25 Most Adapted Authors in Film

Historical Literary

Source: Slate Magazine (2011)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

8

1

William Shakespeare

Playwright

36.00% (18 of 50 votes)

19

2

Anton Chekhov

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

20

3

Charles Dickens

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

9

4

Edgar Allan Poe

Poet

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

10

5

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

11

6

Arthur Conan Doyle

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

12

7

Hans Christian Andersen

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

13

8

Grimm (Wilhelm and Jakob)

Authors

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

9

Moliere

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

10

O. Henry

Author

0% (0 of 3 votes)

16

11

Oscar Wilde

Playwright

0% (0 of 2 votes)

17

12

Victor Hugo

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

18

13

Jules Verne

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

7

14

Stephen King

Author

44.65% (121 of 271 votes)

21

15

Agatha Christie

Author

0% (0 of 3 votes)

22

16

L. Frank Baum

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

17

Mark Twain

Author

0% (0 of 32 votes)

1

18

Miguel De Cervantes

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

6

19

H.P. Lovecraft

Author

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

5

20

J.M. Barrie

Author

60.0% (54 of 90 votes)

24

21

Ian Fleming

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

2

22

H.G. (Herbert George) Wells

Author

100% (6 of 6 votes)

25

23

Rudyard Kipling

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

4

24

J.M. Barrie

Author

60.0% (54 of 90 votes)

3

25

Stan Lee

Artist

60.29% (41 of 68 votes)