Films about William Shakespeare

1998 film by John Madden

Hamnet is a 2025 historical drama film directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O'Farrell, based on the 2020 novel by O'Farrell. The film dramatises the family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway as they cope with the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet. It stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William, alongside Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, and Jacobi Jupe in supporting roles.

2011 film by Roland Emmerich

2018 film by Kenneth Branagh

1957 film by Irwin Allen

2007 film by Inés París

1907 film by Georges Méliès

2000 special based on the BBC mock-historical comedy series Blackadder directed by Paul Weiland

2015 film directed by Richard Bracewell