Shakespeare for middle school

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows shakespeare for middle school

poster A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11mn - Fantasy, Comedy
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
poster Hamlet
Hamlet
(3.5/5)
112mn - Drama
A free adaptation of Shakespeare′s drama. The Danish queen masquerades her daughter as a boy, and thus, the girl lives her life as 'Prince' Hamlet. Her father poisoned by a venomous snake placed by the tr…
poster Hamlet/Horatio
Hamlet/Horatio
(3.5/5)
97mn - Drama
In a modern retelling of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Horatio takes center stage as he fulfills his dying promise to Hamlet by directing the story of his beloved friend's tragic sacrifice. On an empty sound…
poster Hamlet in the Golden Vale
Hamlet in the Golden Vale
(3.4/5)
120mn - Drama
Eight dedicated actors arrive at a haunting, centuries-old Irish castle to immerse themselves completely in Shakespeare's most psychologically complex tragedy. As they bring Hamlet to life within the anci…
poster The Young Lady and the Hooligan
The Young Lady and the Hooligan
(3.2/5)
44mn - Drama, Romance
A young woman arrives in her school where she must teach for the first time. Her task consists in teaching a class of adults to read and write. All her students are male, ranging from boys to old men, and…
poster Romeo e Giulietta
Romeo e Giulietta
(2.9/5)
37mn - Drama, Romance
The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
poster King Lear
King Lear
(2.7/5)
63mn - Drama
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
poster Lloyd the Conqueror
Lloyd the Conqueror
(2.9/5)
95mn - Comedy
Three slacker college students face academic failure until their eccentric Medieval Literature professor offers them a deal: join his Live Action Role Playing league and battle against him as Derek the Un…
poster Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent
90mn - Action, Drama, Romance
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
poster Hamlet
Hamlet
64mn - Drama
Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.
poster The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
(2.7/5)
17mn - Romance, Comedy
Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.
poster High School U.S.A.
High School U.S.A.
(2.8/5)
96mn - Short, Romance, Comedy
Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.
poster Satan's School for Girls
Satan's School for Girls
(2.6/5)
78mn - Mystery, Horror, Short
Satan's School for Girls is set within the grim walls of Fallbridge College for Girls. Hoping to learn the truth behind the "suicide" of her younger sister, Beth Hammersmith enrolls in Fallbridge under th…
poster The Heart of a Hero
The Heart of a Hero
(3.0/5)
68mn - Drama, War
This is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde Fitch. Robert Warwick plays Nathan (and does a fine job) and Gail Kane the girl whom he loves (Alice Adams).
poster Goofy Goofy Gander
Goofy Goofy Gander
(3.1/5)
7mn - Animation
Little Audrey isn't interested in reciting Mother Goose rhymes with the other kids in class. She'd rather read her modern comic book. When she's caught not paying attention by the teacher, she is ordered …
poster King Lear
King Lear
16mn - Drama
Hand-tinted Italian verison of the Shakespeare Classic King Lear.
poster Marc Antony and Cleopatra
Marc Antony and Cleopatra
(3.0/5)
74mn - Drama, History, Romance
Based loosely on Shakespeare's play, Plutarch's "Life of Antony", and Pietro Cossa's dramatic poem, "Cleopatra", this movie was spectacular for its time. It offers location shots made in Italy and Egypt, …
poster Drake of England
Drake of England
(3.4/5)
104mn - Action, Drama
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of En…
poster The Return of the Salem Witch
The Return of the Salem Witch
82mn - Horror
Six students and two teachers stranded at their boarding school during the holidays discover a mysterious book and perform a ritual to summon the ghost of Bridget Bishop, Salem's infamous witch. But when …
poster Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
(3.8/5)
Nonemn - Drama, Comedy
A lonely schoolteacher caring for her ailing mother finally finds love when she meets a charming writer, but her dreams of happiness crumble when she discovers he's married. As David promises to leave his…
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