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20 Films Adapted From the Classics

For centuries, novelists have wroted lots of stories which shows their inner thoughts. These stories is  romantic or stimulating, or masochistic or strange. These excellent stories have attracted countless people to remake them into film and television dramas. The original fans of the novel show great enthusiasm that they are either highly respected or degraded.

Next,  we will introduce 20 movies that have been adapted from famous novels. They are all classics. Do you think that the thick and dense texts is so difficult  to reading? Do you want to "read" the famous works by watching ?


Animal Farm
Release Date
1954-12-29
  • Rate : 7.2
  • Production Companies : Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
  • Director : John Halas, Joy Batchelor
  • Stars : Gordon Heath , Maurice Denham , Simon Cadell
  • Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Release Date
2008-12-25
  • Rate : 7.8
  • Production Companies : Paramount, Warner Bros.
  • Director : David Fincher, Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez, Joyce Heftel
  • Stars : Brad Pitt , Cate Blanchett , Taraji P. Henson
  • Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
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The Scarlet Letter
Release Date
1995-10-13
  • Rate : 5.3
  • Production Companies : Hollywood Pictures, Cinergi Pictures
  • Director : Roland Joffé, Buddy Joe Hooker, John Gallagher
  • Stars : Demi Moore , Gary Oldman , Robert Duvall
  • Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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Persuasion
Release Date
2007-04-01
  • Rate : 7.4
  • Production Companies : WGBH, Clerkenwell Films
  • Director : Adrian Shergold
  • Stars : Sally Hawkins , Rupert Penry-Jones , Alice Krige
  • Royal Navy captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true love. Now he visits their former seaside country estate, rented by his brother-in-law, admiral Croft, so the financially stressed baronet can afford a fashionable, cheaper residence in trendy Bath. First the former lovers meet again on the estate, where they feel vibes again, but neither dares admit them until it seems too late.
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Emma
Release Date
1996-08-02
  • Rate : 6.6
  • Production Companies : Miramax, Haft Entertainment
  • Director : Jean Bourne, Douglas McGrath, Davina Nicholson
  • Stars : Gwyneth Paltrow , Toni Collette , Alan Cumming
  • Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.
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The Merchant of Venice
Release Date
2004-12-29
  • Rate : 7
  • Production Companies : Movision, Avenue Pictures
  • Director : Michael Radford
  • Stars : Al Pacino , Jeremy Irons , Joseph Fiennes
  • Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
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Gone with the Wind
Release Date
1939-12-15
  • Rate : 8.2
  • Production Companies : Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Director : Victor Fleming, Peter Ballbusch, Ralph Slosser
  • Stars : Vivien Leigh , Clark Gable , Olivia de Havilland
  • The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Release Date
1999-05-14
  • Rate : 6.4
  • Production Companies : Fox Searchlight Pictures, Regency Enterprises
  • Director : Michael Hoffman
  • Stars : Rupert Everett , Calista Flockhart , Kevin Kline
  • The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.
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The Lion in Winter
Release Date
2003-12-26
  • Rate : 7
  • Production Companies : Hallmark Entertainment, Showtime Networks
  • Director : Jean Bourne, Kieron Phipps, Andrei Konchalovsky
  • Stars : Glenn Close , Patrick Stewart , Andrew Howard
  • King Henry II (Patrick Stewart) keeps his wife, Eleanor (Glenn Close) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress (Yuliya Vysotskaya). Needless to say the queen is not pleased, although she still has affection for the king. Working through her sons, she plots the king's demise and the rise of her second and preferred son, Richard (Andrew Howard), to the throne. The youngest son, John (Rafe Spall), an overweight buffoon and the only son holding his father's affection is the king's choice after the death of his first son, young Henry. But John is also overly eager for power and is willing to plot his father's demise with middle brother, Geoffrey (John Light) and the young king of France, Phillip (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Geoffrey, of course sees his younger brother's weakness and sees that route as his path to power. Obviously political and court intrigue ensues
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Alice in Wonderland
Release Date
2010-03-05
  • Rate : 6.4
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Team Todd
  • Director : Tim Burton, Adam Holmes, Harald Kraut
  • Stars : Mia Wasikowska , Johnny Depp , Anne Hathaway
  • Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
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Les Misérables
Release Date
2024-02-23
  • Rate : 7.5
  • Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Relativity Media
  • Director : Tom Hooper, Paula Casarin, Ben Howarth
  • Stars : Hugh Jackman , Russell Crowe , Anne Hathaway
  • An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Oliver Twist
Release Date
2005-09-23
  • Rate : 6.8
  • Production Companies : R.P. Productions, ETIC Films
  • Director : Roman Polanski, Sylvette Baudrot
  • Stars : Barney Clark , Ben Kingsley , Jamie Foreman
  • Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
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Wuthering Heights
Release Date
2012-04-09
  • Rate : 6
  • Production Companies : Oscilloscope Laboratories, Film4
  • Director : Dan Jerome Gill, Adam Lock, Jamie D. Allen
  • Stars : Kaya Scodelario , James Howson , Solomon Glave
  • Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.
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Pride and Prejudice
Release Date
1995-09-24
  • Rate : 8.8
  • Production Companies : BBC
  • Director : Simon Langton, Melanie Panario, Amanda Neal
  • Stars : Colin Firth , Jennifer Ehle , Susannah Harker
  • Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
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The Great Gatsby
Release Date
2013-05-10
  • Rate : 7.2
  • Production Companies : Village Roadshow Pictures, Bazmark
  • Director : Eddie Thorne, Deborah Antoniou, Emma Jamvold
  • Stars : Leonardo DiCaprio , Tobey Maguire , Carey Mulligan
  • An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
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Anna Karenina
Release Date
2012-11-16
  • Rate : 6.6
  • Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Focus Features
  • Director : Joe Wright, Emma Thomas, Susanna Lenton
  • Stars : Keira Knightley , Jude Law , Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
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Jane Eyre
Release Date
2011-03-11
  • Rate : 7.3
  • Production Companies : BBC Film, Ruby Films
  • Director : Lee Grumett, Carley Lane, Jo Tew
  • Stars : Mia Wasikowska , Michael Fassbender , Jamie Bell
  • After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
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Little Women
Release Date
1994-12-21
  • Rate : 7.3
  • Production Companies : Columbia Pictures, MGM
  • Director : Mark Turnbull, Pete Whyte, Kim H. Winther
  • Stars : Winona Ryder , Gabriel Byrne , Trini Alvarado
  • With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
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