audrey

I wondering what novel has had the most film adaptations...I know Choderlos de Laclos' novel spawned Les Liaisons dangereuses/ Dangerous Liaisons/ Valmont/ Cruel Intentions and that 3 versions of Heminngway's short story The Killers have been filmed. Any others that have 3 or more movie adaptations?

Inverse

Dracula.

ryuryu2949

Don't forget Cruel Intentions 2 on that list... its the same plot as the original cruel intentions

Oh, and I would have to say some Shakespeare works have been adapted numerous times; Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and MacBeth have often been made.

Jay G.

Shakespeare doesn't count because he wrote plays, not novels.

For god's sake, he never inetended for people to read them.

GoldenJCJ

A Christmas Carol

"wouldn't want to scare the dickens out of people"

FiveO

Still like the movie version of The Stand.

One of my favorite books and movies.

Buck Turgidson

Les Miserables has about half a dozen.

War and Peace and Anna Karennina each have three that I know of.

fumanstan

Hmm... i'm sure there have been various tellings of classic novels. Count of Monte Cristo? Or Treasure Island?

eedoon

The Three Musketeers.

Movies

Three Musketeers: Part 1, The (1911)
Three Musketeers: Part 2, The (1911)
Three Musketeers, The (1914/I)
Three Musketeers, The (1914/II)
Three Musketeers, The (1916)
...aka D'Artagnan (1916)
Three Musketeers, The (1921)
Three Musketeers, The (1933/I)
Three Musketeers, The (1935)
Three Musketeers, The (1939)
...aka Singing Musketeer, The (1939) (UK)
Three Musketeers, The (1948)
Three Musketeers, The (1993)
Three Musketeers, The (1996)
Three Musketeers, The (1973)
...aka Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds, The (1973) (USA)
...aka Tres mosqueteros, Los (1973) (Spain)
Three Musketeers, The (1903)
Forsane el talata, El (1941)
...aka Three Musketeers, The (1941) (International: English title)
Tre moschettieri, I (1909)
...aka Three Musketeers, The (1909) (UK)
Tres mosqueteros, Los (1945)
...aka Three Musketeers, The (1945) (International: English title)
Tres mosqueteros, Los (1942)
...aka Three Musketeers, The (1942) (International: English title)
Tres mosquiteros, Los (1953)
...aka Three Musketeers, The (1953/II) (International: English title)
Trois mousquetaires, Les (1953)
...aka Fate largo ai moschettieri! (1953) (Italy)
...aka Three Musketeers, The (1953/I) (USA)
Trois mousquetaires, Les (1933)
...aka Three Musketeers (1933/II) (USA)
Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (1972)
...aka Alle für einen - Prügel für alle (1972)
...aka Three Musketeers of the West (1972)
...aka Todos para uno, golpes para todos (1972)
Pimple's Three Musketeers (1922)
Zorro e i tre moschiettieri (1963)
...aka Mask of the Musketeers (1964) (USA: TV title)
...aka Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
D'Artanyan i tri mushketyora (1978)
...aka D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978)
...aka ä'áÒÔÁÎØÑÎ É ÔÒÉ ÍÕÛËÅÔ£ÒÁ (1978) (Soviet Union: Russian title: original Cyrillic KOI8-R title)
Trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady, Les (1961)
...aka Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) (USA)
Sexabenteuer der drei Musketiere, Die (1971)
...aka Sex Adventures of the Three Musketeers, The (1971) (USA)
Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers, The (1992)
Fencing Contest From 'The Three Musketeers' (1898)
Nu san jian xia (1950)
...aka Three Girl Musketeers (1950) (Hong Kong: English title)


TV-Movies

Three Musketeers, The (1969) (TV)
Three Musketeers, The (1960) (TV)
Three Musketeers, The (1949) (TV)
Three Musketeers, The (1973/II) (TV)
Making of 'The Three Musketeers', The (1973) (TV)

Made for video

Three Musketeers (1999) (V)
TV series
"Three Musketeers, The" (1966) (mini) TV series
"Three Musketeers, The" (1956) TV series
"Anime san jushi" (1987) TV series
...aka "Animated Three Musketeers" (1987) (International: English title)
...aka "Three Musketeers, The" (1987) (International: English title)

Stoolie

eedoon got it I think. that's what I thought of when I read the first post in this thread.

PalmerJoss

I thought I remembered reading somewhere that Tarzan was the most adapted novel for the screen. This is straight from the imdb:


Movies
Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan (1985)
...aka Adventures of Tarzan (1985) (India: English title)
Tarzan 303 (1970)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964)
Tarzan and King Kong (1965)
Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army (1968)
Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)
Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)
Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
...aka Tarzan und die verlorene Stadt (1998) (Germany)
Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
Tarzan and the Mountains of the Moon (1967)
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1967)
Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
...aka Tarzan and the Jungle Queen (1950) (USA)
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
Tarzan Aur Jadugar (1963)
Tarzan Aur Jalpari (1964)
Tarzan Comes to Delhi (1965)
...aka Tarzan Delhi Mein (1965) (India: Hindi title)
Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Tarzan do 5o Esquerdo, O (1958)
Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
Tarzan Istanbul'da (1952)
...aka Tarzan in Istanbul (1952) (International: English title)
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)
...aka Tarzan and the Blue Stone of Heaven (1967) (USA)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
...aka Tarzan and the Arrow of Death (1949) (USA)
Tarzan Mama-Mia (1989)
...aka Me and Mama Mia (1989) (International: English title)
...aka Mig og mama mia (1989)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Tarzan of Manisa (1994)
...aka Manisa tarzani (1994) (Turkey: Turkish title)
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Tarzan's Peril (1951)
...aka Jungle Queen (1951)
...aka Tarzan and the Jungle Queen (1951) (UK)
...aka Tarzan's Mate in Peril (1951) (USA)
Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
Tarzan Rifki (1986)
Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
...aka Tarzan, the Hunted (1952)
Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
Tarzan Sundhari (1988)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
Tarzan the Mighty (1928)
Tarzan the Tiger (1929)
Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
...aka Agente Lemmy Caution, missione Alphaville (1965) (Italy)
...aka Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965)
...aka Alphaville, a Strange Case of Lemmy Caution (1965)
...aka Tarzan Vs. IBM (1965)
Drifter, The (1944)
...aka Tarzan contro tarzan (1944) (Italy)
Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)
...aka Lost Island of Kioga (1938) (USA: recut version)
...aka Tarzan auf der Schatzinsel (1938) (Austria)
Karzan, il favoloso uomo della giungla (1972)
...aka Karzan: Master of the Jungle (1972) (Europe: English title: video title)
...aka Tarzan och djungelns desperados (1974) (Sweden)
Nature in the Wrong (1933)
...aka Tarzan in the Wrong (1933) (USA)
Taur, il re della forza bruta (1960)
...aka Tarzan, re de la forza bruta (1960) (Italy: original title)
...aka Taur the Mighty (1960)
...aka Tor (1960)
...aka Tarzan, roi de la force brutale (1960) (France)
Disi Tarzan (1971)
Totò Tarzan (1950)
Gummi-Tarzan (1981)
...aka Rubber Tarzan (1981) (USA)
Cri de Tarzan, Le (1996)
Son of Tarzan (1920)
Cyrille-Tarzan-Delannoit (1973)
Come On, Tarzan (1932)
Dümbüllü Tarzan (1954)
Tarzanova smrt (1962)
...aka Death of Tarzan, The (1968) (USA)
Revenge of Tarzan, The (1920)
...aka Return of Tarzan, The (1920)
Romance of Tarzan, The (1918)
Min pappa är Tarzan (1986)
Adventures of Tarzan, The (1921)
Investigating Tarzan (1997)
Lion Hunters, The (1951)
...aka Bomba and the Lion Hunters, The (1951) (UK)
...aka Viidakon nuori Tarzan (1956) (Finland)
New Adventures of Tarzan, The (1935/II)
...aka Tarzan's New Adventure (1935) (USA: TV title)
New Adventures of Tarzan, The (1935/I)
...aka Tarzan and the Lost Goddess (1935)
...aka Tarzan in Guatemala (1935)
Isamil Yassine Tarazane (1958)
...aka Isamil Yassine as Tarzan (1958) (International: English title)
Adventures of Chinese Tarzan, The (1940)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Circus Season: Travels with Tarzan, A (1999)
Fovatai o Yannis to therio (1969)
...aka Tha pao stin zougla me ton Tarzan (1969)
Tigerstreifenbaby wartet auf Tarzan (1998)
...aka Tigerstripe Baby Is Waiting for Tarzan (1998) (International: English title)
Homenaje a Tarzán (1970)
Tarzak contro gli uomini leopardo (1964)
...aka Ape Man of the Jungle (1964) (USA)
...aka Tarzak Against the Leopard Men (1964) (USA: US version)
...aka Tarzán contra los hombres leopardo (1964) (Spain)
Tarzán en el Café Lisboa (1997)
Tarzán en la gruta del oro (1969)
...aka King of the Jungle (1969) (USA: video title)
...aka Zan, King of the Jungle (1969)
...aka Zan, re della giunglia (1969) (Italy)
Tarzán en las minas del rey Salomón (1973)
...aka Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines (1973)
Tarzán y el arco iris (1972)
...aka Gungala and the Treasure of the Emerald Cave (1972) (USA)
...aka Tarzan e la pantera nera (1972) (Italy)
Tarzán y el misterio de la selva (1972)
...aka Green Inferno (1972) (USA)
Tarzán y el tesoro Kawana (1974)
TV-Movies
Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) (TV)
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996) (TV)
Tarzan the Fearless (1964) (TV)
Tarzan: The Legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1996) (TV)
Made for video
Tarzan & Jane (2002) (V)
Tarzan of the Apes (1999) (V)
Nemý Bobes aneb ceský Tarzan (1997) (V)
...aka Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997) (V) (International: English title)
TV series
"Tarzan" (1966) TV series
"Tarzan and Jane" (2003) TV series
"Tarzan and the Super 7" (1978) TV series
"Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour, The" (1980) TV series
"Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour, The" (1980) TV series
"Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" (1976) TV series
"Tarzan: The Epic Adventures" (1996) TV series
"New Adventures of Batman, The" (1977) TV series
...aka "Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour, The" (1977) (USA: rerun title)
"Legend of Tarzan, The" (2001) TV series
...aka "Disney's the Legend of Tarzan" (2001) (USA: complete title)
"Tarzán" (1991) TV series

Groucho

There have been a ton of "Treasure Island" movies as well.

Cusm

What about the Iliad and the Odyssey.

TeeSeeJay

Just because a character is recurring in many movies doesn't mean that all those movies are adaptations from the original source.

I mean, "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman" or whatever is not exactly an adaptation of Shelley's novel, is it?

Just like "Tarzan in Manhattan" is not an adaptation.

Ghostface180

Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" or "Ten Little Indians" has been made into at least five different movies including:

And Then There Were None - 1945
Gumnaam - 1965
Ten Little Indians - 1965
Ten Little Indians - 1974
Ten Little Indians - 1989

It's also been the inspiration for countless mystery and horror movies, most recently Identity and the upcoming Mindhunters.

Sunday Morning

'Nother vote for dracula. There must be over 100 films that feature dracula.

SunMonkey

I'm pretty sure I read that there are more movies with the Sherlock Holmes character than any other.

FinkPish

I would say "The Count of Monte Cristo." The IMDB has at least 13 films listed, and a few TV movies and series.

DeputyDave

Does Tarzan count? Considering it was a whole series of books. My vote would be for The Three Musketeers.

whaaat

Looks like Three Musketeers has got it.
Though I thought Robin Hood had a ton of movie adaptations as well.

littlefuzzy

Wizard of Oz has quite a few...