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Shakespeare Plays Tier List

Ranking the Bard's tragedies and comedies by emotional impact.

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The crowd's ranking

S: King Lear

A: Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing

B: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest

C: Romeo and Juliet

lazy_pickle_93: Much Ado. The Kenneth Branagh version is so good.

tiny_toaster_96: Titus. I know I'm weird.

spicy_taco: No Richard III? The Ian McKellen film is a blast.

ana.k79: Romeo and Juliet in C, good

MrBiscuitOfficial: Lear hits harder every year you get older