In reply to andrew ogilvie:
Someone already mentioned the play. I'll give a shout out for Julie Taymor's film adaptation of Titus Andronicus (simply called Titus). Taymor is foremost a theatre director anyway so her films are very "stagey" in the best sense of the word, and on Titus she had a dream cast, then overlaid them with her own unique visual interpretation. It's not like watching a film OR a play, it's like experiencing modern art. That's not to say it's the greatest film ever, but it's something different, which is what you asked for. Though, like many others on the thread, I'm not sure WHAT you are asking for! I could say Forbidden Planet, Ten Things I Hate About You, or that odd Civil War version of The Tempest made for American TV with Peter Fonda, Harold Perrineau and Katherine Heigl...