Film adaptations of 19th-century novels - Filmium

Great Expectations

1990S • Redemption • Reconciliation • Mid-Budget • Artistic Soundtrack • Social Class

1998 • Movie • US

Great Expectations

Stage Challenge • Theatre Characters • Stage Success • Period Drama • Stage Adaptation • London

2013 • Movie • GB

Emma

Happy Ending • Jane Fairfax • Harriet Smith • Romantic Misunderstandings • Romantic Music • 84% Rotten Tomatoes

1996 • Movie • US

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre • Victorian England • Manor Estate • United Kingdom • Love And Morality • Uk

1997 • Movie • GB

Persuasion

Anne Elliot • Ambiguous • Early 19Th Century • Love Rekindled • Filming

2022 • Movie • US, GB

Sense and Sensibility

Colonel Brandon • Marriage Prospects • Social Hierarchy • John Willoughby • Over 2 Hours • Social Reputation

1995 • Movie • GB

Confession of a Child of the Century

Romantic Betrayal • Romantic Era • Bittersweet • Brigitte • Ambient • Charlotte Gainsbourg

2012 • Movie • DE, GB, FR

Pride & Prejudice

Late 18Th Century • Groombridge Place • Longbourn • Georgian Era • Romanticism • Two-Hour Runtime

2005 • Movie • US, GB, FR

Austenland

Deception • Regency Era • Buckinghamshire • Self-Realization • West Wycombe Park • Jane Hayes

2013 • Movie • GB, US

Lost Illusions

Journalist • Nobility Aspirant • Provincial France • Social Destruction • Venice Film Festival • Social Mobility

2021 • Movie • BE, FR

Lovers of Paris

Social Mobility • Berthe • Business Ambitions • Adaptation • Romantic Ambition • Paris

1957 • Movie • FR, IT

Emma

Broughton Castle • Highbury • Mr. Knightley • Dorney Court • Viewership • Class Distinctions

1996 • Movie • GB

The Invisible Woman

Charles Dickens • Doncaster • Loss And Grief • Oscar Nomination • Ralph Fiennes As Dickens • Romantic Affair

2013 • Movie • GB

Cousin Bette

Artistic Young Man • Tragic Ending • Family Estate • Comedy • Bittersweet • Mid-Budget

1998 • Movie • US, GB

Possession

Ambiguous • Hidden Love Affair • Romantic Mystery • Deliberate • Parallel Storytelling • United Kingdom

2002 • Movie • US, GB

Little Women

Victorian Era • Artistic Ambitions • Harmony • Massachusetts • Artistic Ambition • Timothée Chalamet

2019 • Movie • US

Emma.

Early 1800S • Highbury Village • Cotswolds • Period Drama Appeal • Emma'S Self-Awareness

2020 • Movie • GB

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Open-Ended • Romantic Betrayal • Lyme Regis • Period Accuracy • Epic Length • Multiple Endings

1981 • Movie • GB

Great Expectations

Estella • Chatham Docks • Benefactor Mystery

1946 • Movie • GB

The Children of the Century

Paris • Tragic • Bittersweet • France • Venice

1999 • Movie • FR

Far from the Madding Crowd

Buckinghamshire • Headstrong Woman • Love Rivalry • Victorian Era • Slow-Paced • Oxfordshire

2015 • Movie

Colette

Marital Betrayal • Willy • 1920S France • Festival Premiere • Colette • Critical Acclaim

2018 • Movie • GB, US

Jane Eyre

Broughton Castle • Haddon Hall • Reunion • Literary Adaptation • Gothic Romance • Orphaned Protagonist

2011 • Movie • GB, US

The Mysteries of Paris

19Th-Century Paris • Irene • Tragic • Classic Filmmaking • Social Justice • Jean Marais

1962 • Movie • IT, FR

Madame Bovary

Normandy • Tragic Ending • Leon Dupuis • Financial Loss • Social Critique

1949 • Movie • US

Beloved Sisters

Germany • Friedrich Schiller • Romantic Rivalry • Beloved Sisters

2014 • Movie • AT, DE, CH

Madame Bovary

Literary Period • Financial Ruin • Full Circle • 19Th Century Village • Bittersweet • Dramatic

2015 • Movie • DE, BE, US

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Aspiring Author • Romantic Interests • Romantic Pursuit • Funny • Writer'S Journey

2025 • Movie • FR

The Romantic Englishwoman

Affair • French Riviera • Marital Suspicion • Baden-Baden • Escape To France

1975 • Movie • GB, FR

The Marquise of O

Northern Italy • 1799 • Reconciliation • Social Reputation • Innocence And Guilt

1976 • Movie • FR, DE