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What Films Have Adapted a Hamlet Motiff?


Watching Hamlet for the first time. Certainly enjoying the fanciful and brilliant dialog. But I'm wondering if any modern film, with "modern" dialog has spun a Hamlet like yarn. I'd love to see the suspense and intrigue of such wanton betrayal (killing a relative to gain power, and topping it with marrying the widow) told in a modern setting. If enacted properly, with each shocking event punctuated properly, it could be quite a thrilling ride. Even if you guess the outcome.

Any contemporary story told in that light?

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It's a comedy and is only loosely based on Hamlet, but Strange Brew does.

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