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Portrait of William Shakespeare

Writing

William Shakespeare

Career

Active from 1953 to 2026, busiest in 1979 and 2026 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lobster
Lobster
GoodWatch score50/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 168 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

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William Shakespeare Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.7, average 1.6
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Scare
    1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    808
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    18 titles
    Hamlet
    Hamlet

    Writer

    Der Sturm
    Der Sturm

    Theatre Play

    Titus Androgynous
    Titus Androgynous

    Theatre Play

    DREAMZ
    DREAMZ

    Author

    Live at the Porpentine
    Live at the Porpentine

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet

    Theatre Play

    Richard II
    Richard II

    Theatre Play

    The Kremlin Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
    The Kremlin Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

    Original Story

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Theatre Play

    The Night of the King
    The Night of the King

    Theatre Play

    Lear Rex
    Lear Rex

    Theatre Play

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Theatre Play

    2020s

    124 titles · average score 63
    Juliet & Romeo
    Juliet & Romeo (2025)
    GoodWatch score 36

    Theatre Play

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (2025)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Theatre Play

    Ariel
    Ariel (2025)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Theatre Play

    Twelfth Night
    Twelfth Night (2025)
    GoodWatch score 74

    Theatre Play

    Mufasa: The Lion King
    Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Theatre Play

    I Am Not What I Am - The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare
    I Am Not What I Am - The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare (2024)

    Story, Novel

    National Theatre Live: Macbeth
    National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2024)
    GoodWatch score 76

    Author

    Anyone but You
    Anyone but You (2023)
    GoodWatch score 57

    Theatre Play

    Rosaline
    Rosaline (2022)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Characters

    West Side Story
    West Side Story (2021)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Original Story

    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Theatre Play

    National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
    National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2021)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Theatre Play

    2010s

    204 titles · average score 69
    The Lion King
    The Lion King (2019)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Theatre Play

    The King
    The King (2019)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Original Story

    Ophelia
    Ophelia (2019)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Characters

    King Lear
    King Lear (2018)
    GoodWatch score 76

    Theatre Play

    The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
    The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Theatre Play

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (2015)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Theatre Play

    Haider
    Haider (2014)
    GoodWatch score 85

    Theatre Play

    Warm Bodies
    Warm Bodies (2013)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Original Story

    Romeo & Juliet
    Romeo & Juliet (2013)
    GoodWatch score 50

    Theatre Play

    Much Ado About Nothing
    Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Theatre Play

    Gnomeo & Juliet
    Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
    GoodWatch score 55

    Author

    Coriolanus
    Coriolanus (2011)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Theatre Play

    2000s

    76 titles · average score 61
    Hamlet
    Hamlet (2009)
    GoodWatch score 76

    Theatre Play

    King Lear
    King Lear (2008)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Author

    She's the Man
    She's the Man (2006)
    GoodWatch score 57

    Theatre Play

    As You Like It
    As You Like It (2006)
    GoodWatch score 48

    Author

    Omkara
    Omkara (2006)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Theatre Play

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)

    Writer

    The Lion King 1½
    The Lion King 1½ (2004)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Theatre Play

    The Merchant of Venice
    The Merchant of Venice (2004)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Theatre Play

    O
    O (2001)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Theatre Play

    Othello
    Othello (2001)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (2000)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Theatre Play

    Love's Labour's Lost
    Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
    GoodWatch score 49

    Theatre Play

    1990s

    68 titles · average score 69
    10 Things I Hate About You
    10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Theatre Play

    Titus
    Titus (1999)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Theatre Play

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Author

    The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
    The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Theatre Play

    Romeo + Juliet
    Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Author

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1996)
    GoodWatch score 86

    Theatre Play

    Lobster
    Lobster (1996)
    GoodWatch score 50

    Novel

    The Lion King
    The Lion King (1994)
    GoodWatch score 88

    Theatre Play

    Much Ado About Nothing
    Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Theatre Play

    My Own Private Idaho
    My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Theatre Play

    Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
    Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1990)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Author

    1980s

    89 titles · average score 69
    Henry V
    Henry V (1989)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Theatre Play

    The Journey to Melonia
    The Journey to Melonia (1989)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1989)

    Novel

    Big Business
    Big Business (1988)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Theatre Play

    King Lear
    King Lear (1988)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Theatre Play

    Falstaff
    Falstaff (1987)

    Story

    Ran
    Ran (1985)
    GoodWatch score 91

    Theatre Play

    Strange Brew
    Strange Brew (1983)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Theatre Play

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1982)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Theatre Play

    Tempest
    Tempest (1982)
    GoodWatch score 40

    Theatre Play

    Angoor
    Angoor (1982)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Theatre Play

    Othello
    Othello (1981)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Theatre Play

    1970s

    62 titles · average score 70
    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1979)

    Story

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1979)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Theatre Play

    The Tempest
    The Tempest (1979)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Theatre Play

    The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet
    The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet (1976)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Theatre Play

    The Merchant of Venice
    The Merchant of Venice (1973)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Theatre Play

    Antony and Cleopatra
    Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
    GoodWatch score 57

    Theatre Play

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1971)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Theatre Play

    King Lear
    King Lear (1970)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Theatre Play

    Twelfth Night
    Twelfth Night (1970)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Theatre Play

    The Inheritance
    The Inheritance (1970)
    GoodWatch score 74

    Author

    King Lear
    King Lear (1970)
    GoodWatch score 74

    Theatre Play

    Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar (1970)
    GoodWatch score 46

    Theatre Play

    1960s

    60 titles · average score 68
    Romeo and Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet (1968)
    GoodWatch score 84

    Theatre Play

    The Taming of the Shrew
    The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Theatre Play

    Chimes at Midnight
    Chimes at Midnight (1965)
    GoodWatch score 87

    Theatre Play

    Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
    Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1965)

    Novel

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1964)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Theatre Play

    Antonius und Cleopatra
    Antonius und Cleopatra (1963)

    Novel

    Tower of London
    Tower of London (1962)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Original Story

    West Side Story
    West Side Story (1961)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Original Story

    The Taming of the Shrew
    The Taming of the Shrew (1961)

    Novel

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1961)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Theatre Play

    The Bad Sleep Well
    The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
    GoodWatch score 91

    Original Story

    Little Hamlet
    Little Hamlet (1960)
    GoodWatch score 58

    Idea

    1950s

    32 titles · average score 72
    A Midsummer's Night Dream
    A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Theatre Play

    Throne of Blood
    Throne of Blood (1957)
    GoodWatch score 90

    Theatre Play

    Jubal
    Jubal (1956)
    GoodWatch score 86

    Theatre Play

    Richard III
    Richard III (1955)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Theatre Play

    Othello
    Othello (1955)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Theatre Play

    Twelfth Night
    Twelfth Night (1955)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Theatre Play

    Romeo and Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet (1954)
    GoodWatch score 57

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1953)

    Writer

    Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar (1953)
    GoodWatch score 85

    Theatre Play

    Kiss Me Kate
    Kiss Me Kate (1953)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Theatre Play

    Othello
    Othello (1951)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Theatre Play

    The Taming of the Shrew
    The Taming of the Shrew (1950)

    Original Story

    1940s

    11 titles · average score 77
    The Lovers of Verona
    The Lovers of Verona (1949)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Theatre Play

    Kanniyin Kathali
    Kanniyin Kathali (1949)

    Theatre Play

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1948)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1948)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Theatre Play

    Yellow Sky
    Yellow Sky (1948)
    GoodWatch score 87

    Theatre Play

    Cartas Marcadas
    Cartas Marcadas (1948)

    Original Story

    Tragic Weddings
    Tragic Weddings (1946)

    Theatre Play

    Henry V
    Henry V (1944)
    GoodWatch score 85

    Theatre Play

    Kata, the Shrew
    Kata, the Shrew (1943)

    Original Story

    Romeo y Julieta
    Romeo y Julieta (1943)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Theatre Play

    Dente per dente
    Dente per dente (1943)

    Theatre Play

    1930s

    9 titles · average score 61
    Tower of London
    Tower of London (1939)
    GoodWatch score 72

    Original Story

    Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar (1938)

    Theatre Play

    Romeo and Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet (1936)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Theatre Play

    As You Like It
    As You Like It (1936)
    GoodWatch score 32

    Theatre Play

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Theatre Play

    The Immortal Gentleman
    The Immortal Gentleman (1935)

    Theatre Play

    Twelfth Night
    Twelfth Night (1933)

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
    Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V (1933)

    Theatre Play

    A Spray of Plum Blossoms
    A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)

    Theatre Play

    1920s

    6 titles · average score 62
    The Taming of the Shrew
    The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
    GoodWatch score 54

    Theatre Play

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1925)

    Theatre Play

    The Jew of Mestri
    The Jew of Mestri (1923)

    Theatre Play

    The Taming of the Shrew
    The Taming of the Shrew (1923)

    Original Story

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1921)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Theatre Play

    Othello
    Othello (1920)

    Theatre Play

    1910s

    36 titles · average score 55
    Oh'phelia: A Cartoon Burlesque
    Oh'phelia: A Cartoon Burlesque (1919)

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1917)

    Theatre Play

    King Lear
    King Lear (1916)

    Theatre Play

    Othello
    Othello (1914)

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1913)

    Theatre Play

    The Life and Death of King Richard III
    The Life and Death of King Richard III (1912)
    GoodWatch score 52

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet
    Hamlet (1912)

    Theatre Play

    Romeo e Giulietta
    Romeo e Giulietta (1912)

    Theatre Play

    Richard III
    Richard III (1911)
    GoodWatch score 55

    Theatre Play

    The Merchant of Venice
    The Merchant of Venice (1911)

    Theatre Play

    King Lear
    King Lear (1910)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Theatre Play

    The Winter's Tale
    The Winter's Tale (1910)

    Theatre Play

    1900s

    12 titles · average score 54
    King Lear
    King Lear (1909)

    Theatre Play

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
    GoodWatch score 52

    Theatre Play

    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1909)

    Theatre Play

    Romeo Turns Bandit
    Romeo Turns Bandit (1909)

    Theatre Play

    The Tempest
    The Tempest (1908)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Theatre Play

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908)

    Theatre Play

    The Merchant of Venice
    The Merchant of Venice (1908)

    Theatre Play

    The Taming of the Shrew
    The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
    GoodWatch score 51

    Theatre Play

    Antony and Cleopatra
    Antony and Cleopatra (1908)

    Theatre Play

    Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
    Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy (1908)

    Theatre Play

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1907)

    Original Story

    Duel Scene from Macbeth
    Duel Scene from Macbeth (1905)

    Theatre Play

    1890s

    1 title · average score 49
    King John
    King John (1899)
    GoodWatch score 49

    Theatre Play