This list contains films 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 | 88 |
| 2 | Ran | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | 185 |
| 3 | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | 244 |
| 4 | Forbidden Planet | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox | 340 |
| 5 | Henry V | 1944 | Laurence Olivier | 375 |
| 6 | Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann | 406 |
| 7 | Throne of Blood | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | 712 |
| 8 | Romeo and Juliet | 1968 | Franco Zeffirelli | 948 |
| 9 | Hamlet | 1948 | Laurence Olivier | 973 |
| 10 | Henry V | 1989 | Kenneth Branagh | 984 |
| 11 | My Own Private Idaho | 1991 | Gus Van Sant | 991 |
| 12 | Chimes at Midnight | 1965 | Orson Welles | 1016 |
| 13 | Richard III | 1995 | Richard Loncraine | 1175 |
| 14 | Hamlet | 1996 | Kenneth Branagh | 1386 |
| 15 | Richard III | 1955 | Laurence Olivier | 1501 |
| 16 | Kiss Me Kate | 1953 | George Sidney | 1620 |
| 17 | Othello | 1952 | Orson Welles | 1790 |
| 18 | 10 Things I Hate about You | 1999 | Gil Junger | 1968 |
| 19 | Much Ado about Nothing | 1993 | Kenneth Branagh | 2289 |