Hamlet (1948)

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after Hamlet

• Wuthering Heights (1939) — Laurence Olivier appears in both
• Richard III (1955) — Laurence Olivier directed both
• Becket (1964) — Same feel: dramatic, serious
• Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) — Terence Morgan appears in both
• Julius Caesar (1953)
• Chimes at Midnight (1965) — Same feel: dramatic, melancholy