"The Lion King" (2019), the Glory Kingdom version of "The Prince's Revenge", tells the story of Simba, the little Lion King, who eventually became the king of the steppe in the company of many enthusiastic friends. Hamlet is a tragic work by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602 that tells the story of his uncle Claudius who murdered Hamlet's father, usurped the throne, and married the king's widow, Jotrud, thus avenging his uncle for his father. Image source: High-quality image
West End Story (1961), based on Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Two major gangs in the West End often fight in the streets, one of the gang leaders' friend Tony and another gang leader's sister Maria fell in love, and finally the two leaders of the two sides dueled in tragedy, Tony died tragically. The film won 10 awards at the 34th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Image source: High-quality image
Chaos (1985), directed by Akira Kurosawa, is inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear and is taken from a fable from Japan's Sengoku period that tells the story of the fictional Ichiji family that went to extinction due to cannibalism during the Sengoku period in Japan. "King Lear" is one of Shakespeare's four tragedies, telling the story of the elderly king Lear who abdicated the throne, was driven to the wilderness by the eldest daughter and second daughter, and became the third daughter of the Queen of France to lead the army to save her father, but was killed. Image source: High-quality image
Ten Things I Hate About You (1999), a modern version of The Taming of the Bunch, starring Julia Stills and Heath Ledger. "Taming" tells the story of Catherine, a rich woman, who accepts Petruccio's transformation and becomes a gentle wife who has "lost herself". The story of "Ten Things I Hate You" takes place on campus, a pair of sisters with very different personalities attend the same high school, and the originally hostile them finally realize each other's important position in their hearts after experiencing the test of life and feelings. Image source: High-quality image
Spider's Nest City (1957), a costume drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Adapted from Shakespeare's drama Macbeth, set in the Sengoku period of Japan, it tells the story of the warrior general Vulture Tsu takeshi who was seduced by the witch's prophecy to seize the throne, and finally rebelled and suffered his own consequences. Among Shakespeare's many plays, Akira Kurosawa first chose Macbeth for adaptation because of the many "Shimokegami" events similar to "Macbeth" in Japan during the Sengoku period. Image source: High-quality image
Forbidden Planet (1956), a science fiction film directed by Fred Wilcox. In 2200, astronauts on Earth landed on a planet and found that only the doctor and his daughter were alive for the rest of their lives, and when they planned to bring the two back to Earth, they found the story of a mysterious monster that launched a deadly attack on them. The film is based on Shakespeare's late legendary play The Tempest, in which Prospero, Duke of Milan, is usurped by his younger brother Antonio, and flees to a desert island with her infant daughter Miranda, and becomes the owner of the island by magic. Image source: High-quality image
Warm Corpse (2013), known as the zombie version of Twilight, tells the story of a zombie named "R" who develops an inexplicable affair with the girlfriend of one of his victims, which leads to a chain reaction. The names of the characters in the film come from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, R refers to Romeo, Julie refers to Juliet, and other characters also have character archetypes in Romeo and Juliet. Image source: High-quality image
Kiss Me, Kate (1953), a cabaret comedy based on a Broadway musical, was originally based on Shakespeare's famous play The Taming of the Taming. Howard Geele and Catherine Grayson play a couple of stage stars in the husband and wife show, they often quarrel, life on and off stage is entangled, it just so happens that they are forced to co-perform "Taming", which is even more quarrelsome. Image source: High-quality image
Soccer Special (2006), a youth romance film produced by DreamWorks, starring Channing Tatum and others, is based on Shakespeare's famous comedy "Twelfth Night". Viola, a high school student, has a special status - the main athlete of the women's football varsity team. In order to continue to play football, she dressed as a man and went to her brother's school, joined the football varsity team, and gradually fell in love with her roommate Duke, while Duke's crush, the number one school flower Olivia, accidentally fell in love with Viola, and the courtship incident became more and more complicated. Image source: High-quality image