Adaptations from Classic Literature made into Movies

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"Films that are relatively (or arguably) faithful to their respective novels. Of course it is not one hundred percent possible, but as faithful as can enjoyably be for a two hour or so movie."

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1984 (1984)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)

The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

And Then There Were None (1945)

Animal Farm (1954)

Anna Karenina (1918)

Anna Karenina (1985)

Anna Karenina (2012)

Anna Karenina (1967)

Anna Karenina (1948)

Anna Karenina (1997)

Anna Karenina (1935)

Antigone (2019)

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

As I Lay Dying (2013)

Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947)

Bartleby (2001)

Beloved (1998)

Beowulf (2007)

Beowulf (1999)

Beowulf & Grendel (2005)

Black Arrow (1985)

Botchan (1935)

Bratya Karamazovy (1969)

Brave New World (1980)

Breakfast of Champions (1999)

The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

The Call of the Wild (1935)

Cannery Row (1982)

Captains Courageous (1996)

Captains Courageous (1977)

Captains Courageous (1937)

Catch-22 (1970)

A Christmas Carol (1951)

A Christmas Carol (1982)

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1954)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989)

A Connecticut Yankee (1931)

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

Crime & Punishment, USA (1959)

Crime and Punishment (1935)

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)

David Copperfield (1969)

David Copperfield (1935)

The Dead (1987)

A Doll's House (1959)

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