - and by the fact that her new spouse is ... See full summary »
Directors: Antoni Cimolino, Shelagh O'Brien | Stars: Tim Campbell, Jonathan Goad, Adrienne Gould, John Kirkpatrick
Votes: 48
50. Green Eggs and Hamlet (1995)
77 min | Comedy
Shakespeare's classic tale retold in Dr. Seuss-style rhyme. Prince Hamlet seeks to avenge his father's murder, while his loyal servant SamIamlet tries to get him to sample a new food dish.
Director: Mike O'Neal | Stars: Ronald H. Cohen, Steve Collins, Allen Corcorran, Richard E. Doherty
Votes: 29