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This is a list of all the Hamlet films and adaptations currently available on DVD and Blu-ray. Some are only available second-hand, and some only on streaming services. This Version has United States Purchase Links / Affiliate Ads for DVD or Blu-ray.
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Please doublecheck region, format, new or used status, subtitle languages and price data before purchasing. Some of these items are only available second-hand or from particular Amazon sellers, so details change quickly.
YEAR. TITLE (LEAD ACTOR / DIRECTOR).
[Purchase Links].
1900. Hamlet: Le Duel d’Hamlet (Sarah Bernhardt / Clément Maurice). [Youtube – Free]
1921. Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance (Asta Nielsen / Svend Gade and Heinz Schall). [DVD – German Import – Silent Film – With English Titles – Requires Multi-Regional Player*(Ad)]
1948. Hamlet (Laurence Olivier / Laurence Olivier). [US DVD*(Ad)] [Blu-ray – British Import – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
1960. The Bad Sleep Well (Toshirô Mifune / Akira Kurosawa). [DVD – South Korean Import – Japanese Language Film – With English Subtitles – Region Free*(Ad)] [Blu-ray – Spanish Import – Japanese Language Film – With English Subtitles – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
1963. Ophelia (Alida Valli / Claude Chabrol). [US DVD – French Language Film – With English Subtitles*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray – French Language Film – With English Subtitles*(Ad)]
1964. Hamlet at Elsinore (Christopher Plummer / Philip Saville). [DVD – Mexican Import – English Language Film*(Ad)]
1964. Hamlet (Richard Burton / John Gielgud and Bill Colleran). [US DVD*(Ad)]
1964. Hamlet (Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy / Grigoriy Kozintsev). [US DVD – Russian Language Film – With English Subtitles*(Ad)]
1968. Johnny Hamlet (Andrea Giordana / Enzo G. Castellari). [DVD – German Import – Italian Language Film – With English Subtitles – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
1969. Hamlet (Nicol Williamson / Tony Richardson). [US DVD*(Ad)]
1971. Thog’s Hamlet (Richard McKenna and Tove Shere / Steven Bush and René Bonnière). [Stratford Festival @Home International Streaming Service]
1980. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Derek Jacobi / Rodney Bennett and John Gorrie). [US DVD*(Ad)]
1987. Hamlet Goes Business [or Hamlet Gets Business] (Pirkka-Pekka Petelius / Aki Kaurismäki). [DVD – Danish Import – Finnish Language Film – With English Subtitles – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)] [Blu-ray – Finnish Import – Finnish Language Film – With English Subtitles – Region Free*(Ad)]
1990. Hamlet (Kevin Kline / Kevin Kline and Kirk Browning). [US DVD*(Ad)]
1990. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tim Roth and Gary Oldman / Tom Stoppard). [US DVD*(Ad)]
1995. A Midwinter’s Tale (Michael Maloney / Kenneth Branagh). [US DVD*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
1996. Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh / Kenneth Branagh). [US DVD*(Ad)] [Blu-ray – Japanese Import – English Language Film – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
1999. Let the Devil Wear Black (Jonathan Penner / Stacy Title). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2000. Hamlet (Campbell Scott / Campbell Scott and Eric Simonson). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2000. Hamlet (Ethan Hawke / Michael Almereyda). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2001. Prince of Jutland [or Royal Deceit] (Christian Bale / Gabriel Axel). [DVD – German Import – English Language Film – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)] [Blu-ray – German Import – English Language Film – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
2001. Hamlet (Sebastian Rudolph / Christoph Schlingensief). [DVD – German Import – German Language Film – With English Subtitles – Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
2003. Hamlet (William Houston / Michael Mundell). [USA DVD*(Ad)]
2004. The Tragedy of Hamlet (Adrian Lester / Peter Brook). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2004. Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet (Simon Keenlyside / Toni Bargalló). [US DVD – French Language Opera – With English Subtitles*(Ad)]
2005. Muzikál Hamlet (Janek Ledecký / Zdenĕk Troška). [Czech DVD – Czech Language Musical – With English Subtitles – Must be Picked Up in Prague]
2006. H. (Martin Czarnik / Jan Klata). [rare: second-hand only: DVD not currently listed in UK or US]
2007. Fodor’s Hamlet (William Belchambers / Alexander Fodor). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2008. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales–Hamlet (Nicholas Farrell / Natalya Orlova and Dave Edwards). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2008. Hamlet 2 (Steve Coogan / Andrew Fleming). [DVD – Probably Imported – English Language Film*(Ad)]
2009. Hamlet (David Tennant / Gregory Doran). [Blu-ray – British Import – Might Require Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
2009. Hamlet (David Melville / Simon Bowler). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2009. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (Jake Hoffman / Jordan Galland). [US DVD*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
2011. Hamlet (Bruce Ramsay / Bruce Ramsay). [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
2012. Three Days (of Hamlet) (Alex Hyde-White / Alex Hyde-White). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2014. The Lion King (Matthew Broderick / Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff). [US DVD*(Ad)] [Blu-ray – Possibly Imported – English Language Film – Might Require Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
2014. Haider (Shahid Kapoor / Vishal Bhardwaj). [DVD – Possibly Import – Hindi Language Film – With English Subtitles – Might Require Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
2014. Hamlet: The Series (Kitty Mortland / Bob J. Koester). [Vol. 1 Eps 1-3 – rare: second-hand only: DVD not currently listed in US] [US DVD – Vol.2 Eps 4-6*(Ad)]
2015. Hamlet (Maxine Peake / Sarah Frankcom and Margaret Williams). [DVD – British Import -Requires Multi-Region Player*(Ad)]
2015. Hamlet: Son of a Kingpin (Carlos Villar / Richard Claflin). [US Amazon Prime Video Streaming Service]
2016. Hamlet (Paapa Essiedu / Simon Godwin and Robin Lough). [US DVD*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
2016. Hamlet (Jonathan Goad / Antoni Cimolino and Shelagh O’Brien). [DVD or Blu-ray – Sold from Canada with International Shipping – Compatible with US Players] [US Amazon Prime Video Streaming Service] [Stratford Festival @Home International Video Streaming Service]
2017. Franco Faccio: Hamlet (Pavel Cernoch / Felix Breisach). [US Blu-ray – Italian Language Opera – With English Subtitles*(Ad)]
2017. Brett Dean: Hamlet (Allan Clayton / François Roussillon). [US DVD – English Language Opera*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray – English Language Opera*(Ad)]
2018. Hamlet (Michelle Terry / Federay Holmes, Ian Russell and Elle While). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2018. Hamlet in the Golden Vale (Taylor Myers / Taylor Myers and Dan Hasse). [US DVD*(Ad)]
2018. Ophelia (Daisy Ridley / Claire McCarthy). [US DVD*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
2019. Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet (Stéphane Degout / Cyril Teste and François Roussillon). [US DVD – French Language Opera – With English Subtitles*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray – French Language Opera – With English Subtitles*(Ad)]
2019. The Lion King [Remake] (Donald Glover / John Favreau). [US DVD*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
2021. Hamlet (Sandra Hüller / Johan Simons and Catherina Kleber). [US DVD – German Language Film – With English Subtitles*(Ad)]
2021. Hamlet / Horatio (Andrew Burdette / Paul Warner). [US DVD*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
2022. The Northman (Alexander Skarsgård / Robert Eggers). [US DVD*(Ad)] [US Blu-ray*(Ad)]
2022. Hamlet Within (Lex Shrapnel and Ben Turner / Ken McMullen). [US – apparently unavailable in the US]
2023. Hamlet (Billy Howle / John Haidar). [Marquee TV – US Amazon Prime – With Additional Subscription]
2023. Hamlet (Amaka Umeh / Peter Pasyk and Nicholas Shields). [US Amazon Prime Video Streaming Service] [Stratford Festival @Home International Video Streaming Service]
2024. Hamlet (Ian McKellen / Sean Mathias). [US – rare: not currently listed on DVD or Blu-ray in US] [US Amazon Prime Video Streaming Service*(Ad)]
2024. Grand Theft Hamlet (Sam Crane / Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls). [Mubi International Video Streaming Service]