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Adaptations of Dickens novels

by fjolarun • Created 2 years ago • Modified 11 months ago
Movie or TV series versions of novels by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), ranked in order of their perceived success. Plus a few biopics or interpretations of Dickens life.
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  • Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Denis Lawson, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Carey Mulligan in Bleak House (2005)

    1. Bleak House

    200515 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.3 (11K)
    A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
    StarsAnna Maxwell MartinCarey MulliganDenis Lawson
  • Gillian Anderson, Douglas Booth, and Vanessa Kirby in Great Expectations (2011)

    2. Great Expectations

    2011–20123 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    7.5 (8.5K)
    The orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
    StarsDouglas BoothJack RothRay Winstone
  • David Copperfield (1999)

    3. David Copperfield

    1999–20002 epsUnratedTV Mini Series
    7.7 (5.4K)
    A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
    StarsDaniel RadcliffeTrevor EvePauline Quirke
  • A Christmas Carol (2019)

    4. A Christmas Carol

    20194 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.3 (13K)
    In Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future.
    StarsGuy PearceAndy SerkisStephen Graham
  • Our Mutual Friend (1976)

    5. Our Mutual Friend

    19767 epsTV Mini Series
    7.8 (123)
    Young man's fortune contingent on marrying stranger. Many scheme to claim it, reducing him to fight for her as a secretary.
    StarsJohn McEneryLesley DunlopJane Seymour
  • Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, and Jack Wild in Oliver! (1968)

    6. Oliver!

    19682h 33mG74Metascore
    7.4 (43K)
    After being sold to the mortician Sowerberry, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by their elderly mentor Fagin in 1830s London in this musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsMark LesterRon MoodyShani Wallis
    The musical.
  • Roger Rees in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)

    7. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    19824 epsTV Mini Series
    9.1 (572)
    A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
    StarsAlun ArmstrongBob PeckRoger Rees
  • Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)

    8. Martin Chuzzlewit

    19946 epsTV Mini Series
    8.1 (1.1K)
    Old Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their cunning, greed and selfishness. Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.
    StarsEmma ChambersJulia SawalhaKeith Allen
  • Little Dorrit (2008)

    9. Little Dorrit

    200814 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.2 (11K)
    The Dorrits are a family whose life revolves around the Marshalsea, a debtor's prison. Amy Dorrit's kind nature brings the family into contact with a wide swath of English society, from the poorest to the richest, and back again.
    StarsClaire FoyMatthew MacfadyenTom Courtenay
  • Elizabeth Allan, Ronald Colman, and Donald Woods in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

    10. A Tale of Two Cities

    19352h 8mApproved87Metascore
    7.8 (6.7K)
    A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
    DirectorsJack ConwayRobert Z. LeonardStarsRonald ColmanElizabeth AllanEdna May Oliver
  • Jean Simmons, Finlay Currie, Valerie Hobson, Martita Hunt, John Mills, and Tony Wager in Great Expectations (1946)

    11. Great Expectations

    19461h 58mApproved90Metascore
    7.8 (28K)
    A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsJohn MillsValerie HobsonTony Wager
  • Patrick Malahide, Nigel Stock, and Clive Swift in The Pickwick Papers (1985)

    12. The Pickwick Papers

    198512 epsTV Series
    7.1 (314)
    Samuel Pickwick and friends traveling England by coach, observing life's phenomena. Their humorous misadventures are recorded in the Pickwick Papers.
    StarsNigel StockClive SwiftJeremy Nicholas
  • Timothy Spall, Tom Hardy, Sophie Okonedo, and William Miller in Oliver Twist (2007)

    13. Oliver Twist

    2007–20085 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    7.3 (3.3K)
    The adventures of the orphaned Oliver Twist in Victorian London.
    StarsWilliam MillerTom HardyTimothy Spall
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)

    14. The Old Curiosity Shop

    19952hPGTV Movie
    7.0 (325)
    When young Nell Trent's grandfather loses the investment money of wharf owner Daniel Quilp with cards, Quilp develops an everlasting urge to get him put in the madhouse. Nell and her grandfather flee the city.
    DirectorKevin ConnorStarsAlan BarryAdam BlackwoodTom Courtenay
  • Dombey & Son (1983)

    15. Dombey & Son

    198310 epsTV Mini Series
    7.1 (212)
    The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
    StarsJulian GloverShirley CainZelah Clarke
  • Patrick Allen and Timothy West in Hard Times (1977)

    16. Hard Times

    19774 epsTV Mini Series
    7.4 (152)
    Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.
    StarsPatrick AllenTimothy WestRosalie Crutchley
  • Charlotte Rampling, Ioan Gruffudd, and Justine Waddell in Great Expectations (1999)

    17. Great Expectations

    19992h 48mTV Movie
    7.2 (2K)
    A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
    DirectorJulian JarroldStarsIoan GruffuddJustine WaddellCharlotte Rampling
  • Barnaby Rudge (1960)

    18. Barnaby Rudge

    196013 epsTV Series
    7.6 (47)
    Murder mystery interwoven with the historical events of England's Gordon riots of 1780, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
    StarsJohn WoodBarbara HicksNewton Blick
  • A Christmas Carol (1951)

    19. A Christmas Carol

    19511h 26mApproved
    8.1 (28K)
    Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
    DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlastair SimJack WarnerKathleen Harrison
  • John Howard Davies, Anthony Newley, Robert Newton, Francis L. Sullivan, and Kay Walsh in Oliver Twist (1948)

    20. Oliver Twist

    19481h 45mApproved84Metascore
    7.8 (14K)
    In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert NewtonAlec GuinnessKay Walsh
  • Anthony Hopkins, Jean Simmons, and John Rhys-Davies in Great Expectations (1989)

    21. Great Expectations

    19896 epsTV Mini Series
    7.5 (493)
    A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
    StarsAnthony CalfJohn Rhys-DaviesJean Simmons
  • Ian McKellen in David Copperfield (1966)

    22. David Copperfield

    196613 epsTV Series
    7.3 (81)
    A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
    StarsIan McKellenFlora RobsonTina Packer
  • Paul McGann and Keeley Hawes in Our Mutual Friend (1998)

    23. Our Mutual Friend

    19984 epsTV Mini Series
    8.0 (2.9K)
    Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.
    StarsPaul McGannKeeley HawesDominic Mafham
  • Rachel Swann in Dickens (2002)

    24. Dickens

    20023 epsTV Mini Series
    7.9 (84)
    A docudrama biopic of the 19th-century author Charles Dickens
    StarsPeter AckroydMiriam MargolyesKenneth Cranham
  • Dickens of London (1976)

    25. Dickens of London

    1976–197713 epsTV Mini Series
    7.1 (91)
    Despite childhood hardships and a father in debtor's prison, young Charles Dickens works his way up from factory jobs to become a celebrated author, though he inherits his dad's financial imprudence along the way.
    CreatorMarc MillerStarsRoy DotriceJohn F. LandryDiana Coupland

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