Shakespeare's language remains, while director Richard Loncraine transplants the 16th century setting to '30s-era England. Ian McKellen dominates the film in the title role.

The 1995 movie Richard III, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Ian McKellen, is one of the most impressive Shakespeare adaptations ever.

Robert Downey Jr.’s highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes is surprisingly not any of the Marvel films but the 1995 movie Richard III. An adaptation of the Shakespearean play of the same name, the ...