There are about 15 movies (including feature films and television movies) based on Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. These include a 2005 film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen; the 2004 Bollywood film Bride & Prejudice starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Martin Henderson; a 2003 film set in modern-day Utah; a 1976 Persian version titled Ghoroor va ta’assob; and a 1940 film starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Looser screen adaptations of the book include the films Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Austenland (2013), and Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001; based on the book by Helen Fielding) and the TV movies Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe (2018) and Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016).
In addition to Pride and Prejudice movies, there are almost as many TV series and miniseries based on the novel. Among the most well-known are the BBC’s faithful adaptation (1995) starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, as well as modern spins on the story such as the murder mystery series Death Comes to Pemberley (2013; based on the book by P.D. James), The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012–13), and Lost in Austen (2008). The BBC revisited the novel in the series The Other Bennet Sister (2026; based on the book by Janice Hadlow), which tells the story from the perspective of overlooked middle sister Mary Bennet, played by Ella Bruccoleri. Netflix is producing a limited series starring Emma Corrin as Lizzy Bennet, Jack Lowden as Mr. Darcy, and Olivia Colman as Mrs. Bennet. See Britannica’s List of Jane Austen Film and TV Adaptations.