Poll Results:



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Six

Shakespeare

Three

Tudors

#1 Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott

(viewed by 92% of voters)





#2 Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes

(viewed by 90% of voters)





#3 Elizabeth (1998)

Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush

(viewed by 75% of voters)(tie)





#3 Romeo and Juliet (1996)

Leo DiCaprio & Claire Danes

(viewed by 75% of voters)(tie)





#5 The Other Boleyn Girl (2007)

Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johannson, Eric Bana

(viewed by 63% of voters)





#6 Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Kenneth Branagh, Robert Sean Leonard, Emma Thompson,

Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Kate Beckinsale

(viewed by 60% of voters)





#7 The Tudors (2007-10)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Natalie Dormer,

Sam Neill, James Frain, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Northam...

(viewed by 58% of voters)





#8 Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Leonard Whiting & Olivia Hussey

(viewed by 53% of voters)





#9 A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett,

Calista Flockhart, Christian Bale, Dominic West

(viewed by 51% of voters)





#10 Hamlet (1996)

Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie,

Kate Winslet, Nicholas Farrell, Richard Briers

(viewed by 47% of voters)



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Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott(viewed by 92% of voters)Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes(viewed by 90% of voters)Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush(viewed by 75% of voters)(tie)Leo DiCaprio & Claire Danes(viewed by 75% of voters)(tie)Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johannson, Eric Bana(viewed by 63% of voters)Kenneth Branagh, Robert Sean Leonard, Emma Thompson,Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Kate Beckinsale(viewed by 60% of voters)Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Natalie Dormer,Sam Neill, James Frain, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Northam...(viewed by 58% of voters)Leonard Whiting & Olivia Hussey(viewed by 53% of voters)Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett,Calista Flockhart, Christian Bale, Dominic West(viewed by 51% of voters)Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie,Kate Winslet, Nicholas Farrell, Richard Briers(viewed by 47% of voters)

Here are the most popular period dramas set during the Renaissance after tallying up everyone's votes.(3000 votes cast in all)of the top 10 dramas are based on- 5 of them based on his works while one is a fictional account of a doomed love affair which inspired one of his plays.of the dramas are based on the- 2 of King Henry VIII and the other of his daughter Elizabeth I. And the final film, sitting on top as the most-watched film from this era is a retelling of Cinderella that has a special place in our hearts ♥