- Jane Eyre, Miramax Films in association with Rochester Films Ltd ... [et al.] ; a Dyson Lovell, Riccardo Tozzi production ; screenplay by Hugh Whitemore and Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Dyson Lovell ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Romeo and Juliet, a Paramount Picture ; a BHE film ; made with Verona Produzione S.R.L. and Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica S.p.A. ; Franco Zeffirelli's production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne ; screenplay by Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli
- Cavalleria rusticana ;, Pagliacci, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Brother sun, sister moon, Euro International ; a Paramount release of an Italian British co-production ; director, Franco Zeffirelli ; original story and screenplay by Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Kenneth Ross, Lina Wertmüller, Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Luciano Perugia for Euro International Films and Vic Film (Productions) Ltd
- William Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Burton-Zeffirelli production ; a Royal Films International/F.A.I. production ; screenplay by Paul Dehn, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli ; [produced by Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Franco Zeffirelli]
- Tea with Mussolini, a Franco Zeffirelli film ; screenplay by John Mortimer and Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Riccardo Tozzi, Giovannella Zannoni, Clive Parsons ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Callas forever, Regent-Here! Films present ; screenplay by Martin Sherman and Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Riccardo Tozzi and Giovannella Zannoni ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Hamlet, Warner Bros. and Nelson Entertainment present ; an Icon production ; a Franco Zeffirelli film ; screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Dyson Lovell ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- Otello, a Golan-Globus production of a Franco Zeffirelli film ; produced by Cannon Productions, Italian International Film in co-participation with Cannon City Produktie Maatschappij ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Arrigo Boito ; adapted for the screen by Franco Zeffirelli and Masolino D'Amico ; produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus ; designed and directed by Franco Zeffirelli