Last Updated on 14 August 2024
I’ve seen a couple of these, but was surprised to find out how many versions have been made over the years. And in different languages. Must be a compelling story, thanks to Oscar Wilde.
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1944.jpg)
1944 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036696/
the oldest version I could find, an American MGM version starring Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O’Brien, and Una O’Connor
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1964.jpg)
1964 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400462/
a German ZDF version directed by Helmut Käutner
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1968.jpg)
1968 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173779/
a Polish version starring Czeslaw Wollejko and Anna Nehrebecka
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1974.jpg)
1974 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289885/
a British version starring David Niven, Maurice Evans, Isla Blair, James Whitmore, and Lynne Frederick
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1983.jpg)
1983 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6585882/
a South African version
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1985.jpg)
1985 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195580/
an American version starring Richard Kiley, Shelley Fabares, and Barry Van Dyke
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1986.jpg)
1986 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090792/
a British version starring John Gielgud and Alyssa Milano
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1989.jpg)
1989 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2844084/
a Czech version directed by Vit Olmer
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1996.jpg)
1996 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115820/
an American version starring Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, and Joan Sims
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville1997.jpg)
1997 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221859
a British version starring Ian Richardson, Celie Imrie, Sarah-Jane Potts, and Ian McNeice
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville2005.jpg)
2005 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414044
a German version directed by Isabel Kleefeld
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville2016.jpg)
2016 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463248/
a French version with a female ghost
![](https://www.listobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/Canterville2021.jpg)
2021 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15358618/
a BBC miniseries premiering on 31 October 2021, starring Anthony Head