Charles dickens movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant charles dickens movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, serious, realistic, period piece, emotional and captivating films and TV shows about / with charles dickens, victorian england, orphan, costume, society, coming of age, poverty, literary, social differences and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as charles dickens: Bleak House (2005), Dickensian (2015), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), Our Mutual Friend (1998), David Copperfield (1999), Great Expectations (2011), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001), Little Dorrit (1987), The Invisible Woman (2013).
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List of charles dickens movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
charles dickens, estate, inheritance, aristocracy, orphan, secret, investigation, uncover truth, abbey, social differences, injustice, society ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
victorian england, charles dickens, murder investigation, investigation, private investigation, christmas, murder, family problems, money problems, social problems, city life, financial problem ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1840s
Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
TV show
Story:
Martin Chuzzlewit is an old man with a large fortune and an even larger set of family and friends. A portrait of greed and selfishness, this magnificent adaptation of Dickens' comic masterpiece features an all-star cast.
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
charles dickens, victorian england, inheritance, blackmail, literary, tribe, social climbing, social relations, self involved, family relations, dishonesty, intrigue ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, victorian era
Place:
britain, england, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
victorian england, charles dickens, inheritance, love, unrequited love, makeover, betrayal, dishonesty, lifestyle, life is a bitch, society, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
britain, london, england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, child abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, step parent, manic, orphan, youth, literary, victorian england, rise to the top, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe, dover england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
'Great Expectations' opens with Pip as a boy (played as an young man by newcomer Douglas Booth, 'The Pillars of the Earth') on the marshes near his home, where he encounters the desperate escapee Magwitch (Winstone). Pip is ...
Style:
historical drama, gothic, atmospheric, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
victorian england, lovers, charles dickens, generosity, destiny, rags to riches, convict, orphan, stranger, society, obsession, hopes ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, regency period, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style:
serious, uplifting, sentimental, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
charles dickens, rich and poor, social differences, dysfunctional family, injustice, family relations, power relations, rivalry, life is a bitch, society, youth, siblings relations ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The Charles Dickens story of Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life for his recently torn-apart family. A young compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, emotional, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
charles dickens, greed, vengeance, fall in love, family reunited, happy ending, dysfunctional family, betrayal, uncle nephew relationship, victorian england, family relations, rescue ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1850s, year 2002, 1830s ...
Place:
london, europe, liverpool, yorkshire, england
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Escape of the Artful Dodger was an Australian children’s television series first screened on the Nine Network in 2001.
Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
charles dickens, thief, escape, problem, intrigue, sea voyage, teamwork, frame up, friendship, rescue, heroism, redemption ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 357 min.
Story:
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, love and romance, age difference, age-gap relationship, family relations, couples, master and servant, couple relations, society, fall in love, rise to the top ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, europe, italy, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, actress, writers, writer's life, forbidden love, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, secret relationship, affair, scandal, secret, marital discord ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 303 min.
TV show
Story:
Phillip Pirrip, known as Pip, meets a convict or two in a graveyard and sets into motion a series of events that lead him from a comfortable life in his brother-in-law's forge to a mysterious inheritance and his acquaintance with the eerie Miss ...
Style:
melancholic, gothic, atmospheric, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
charles dickens, victorian england, literary, coming of age, social class, ambition, unrequited love, identity, character study, madness, betrayal, manor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mini-series based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, sad, period drama, tragic
Plot:
charles dickens, victorian england, class conflict, coming of age, adaptation, literary, identity, madness, unrequited love, betrayal, ambition, haunting ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive ...
Style:
costume drama, sentimental, period piece, visually stunning, satirical ...
Plot:
charles dickens, orphan, victorian england, poverty, kite, aunt, child's point of view, children, blackmail, survivor, friendship, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, future, 1840s ...
Place:
england, europe, dover england, london
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in ...
Style:
costume drama, sad, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
french revolution, charles dickens, revolution, tragic romance, nobleman, passion, unrequited love, literary, historical event, fall in love, friendship, love triangle ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s
Place:
paris france, london, france, europe, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 386 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies giving birth to him in an English work-house in the 1820s.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, emotional, gloomy, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, charles dickens, child abuse, injustice, society, danger, young heroes, life is a bitch, coming of age, confined, youth, rich and poor ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
london, europe, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, charles dickens, social differences, society, rise to the top, hopes, power relations, generosity, passionate love, rags to riches, victorian england, napoleonic era ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
Adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens.
Style:
bleak, grim, emotional, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
charles dickens, literary, poverty, social criticism, justice, identity, class struggle, inheritance, corruption, rescue, kindness, child protagonist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style:
sentimental, lyrical, historical drama, period drama, wistful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, literary, family conflict, social class, character study, friendship, english countryside, bittersweet, resilience, empathy, dialogue ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Style:
visually appealing, sentimental, social, dark, terrifying ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
orphan, broadway, charles dickens, child, children, dance, street kid, runaway, happy ending, dancing, dog, shipwreck ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1968, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, christmas classics, sentimental, christmas horror ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, miser, scrooge, holiday, charles dickens, happy ending, christmas carol, redemption, ghost, xmas, business, christmas eve ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1800s, 1840s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 391 min.
TV show
Story:
Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style:
crime drama, dark drama, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
charles dickens, orphan, cousin cousin relationship, marriage, disfigurement, class differences, death, love, lawyer, mother daughter relationship, older man younger woman romance, social commentary ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1820s, 1830s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Scrooge is a miserly old businessman in 1840's London. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge ...
Style:
christmas special, christmas classics, christmas horror, gothic horror, semi serious ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, scrooge, miser, redemption, regret, ghost, charles dickens, christmas carol, clerk, benefactor, transformation, holiday ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, future, 1800s
Place:
turkey, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, serious, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
charles dickens, on the run, gambling, frame up, orphan, countryside, survival, downfall, addiction, unlikely criminals, mysterious character, life is a bitch ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
generosity, orphan, charles dickens, unfulfilled love, benefactor, love and romance, redemption, social differences, rise to the top, hopes, haunted by the past, youth ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows up in the company of a bitter old woman, Miss Havisham, and her haughty young ward, Estella. Pip learns the rewards of both vindictiveness and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
charles dickens, youth, rich and poor, lost love, napoleonic era, hopes, coming of age, orphan, love and romance, criminal heroes, society, lifestyle ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, sentimental, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
orphan, redemption, childhood, poverty, child abuse, boyhood, boy, injustice, orphanage, chess, children, corporal punishment ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, middle ages, 1800s, year 2005 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Family, Animation
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An animated version of the classic David Copperfield story. Filled with music, color, and anthropomorphic versions of the classic characters.
Style:
anthropomorphic, colorful, emotional, sentimental, period drama ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
charles dickens, literary, child labor, anthropomorphism, coming of age, personal growth, adaptation, social injustice, countryside, identity, redemption, class struggle ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.
Style:
christmas horror, christmas classics, hilarious, christmas special, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, scrooge, christmas carol, ghost, charles dickens, dancing, broadway, xmas, redemption, victorian england, destiny ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1860s, 1800s ...
Place:
london, tokyo, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
Plot:
charles dickens, childbirth, orphan, imprisonment, street kid, sibling relationship, thug, young boy, siblings, imprisoned, oliver twist, mother dies in childbirth ...
Time:
80s, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
london, england
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