Classic Movie Adaptations from before the 1960s

1.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,035 ratings
2.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,946 ratings
3.
Heidi
Heidi 4.04 avg rating — 208,686 ratings
4.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel, #1)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 140,070 ratings
5.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,809 ratings
6.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 24,254 ratings
7.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,109 ratings
8.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 4.03 avg rating — 37,355 ratings
9.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.28 avg rating — 5,097 ratings
10.
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel 3.88 avg rating — 2,499 ratings
11.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,290 ratings
12.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,866 ratings
13.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,656 ratings
14.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson 4.01 avg rating — 3,189 ratings
15.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,100 ratings
16.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,938 ratings
17.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,061 ratings
18.
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce 3.93 avg rating — 10,537 ratings
19.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan 4.03 avg rating — 366,975 ratings
20.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,260 ratings
21.
Saratoga Trunk
Saratoga Trunk 3.72 avg rating — 806 ratings
22.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,715 ratings
23.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,304 ratings
24.
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
by: Zane Grey
3.75 avg rating — 14,360 ratings
25.
Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street 4.24 avg rating — 2,673 ratings
26.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,193 ratings
27.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,067 ratings
28.
Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 90,470 ratings
29.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,259 ratings
30.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating — 267,564 ratings
31.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,742 ratings
31.
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating — 18,451 ratings
33.
Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis 4.01 avg rating — 41,007 ratings
34.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 123,988 ratings
35.
A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,512 ratings
35.
The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 45,009 ratings
35.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
35.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,987 ratings
39.
Old Yeller
Old Yeller 4.10 avg rating — 102,365 ratings
40.
The Searchers
The Searchers 4.21 avg rating — 4,052 ratings
41.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,342 ratings
41.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
43.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity 4.06 avg rating — 27,754 ratings
44.
Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent 3.90 avg rating — 204 ratings
45.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,128 ratings
46.
The Birds
The Birds 3.90 avg rating — 6,262 ratings
47.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,774 ratings
48.
Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating — 23,066 ratings
49.
The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon 3.62 avg rating — 114 ratings
50.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,116 ratings
51.
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn 3.90 avg rating — 57,125 ratings
52.
Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)
Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 73,625 ratings
53.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,856 ratings
54.
The White Sister
The White Sister 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
55.
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone 3.73 avg rating — 16,261 ratings
56.
Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies 3.77 avg rating — 247 ratings
57.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,081 ratings
58.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 3.87 avg rating — 35,723 ratings
59.
Alice Adams
Alice Adams 3.63 avg rating — 4,724 ratings
60.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,388 ratings
61.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,301 ratings
62.
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous 3.85 avg rating — 22,141 ratings
63.
Nights With Uncle Remus
Nights With Uncle Remus 3.76 avg rating — 129 ratings
64.
East Lynne
East Lynne 3.74 avg rating — 5,283 ratings
65.
The Yearling
The Yearling 4.03 avg rating — 30,134 ratings
65.
The Shepherd of the Hills
The Shepherd of the Hills 4.22 avg rating — 3,699 ratings
67.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Bitter Tea of General Yen 3.18 avg rating — 44 ratings
68.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate 3.28 avg rating — 854 ratings
68.
Walt Disney's Fantasia
Walt Disney's Fantasia 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
68.
In the Bishop's Carriage
In the Bishop's Carriage 3.70 avg rating — 53 ratings
71.
The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills
The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills 3.62 avg rating — 52 ratings
71.
Rags
Rags 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
71.
Blanche Fury
Blanche Fury 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
74.
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement 3.95 avg rating — 998 ratings
74.
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
76.
Stella Maris
Stella Maris 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
77.
Blood and Sand
Blood and Sand 3.75 avg rating — 437 ratings
78.
The Woman and the Puppet
The Woman and the Puppet 3.65 avg rating — 472 ratings
78.
The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers 3.92 avg rating — 5,181 ratings
80.
Deluge
Deluge 3.34 avg rating — 47 ratings
80.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.77 avg rating — 106,759 ratings
82.
Susan Lenox: Her Rise and Fall
Susan Lenox: Her Rise and Fall 4.03 avg rating — 59 ratings
83.
Mare Nostrum / Our Sea
Mare Nostrum / Our Sea 3.80 avg rating — 85 ratings
83.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,226 ratings
83.
Joy in the Morning
Joy in the Morning 3.93 avg rating — 8,761 ratings
86.
The Torrent
The Torrent 3.77 avg rating — 508 ratings
87.
West of the Water Tower
West of the Water Tower 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
87.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio 3.84 avg rating — 87,071 ratings
87.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,720 ratings
90.
The Devil's Garden
The Devil's Garden 3.36 avg rating — 25 ratings
90.
McTeague: A Story Of San Francisco
McTeague: A Story Of San Francisco 3.68 avg rating — 6,731 ratings
90.
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck 3.79 avg rating — 6,883 ratings
93.
Miss Lulu Bett
Miss Lulu Bett
by: Zona Gale
3.51 avg rating — 179 ratings
94.
Four Jills in a Jeep
Four Jills in a Jeep 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
95.
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions 3.65 avg rating — 964 ratings
96.
Lord Byron of Broadway
Lord Byron of Broadway 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
97.
Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Conrad in Quest of His Youth 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
98.
No. 13 Washington Square
No. 13 Washington Square 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
99.
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows 4.12 avg rating — 433,116 ratings
100.
The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson
The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson 3.95 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
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