The best Agatha Christie film and TV adaptations
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) · Murder on the Orient Express (1974) · Miss Marple (1984). (Updated Sep 14, 2025.)
Poirot, Miss Marple and the rest: from Witness for the Prosecution and Murder on the Orient Express to the David Suchet and Joan Hickson series, the adaptations ranked highest by CBR and Murder & Mayhem.
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Top 12
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Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
David Suchet plays Poirot for nearly 25 years, across every case.
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2
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Sidney Lumet: Albert Finney and an all-star cast stuck in the snow.
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3
Miss Marple (1984)
Joan Hickson, the definitive Miss Marple for the BBC.
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And Then There Were None (2015)
BBC miniseries: ten guests trapped on an island.
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5
Death on the Nile (1978)
Peter Ustinov as Poirot on a cruise boat in Egypt.
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6
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Peter Ustinov investigates at an Adriatic hotel.
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7
The ABC Murders (2018)
John Malkovich as an ageing Poirot against an alphabetical killer.
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8
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022)
Hugh Laurie adapts a novel, with Will Poulter.
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9
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
BBC miniseries: an adopted son accused of his mother's murder.
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10
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple and Elizabeth Taylor as a film star.
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Murder, She Said (1961)
Margaret Rutherford, a Miss Marple full of humour.
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12
The Pale Horse (2020)
Rufus Sewell in a BBC miniseries about a deadly list of names.
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13
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Billy Wilder: Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich and a twisting trial.
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Crooked House (2017)
A detective and a wealthy family where anyone could be the killer.
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