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Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1930's
- 1935: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Starring: James Cagney
- 1936: As You Like It
- Starring: Laurence Olivier
1940's 
- 1944: Henry V
- Starring and Directed by Laurence Olivier
- 1948: Hamlet
- Starring and Directed by Laurence Olivier
- 1948: Macbeth
- Starring and Directed by Orson Welles
1950's
- 1952: The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
- Starring and Directed by Orson Welles
- 1953: Julius Caesar
- Starring: Marlon Brando
- 1953: King Lear
- Starring: Laurence Olivier
- 1953: Kiss Me Kate
- Inspired by The Taming of the Shrew
- 1955: Richard III
- Starring and Directed by Laurence Olivier
- 1956: Forbidden Planet
- Inspired by The Tempest
- 1957: Throne of Blood
- Inspired by Macbeth - Directed by Akira Kurosawa
1960's 
- 1960: The Bad Sleep Well
- Inspired by Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - Directed by Akira Kurosawa
- 1965: Othello
- Starring: Laurence Olivier
- 1965: Chimes at Midnight
- Inspired by Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V - Starring: Orson Welles as Sir John Falstaff
- 1967: The Taming of the Shrew
- Starring: Elizabeth Taylor | Richard Burton - Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- 1968: Romeo and Juliet
- Starring: Olivia Hussey - Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
1970's
- 1971: The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Directed by Roman Polanski
- 1972: Antony and Cleopatra
- Starring: Charlton Heston
- 1973: The Merchant of Venice
- Starring: Laurence Olivier
1980's 
- 1982: Tempest
- Inspired by The Tempest - Directed by Paul Mazurzky
- 1983: The Dresser
- Inspired by King Lear - Starring: Albert Finney
- 1983: King Lear
- Starring: Laurence Olivier | John Hurt
- 1985: Ran
- Inspired by King Lear - Directed by Akira Kurosawa
- 1989: Henry V
- Directed by and Starring: Kenneth Branagh | Christian Bale | Emma Thompson
1990's
- 1990: Hamlet
- Starring: Mel Gibson | Glenn Close- Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- 1990: Rosencratz & Guildenstern Are Dead
- Inspired by Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - Starring: Gary Oldman | Tim Roth
- 1991: Men of Respect
- Inspired by Macbeth - Starring: John Turturro
- 1991: My Own Private Idaho
- Inspired by Henry IV, Part 1 - Starring: Keanu Reeves
- 1991: Prospero's Books
- Inspired by: The Tempest - Starring: John Gielgud - Directed by: Peter Greenaway
- 1993: Much Ado About Nothing
- Directed by Kenneth Branagh - Starring: Emma Thompson | Denzel Washington
- 1995: Richard III
- Starring: Ian McKellen| Robert Downey Jr.
- 1995: Othello
- Starring: Laurence Fishburne | Kenneth Branagh
- 1995: In The Bleak Midwinter
- Inspired by Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
- 1996: Twelfth Night: or What You Will
- Starring: Helena Bonham Carter | Ben Kingsley
- 1996: Looking for Richard
- Inspired by Richard III (Play) - Starring: Al Pacino | Alec Baldwin| Kevin Spacey
- 1996: Romeo + Juliet
- Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio | Claire Danes
- 1996: Hamlet
- Directed by Kenneth Branagh - Starring: Kate Winslet| Robin Williams| Billy Crystal
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love
- Inspired by Romeo and Juliet - Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow | Ben Affleck
- 1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Starring: Kevin Kline | Michelle Pfeiffer | Christian Bale
- 1999: Titus
- Starring: Anthony Hopkins | Jessica Lange - Directed by Julie Taymor
- 1999: 10 Things I Hate About You
- Inspired by The Taming of the Shrew - Starring: Heath Ledger | Julia Stiles
2000's 
- 2000: Love's Labour's Lost
- Directed by Kenneth Branagh - Starring Alicia Silverstone
- 2000: Hamlet
- Starring: Ethan Hawke | Julia Stiles
- 2001: Get over It
- Inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream - Starring: Kirsten Dunst
- 2001: Scotland, Pa
- Inspired by Macbeth - Starring: Christopher Walken | Maura Tierney
- 2001: O
- Inspired by Othello, The Moor of Venice - Starring: Josh Hartnett | Julia Stiles
- 2004: Stage Beauty
- Inspired by Othello, The Moor of Venice - Starring: Billy Crudup | Claire Danes
- 2004: The Merchant of Venice
- Starring Al Pacino | Jeremy Irons
- 2006: She's the Man
- Inspired by Twelfth Night, or What You Will - Starring: Amanda Bynes
- 2006: As You Like It
- Directed by Kenneth Branagh - Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard | Kevin Kline
- 2006: Macbeth
- Directed by Geoffrey Wright
Shakespeare on Film Links
- IMDb: William Shakespeare
- Wikipedia: Shakespeare on Screen
- PBS: In Search of Shakespeare . Shakespeare on Film | PBS
- Smithsonian Associates.org: Kenneth Branagh: Adapting Shakespeare for Film