Top 10 Best Movies Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge is the most interesting and the central protagonist of the famous novel “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens from 1843. The character of Scrooge is miserly, selfish and cold-hearted in the beginning of the novel. There have been a lot of movies that have been created on the story of “A Christmas Carol”. However, not all these movies have been able to do justice to the novel. The top 10 best movies scrooge are as follows:

1. “A Christmas Carol”, 1938
This movie was directed by Edwin L. Marin with Reginald Owen playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. The amazing direction and outstanding performance by the characters makes the movie a must watch.

2. “Scrooge”, 1951
A Brian Desmond Hurst movie, Scrooge is the perfect adaptation of the novel and has been enjoyed by millions of people all over the world. Alastair Sim does a spectacular job as Ebenezer Scrooge.

3. “Scrooge”, 1970
The screenplay of this movie has been written by Leslie Bricusse and the director Charles Dickens has done absolute justice to it. This movie has an outstanding soundtrack which makes the movie a lot more musical and enjoyable. Albert Finney fit in the role of Scrooge effortlessly and the movie also went to win an Oscar.

4. “A Christmas Carol”, 1984
This was undoubtedly one of the most powerful Scrooge movies of all times. Director Clive Donner earned a lot of appreciation for his excellent work and so did the main actor, George C. Scott.

5. “A Christmas Carol”, 1999
The role of Patrick Stewart as the selfish Scrooge earned him a lot of recognition and acclaim. Director David Hugh Jones managed to tell the story of A Christmas Carol in an extremely entertaining manner.

6. “Scrooge McDuck” – “Mickey’s Christmas Carol”, 1983
The adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel was conducted by the famous director Burny Mattinson with the famous dusney character, Mickey mouse along with other characters. It is an animated version of the movie which became very popular with the kids as well as adults.

7. “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol”, 1962
Director Abe Levitow pulled of a very entertaining and incredible movie based on the famous novel. The role of Jim Backus as Ebenezer Scrooge was thoroughly enjoyable.

8. “The Muppet Christmas Carol”, 1992
The classic tale of Scrooge has been enterprisingly told with the help of the Muppet characters. Director Brian Henson successfully managed to execute this movie in a very innovative manner.

9. “Francis Xavier Cross – Scrooged”, 1988
This Richard Donner movie managed to pull a lot of crowed into the cinema halls due to his directorial expertise and different outlook towards the subject.

10. “A Flintstones Christmas Carol”, 1994
The movie has been directed by Joanna Romersa and she does commendable job at presenting the story of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Flintstones style. The novel is offered to the audience through the medium of the Flintstones family.

These were the top 10 best movies scrooge. If you have enjoyed reading the novel then you are sure to have a fun time watching all these movies.