8 Best Reimagined Shakespeare Movies
1. Ran
A late masterpiece from the legendary director Akira Kurosawa, Ran takes the epic scale of a play like King Lear and somehow makes it ever grander. After an aging warlord chooses to split up his land amongst his three sons, he is horrified when their newfound power and status turns them against him.
Ran is a methodical period film with a huge focus on character and legacy as the dynasty the warlord has built crumbles around him after he makes this one fateful decision. The sets are gorgeous and so is the framing with a large amount of costumed extras being used for the battle scenes.
This film netted the iconic filmmaker his lone Best Director Oscar nomination as the achievement of such an expansive feat by a man in his 70s was impossible to ignore from the industry.
With countless beautiful shots and a thoughtful script rooted in Shakespeare's original themes, Ran is an extraordinary film and a true magnum opus from a filmmaker that has so many.