Each picture is a link to a trailer or other information for the movie.
(Movies [mostly the major ones] based on books by classic authors that I can recommend. And I 'graded' them all.)
Jane Austen movies
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
mini-series
(A+)
Emma (2009)
mini-series
(A+)
Emma (1996, A&E)
(A)
Emma (1996, Miramax)
(B+)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
(A)
Sense and Sensibility (2008)
mini-series
([A], excluding the opening scene,
which I recommend skipping.)
Mansfield Park (1983)
mini-series
(B)
Persuasion (1995)
(A-)
Persuasion (2007)
(A)
Elizabeth Gaskell movies
North & South (2004)
mini-series
(A)
Wives and Daughters (1999)
mini-series
(A-)
Cranford (2007)
mini-series
(B+)
Return to Cranford (2009)
mini-series
(B+)
Charles Dickens movies
Little Dorrit (2008)
long mini-series
([A] excluding a few scenes, mainly
from episode 2. More info in...
Bleak House (2005)
long mini-series
(A-)
my review (guest post)
A Christmas Carol (1984)
(A)
This is by far my favorite version!
Our Mutual Friend (1998)
mini-series
(A-)
There's at least one
scene I suggest skipping
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
(A-)
There's a sort of review in this post
David Copperfield (1999)
mini-series
(B+)
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre (1983)
mini-series
(B)
Jane Eyre (1996)
(B+)
Jane Eyre (2011)
(A-)
I can only recommend this with some scenes skipped.
Other old-fashioned movies I recommend
Anne of Green Gables (1985)
(A+)
Anne of Green Gables:
The Sequel (1987)
(A+)
Little Women (1994)
(A)
Lorna Doone (2000)
(A)
The Moonstone (1997)
(B+)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
(A)
Miss Potter (2006)
(A-)
The Love Letter (1998)
(A)
A Little Princess (1986)
mini-series
(A)
The Secret Garden
(B+)
TV Shows
Road to Avonlea TV Series
(7 seasons)
(A+)
my review (guest post)
Wind At My Back
(From the same makers of the
Anne movies & Road to Avonlea)
(A-)
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