Inspired by the Bard

Year released: 1968
Based on: "Romeo and Juliet"
Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery

"Romeo + Juliet"

Year released: 1996
Based on: "Romeo and Juliet"
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite (directed by Baz Luhrmann)

"West Side Story"

Year released: 1961
Based on: "Romeo and Juliet"
Starring: Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer

"The Lion King"

Year released: 1994
Based on: "Hamlet"
Starring: Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Whoopi Goldberg (voices)

"Hamlet"

Year released: 1990
Based on: "Hamlet"
Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Helena Bonham Carter

"Henry V"

Year released: 1989
Based on: "Henry V"
Starring: Kenneth Branagh (who also directed), Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd

"Macbeth"

Year released: 1948
Based on: "Macbeth"
Starring: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy

"10 Things I Hate About You"

Year released: 1999
Based on: "The Taming of the Shrew"
Starring: Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

"Kiss Me Kate"

Year released: 1953
Based on: "The Taming of the Shrew"
Starring: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller

"Coriolanus"

Year released: 2011
Based on: "Coriolanus"
Starring: Ralph Fiennes (also directed), Gerard Butler, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave

"Much Ado About Nothing"

Year released: 2013
Based on: "Much Ado About Nothing"
Starring: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg (directed by Joss Whedon)

"My Own Private Idaho"

Year released: 1991
Based on: Loosely based on "Henry IV, Part 1," "Henry IV, Part 2" and "Henry V"
Starring: Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix

"O"

Year released: 2001
Based on: "Othello"
Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett

"Richard III"

Year released: 1995
Based on: "Richard III"
Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent

"She's The Man"

Year released: 2006
Based on: "Twelfth Night"
Starring: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey

"Titus"

Year released: 2000
Based on: "Titus Andronicus"
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange (directed by Julie Taymor)