All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Jodhi May, ranked

Austen’s classic comic novel follows the story of the “handsome, clever and rich” Emma Woodhouse. Dominating the small provincial world of Highbury, Emma believes she is a skilled matchmaker and repeatedly attempts to pair up her friends and acquaintances. Nothing delights her more than meddling in the love lives of others.

Nancy Astley is a young girl employed as a cook and waitress at her father’s coastal eatery. However, her life takes a dramatic turn when she sees a male impersonator, Kitty Butler, perform for the first time. Nancy falls deeply in love with Kitty, leading to a rollercoaster ride of emotions and a seven-year quest for self-discovery. Ultimately, Nancy realizes that a life filled with thrills and excitement isn’t sufficient.

In 1757, British Army Major Duncan Heyward arrives in Albany, New York during the French and Indian War. He is assigned to serve Colonel Edmund Munro, the commander of Fort William Henry in the Adirondack Mountains. A Mohawk named Magua is tasked with guiding Heyward, the two women, and a troop of British soldiers to the fort, but he is actually a Huron and leads them into an ambush.

There are significant differences between this adaptation and the original novel. Whereas the action of the novel takes place in France, this screen version is set in the UK in 1952 as Britain prepares for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

During the summer of 1995, two teenage girls who were in a vulnerable state, were accused of killing their schoolteacher. Poppy was charged with the murder and the two girls separated for seventeen years. In present-day, Serena, now a happily married mother, returns to the same seaside town to take care of her ailing mother, Rachel. Meanwhile, Poppy, who spent seventeen years in prison for a crime she claims she didn’t commit, is determined to uncover the truth about Marcus’ murder.

During his 13-month stay in France in 1940-41, an American journalist facilitated the safe escape of over 2,000 refugees who were in peril of losing their lives by securing passage to the United States.

The film follows the story of Mary Boleyn, sister to Anne and George Boleyn. Henry VIII favours Mary, recently married to William Carey, and lady-in-waiting to his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Despite her objections, Mary is forced by her ambitious family to become the King’s mistress. Mary’s sister, Anne falls in love with Lord Henry Percy and, despite Mary’s warnings, they consummate the affair.

The eerie story of twin sisters who were entirely silent, communicating only to each other as children. As teenagers, they became obsessed with writing fiction, then with teenage boys, and finally, with crime.

Frannie Langton is on trial for the murder of her employers, George Benham and his wife Marguerite. The public is captivated by the case and Frannie is portrayed as a seductress and manipulator in the media. Frannie claims to have no memory of the murders, but tells a story of her childhood on a Jamaican plantation and her apprenticeship under a scientist, leading up to her employment with the Benhams and her involvement in a forbidden relationship. Frannie’s testimony may lead to her conviction, but it also reveals deeper crimes and corruption within English society.

It is 1667 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and an uneasy truce exists between local Puritans and their neighbors, the Algonquian. Hester Prynne arrives overseas from England and while she waits for her husband she falls for a young minister. Sentenced to wear a scarlet A for adultery, Prynne is ostracized by the public, and a drummer boy is charged to follow her whenever she comes to town.