Jane Eyre (film)

From Aldous Huxley's intriguing Orson Welles/Joan Fontaine 1943 film, through Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Hurt's performances in Franco Zeffirelli's 199 film, Ciaran Hinds and Samantha Morton in a 1997 ITV film, Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens' work in the 2006 BBC miniseries, and the most recent (as of 2022) 2011 film directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender, Jane Eyre has never been short of adaptations. A consistent trait of all the adaptations is the conversion of Jane and Rochester from plain or unhandsome to good-looking or downright stunning -- a clear case of Adaptational Attractiveness.

The Other Wiki tells us that Jane Eyre has been adapted into film eight times as of 2022:
 * Jane Eyre (1910 film), starring Irma Taylor
 * Jane Eyre (1921 film), starring Mabel Ballin
 * Jane Eyre (1934 film), starring Virginia Bruce
 * Jane Eyre (1943 film), starring Joan Fontaine
 * Jane Eyre (1970 film), starring Susannah York
 * Jane Eyre (1996 film), starring Charlotte Gainsbourg
 * Jane Eyre (1997 film), starring Samantha Morton
 * Jane Eyre (2011 film), starring Mia Wasikowska

See the main Jane Eyre page for a list of adaptations to other media.