Jane Austen screen adaptations over the years even with zombies – New York Post

Given the sheer volume of Jane Austen-inspired movies and TV series over the years, it can be startling to remember that the early 19th-century British scribe only wrote six major works, all of which turned an incisive and often satirical eye on the traditions of the upper class.

Though Pride and Prejudice remains her best-known novel, Emma whose latest interpretation is out Friday is a close second.

Heres a look at some of the top Austen adaptations in recent years, from wryly debonair to the walking dead.

The mid-90s were peak Jane Austen years, beginning with the BBCs miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, the latter of whom would forever be linked with his role as romantic hero Mr. Darcy leading to his casting in Bridget Joness Diary (2001) as ... Mark Darcy.

Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson play the Dashwood sisters in Ang Lees delightful film, which includes Hugh Grant and an Alan Rickman so heartwarming he might erase your memory of Severus Snape.

Yes, its not technically Austen, but Amy Heckerlings 90s high-school spin on Emma, starring Alicia Silverstone as the gossipy but good-hearted Cher, was so indelibly quotable its still the definitive Emma guide for many.

A pre-Goop Gwyneth Paltrow carried the title role in this straightforward adaptation close on the heels of Clueless, and made it distinctive enough to hold its own.

A decade seemed enough space for another attempt at a definitive P&P, and this movie pulled it off with a sweeping, unapologetically romantic-with-a-big-R rendition starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.

Because eventually someone had to make the metaphorical monsters of patriarchy and rigid social stratification into literal brain-eating ones.

Adapted from an unfinished book by Austen, this British miniseries (airing on PBS) leans into sexual tension and the authors critique of slavery, with a strikingly different tone from its predecessors.

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