Macbeth, 1908 film directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
William V. Ranous as Macbeth
Louise Carver as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (USA, 1916 B&W, Silent, imdb)
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Macbeth
Constance Collier as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (USA, 1948)
In my humble opinion if you only ever get to see one version of Macbeth then this should be the one. Orson is magnificant, the music and atmosphere mind blowing as we pick towards the fatalistic doom of one driven by outside forces to die.
Orson Welles director and as Macbeth
Jeanette Nolan as Lady Macbeth
Hallmark Hall of Fame Macbeth (USA, TV, 1954, imdb)
Maurice Evans as Macbeth
Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth
Hallmark Hall of Fame Macbeth (1960, imdb)
Emmy Award-winning remake, featuring an all-British supporting cast, and filmed on location in England and Scotland.
Maurice Evans as Macbeth
Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth
Play of the Month: Macbeth (UK, TV, 1970; USA, TV, 1975)
John Gorrie director
Eric Porter as Macbeth
Janet Suzman as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (USA and UK, 1971)
OK so I know Polanski isn't exactly flavour of the month but his Macbeth is a great work of art all the same. Something about the seventies aura (similarly Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet) really brings the Shakespearean aura to life and Jon Finch is incredible. Well worth a looksie.
Roman Polanski director
Jon Finch as Macbeth
Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (1978 TV drama) (UK, 1978)
film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place production.
Trevor Nunn, director
Ian McKellen as Macbeth
Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (UK, 1981)
Arthur Allan Seidelman director
Jeremy Brett as Macbeth
Piper Laurie as Lady Macbeth
BBC Television Shakespeare Macbeth (TV, UK, 1988) -
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Jack Gold director
Nicol Williamson as Macbeth
Jane Lapotaire as Lady Macbeth
The Animated Shakespeare Macbeth (TV, Russia and UK, 1992)
Nicolai Serebryakov director
Brian Cox as the voice of Macbeth
Zoë Wanamaker as the voice of Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (UK, 1997)
Jeremy Freeston and Brian Blessed directors
Jason Connery as Macbeth
Helen Baxendale as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (TV, UK, 1998)
Michael Bogdanov director
Sean Pertwee as Macbeth
Greta Scacchi as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (Video, UK, 2001).
Film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan production.
Gregory Doran director
Antony Sher as Macbeth
Harriet Walter as Lady Macbeth
Richard Armitage as Angus
Macbeth (Australia, 2006)
film set against the backdrop of a violent gang war in Melbourne, Australia.
Geoffrey Wright director
Sam Worthington as Macbeth
Victoria Hill as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (TV, UK, 2010)
television adaptation of Royal Shakespeare Company's stage production
Rupert Goold director
Patrick Stewart as Macbeth
Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth
Justin Kurzel director
Michael Fassbender as Macbeth
Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth