Ophelia

Ophelia (2019) is a period romance from director Claire McCarthy that you can watch online on iFILM. It retells Shakespeare's most famous tragedy from the side of the one woman the Bard barely let speak — Ophelia herself.

Daisy Ridley plays the sharp-witted lady-in-waiting to Queen Gertrude (Naomi Watts), her boldness the talk of the Danish court. Prince Hamlet (George MacKay) falls hard for her, but the calm shatters when the king dies and Gertrude rushes into marriage with the scheming Claudius (Clive Owen). As a murderer seizes the throne, Ophelia is caught between love and the wish to steer her own fate. Expect secret potions, a herbalist sister, and twists the original play never had.

Adapted from Lisa Klein's novel, the film rewrites that ending everyone learned in school: here the heroine is no silent victim but the author of her own story. Czech castles and rolling green hills give it a fairy-tale sheen. Made for fans of costume drama and a feminist spin on the canon. Stream Ophelia (2019) online on iFILM.