10 Movies Secretly Based On Shakespeare Plays

10 Movies Secretly Based On Shakespeare Plays

10 movies you never knew were Shakespeare adaptations : Let s talk Bard.

In this list we re taking just ten of them and explaining how they connect to ol Willie Shakes work.

From The Lion King

From The Lion King s similarities to Hamlet, to a couple of faithful yet very different takes on King Lear in samurai and Western form, and more than a few high school-based takes, and of course a little dollop of sci-fi in the form of Forbidden Planet.

Oh and don t worry theater nerds, we talk about West Side Story.

Did you know the martial arts action star was in a Shakespeare adaptation.