George Orwell.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 02 Dec 2021 | updated - 14 Oct 2022 | PublicVarious adaptations from one of Britain's most gifted writers.
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1. 1984 (1956)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff
Votes: 4,180
2. Animal Farm (1954)
Approved | 72 min | Animation, Drama
A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Votes: 19,007
3. 1984 (1984)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 79,048 | Gross: $8.40M
John Hurt and Richard Burton share the acting honours.
4. Animal Farm (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The animals of a farm successfully revolt against its human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny amongst themselves.
Director: John Stephenson | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond
Votes: 6,487
5. A Merry War (1997)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,546 | Gross: $0.30M
6. Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1965 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Winifred Dennis, Marie Hopps, Alfred Lynch, Anne Stallybrass
7. Dramarama (1983–1989)
25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A series of plays for children which featured the supernatural frequently and science fiction occasionally.
Stars: Denyse Alexander, Ian Kirkby, Christopher Biggins, Bill Wallis
Votes: 137
8. About Religion (1956– )
Weekly religious show.
Stars: Tom Driberg, Julien Grenfell, David King, John Pett
9. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 328
10. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
11. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 48
12. NET Playhouse (1964–1972)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.
Stars: Irene Dailey, Rene Auberjonois, George Voskovec, Richard Dysart
Votes: 52
13. Big Brother (1970)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A series of plays which examine if 1970s society is heading towards the dystopian world predicted in the book '1984'.
Stars: Robert Hardy, Ronald Lacey, Michael Gwynn, Alfred Burke
Votes: 15
14. 1984 (2006 TV Movie)
167 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Operatic version of George Orwell's totalitarian masterpiece "Nineteen Eighty-Four."
Directors: Brian Large, Robert Lepage | Stars: Ana Aguilar, Stephen Berkeley-White, Jeremy Birchall, Lawrence Brownlee
Votes: 43
16. Orwell's England (1985 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Michael Bogdanov | Stars: Stephen Brennan, Andrew Dodge, Miranda Foster, Charmian Gradwell
17. 1984: A Personal View of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' (1983 TV Movie)
27 min | Documentary
Stars: Anthony Burgess, Winston Churchill, Francisco Franco, Benito Mussolini
Votes: 19
18. George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (2003 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.
Director: Chris Durlacher | Stars: Chris Langham, Michael Fenton Stevens, Tom Goodman-Hill, Andrew Bone
Votes: 159
19. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
20. From Page to Screen: George Orwell's 1984 (2019 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short
The author of George Orwell on Screen discusses film and TV adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Stars: David Ryan, Norman Bacon, Rupert Baderman, Richard Burton
Votes: 10
21. Famous Authors: George Orwell (1996 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short
English novelist, essayist, and critic, Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) was born in India where his father was in the civil service. He won a scholarship to Eton but was financially ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Hort, Malcolm Hossick
22. Shooting an Elephant (2016)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Adapted from George Orwell's short story - a young British policeman in Burma is given the task of handling a rogue work elephant only to find that the role he is destined to play is that of public executioner.
Director: Juan Pablo Rothie | Stars: Deepak Adhikari, Jeewan Adhikary, Anup Baral, Dipendragod
Votes: 18
23. Peaceforce (2011)
19 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Gornstein | Stars: Cyron Melville, Henning Jensen, André Babikian, Silja Byske
Votes: 36
24. How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Waller Newell, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Votes: 11,376
25. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
26. Orwell in Catalonia (2012)
21 min | Animation, Short, History | Completed
Orwell in Catalonia is an experimental journey tracing George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War. Meticulously documenting the exact locations he speaks about in his book, Homage ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Fedak | Star: Patrick Tull
27. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley : 1984 ou Le Meilleur des mondes ? (2020 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Biography, Sci-Fi
The film tells the cross story of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, the authors of two great anticipation novels: "1984" and "Brave New World".
Directors: Caroline Benarrosh, Philippe Calderon
Votes: 51
28. Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1983 TV Movie)
Drama
In the summers of 1946 to 1948, the author George Orwell retreated to a remote farmhouse on the Scottish island of Jura to write his novel 1984.
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Ronald Pickup, Fiona Walker, David Swift, Kit Thacker
Votes: 7
29. The Road to 1984 (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama
1984 was not a leap into the future-but a look at the dangers already present-in Orwell's lifetime. The Road to 1984 intertwines vision and reality. It displays the passion and chronicles ... See full summary »
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: James Fox, Janet Dale, Julia Goodman, Judy Holt
Votes: 35
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