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- DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlbert FinneyAlec GuinnessEdith EvansA musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.1 Golden Globe Award winner (Best Actor Comedy or Musical - Albert Finney)
4 Academy Awards nominations (Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Original Song - "Thank You Very Much", Best Music)
4 Golden Globe Awards nominations (Best Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song) - DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsReginald OwenGene LockhartKathleen LockhartAn elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert NewtonAlec GuinnessKay WalshIn Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.Venice Film Festival winner (Best Production Design)
1 BAFTA Award nomination (Best British Film) - DirectorCarol ReedStarsMark LesterRon MoodyShani WallisAfter being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.5 Academy Awards winner (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Music)
2 Golden Globe Awards winner (Best Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Actor Comedy or Musical - Ron Moody)
6 Academy Awards nominations (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor - Jack Wild, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing)
3 Golden Globe Awards nominations (Best Director, Best Supporting Actor - Hugh Griffith, Most Promisin Newcomer) - DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDirk BogardeDorothy TutinCecil ParkerDuring the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
- DirectorChristine EdzardStarsDerek JacobiAlec GuinnessJoan GreenwoodArthur returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison.2 Academy Awards nominations (Best Supporting Actor - Alec Guinness, Best Screenplay)
1 Golden Globe Award nomination (Best Supporting Actor)
2 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Screenplay, Best Costume Design) - DirectorDouglas McGrathStarsCharlie HunnamJamie BellChristopher PlummerA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.1 Golden Globe Award nomination (Best Picture Comedy or Musical)
- StarsDouglas BoothJack RothRay WinstoneThe orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.4 Emmy Awards winner (Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costumes, Best Main Title Design)
3 BAFTA Awards winner (Best Visual Effects, Best Photography, Best Production Design)
1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Main Title Theme Music)
4 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Music, Best Make Up, Best Editing, Best Sound)
1 Satellite Award nomination (Best Actress - Gillian Anderson) - DirectorStuart WalkerStarsClaude RainsDouglass MontgomeryHeather AngelAn opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsDerek BondCedric HardwickeMary MerrallA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRichard AttenboroughCyril CusackEdith EvansThe legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.3 Emmy Awards nominations (Best Dramatic Program, Best Actor - Laurence Olivier, Best Actress - Edith Evans)
- StarsPaul McGannKeeley HawesDominic MafhamIntertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.4 BAFTA Awards winner (Best Drama Serial, Best Make Up, Best Sound, Best Design)
5 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Actor - Timothy Spall, Best Photography, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Original Music) - DirectorStephen WhittakerStarsJohn DallimoreJames D'ArcySophia MylesA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.1 BAFTA Award winner (Best Costume Design)
2 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Make Up, Best Production Design) - DirectorJim GoddardStarsChris SarandonPeter CushingKenneth MoreAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.1 Golden Globe Award nomination (Best Picture Made for TV)
1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Costume Design) - StarsGuy PearceAndy SerkisStephen GrahamIn Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future.1 BAFTA Award nomination (Best Sound)
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsDev PatelHugh LaurieTilda SwintonA modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.1 Golden Globe Award nomination (Best Actor Musical or Comedy - Dev Patel)
1 Satellite Award winner (Best Costume Design)
1 BAFTA Award nomination (Best Casting)
3 Satellite Awards nominations (Best Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Actor, Best Art Direction) - DirectorJoseph HardyStarsMichael YorkSarah MilesJames MasonA humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsFreddie BartholomewFrank LawtonEdna May OliverA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.3 Academy Awards nominations (Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Assistant Director)
Venice Film Festival nomination (Best Foreign Film) - DirectorJack ConwayRobert Z. LeonardStarsRonald ColmanElizabeth AllanEdna May OliverA pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.2 Academy Awards nominations (Best Picture, Best Film Editing)
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsJohn MillsValerie HobsonTony WagerA humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.2 Academy Awards winner (Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction)
3 Academy Awards nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay) - DirectorNoel LangleyStarsJames HayterJames DonaldNigel PatrickThe Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. Jingle, who becomes a continual source of trouble for all who know him. Pickwick himself is the victim of a number of misunderstandings that bring him both embarrassment and problems with the law.1 Academy Award nomination (Best Costume Design)
1 BAFTA Award nomination (Best Actor - James Hayter) - DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsBarney ClarkBen KingsleyJeremy SwiftAn adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
- DirectorBrian PercivalStarsDerek JacobiToby JonesSophie VavasseurA kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
- StarsEmma ChambersJulia SawalhaKeith AllenOld Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their cunning, greed and selfishness. Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.1 BAFTA Award winner (Best Costume Design)
1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Miniseries)
5 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Actor - Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Scofield and Tom Wilkinson, Best Make Up, Best Music) - DirectorLaurent JaouiStarsChristophe MalavoyDéborah FrançoisLola GiovannettiThe dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
- StarsDenholm ElliottSuzanne BurdenJonathan MooreThe great case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce drags on, an obsession to all involved. Then a question of inheritance becomes a question of murder.3 BAFTA Awards winner (Best Make Up, Best Costume Design, Best Design)
3 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Drama Series, Best Cameraman, Best Sound) - DirectorClive DonnerStarsGeorge C. ScottFrank FinlayAngela PleasenceA bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Actor - George C. Scott)
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlastair SimJack WarnerKathleen HarrisonEbenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
- DirectorJulian JarroldStarsIoan GruffuddJustine WaddellCharlotte RamplingA humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.1 BAFTA Award winner (Best Costume Design)
1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Miniseries)
4 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Design, Best Make Up, Best Photography, Best Sound) - StarsDaniel RadcliffeTrevor EvePauline QuirkeA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Supporting Actress - Maggie Smith)
3 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Photography) - StarsMatthew MacfadyenClaire FoyTom CourtenayThe Dorrits are a family whose life revolves around the Marshalsea, a debtor's prison. Amy Dorrit's kind nature brings the family into contact with a wide swath of English society, from the poorest to the richest, and back again.7 Emmy Awards winner (Best Miniseries, Best Art Direction, Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costumes, Best Directing, Best Writing)
1 Satellite Award winner (Best Miniseries)
1 Golden Globe Awards nomination (Best Miniseries)
4 Emmy Awards nominations (Best Hairstyling, Best Music, Best Supporting Actor - Tom Courtenay and Andy Serkis)
5 BAFTA Awards nominations (Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make Up, Best Music, Best Sound) - StarsWilliam MillerTom HardyTimothy SpallThe adventures of the orphaned Oliver Twist in Victorian London.1 BAFTA Award winner (Best Costume Design)
1 BAFTA Award nomination (Best Make Up) - 1997–20231h 31mUnrated6.2 (1.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorTony BillStarsRichard DreyfussElijah WoodDavid O'HaraAn orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Makeup)
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsAlan BarryAdam BlackwoodTom CourtenayWhen young Nell Trent's grandfather loses the investment money of wharf owner Daniel Quilp with cards, Quilp develops an everlasting urge to get him put in the madhouse. Nell and her grandfather flee the city.1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Sound Mixing)
- DirectorMike NewellStarsToby IrvineRalph FiennesJason FlemyngA series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.1 BAFTA Award nomination (Best Costume Design)
- StarsAnna Maxwell MartinCarey MulliganDenis LawsonA suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.2 Emmy Awards winner (Best Cinematography, Best Makeup)
5 BAFTA Awards winner (Best Drama Serial, Best Actress - Anna Maxwell Martin, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Production Design)
2 Golden Globe Awards nominations (Best Miniseries, Best Actress - Gillian Anderson)
8 Emmy Awards nominations (Best Miniseries, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Directing, Best Actor - Charles Dance, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor - Denis Lawson, Best Writing) - StarsMatthew RhysFreddie FoxTamzin MerchantAn exploration of Charles Dicken's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined.1 BAFTA Award nomination (Best Costume Design)
- DirectorStuart WalkerStarsHenry HullPhillips HolmesJane Wyatt9 year old 'Pip' Pirrip, an orphan living with relatives, aids and befriends an escaped convict on the moors, an act that will have a profound effect on his life.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsHugh DancyMichael RichardsEileen AtkinsA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.1 Emmy Award nomination (Best Costumes)
- DirectorAmbrogio Lo GiudiceStarsGiorgio PasottiMaya SansaGianmarco TognazziA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsSeymour HicksDonald CalthropRobert CochranEbenezer Scrooge is a mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.Venice Film Festival winner (Special Recommendation)
Venice Film Festival nomination (Best Foreign Film) - StarsJames WilbyXavier DelucSerena GordonTwo men, one an aristocrat, and one a drunken lawyer, fall in love with the same woman during the early stages of the French Revolution.
- StarsPaul ShelleyRalph MichaelSally OsborneDuring the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose.1 Emmy Award winner (Best Children's Entertainment Series)
- StarsNigel StockClive SwiftAlan ParnabyThe story follows Samuel Pickwick and three other members of The Pickwick Club as they travel throughout the English countryside by coach observing the phenomena of life and human nature, and recording their experiences for the other members of The Pickwick Club. Their memoirs of these experiences are the Pickwick Papers of the novel's title. During their travels Pickwick and Friends manage to land themselves in many humorous and sometimes hair-raising misadventures.
- StarsJulian GloverShirley CainZelah ClarkeThe dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
- StarsHarriet WalterBill PatersonAlan BatesIn the first part of this adaptation by Peter Barnes, we are introduced to Tom and Louisa.