Archie Comics Adaptations

by dean11mck | created - 18 Aug 2011 | updated - 4 months ago | Public

These live-action featured films, TV movies and TV series are based on the America’s comic book publisher, Archie Comics, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. It founded in 1939 as MLJ Magazines before Archie's modern incarnation dates from 1946.

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1. Life with Archie (1962 TV Movie)

Comedy

Unsold pilot for a television show based on Archie Comics.

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Wayne Adams, Frank Bank, Kathy Bennett, Jerry Brite

Votes: 18

2. Archie (1964 TV Movie)

43 min | Comedy

Sitcom about comic strip character "Archie "

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: John Simpson, Roland Winters, William Schallert, Cheryl Holdridge

Votes: 63

3. ABC Saturday Comedy Special (1976– )
Episode: Archie (1976)

60 min | Comedy

Pilot follows the "Archie" Gang in the mythical town of Riverdale.

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Dennis Bowen, Whit Bissell, Susan Blu, Jim Boelsen

Votes: 19

4. Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family

The classic comic-book characters created by John L. Goldwater are brought to TV in a slightly older version. Here the characters are adults returning to their high-school reunion and ... See full summary »

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Christopher Rich, Lauren Holly, Karen Kopins, Sam Whipple

Votes: 513

5. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, Sabrina Sawyer discovers on her 16th birthday that she's a witch.

Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Sherry Miller, Charlene Fernetz, Michelle Beaudoin

Votes: 7,866

6. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Sabrina is a normal teenager, except for one thing - she's a witch. Guided by her aunts, who come from a long line of witches, and Salem, a mischievous warlock doing penance as a cat, Sabrina continually struggles to harness her powers.

Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Nick Bakay

Votes: 42,737

7. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode: Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998)

TV-G | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

American teenage witch Sabrina and her food-obsessed magical talking cat and mouse travel to Rome, the last whereabout of her 16th-century aunt Sophia, who was banished after breaking the ... See full summary »

Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Eddie Mills, Tara Strong, James Fields

Votes: 1,858

8. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode: Sabrina Down Under (1999)

TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Offshoot of the popular TV show finds the teen witch (Melissa Joan Hart) on a trip with her friend (Tara Charendoff). There she finds romance with a merman.

Director: Kenneth R. Koch | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Tara Strong, Scott Michaelson, Lindsay Sloane

Votes: 1,606

9. Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Music

47 Metascore

A girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.

Directors: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming

Votes: 24,929 | Gross: $14.25M

10. Riverdale (2017–2023)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While navigating the troubled waters of romance, school and family, Archie and his gang become entangled in dark Riverdale mysteries.

Stars: Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, K.J. Apa

Votes: 155,153

11. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina Spellman must reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting the evil forces that threaten her, her family, and the daylight world humans inhabit.

Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, Chance Perdomo

Votes: 108,438

12. Katy Keene (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A group of aspiring artists living in New York City try to make their dreams come true.

Stars: Lucy Hale, Ashleigh Murray, Katherine LaNasa, Julia Chan

Votes: 2,782

13. The Archies (2023)

TV-14 | 141 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

66 Metascore

Set in 1960s India, Archie and the gang navigate romance, friendship and the future of Riverdale as developers threaten to destroy a beloved park.

Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Vedang Raina

Votes: 52,450



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