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Top 100 Classic Film Adaptation

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . Gone with the Wind (1939)Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes score
2 . The African Queen (1951)Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull score
3 . Alice in Wonderland (1951)Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna score
4 . The Big Sleep (1946)Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers score
5 . Bambi (1942)Hardie Albright, Sam Edwards, Otis Harlan, Sterling Holloway score
6 . Ben-Hur (1959)Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd score
7 . Another Thin Man (1939)William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger score
8 . The Maltese Falcon (1941)Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre score
9 . Psycho (1960)Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin score
10 . Vertigo (1958)James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore score
11 . Bye Bye Birdie (1963)Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret , Maureen Stapleton score
12 . All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Ben Alexander score
13 . Auntie Mame (1958)Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark score
14 . Bell, Book and Candle (1958)James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs score
15 . Holiday (1938)Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton score
16 . I Was a Male War Bride (1949)Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, King Donovan score
17 . The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa score
18 . Rebecca (1940)Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson score
19 . The Women (1939)Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland score
20 . The Graduate (1967)Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels score
21 . The Quiet Man (1952)John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond score
22 . Alice Adams (1935)Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable score
23 . Stage Door (1937)Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick score
24 . The Killers (1946)Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker score
25 . Desk Set (1957)Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell score
26 . Lady of Burlesque (1943)Barbara Stanwyck, Iris Adrian, Charles Dingle, J. Edward Bromberg score
27 . The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn score
28 . To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy score
29 . Mogambo (1953)Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden score
30 . Strangers on a Train (1951)Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll score
31 . Cinderella (1950)Verna Felton, James MacDonald, Don Barclay, June Foray score
32 . Bullitt (1968)Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell score
33 . Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert score
34 . The Odd Couple (1968)Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman score
35 . Dark Passage (1947)Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead score
36 . Golden Boy (1939)Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden, Lee J. Cobb score
37 . The Grapes of Wrath (1940)Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charles Grapewin score
38 . The Pajama Game (1957)Doris Day, John Raitt score
39 . Alfie (1966)Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron score
40 . Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains, Edward Everett Horton score
41 . Annie Get Your Gun (1950)Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish score
42 . Brother Orchid (1940)Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp score
43 . Topper (1937)Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie Burke score
44 . Destry Rides Again (1939)Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger score
45 . The Petrified Forest (1936)Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart score
46 . Bicycle Thieves (1948)Sergio Leone score
47 . The Parent Trap (1961)Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles score
48 . Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger score
49 . The Lost Weekend (1945)Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva score
50 . Cat People (1942)Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jack Holt, Alan Napier score
51 . Babes in Arms (1939)Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee score
52 . In a Lonely Place (1950)Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid score
53 . Blithe Spirit (1945)Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Carey score
54 . Show Boat (1951)Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown score
55 . The Good Earth (1937)Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch score
56 . Dinner at Eight (1933)Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow score
57 . The Black Cat (1934)Boris Karloff, B?la Lugosi, David Manners, Harry Cording score
58 . The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson score
59 . The Third Man (1949)Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard score
60 . The Heiress (1949)Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins score
61 . The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef score
62 . Beat the Devil (1953)Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley score
63 . On the Beach (1959)Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins score
64 . Camille (1936)Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan score
65 . The Jungle Book (1967)Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway score
66 . A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden score
67 . From Here to Eternity (1953)Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed score
68 . The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce score
69 . The Sun Also Rises (1957)Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn score
70 . Damn Yankees (1958)Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown score
71 . Anna Karenina (1935)Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan score
72 . Nosferatu (1922)Max Schreck score
73 . The Major and the Minor (1942)Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn score
74 . Captains Courageous (1937)Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas score
75 . Black Narcissus (1947)Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Sabu Dastagir score
76 . Belles on their Toes (1952)Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter score
77 . Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin score
78 . Blues in the Night (1941)Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan score
79 . Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, James Robertson Justice score
80 . All the King's Men (1949)Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek score
81 . Now, Voyager (1942)Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper score
82 . Sleeping Beauty (1959)Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes score
83 . National Velvet (1944)Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere score
84 . The Big Heat (1953)Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin score
85 . High Society (1956)Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm score
86 . Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan score
87 . Wuthering Heights (1939)Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson score
88 . Night Nurse (1931)Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable score
89 . Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens score
90 . Ivanhoe (1952)Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders score
91 . Anna and the King of Siam (1946)Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb score
92 . Touch of Evil (1958)Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia score
93 . Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler score
94 . A Damsel in Distress (1937)Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine score
95 . George Washington Slept Here (1942)Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel score
96 . The Bad Seed (1956)Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart score
97 . Spellbound (1945)Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll score
98 . Rosemary's Baby (1968)Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer score
99 . Alice in Wonderland (1933)Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Gary Cooper score
100 . The Letter (1940)Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.