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Great Expectations (1946)
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Director David Lean
Writer Charles Dickens, David Lean, Ronald Neame
Cast John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager
Plot A 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.
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Oliver! (1968)
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Director Carol Reed
Writer Lionel Bart, Vernon Harris, Charles Dickens
Cast Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis
Plot After being sold to the mortician Sowerberry, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by their elderly mentor Fagin in 1830s London in this musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver T...
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Scrooge aka A Christmas Carol (1951)
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Director Brian Desmond Hurst
Writer Charles Dickens, Noel Langley
Cast Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison
Plot Ebenezer 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 ...
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Oliver Twist (1948)
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Director David Lean
Writer Charles Dickens, David Lean, Stanley Haynes
Cast Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh
Plot In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
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A Christmas Carol (1938)
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Director Edwin L. Marin
Writer Charles Dickens, Hugo Butler
Cast Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Plot An elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
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A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
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Director Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard
Writer Charles Dickens, W.P. Lipscomb, S.N. Behrman
Cast Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver
Plot A 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.
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Scrooged (1988)
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Director Richard Donner
Writer Mitch Glazer, Michael O'Donoghue, Charles Dickens
Cast Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe
Plot A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
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Director Brian Henson
Writer Charles Dickens, Jerry Juhl
Cast Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire
Plot The Muppets put their spin on the tale of an elder, Christmas-hating miser who is visited by spirits who foretell his future and share secrets from his past and present, which helps change his view on life.
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Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
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Director Burny Mattinson
Writer Charles Dickens, Burny Mattinson, Tony Marino
Cast Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith
Plot The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
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The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger aka David Copperfield (1935)
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Director George Cukor
Writer Charles Dickens, Hugh Walpole, Howard Estabrook
Cast Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Lawton, Edna May Oliver
Plot A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
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A Christmas Carol (1984)
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Director Clive Donner
Writer Charles Dickens, Roger O. Hirson
Cast George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence
Plot A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
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Director Richard Boden
Writer Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Charles Dickens
Cast Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Plot After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
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Oliver Twist (2005)
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Director Roman Polanski
Writer Charles Dickens, Ronald Harwood
Cast Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift
Plot An 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.
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A Christmas Carol (2009)
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Director Robert Zemeckis
Writer Charles Dickens, Robert Zemeckis
Cast Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Plot Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old moneylender is visited by three Christmas spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge embarks on a journey of self-redemption to mend his miserly ways
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Scrooge (1970)
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Director Ronald Neame
Writer Charles Dickens, Leslie Bricusse
Cast Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans
Plot A 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.
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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
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Director Abe Levitow
Writer Charles Dickens, Barbara Chain, Stephen Bosustow
Cast Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Cassidy
Plot This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
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Director Bharat Nalluri
Writer Susan Coyne, Les Standiford, Charles Dickens
Cast Dan Stevens, Mark Schrier, Patrick Joseph Byrnes
Plot The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
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Great Expectations (1998)
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Director Alfonso Cuaran
Writer Charles Dickens, Mitch Glazer
Cast Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria
Plot Modernization of Charles Dickens' classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
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Scrooge (1935)
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Director Henry Edwards
Writer Charles Dickens, H. Fowler Mear
Cast Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran
Plot Ebenezer 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...
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A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
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Director Ralph Thomas
Writer Charles Dickens, T.E.B. Clarke
Cast Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker
Plot During 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.
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A Christmas Carol (1999)
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Director David Hugh Jones
Writer Peter Barnes, Charles Dickens
Cast Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey
Plot An bitter old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
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Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
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Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer Rod Serling, Charles Dickens
Cast Percy Rodrigues, Sterling Hayden, Ben Gazzara
Plot Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
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Director Douglas McGrath
Writer Charles Dickens, Douglas McGrath
Cast Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer
Plot A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.
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Spirited (2022)
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Director Sean Anders
Writer Sean Anders, John Morris, Charles Dickens
Cast Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer
Plot A musical version of Charles Dickens's story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.
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A Christmas Carol (1971)
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Director Richard Williams
Writer Charles Dickens
Cast Alastair Sim, Michael Redgrave, Melvyn Hayes
Plot An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
