Starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse, this adaptation of Emma is regarded as one of the best Austen adaptions to date.

Unlike Clueless, the 2020 adaption of Emma leans into Austen’s Regency-era England. While the references to Austen’s novel are subtle, the movie is nevertheless a very clever imagining of Austen’s world in the ‘90s. Just like Emma, Cher is deeply compassionate but also blind to her own shortcomings. Loosely based on Emma, Clueless follows Cher Horowitz who explores the social classes of her Beverly Hills high school. 5 of the best Jane Austen film adaptations Clueless (1995) If Persuasion has left you hungry for more Jane Austen, scroll on to see more films that were inspired by her great works. Over the years, we’ve seen Emma Woodhouse reimagined as a Californian high schooler, Elizabeth Bennet transformed into a diary-writing single woman, and Colin Firth as – not one, but two – iterations of Mr Darcy. No matter how time marches on, it seems that Austen fans just can’t get enough of seeing the prolific author’s works reimagined time and time again. Love it or hate it, Cracknell’s adaptation is just one of many Austen-inspired films to hit our screens in recent years.

One such widely-contested line: ‘If you’re a five in London, you’re a ten in Bath.’ Starring Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot and Cosmo Jarvis as Wentworth, the movie walks the line between period and contemporary, adding modern quips to Austen’s story. Streaming on Netflix, the new Persuasion adaptation is director Carrie Cracknell’s debut feature film. Released on 16 July (in Australia), the movie’s star-studded cast list and Fleabag-ish narration have already garnered much attention. In case you missed it, there’s a new screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s last novel, Persuasion.

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