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The English Teacher Goes to the Movies Part 1: Film Adaptations of Great Literature

Our maverick English Teacher and movie buff looks at Literature and Film, and comes up with 200 screen adaptations of major literary works. His criteria were that 1) the literary works had to have appeared on multiple academic reading lists ( or were lesser known work by major writers), and 2) the films had to have been released to movie theaters. Consequently, TV adaptations were excluded ( Sorry BBC.) Film adaptations of plays, particularly Shakespeare, were also excluded because our compiler feels they deserve lists of their own. In some cases multiple adaptations are listed, as are a few popular free adaptations, such as "Apocalypse Now" and "Clueless."
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avg. score: 30 of 200 (15%)
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1984 (1956)
1984 (1956)
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1984 (1984)
1984 (1984)
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
4
49th Parallel (1941)
49th Parallel (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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The Age of Innocence (1993)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Animal Farm (1954)
Animal Farm (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
8
Anna Karenina (1935)
Anna Karenina (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
9
Anna Karenina (1948)
Anna Karenina (1948)
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Anna Karenina (1967)
Anna Karenina (1967)
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Anna Karenina (2012)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
12
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
Arrowsmith (1931)
Arrowsmith (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
14
Atonement (2007)
Atonement (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
15
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
16
Ben-Hur (2016)
Ben-Hur (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   25%
17
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
18
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
The Big Sleep (1978)
The Big Sleep (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   50%
20
Billy Budd (1962)
Billy Budd (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
21
The Bostonians (1984)
The Bostonians (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
22
The Bounty (1984)
The Bounty (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   27%
24
Camille (1936)
Camille (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
25
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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The Canterbury Tales (1972)
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
27
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
28
Captains Courageous (1937)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
29
A Christmas Carol (1938)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
32
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
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Clueless (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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The Comedians (1967)
The Comedians (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   27%
35
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Crime and Punishment (1935)
Crime and Punishment (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
37
Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
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Daisy Miller (1974)
Daisy Miller (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
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