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1. Oliver! (1968)
G | 153 min | Drama, Family, Musical
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.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed
Votes: 41,485 | Gross: $16.80M
2. Great Expectations (1998)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Modernization of Charles Dickens' classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper
Votes: 56,992 | Gross: $26.33M
3. Oliver & Company (1988)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.
Director: George Scribner | Stars: Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan
Votes: 53,079 | Gross: $74.15M
4. Spirited (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A musical version of Charles Dickens's story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.
Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Patrick Page
Votes: 50,403
5. A Christmas Carol (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine
Votes: 129,725 | Gross: $137.86M
6. Scrooged (1988)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover
Votes: 116,548 | Gross: $60.33M
7. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.
Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 13,703 | Gross: $1.59M
8. Great Expectations (2023)
TV-MA | Drama, History
Follows orphan Pip, who spent his childhood as a blacksmith's apprentice and suddenly receives a windfall from an unknown benefactor that allows him to travel to London and enter high society.
Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Owen McDonnell, Rudi Dharmalingam, Olivia Colman
Votes: 3,249
9. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, History, Romance
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.
Directors: Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen
Votes: 6,338
10. Great Expectations (1946)
Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: David Lean | Stars: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons
Votes: 26,462
11. Great Expectations (2012)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Toby Irvine, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng, Sally Hawkins
Votes: 13,749 | Gross: $0.26M
12. Great Expectations (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
The orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
Stars: Douglas Booth, Jack Roth, Ray Winstone, David Suchet
Votes: 8,253
13. A Tale of Two Cities (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
An ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse
Votes: 1,020
14. Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
G | 26 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
Director: Burny Mattinson | Stars: Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith, Will Ryan
Votes: 15,381 | Gross: $21.00M
15. A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
117 min | Drama, History, Romance
During 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.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker, Stephen Murray
Votes: 1,618
16. A Tale of Two Cities (1989)
188 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two men, one an aristocrat, and one a drunken lawyer, fall in love with the same woman during the early stages of the French Revolution.
Stars: James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon, John Mills
Votes: 402
17. A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
240 min | Drama
During 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.
Stars: Paul Shelley, Ralph Michael, Sally Osborne, Vivien Merchant
Votes: 118
18. Great Expectations (1959)
30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Stars: Dinsdale Landen, Colin Jeavons, Michael Gwynn, Kenneth Thornett
19. Our Mutual Friend (1958–1959)
30 min | Drama
Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
Stars: Paul Daneman, Zena Walker, David McCallum, Richard Leech
Votes: 20
20. Nicholas Nickleby (1957)
Drama
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Stars: William Russell, Jennifer Wilson, Richard Wordsworth, Malcolm Keen
21. A Tale of Two Cities (1984 TV Movie)
TV-Y7-FV | 73 min | Animation, Drama
During 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.
Stars: Henri Szeps, Phillip Hinton, Ken Wayne, Liz Horne
Votes: 62
22. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
70 min | Drama, History, Romance
Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall
Votes: 162
23. David Copperfield (1956)
30 min | Drama
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Stars: Robert Hardy, Sonia Dresdel, Edna Morris, Richard Goolden
Votes: 11
24. A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
30 min | Short, Drama, History
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
Director: William Humphrey | Stars: Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Leo Delaney
Votes: 146
25. How Bella Was Won (1911)
Short, Comedy
Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
Star: George Soule Spencer
26. The Pickwick Papers (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama
The 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 ... See full summary »
Stars: George Howe, Geoffrey Sumner, Sam Kydd, Campbell Gray
27. A Tale of Two Cities (1965– )
25 min | Drama
During 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.
Stars: Patrick Troughton, Nicholas Pennell, Kika Markham, Leslie French
Votes: 21
28. A Tale of Two Cities (1990 TV Movie)
16+ | Animation
Sidney Carton, alcoholic London lawyer and his french nobleman client Charles Darnay both love Lucie Manette. In Paris the French Revolution and his resemblance to Darnay, create a major decision to give Lucie and Charles a life together.
Directors: Al Guest, Jean Mathieson | Stars: Aiden Grennell, Daniel Reardon
29. A Tale of Two Cities (1957)
240 min | Drama, History, Romance
During 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.
Stars: Mervyn Johns, Peter Wyngarde, Fred Fairclough, Joan Ingram
30. A Tale of Two Cities (1958 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Music
During 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.
Stars: James Atkins, John Camburn, John Cameron, William Devlin
31. Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby (1958– )
360 min | Drama
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Stars: Antonio Cifariello, Leonora Ruffo, Elisa Cegani, Evi Maltagliati
32. Creating a Classic: The Making of 'Nicholas Nickleby' (2003 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Hear how did a Charles Dickens classic attract a cast like Charlie Hunan, Anne Hathaway, Allen Cumming, Christopher Plummer and Jim Broadbent?
Stars: Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Simon Channing Williams, Alan Cumming
Votes: 36
33.
Dickensian (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2015)
TV-PG | 28 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In the first of these re-imagined, inter-connected Charles Dickens tales ruthless debt collector Jacob Marley (Peter Firth) makes himself an enemy.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Joseph Quinn, Tuppence Middleton, Peter Firth, Pauline Collins
Votes: 215
34.
Dickensian (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2015)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Amelia is troubled by the arrival of an unexpected guest at the Havisham's New Year's party. Frances rekindles an old friendship that she hopes may lead to something more.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Tuppence Middleton, Amy Dunn, Benjamin Campbell, Joseph Quinn
Votes: 148