# The best Jane Austen adaptations

From the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice and Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility to Clueless and Love & Friendship: the Austen adaptations championed by Penguin's writers and ranked by BTSB.

- 288 votes · 12 items
- Nov 23, 2022 · Harsh Iyer
- https://even.best/en/l/4324/the-best-jane-austen-adaptations

## Top 10

1. **Pride and Prejudice (1995)** (34 · ▲37 ▼3) — BBC: Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth's Mr Darcy across six hours.
2. **Sense and Sensibility (1995)** (31 · ▲33 ▼2) — Ang Lee, with Emma Thompson's Oscar-winning screenplay.
3. **Pride & Prejudice (2005)** (20 · ▲25 ▼5) — Joe Wright: Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in the misty dawn.
4. **Persuasion (1995)** (20 · ▲23 ▼3) — Roger Michell: Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth, second chances.
5. **Emma. (2020)** (17 · ▲21 ▼4) — Autumn de Wilde: Anya Taylor-Joy as the meddling matchmaker.
6. **Northanger Abbey (2007)** (15 · ▲18 ▼3) — A gothic-novel-loving heroine and excellent casting.
7. **Love & Friendship (2016)** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — Whit Stillman: Kate Beckinsale as the scheming Lady Susan.
8. **Emma (2009)** (11 · ▲15 ▼4) — BBC miniseries with Romola Garai, for true romantics.
9. **Sanditon (2019)** (10 · ▲14 ▼4) — Andrew Davies completes Austen's unfinished last novel.
10. **Mansfield Park (1999)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Patricia Rozema's darker take with a reimagined Fanny Price.
11. **Clueless (1995)** (8 · ▲15 ▼7) — Amy Heckerling moves Emma to a Beverly Hills high school.
12. **Bride and Prejudice (2004)** (2 · ▲11 ▼9) — Gurinder Chadha turns Pride and Prejudice into Bollywood.

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