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6 days ago · Find out how critics rated the adaptations of Jane Austen's novels, from Pride and Prejudice to Emma., on this web page. See the list of 16 movies, from worst to best, with synopsis, cast, and director for each film.
Jun 30, 2022 · Leisure. Arts & Culture. The Best Jane Austen Film and TV Adaptations. What's not to love about a genre that includes both Clueless and Colin Firth in a wet shirt? By Liana Schaffner and...
- 'Pride and Prejudice' (2005) Director: Joe Wright. The 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice is the most classic Jane Austen adaptation. It epitomizes romantic period films and Austen's most famous novels.
- 'Emma.' (2020) Director: Autumn de Wilde. All the stuffiness of Emma 1999 is absent from Emma. 2020. This most recent adaptation is relatively straightforward, sticking faithfully to the plot and even Austen's words.
- 'Sense and Sensibility' (1995) Director: Ang Lee.
- 'Mansfield Park' (1999) Director: Patricia Rozema. Mansfield Park, the only film adaptation of Austen’s third novel, follows Fanny Price (Frances O'Connor), whose poor family sent her as a child to live with her rich aunt and uncle at their estate, Mansfield Park.
- Pride and Prejudice (2005) Starring Kiera Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfayden as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is the obvious winner of the top spot on this list.
- Sense and Sensibility. Proving that Emma Thompson is a huge talent, for not just acting but also screenwriting, 1995’s Sense and Sensibility is a fantastic adaptation of Austen’s 1811 novel.
- Emma. The most recent Austen film adaptation, 2020’s Emma., stars Golden Globe-winner Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character, and is directed by Autumn de Wilde in her feature filmmaking debut.
- Clueless. Most people know by now that Clueless is an adaptation of the Austen novel Emma. Writer/director Amy Heckerling transforms the late 18th-century traditional story to 1990s Beverly Hills, with Alicia Silverstone’s Cher as a perfect modern Emma.
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- Sense and Sensibility (1995) Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet star in director Ang Lee’s sublime retelling (written by Thompson, who won an Oscar for her adaptation) of Austen’s first novel.
- Fire Island (2022) Joel Kim Booster stars in this queer adaptation of Pride and Prejudice as Noah, a real Elizabeth Bennet-type, who, during his yearly trip to the titular Long Island summer hotspot, swears off men in hopes of helping his bestie Howie (Bowen Yang) get laid.
- Emma. (2020) Director Autumn de Wilde offers a stylish and snooty take on the titular matchmaker (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) that modernizes the romance at the center of Austen’s story.
- Love & Friendship (2016) The Whit Stillman-directed period comedy, based on Austen’s posthumous 1871 epistolary novel, Lady Susan, stars Kate Beckinsale as a flirtatious widow looking to marry off her only daughter and find a rich husband for herself.
Oct 31, 2023 · We set out to find the best Jane Austen movies and TV series ever made, coming out of our binge with a ranking that's 27 titles strong and that covers every laughable, lovable adaptation...
Jul 15, 2022 · Here are the best Jane Austen film and TV adaptations and the books they're based on, including Emma, Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice.
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