When considering Shakespeare plays brought to the silver screen in a time and place outside their traditional Elizabethan England, contemporary movie buffs often point to Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 hit, "Romeo & Juliet." It made a leading man of Leonardo DiCaprio and set the tale in an urban American setting. Then there’s Michael Almereyda’s 2000 "Hamlet," which had Ethan Hawke in a power struggle for control of New York-based Denmark Corp.

"She’s the Man" is the latest film adaptation of a literary classic that bears only a vague resemblance to its source of inspiration, having left both the poetry and the title on the shelf. Here are a few other movies, classic and recent, that give a nod to the celebrated authors behind them:

"Kiss Me Kate." It’s Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew" within the 1953 musical story of a theater company with a pair of belligerent co-stars, played by Howard Keel cq and Kathryn Grayson cq.

"Forbidden Planet." The 1956 sci-fi cult classic is derived from the Bard’s "The Tempest," with Walter Pidgeon cq and Anne Francis cq, on an isolated planet, representing the mystical Prospero and his daughter Miranda.

"Throne of Blood." Akira Kurosawa transplants Shakespeare’s tragedy "Macbeth" to Japan’s feudal society for this 1957 film.

"West Side Story." The 1961 movie musical, originally a stage production, is probably the most readily recognized of Shakespeare’s retold tales, with the rival Sharks and Jets street gangs standing in for the Montagues and the Capulets of "Romeo and Juliet."

"Roxanne." Writer and star Steve Martin’s modern (1987) rendition of Edmond Rostand’s cq "Cyrano de Bergerac" includes a duel with a tennis racket and the play’s delightful speech about the title character’s prominent proboscis.

"Clueless." Alicia Silverstone is Jane Austen’s 19th-century "Emma" "as if!" in the guise of the mid- 90s fashion-conscious high school socialite Cher in Amy Heckerling’s 1995 satire.

"10 Things I Hate About You." A 1999 comedy from "She’s the Man" co-writers Karen McCullah Lutz cq and Kirsten Smith cq, it renames "Taming of the Shrew" leads Petrucchio and Katherine as Patrick and Kat (played by Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles) and sets up their mismatched romance at Padua High School.

"Cruel Intentions." Roger Kumble cq adapts and directs this 1999 film from Choderlos de Laclos’ cq novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" cq with the top young stars of the day: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon.

"Romeo Must Die." In this 2000 drama, the warring factions coming between the young lovers are street gangs, one Chinese and the other African-American.

"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" cq The 2000 Depression-era road comedy by Joel and Ethan Coen cribs from the Greek classic "The Odyssey" by Homer although the brothers admitted they never read the original text before penning their Oscar-nominated adapted screenplay, claiming such research is "overrated."

"O." This 2001 drama takes "Othello" to high school, with Josh Hartnett as the jealous Iago character in the form of the neglected son of the basketball coach. His teammate, a star player (Mekhi Phifer), becomes the target of his wrath.