PeriodDramas.com

Jane Eyre

There are 7 adaptations of this story in our database. They are listed below in descending order of user rating.

[Sort by release date]


DVD at Amazon:

DVD at BBC Shop:

Jane Eyre (2006) (DVD)

Jane Eyre (2006 TV Mini-series)

Date set: 1829

User rating:
4.47 / 5 (from 241 ratings)

Your rating: Website (do NOT fill this in):
Comments:
  • No anonymous comments
  • Facebook logo Facebook comments:

View / add comments...

Directed by: Susanna White

Writer(s): Charlotte Brontë (novel), Sandy Welch

Cast: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Lorraine Ashbourne, Pam Ferris, Ned Irish

Setting:
Northern England

Filming locations:
Belton House, Belton, Lincolnshire, U.K. (Gateshead Hall and the french hotel room)
Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, U.K.
Chatsworth House, Edensor, Derbyshire, U.K.
Dovedale, Derbyshire, U.K. (where Rochester first meets Jane)
Goyt Valley, Derbyshire, U.K.
Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, U.K. (fire at Thornfield Hall)
Hathersage, Derbyshire, U.K.
Ilam Youth Hostel, Derbyshire, U.K. (Lowood school)
Kedleston Hall, Kedleston, Derbyshire, U.K. (flashback scene of the Caribbean)
Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, U.K. (Thornfield Hall)
Riding House, Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, U.K. (Lowood School interiors)
Snake Pass, Derbyshire, U.K. (Jane Eyre's parish school)
Stanage Edge, Hathersage Moor, Hathersage, Derbyshire, U.K. (moors)
Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire, U.K. (red room in Gateshead Hall)
Wingfield Manor, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, U.K. (dormitory scenes in Lowood School)

IMDb link: Jane Eyre (2006)


DVD at Amazon:

Jane Eyre (2011 Movie)

Date set: 1829

User rating:
4.07 / 5 (from 127 ratings)

Your rating: Website (do NOT fill this in):
Comments:
  • Latest comment: Very well made. Loved the movie!
  • Facebook logo Facebook comments:

View / add comments...

Directed by: Cary Fukunaga

Writer(s): Charlotte Brontë (novel), Moira Buffini

Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins

Setting:
Northern England

Filming locations:
Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, U.K. (Lowood school)
Chatsworth House, Edensor, Derbyshire, U.K.
Darley Dale, Derbyshire, U.K.
Froggatt, Derbyshire, U.K.
Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, U.K. (Thornfield Hall)
Matlock, Derbyshire, U.K.
North Lees Hall, Hathersage, Derbyshire, U.K.
Peak District National Park (near Edale) Derbyshire, U.K. (area around the school where Jane teaches at in Morton)
Stanage Edge, Hathersage Moor, Hathersage, Derbyshire, U.K.
The Fox House, Longshaw, Derbyshire, U.K.
White Edge Lodge, White Edge Moor, Longshaw Estate, Derbyshire, U.K. (Moor House)
Wingfield Manor, South Wingfield, Derbyshire (Thornfield Hall, after the fire)

IMDb link: Jane Eyre (2011)


DVD at Amazon:

DVD at BBC Shop:

Jane Eyre (DVD)

Jane Eyre (1983 TV Mini-series)

Date set: 1829

User rating:
3.76 / 5 (from 43 ratings)

Your rating: Website (do NOT fill this in):
Comments:
  • Latest comment: Brilliant version.
    True to the book and fabulous acting.
  • Facebook logo Facebook comments:

View / add comments...

Directed by: Julian Amyes

Writer(s): Charlotte Brontë (novel), Alexander Baron

Cast: Zelah Clarke, Timothy Dalton, Carol Gillies, James Marcus, Jean Harvey

Setting:
Northern England

Filming locations:
Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire, U.K. (Thornfield Hall)

IMDb link: Jane Eyre (1983)


DVD at Amazon:

Jane Eyre (1973 TV Mini-series)

Date set: 1829

User rating:
3.72 / 5 (from 24 ratings)

Your rating: Website (do NOT fill this in):
Comments:
  • Latest comment: This was the best adaptation. Closest to the novel, and superb cast.
  • Facebook logo Facebook comments:

View / add comments...

Directed by: Joan Craft

Writer(s): Charlotte Brontë (novel), Robin Chapman

Cast: Sorcha Cusack, Michael Jayston, Hazel Clyne, Zara Jaber, Megs Jenkins

Setting:
Northern England

Filming locations:
Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, U.K. (Thornfield Hall)

IMDb link: Jane Eyre (1973)


DVD at Amazon:

Jane Eyre (1944 Movie)

Date set: 1829

User rating:
3.58 / 5 (from 16 ratings)

Your rating: Website (do NOT fill this in):
Comments:
  • No anonymous comments
  • Facebook logo Facebook comments:

View / add comments...

Directed by: Robert Stevenson

Writer(s): Charlotte Brontë (novel), John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, Henry Koster, Robert Stevenson

Cast: Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton

Setting:
Northern England

Filming locations:
20th Century Fox Studios, 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

IMDb link: Jane Eyre (1944)


DVD at Amazon:

Jane Eyre (1997 TV Movie)

Date set: 1829

User rating:
3.41 / 5 (from 43 ratings)

Your rating: Website (do NOT fill this in):
Comments:
  • No anonymous comments
  • Facebook logo Facebook comments:

View / add comments...

Directed by: Robert Young

Writer(s): Charlotte Brontë (novel), Richard Hawley, Kay Mellor, Peter Wright

Cast: Samantha Morton, Ciarán Hinds, Gemma Jones, Deborah Findlay, Laura Harling

Setting:
Northern England

Filming locations:
Knebworth House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, U.K. (Thornfield Hall interiors)
Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumbria, U.K. (Thornfield Hall exterior)
Rycote Chapel, Thame, Oxfordshire, U.K. (wedding scene)

IMDb link: Jane Eyre (1997)


DVD at Amazon:

Jane Eyre (1996 Movie)

Date set: 1829

User rating:
3.02 / 5 (from 35 ratings)

Your rating: Website (do NOT fill this in):
Comments:
  • Latest comment: Beautiful film, atmospheric and lovely music
  • Facebook logo Facebook comments:

View / add comments...

Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli

Writer(s): Charlotte Brontë (novel), Hugh Whitemore, Franco Zeffirelli

Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Anna Paquin, Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw

Setting:
Northern England

Filming locations:
Brimham Rocks, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, U.K.
Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, U.K.
Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, U.K. (Thornfield Hall)
Italy
Wingfield Manor, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, U.K.

IMDb link: Jane Eyre (1996)


Back to the timeline or the main page.