Movies by Lists - Best Dickens Adaptations (43 [48]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Bleak HouseA suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system. | 2005 | Justin Chadwick, Susanna White | Crime, Drama | 8.3 (10.3K votes) | 1 | 20231013 |
| Bleak HouseThe great case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce drags on, an obsession to all involved. Then a question of inheritance becomes a question of murder. | 1985 | Ross Devenish | Drama, Crime | 7.6 (401 votes) | 0 | 20240116 |
| Christmas Carol, AIn Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future. | 2019 | Nick Murphy | Drama, Fantasy | 7.3 (12.5K votes) | 1 | 20240116 |
| Christmas Carol, AEbenezer 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 errors of his | 1951 | Brian Desmond Hurst | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.1 (22.6K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Christmas Carol, AAn elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve. | 1938 | Edwin L. Marin | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.5 (7.4K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Christmas Carol, AA bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. | 1984 | Clive Donner | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.8 (14.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| David CopperfieldA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world. | 1935 | George Cukor (*) | Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance | 7.4 (4.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| David CopperfieldA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world. | 2000 | Peter Medak | Drama | 7.0 (1.2K votes) | 180 | 20240116 |
| David CopperfieldA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world. | 1999 | Simon Curtis | Drama | 7.7 (4.5K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| David CopperfieldThe legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann. | 1970 | Delbert Mann (*) | Drama | 5.8 (540 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Dombey & SonThe 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. | 1983 | Rodney Bennett | Drama | 7.0 (194 votes) | 0 | 20240116 |
| Great Expectations9 year old 'Pip' Pirrip, an orphan living with relatives, aids and befriends an escaped convict on the moors, an act that will have a profound effect on his life. | 1934 | Stuart Walker | Drama, Romance | 6.2 (207 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Great ExpectationsA 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. | 1946 | David Lean (*) | Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.8 (23.8K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Great ExpectationsA series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. | 2012 | Mike Newell (*) | Drama, Romance | 6.3 (13.6K votes) | 128 | 20240116 |
| Great ExpectationsThe orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor. | 2011 | Brian Kirk | Drama | 7.5 (7.6K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Great ExpectationsA humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. | 1999 | Julian Jarrold | Drama | 7.2 (1.9K votes) | 168 | 20240116 |
| Great ExpectationsA humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. | 1974 | Joseph Hardy | Drama | 6.1 (448 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Hard TimesIn the first part of this adaptation by Peter Barnes, we are introduced to Tom and Louisa. | 1994 | Peter Barnes | Drama | 6.4 (281 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, TheA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle. | 2001 | Stephen Whittaker | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (1.1K votes) | 200 | 20240727 |
| Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, TheA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle. | 1947 | Alberto Cavalcanti | Drama | 6.9 (776 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Little DorritArthur returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison | 1987 | Christine Edzard | Drama, Romance | 7.3 (1.1K votes) | 357 | 20211228 |
| Little DorritThis mini-series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is tra | 2008 | Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh, Diarmuid Lawrence | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 8.2 (9.4K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Martin ChuzzlewitOld 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. | 1994 | Pedr James | Drama | 8.1 (950 votes) | 0 | 20240116 |
| Mystery of Edwin Drood, TheAn exploration of Charles Dicken's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined. | 2012 | Diarmuid Lawrence | Drama, Mystery | 6.8 (1.1K votes) | 46 | 20240116 |
| Mystery of Edwin Drood, TheAn opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her. | 1935 | Stuart Walker | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance | 6.6 (485 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Nicholas NicklebyA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle. | 2002 | Douglas McGrath | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (12.4K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Old Curiosity Shop_ TheA kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee. | 2007 | Brian Percival | Drama | 6.5 (713 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Oliver TwistThe adventures of the orphaned Oliver Twist in Victorian London. | 2007 | Coky Giedroyc | Drama, History | 7.3 (3.1K votes) | 0 | 20240116 |
| Oliver TwistIn Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home. | 1948 | David Lean (*) | Drama | 7.8 (12.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Oliver TwistAn orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master. | 1997 | Tony Bill | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6.2 (1.9K votes) | 91 | 20240116 |
| Oliver TwistAn adaptation of 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. | 2005 | Roman Polanski (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (32.4K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Oliver!After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London. | 1968 | Carol Reed (*) | Drama, Family, Musical | 7.4 (37.4K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Our Mutual FriendIntertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London. | 1998 | Julian Farino | Drama | 8.1 (2.6K votes) | 0 | 20231013 |
| Personal History of David Copperfield, TheA modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles. | 2019 | Armando Iannucci | Comedy, Drama | 6.4 (18.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Pickwick Papers, TheThe Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. | 1952 | Noel Langley | Comedy, Drama | 6.9 (530 votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pickwick Papers, TheThe story follows Samuel Pickwick and three other members of The Pickwick Club as they travel throughout the English countryside by coach observing the phenomena of life and human nature, and recording their experiences for the ot... | 1985 | Brian Lighthill | Drama | 7.1 (276 votes) | 0 | 20240116 |
| ScroogeA musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. | 1970 | Ronald Neame | Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (10.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| ScroogeScrooge is mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future appear to Scrooge, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself. | 1935 | Henry Edwards | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6.5 (2.3K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Tale of Two Cities, AA pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution. | 1935 | Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard | Drama, History, Romance | 7.8 (5.6K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Tale of Two Cities, AAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution. | 1980 | Jim Goddard | Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.6 (988 votes) | 162 | 20240116 |
| Tale of Two Cities, ATwo men, one an aristocrat, and one a drunken lawyer, fall in love with the same woman during the early stages of the French Revolution. | 1989 | Philippe Monnier | Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.1 (391 votes) | 0 | 20240116 |
| Tale of Two Cities, AAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution. | 1980 | Jim Goddard | Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.6 (835 votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Tale of Two Cities, ADuring the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose. | 1958 | Ralph Thomas | Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.1 (1.5K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Dombais et fils | 2007 | Laurent Jaoui | Drama | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sverchok za ochagom | 2002 | Leonid Nechaev | Family | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | 1995 | Kevin Connor | Drama | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| David Copperfield | 2009 | Ambrogio Lo Giudice | Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| A Tale of Two Cities | 1980 | nan | Drama | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |