All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Orson Welles, ranked

The American Western writer Holly Martins arrives in post–Second World War Vienna (which has been divided between the Allies: the Americans, British, French, and Soviets) seeking his childhood friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job. Martins is told that Lime was killed by a car while crossing the street.

In Los Robles, a Mexican town along the U.S.–Mexico border, a time bomb is planted in a car. The stress of these accusations, along with pressure from Uncle Joe Grandi, the brother of a man Vargas has been investigating, to strike a deal to discredit Vargas, causes Quinlan—who has been sober for 12 years—to fall off the wagon.

The series explores the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Wielding unprecedented power, Hearst forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Major Amberson gives a large party at the Amberson Mansion for George, who is home from college for the holidays. George dislikes Eugene, whom he sees as a social climber, and ridicules Eugene’s investment in the automobile. The Amberson sleigh then overturns, and Eugene gives everyone a ride back home.

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to become a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside of the school. Her advertisement is answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.

Teenage witches predict that Macbeth, a devoted goon for his crime master Duncan, would one day hold tremendous power. He conspires with his wife to assassinate Duncan because of their prophecy, and he assumes control of the gang. The more murders and other acts of violence he commits, the more his remaining foes will come together to overthrow him.

Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bombardier, is stationed on the Mediterranean base on Pianosa during World War II. Futilely appealing to his commanding officer, Colonel Cathcart, who continually increases the number of missions required to rotate home before anyone can reach it, Yossarian learns that even a mental breakdown is no release when Doc Daneeka explains the Catch-22 the Army Air Corps employs.

In New York City in the fall of 1937, 17-year-old high-school student Richard Samuels meets Orson Welles, who unexpectedly offers him the role of Lucius in Caesar, the first production of his new Mercury Theatre repertory company. Charmed by Welles, Richard infers that he is having an affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant.

James Bond, a legendary British spy who retired from the secret service 20 years previously, is visited by the head of British MI6, M; CIA representative Ransome; KGB representative Smernov; and Deuxième Bureau representative Le Grand. All implore Bond to come out of retirement to deal with SMERSH, who have been eliminating agents; Bond spurns all their pleas.