king lear movies

Ran (1985)
8.075 / 10

Action, Drama, History

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...

King Lear (2018)
5.947 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

My Kingdom (2001)
5.1 / 10

Action, Crime, Drama

A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and...

King of Texas (2002)
5 / 10

Western, Drama, TV Movie

In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his...

King Lear (1953)
8 / 10

TV Movie, History, Drama

In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.

King Lear (1998)
8 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

King Lear (1974)
4.3 / 10

Drama

When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After...

King Lear (2015)
8.3 / 10

Drama

Fathom Events and BY Experience bring the Stratford Festival’s critically acclaimed performance of King Lear to cinemas for a memorable one-night...

The Lears (2017)
5.3 / 10

Drama, Comedy

A modern take on William Shakespeare's King Lear.

King Lear (1997)
0 / 10

Drama

A tragedy by William Shakespeare about King Lear who intends to abdicate, and therefore wants to carve the kingdom up between his three daughters....

King Lear (1985)
0 / 10

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Mother Lear (2023)
0 / 10

Drama

An irascible Shakespeare scholar with early onset dementia communicates with her caretaker daughter using the only language available to her, the...

King Lear: How We Looked for Love During the War (2023)
8 / 10

Documentary

Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, fleeing the war, found refuge in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine. The...