Best Hamlet Movie

The best Hamlet movie I believe is the 19th Century Hamlet by Ken Branagh. He manages to capture the full play by staying true and using Shakespeare's lines and not simplifying or paraphrasing them. The 19th Century Hamlet also clearly demonstrates the moods and tones meant for the play. The actors are able to play as truly believable characters making the viewer feel like they are Hamlet or Cladius or Polonius. This movie visualises everything Shakespeare could not by providing insight on the Kingdom preparing for war, and the background story of the death of King Prium by Pyrrhrus in Greek mythology. Therefore, Ken Branagh's interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet is the best of the Hamlet movie for its ability to capture all of Hamlet's triumphs, defeats, and tragic downfall.