Screenplay: George Orwell

Direction Joy Batchelor · John Halas

Plot Britain's first animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in fact a no-holds-barred adaptation of George Orwell's classic satire on Stalinism, with the animals taking over...

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Jan Sterling · Michael Redgrave · Donald Pleasence

Plot In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia, and is tortured and brainwashed for his...

Direction Rudolph Cartier

Cast Peter Cushing · André Morell · Yvonne Mitchell · Donald Pleasence

Plot Peter Cushing stars as Winston Smith, a man tired of the oppressive government. Big Brother is always watching in a world where individual thought, actions, and feelings are a crime....

Direction Michael Radford

Cast John Hurt · Richard Burton · Suzanna Hamilton · Cyril Cusack

Plot In the year 1984, rocket bombs and rats prey on the inhabitants of the crumbling metropolis of London. Far away on the Malabar Front, a seemingly interminable war rages against...

Direction John Stephenson

Cast Pete Postlethwaite · Alan Stanford · Caroline Gray · Gail Fitzpatrick

Plot A direct allegory to the rise of Stalinist Russia, this film combines Orwells parable with animatronics and voice characterizations by popular actors. Following a speech made by a venerable pig...

Direction Robert Bierman

Cast Richard E. Grant · Helena Bonham Carter · Jim Carter · Harriet Walter

Direction Paul Greengrass

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch

Plot The film is set to take place during the Peasants’ Revolt, a major uprising that took part across large parts of England in 1381 in response to issues such as...

Direction Diana Ringo

Cast Aleksandr Obmanov

Plot The film depicts a totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother. All personal freedoms are restricted. Propaganda, disinformation and surveillance are a part of everyday life. The protagonist, a mathematician, begins...

Direction Juan Pablo Rothie

Cast Deepak Adhikari · Jeewan Adhikary · Anup Baral · Dipendragod

Plot A mature Eric Blair (George Orwell's given name) looks back to his younger self with regret; He was shamed into being the public executioner of a rogue work elephant while...