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About A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol adapts Dickens's 1843 novella over and over, with this guide covering nine screen versions from 1935 to 2022. The Alastair Sim 1951 film stands as the gold standard beside the 1938 MGM, the 1970 musical, Scott, the Muppets, Stewart, Zemeckis and Spirited takes.
Watch in release order to see Scrooge reinterpreted across eras. The public domain story keeps spawning versions, so these nine cover the essential tellings with new ones arriving regularly. The public domain story keeps spawning versions for stage, TV and film alike, so these nine cover the essential tellings with more always in production.
Good to know
Release order walks the adaptations in sequence with standalone stories throughout, so no alternate list is needed. Television versions like Scott 1984 and Stewart 1999 sit beside theatrical ones here. Ongoing by nature, this list holds nine essentials with more versions always coming. Television versions like Scott 1984 and Stewart 1999 sit beside theatrical ones here. Ongoing by nature, this list holds nine essentials with more versions always coming.
