Ranking all of the Recent Jane Eyre Adaptations (Tier List) 

I love the fortune teller scene in the book because it is masterfully written.

What about rating Blanche Ingrams? Your synopsis made me laugh. Well done 😀

I'm so glad so many people like the '83 version (it's a year older than me!) - my only real issue with it, is when Rochester asks Jane, if she thinks him handsome, & she's like "Oh, no, Sir!" - & I'm just sitting here cackling, thinking, 'Girl, you're *delusional* !' I mean, I know it was in the book- but still... TD was an absolute dreamboat, & gruff or not- he was _so_ smexy!

I recommend the 1944 movie. Great performance by Orson Welles as Rochester.

You forgot "Jane Eyre" (BBC TV, 1973). 😕

Wow, it's amazing how different people perceive performances so differently! I need to rewatch some of them but at least as of now, my choices would be so different! I guess that's what makes horse racing.

TD & ZC are the ultimate Jane & Edward. Plus that version has the time to be faithful to the book. Your assessments are great fun, thanks 😊

The problem with the 2011 version is that at the end, Jane just shows up at Rochester's door and then the scene ends. It doesn't show the touching reunification scene. A big let down.

Really enjoyed this. Original take on productions of Jane Eyre, and very amusing at times. More please.

Wow, this was your first video? This was such a great ranking video-I loved how you went about ranking it separately instead of the whole movie. I’m subbing😁

I love this so much!! Thanks for making it

What about the 1973 miniseries version?

Great video! Just finished the book and excited to watch some adaptations

I, a Czech, found the Czechoslovak adaptation and that was my first introduction to fortune teller scene. I did not read the book. I wheezed.

Really fun, loved the video

Hinds was most like the book description

There was an audio version with Ciaran Hinds and Sophie Thompson, where Ciaran Hinds does a much better Rochester than he did on film. You might want to check out the 1970 version and the 1973 version.

I thought 2006 was by far the most enjoyable.

I don't agree. The 1997 one was one of the best versions. The emotion and feeling were more genuine.

I loved it ❤❤❤

Why are you hung on age gaps? In the past they were acceptable and still are in some countries. Why are you narrow minded?

I'm like you in that I really dislike the Ciaran Hinds/Samantha Morton version. My favorite versions are 1983, 1973, and 1970. The 2006 and 2011 versions are very good. 1983 and 1973 are the longest and the most faithful to the book. The 1970 version has a beautiful score -- John Williams wrote it -- but the movie has fallen into the public domain, so it is hard to get a good copy of it. The 1940s version score was written by Bernard Hermann (who wrote the score of a lot of Hitchcock movies), and that is good too. There are some laughably bad versions of Jane Eyre too -- just wait until you see the 1934 version. The Charleton Heston version and the Patrick McNee versions are pretty bad. Jerome Weiselberry has reviews of practically every version. I think the litmus test of a faithful version is the first moment Rochester calls Jane Eyre by her first name. It is very significant and revealing. It is near the end of the fire scene when he thanks her for saving his life. If a Rochester calls her by her first name too soon, the adapter does really get the book or the time period.

Charlotte Gainsbourg is half French and half English.

Rochester scale: I agree with 1997… meh. I don’t agree with the Timothy Dalton Fan Girl Club. He is so pretty (he’s not supposed to be) and his voice is so monotone. It’s a joke at our house when he says, “You must be tenacious of life.” that we repeat often! Both of these Rochesters seem villainous in the way they are so unapproachable and then spring the entrapment of Jane at the alter. William Hurt is stunted with a terrible script but still shows the real struggle he loses as he tries to to deny himself a real relationship as opposed to the affectations from the women that had he had always been surrounded. Both twenty first century Rochesters are really good but are held back by a Hollywood feel to the movies… and they’re both too pretty. An honest depiction would be someone that Blanche would only see because of the promise of a good financial arrangement. You’re right that many readers fast forward to the night Rochester was bewitched and again when Jane returns at the end. Orson Welles is perfect for that reader. Joan Fontaine is a Jane that would compete well in your rating system but the screenplay would flunk. I appreciated your post!