This list contains films adapted directly from William Shakespeare plays as well as films that are strongly influenced by the life and/or works of William Shakespeare.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | West Side Story | 1961 | Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise | 118 |
| 2 | Ran | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | 197 |
| 3 | Forbidden Planet | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox | 351 |
| 4 | Throne of Blood | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | 507 |
| 5 | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | 592 |
| 6 | My Own Private Idaho | 1991 | Gus Van Sant | 769 |
| 7 | Chimes at Midnight | 1965 | Orson Welles | 858 |
| 8 | Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann | 901 |
| 9 | Henry V | 1944 | Laurence Olivier | 960 |
| 10 | 10 Things I Hate about You | 1999 | Gil Junger | 1045 |
| 11 | Henry V | 1989 | Kenneth Branagh | 1397 |
| 12 | Romeo and Juliet | 1968 | Franco Zeffirelli | 1398 |
| 13 | Hamlet | 1948 | Laurence Olivier | 1501 |
| 14 | Othello | 1951 | Orson Welles | 1917 |
| 15 | Kiss Me Kate | 1953 | George Sidney | 2047 |
| 16 | Richard III | 1995 | Richard Loncraine | 2503 |
| 17 | Hamlet | 1996 | Kenneth Branagh | 2652 |