A poor boy who spends most his spare time playing stickball in the streets suddenly finds himself returning volleys to his...
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2007
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In this romantic fantasy adventure, a lady scientist's experiment whisks her back to King Arthur's court. While there, the...
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1998
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This Disney live-action film is a very loose adaptation of Mark Twain's two novels about boyhood friends in Hannibal, MO, The...
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1996
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The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain's novel about adventure and intrigue in the court of Henry VIII, has been adapted...
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1996
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In yet another modern-dress version of The Prince and the Pauper, Joey Lawrence plays Ricky Prince, a famous pop star who has...
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1995
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This comedy offers yet another sanitized and very loose adaptation of Mark Twain's dark satire A Yankee in King Arthur's...
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1995
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This comedy, set in the barrios East L.A. is loosely based upon Mark Twain's parable The Million Pound Bank Note. The new...
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1994
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This eighth adaptation of the timeless Mark Twain novel casts Elijah Wood as Huckleberry Finn, the half-literate son of a...
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1993
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In this youthful drama, Tom, a 14- year-old who's parents have just divorced, is abruptly uprooted from his wealthy Chicago...
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1991
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The star of this animated 23-minute version of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper is Mickey Mouse...and Mickey Mouse. The...
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1991
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Mark Twain's essay is brought to life with this video telling the Civil War story of a Confederate troop who has not been...
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1987
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Pudd'nhead Wilson, Mark Twain's attack on racial prejudice in the guise of a mystery tale, was adapted for television in 1984...
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1987
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1985's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the only filmed version of the Mark Twain classic to cover every episode in the...
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1985
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Originally telecast the day after Thanksgiving of 1984 by most of the CBS affiliates, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is...
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1984
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1984
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This adaptation of a Mark Twain story features a daydreaming apprentice who finds himself in medieval Europe. ~ Rovi...
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1982
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Inasmuch as Mark Twain thoughtlessly neglected to mention all the "secret adventures" of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in his own...
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1982
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In this version of the Mark Twain classic, Huck dodges the drudgery of an eastern boys school by faking his own drowning....
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1981
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This effort is one of many films based on Mark Twain's most celebrated novel that chronicles the Mississippi River...
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1981
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Filmed in Vermont, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is based on one of Mark Twain's more mysoginistic works. Mysterious...
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1980
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We prefer the original release title of Disney's A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court: Unidentified Flying Oddball. In this new...
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1979
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Adaptation of Mark Twain's story finds a Connecticut blacksmith who falls asleep and finds himself in King Arthur's England....
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1978
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The witty 'toon rabbit finds himself in medieval times in this animated spoof of Mark Twain's classic tale. ~ Kristie...
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1978
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A poor commoner and a young prince each find out how the other half lives in this adventure story based on the classic tale...
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1977
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It's still the same old story...but what a story. This umpteenth filmization of the classic Mark Twain novel stars...
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1975
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This Soviet Russian film is loosely based on Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Georgian director Georgi Daniela aptly brings the...
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1974
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One of Mark Twain's best-loved stories becomes a screen musical in this family-friendly adaptation. Mischievous Huckleberry...
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1974
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This much-laundered adaptation of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer was first presented as a 90-minute TV special on March 23, 1973....
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1973
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Mark Twain's classic tale is brought to the screen for the fourth time, this time with a tuneful score by Richard M. Sherman...
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1973
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1972
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1971
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In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, chaos results when a resident of 20th-century America is transported back in...
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1970
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This version of the Mark Twain classic was filmed in Ireland. It tells the story of a bored prince who exchanges places with...
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1969
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This comedy is adapted from a short story by Mark Twain. An abusive carpetbagger marries a plantation owner's daughter to...
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1965
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Based on Mark Twain's classic tale, this lively 16th-century-set comedy drama chronicles the misadventures and the lessons...
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1962
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MGM's all-star 1960 filmization of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn surgically removes the sociological subtext of Mark...
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1960
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This second presentation of the classic dramatic anthology Du Pont Show of the Month is a lavishly mounted adaptation of...
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1957
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As originally broadcast on March 12, 1955, and directed by Max Liebman (Ten from Your Show of Shows), this feature-length...
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1955
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1955
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Released in the US as Man With a Million, The Million Pound Note is a satisfying adaptation of a satirical short story by...
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1954
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Produced for the "Climax" television program, this small screen adaptation of Mark Twain's classic tale stars Thomas...
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1954
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The classic Mark Twain time travel fantasy comes to vivid life on the small screen in this television production starring...
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1952
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Though the Mark Twain original has been refashioned into a Bing Crosby vehicle, this 1949 musical adaptation of A Connecticut...
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1949
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Edgar Buchanan stars as a man who abruptly leaves his wife (Anna Lee) to "find himself". When he returns, he discovers that...
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1948
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Even geniuses have to eat, and when Mark Twain was offered a substantial sum of money to slap together a quickie sequel to...
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1939
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Mickey Rooney may have been born to play Mark Twain's legendary hellraiser Huck Finn, but 1939's The Adventures of...
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1939
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1938
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In 1882, Mark Twain published a delightful fairy tale "for young people of all ages"; 45 years later, Warner Bros., inspired...
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1937
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This Mark Twain adaptation affords a rare opportunity to enjoy a "collaboration" between two of America's greatest humorists....
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1931
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1931
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Tom Sawyer, Paramount's 1930 Christmas release, was the first talkie version of Mark Twain's beloved novel. A rapidly...
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1930
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Directing credit for this Austrian-made production went to "Alexander Kardo" -- probably a misspelling of Alexander Korda,...
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1920
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There are no huge names attached to this silent version of the classic Mark Twain story (although director...
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1920
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