# The best Alexandre Dumas film adaptations

Musketeers, the iron mask, Queen Margot and, above all, Edmond Dantès: the Dumas adaptations reviewed by El Cine de lo que yo te diga, from the silent-era Fairbanks films to the 2024 Monte Cristo.

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- Feb 20, 2025 · Matías Morales
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## Top 12

1. **The Four Musketeers (1974)** (71 · ▲75 ▼4) — Richard Lester. The second half, shot at the same time as the first.
2. **The Three Musketeers (1973)** (62 · ▲71 ▼9) — Richard Lester. Swashbuckling with humour and an all-star cast; Golden Globe.
3. **The Three Musketeers (1948)** (53 · ▲63 ▼10) — George Sidney. Gene Kelly as D'Artagnan and Lana Turner as Milady.
4. **The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)** (53 · ▲60 ▼7) — Rowland V. Lee. Robert Donat as Edmond Dantès.
5. **The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)** (46 · ▲54 ▼8) — Claude Autant-Lara. Dantès, the Château d'If and revenge.
6. **The Iron Mask (1929)** (42 · ▲47 ▼5) — Allan Dwan. Douglas Fairbanks plays D'Artagnan again.
7. **Queen Margot (1994)** (41 · ▲48 ▼7) — Patrice Chéreau. Isabelle Adjani and the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
8. **The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)** (37 · ▲43 ▼6) — Randall Wallace. Leonardo DiCaprio as Louis XIV and his twin.
9. **The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)** (36 · ▲47 ▼11) — Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte. Pierre Niney; premiered at Cannes.
10. **The Black Tulip (1964)** (27 · ▲41 ▼14) — Christian-Jaque. Alain Delon in a dual role.
11. **The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)** (19 · ▲37 ▼18) — James Whale. The version by the director of Frankenstein.
12. **The Three Musketeers (1993)** (7 · ▲27 ▼20) — Stephen Herek. Chris O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland.

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