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A Christmas Carol (1938 film)
A Christmas Carol is a 1938 black-and-white MGM film adapted from Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol (1951 film)
A Christmas Carol (1951), titled Scrooge in Britain, is Brian Desmond Hurst's black-and-white adaptation of Dickens's novella starring Alastair Sim; a poor US theatrical run gave way to television-driven fame as the most beloved film version.
A Christmas Carol (1984 film)
A Christmas Carol (1984) is a CBS television film directed by Clive Donner, written by Roger O. Hirson, starring George C. Scott as Scrooge, filmed in Shrewsbury, England, and widely praised as a definitive Dickens adaptation.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story (Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story) is Michael Winterbottom's 2005 British meta-comedy in which Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play themselves filming an adaptation of Sterne's unfilmable novel; 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, five BIFA nominations.
Alice (1988 film)
Alice (Něco z Alenky) is Jan Švankmajer's 1988 surrealist feature debut, a Czechoslovak-Swiss-British-West German co-production adapting Lewis Carroll with live action and stop-motion; it won the Annecy Grand Prix 1989.
Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)
Alice in Wonderland (1999) is a Hallmark/NBC fantasy TV film directed by Nick Willing, starring Tina Majorino with Ben Kingsley, Whoopi Goldberg, and Martin Short; it won four 1999 Primetime Emmys and used 875 FrameStore digital effects.
Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)
Alice in Wonderland (2010) is Tim Burton's Disney live-action/CG fantasy, written by Linda Woolverton, starring Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp; it grossed $1.025 billion worldwide and won two Academy Awards.
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon is Stanley Kubrick's 1975 historical drama adapted from Thackeray's 1844 novel, starring Ryan O'Neal as an Irish social climber, famous for candlelit cinematography with NASA Zeiss f/0.7 lenses and four Academy Awards.
Bel Ami (2012 film)
Bel Ami is a 2012 period drama directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, adapted from Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel, with Robert Pattinson as a seductive social climber in 1890s Paris.
Ben-Hur (1959 film)
Ben-Hur (1959) is MGM's William Wyler epic starring Charlton Heston, adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel; it won a then-record 11 Oscars and is famed for its chariot race.
Black Beauty (1994 film)
Black Beauty (1994) is Caroline Thompson's Warner Bros. adaptation of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel, the first film version told from the horse's first-person view, voiced by Alan Cumming, released July 29, 1994, rated G, grossing $4.2 million.
Black Beauty (2020 film)
Black Beauty (2020) is a Disney+ original drama, a modern reimagining of Anna Sewell's novel directed by Ashley Avis, with Kate Winslet voicing a wild mustang mare and Mackenzie Foy as Jo Green; released November 27, 2020, shot in South Africa, mixed reviews (RT 47%, Metacritic 52).
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous (1937) is MGM's Victor Fleming film of Kipling's 1897 novel, starring Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy (Oscar-winning Manuel), Lionel Barrymore, and Mickey Rooney; nominated for Best Picture.
David Copperfield (1999 film)
David Copperfield (1999) is a two-episode BBC/WGBH television miniseries of Dickens's novel, directed by Simon Curtis from Adrian Hodges's screenplay, first shown 25 December 1999, starring Daniel Radcliffe as young David, Maggie Smith, and Bob Hoskins.
Effi Briest
Effi Briest is Theodor Fontane's 1895 German realist novel about a 17-year-old married to Baron von Innstetten, filmed five times, most famously by Fassbinder in 1974 with Hanna Schygulla and by Huntgeburth in 2009 with Julia Jentsch.
Emma (1996 theatrical film)
Emma (1996 theatrical film) is Douglas McGrath's Miramax romantic comedy adapting Jane Austen's novel, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, and Toni Collette; it won Rachel Portman an Academy Award and grossed about $22 million.
Emma (2020 film)
Emma. is a 2020 period romantic comedy film directed by Autumn de Wilde, adapted from Jane Austen's 1815 novel and starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse.
Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2 is a 2022 Netflix mystery film directed by Harry Bradbeer, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill, based on Nancy Springer's books and the 1888 matchgirls' strike; it debuted at #1 with 64.08M hours viewed.
Falsche Bewegung
Falsche Bewegung (Wrong Move) is Wim Wenders' 1975 West German road film, the color middle part of his road-movie trilogy, scripted by Peter Handke from Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, starring Rüdiger Vogler and a 13-year-old Nastassja Kinski, winner of six Deutscher Filmpreise and withdrawn in 2026.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) is John Schlesinger's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, starring Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdene with Alan Bates, Peter Finch, and Terence Stamp, shot by Nicolas Roeg in Dorset.
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, screenplay by David Nicholls, starring Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene with Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge; Fox Searchlight release, Metascore 71, 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Frankenstein (2015 film)
Frankenstein (2015 film): Bernard Rose's modern-day Los Angeles retelling of Mary Shelley's novel, told from the monster Adam's perspective, starring Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Danny Huston; distinct from the same year's Victor Frankenstein.
Germinal
Germinal (1993 film), Claude Berri's adaptation of Émile Zola's 1885 novel, starring Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, and Miou-Miou; released 29 September 1993, the costliest French film of its time.
Gothic film
Gothic film: a cinematic mode carrying Gothic fiction conventions (haunted houses, curses, the supernatural) onto screen; not a formal genre, spanning German Expressionism, Universal and Hammer horror, and modern works like Get Out and Crimson Peak.
Great Expectations (1998 film)
Great Expectations is a 1998 American romantic drama directed by Alfonso Cuarón, loosely adapting Dickens' novel to modern Florida, starring Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)
Gulliver's Travels is a 2010 American fantasy adventure comedy directed by Rob Letterman, starring Jack Black as a New York mailroom clerk who washes ashore among the tiny people of Lilliput.
House of Usher
House of Usher, aka The Fall of the House of Usher, is Roger Corman's 1960 AIP horror film starring Vincent Price, the first of his eight Poe adaptations, shot in 15 days for $270,000 and grossing $2 million.
Jane Eyre (2011 film)
Jane Eyre is a 2011 romantic drama directed by Cary Fukunaga, adapted from Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel, starring Mia Wasikowska as Jane and Michael Fassbender as Rochester.
Jude (1996 film)
Jude (1996) is Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's final novel Jude the Obscure, written by Hossein Amini, starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet; a bleak, anti-heritage Victorian drama that grossed $409,144 in the US.
Lady Macbeth (film)
Lady Macbeth (2016) is William Oldroyd's debut feature, adapted by Alice Birch from Leskov's 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, relocating the story to Victorian northern England with Florence Pugh as Katherine, Cosmo Jarvis as Sebastian, and Naomi Ackie as Anna.