Which Gulliver’s Travels stories do film adaptations usually emphasize?

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Illustration of Lemuel Gulliver lying on the ground, tied down by tiny Lilliputians, with crowds and small buildings in the background, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. — Gulliver’s Travels Lemuel Gulliver in Lilliput, illustration from an edition of Jonathan Swift's *Gulliver's Travels*.

Film adaptations of Gulliver’s Travels typically emphasize the first two adventures: Gulliver’s voyage to the land of the tiny Lilliputians and his journey to the land of the giants, Brobdingnag.1

While the original novel by Jonathan Swift consists of four distinct parts—including the travels to the flying island of Laputa and the land of the rational Houyhnhnms—filmmakers frequently focus on the more visually adventurous and accessible narratives of the first two sections. Notable examples of this trend include the 1939 animated film by the Fleischer brothers, the 1977 musical version starring Richard Harris, and the 2010 comedy featuring Jack Black.1