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All the World's a Stage-Modernized Classics

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A list of updated adaptations of classic stories, novels and plays.

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1. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

-based on The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

875

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2. August Rush (2007)

-based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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3. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

-based loosely on Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

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4. Clueless (1995)

-based on Emma by Jane Austen

Halogen's rating:

169

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5. Coriolanus (2011)

-based on Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

22

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6. Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)

-based on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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7. Cruel Intentions (1999)

-based on Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Lacios

Halogen's rating:

44

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8. Deliver Us from Eva (2003)

-based on The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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9. Easy A (2010)

-based on The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Halogen's rating:

321

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10. Forbidden Planet (1956)

-based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare

100

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11. From Prada to Nada (2011)

-based on Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen

Halogen's rating:

257

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12. Get Over It (2001)

-based on A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

644

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13. Great Expectations (1998)

-based on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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14. Hamlet (2000)

-based on Hamlet by Shakespeare

170

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15. L.A. Story (1991)

-based loosely on A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

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16. The Lion King (1994)

-based on Hamlet by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

31

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17. Macbeth (2006)

-based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare

44

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18. Much Ado About Nothing (2012)

-based on Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

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19. My Fair Lady (1964)

-based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

304

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20. O (2001)

-based on Othello by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

2177

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21. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

-based on The Odyssey by Homer

Halogen's rating:

3150

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22. Romeo + Juliet (1996)

-based on Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare

322

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23. Roxanne (1987)

-based on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Halogen's rating:

39

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24. Scotland, Pa. (2001)

-based on MacBeth by William Shakespeare

757

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25. Scrooged (1988)

-based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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26. She's All That (1999)

-based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Halogen's rating:

1354

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27. She's the Man (2006)

-based on Twelfth Night by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

52

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28. Tell Tale (2009)

-based on The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

15

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29. Tempest (1982)

-based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare

398

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30. The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)

-based on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

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31. West Side Story (1961)

-based on Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare

205

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32. Whatever It Takes (2000)

-based on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Television Shows

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33. Elementary (2012)

-based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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34. The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby (2012)

-based on Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

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35. Revenge (2011)

-based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Halogen's rating:

48

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36. Shakespeare Re-Told: Macbeth (2005)

-based on Macbeth by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

38

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37. ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew (2005)

-based on The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

29

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38. ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing (2005)

-based on Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

20

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39. ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)

-based on A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare

Halogen's rating:

891

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40. Sherlock (2010)

-based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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