A Christmas Carol (1938)
Apr 7, 2001Miser's Redemption
A fine classic cinematic adaptation of the oft-filmed Charles Dickens tale about the redemption of a miser, starring Reginald Owen as Scrooge
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Scrooge (1951)
Apr 16, 1999Miser's Redemption
This is usually regarded as one of the best versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a British-made production starring Alistair Sim
Scrooge (1970)
Dec 16, 2000Miser's Redemption Musical
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring Albert Finney as Scrooge, this is made on a big budget, leading to an extravagant and often over-produced film
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Dec 25, 2024Miser’s Redemption
Well-made and extremely faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens’s perennial Christmas story starring George C. Scott as Scrooge. This brings out story elements other versions skip over
Scrooged (1988)
Jun 1, 2004Modernised A Christmas Carol
A modernised version of A Christmas Carol that seems to have been construed in the shadow of Ghostbusters right down to casting Bill Murray as Scrooge
Oliver & Company (1988)
Aug 5, 2002Disney Animation/Talking Animals
One of the more forgettable Disney animated film of the 1970s/80s lull, this draws heavily on Lady and the Tramp for a talking animals retelling of Oliver Twist
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Feb 26, 2002Muppet Movie
The first of the insipid Muppet movies made following Jim Henson’s death, directed by his son Brian. This twists the Muppets out of shape to fit them into a retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Oct 31, 2008Miser's Redemption
For my money, the best adaptation of the multiply-filmed Charles Dickens tale. Patrick Stewart is a great Scrooge and the film respects the story, giving its milieu and central character life as a tale for adults
A Christmas Carol (2004)
Feb 11, 2006Miser's Redemption Musical
TV movie version of the oft-filmed Charles Dickens tale featuring Kelsey Grammer as a very theatrical Scrooge. This tells the story as a musical but also manages to be surprisingly faithful to the original
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Nov 14, 2009Miser's Redemption/Animation
Robert Zemeckis’s motion-capture animated adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. The tale has gone through so many adaptations, it fee;s an uphill battle to find anything new in the story no matter the technical quality of the film
A Christmas Carol (2019)
Dec 25, 2020Miser's Redemption/Dark Adult Retelling
A tv mini-series that offers a dark, adult and definitely not family friendly version of the oft-filmed Charles Dickens tale that reinvents the original in quite astonishing ways
Spirited (2022)
Dec 25, 2022Modernised A Christmas Carol
Imagine A Christmas Carol retold as a bromance where Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present abandon hauntings and become besties