Alice in Wonderland - Movie archive
(This has sat in my drafts since 2018 but *somebody* wanted to see it and I can't link to unpublished drafts so here we are)
I think there is a list out there somewhere but when I last saw it it was rather outdated so I thought I’ll make my own.
I tried to gather all the movie adaptations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland here.
1903 - Alice in Wonderland
First ever movie adaptation, directed by Cecil Hepworth. Alice is played by Mary Clark. About 9 minutes survived out of original 12, sadly.
Language: silent
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIXfdogJbA
1910 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
This one is often said to be lost but it’s on youtube... Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company, stars Gladys Hulette as Alice. The character designs are Tenniel-based, they are live-action versions of the original illustrations.
Language: silent
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxPDs8Q--Y
1915 - Alice in Wonderland
First American adaptation. Viola Savoy as Alice, director W.W. Young. The animal costumes are pretty amazing in this one.
Language: silent
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQ2w9WeNDQ
1931 - Alice in Wonderland
Small budget film. Stars Ruth Gilbert as Alice, who is really sweet and stares at the camera a scary lot. Never got popular but it’s great...
Language: English
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH24yRuHfEU
1933 - Alice in Wonderland
A Paramount Pictures production, it was the ,,official live action version”. It was big really when it came out. Charlotte Henry as Alice.
Language: English
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY7M42Fk9Qo
1934 - Betty in Blunderland
A Betty Boop film. Betty falls asleep while doing an Alice in Wonderland jigsaw puzzle, end up in Wonderland and sings and dances with the classic characters.
Watch here (original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6RohRVKBY
Watch here (colorized): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRhBtRaIKc4
1949 - Alice au Pays des Merveilles
This might be the first colorful Alice movie. Really interesting animation. Was banned in Britain for a while because they thought the Queen of Hearts was a mockery of Queen Victoria. Carol Marsh as Alice.
Language: French / English
Watch here (Fr): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jPbelf_-XM
Watch here (En): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-WJFK3DgU
1951 - Alice in Wonderland
The good old Disney classic. Not much to say here. I was horrified to death by this movie as a child, fun fact.
Language: Originally English
Watch here: https://kisscartoon.ac/Cartoon/Alice-in-Wonderland/Movie?id=1967 (warning, site is full of ads, don’t click anything - most of them will be very NSFW)
1954 - Kraft Television Theatre’s Alice in Wonderland
A recording of a live performance, but still technically a film. The Kraft Television Theatre was a TV series that presented different plays each week. Robin Morgan as Alice.
Language: English
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ka4honG5s
1955 - Alice in Wonderland
A TV adaptation of the 1932 Broadway version. A shame that most of it is lost, it looked lovely based on the couple of minutes of it I could find.
Watch here (first three minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1dkSEULhkU
1966 - Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?)
I could find the audio but not the animation of this one, apparently it has never been released on video or dvd or anything. The usual story, characters singing and stuff.
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1y36Eks6Q
1966 - Alice in Wonderland
Jonathan Miller’s Alice is something else. It’s surreal and creepy and confusing and beautiful, all that without any costumes. Now I might be a tiny bit biased because I love the heck out of this movie, haha.
Watch here: https://vimeo.com/84173613
1972 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
This one is very fairytale-like, and instead of fictional Alice, Alice Liddell herself is the one dreaming the dream. We even get to see Carroll as a character. It won a whole bunch of awards.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz6YdGgGoYA
1973 - Alice in Wonderland (Festival of Family Classics episode)
A little animated thing that used to air on children’s TV channels.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVxw4MFSQWQ
1976 - Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Comedy
Exactly what it says on the tin. It’s porn but it’s Alice in Wonderland and they sing. Goes without saying, don’t watch if you are underage.
Watch here: https://www7.fmovies.se/film/alice-in-wonderland-an-x-rated-musical-fantasy.7798/m (don’t click on ads or anything if you don’t want your computer dead)
1981 - Alisa v Strane Chudes
An animated film from the USSR. Really pretty art, surreal colors.
Watch here (Russian with English subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oym9aw-Iso
1982 - Alisa v Zazerkale
Second part of the previous on the list, based on the second Alice book, with the same peculiar animation.
Watch here (Russian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEP4vX0ISHI
1982 - Alice at the Palace
A TV recording of Elizabeth Swados’s musical. Stars Meryl Streep as Alice.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Y15Crljk4
1982 - Alicja
A very odd live action musical adaptation of the original story. It only took the symbolism of Wonderland, not the plot. Alice is all grown up, and falls for a man named Rabbit. The plot is difficult to follow, oftentimes makes no sense. TW: suicide attempt.
Watch here (English with Polish subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgZYzG96RKQ
1983 - Alice in Wonderland
The old Broadway version. Very true to the original book. Young Kate Burton as a lovely Alice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BootOOHLk
1983 - Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu
An anime series based on both Alice books. Was very popular in Asia.
Watch all episodes here (English): https://kissanime.ac/Anime/Alice-in-Wonderland-Dub/
1985 - Alice in Wonderland
Anglia TV’s miniseries. Live action meets puppets. Uses the original dialogue and word from the books.
Watch here:
Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwugRCVjBIo
Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7GgvU-15g
Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-erJ-2TYJn0
Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkvpTLnCv7s
Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKG4EJc653A&t=2s
1985 - Alice in Wonderland
This one was made for television, colorful and lovely sets and costumes.
Watch here (English with Portugese subtitles):
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKkv3pAJ0x0&t=5s
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OThIhfsUnHI
1985 - Dreamchild
This movie is from the point of view of old Alice Liddell (now Mrs Haregraves), and how she begins to remember her childhood, Lewis Carroll, and Wonderland. TW: pedophilia - nothing explicit, but it made me very uncomfortable so thought I’d mention.
Watch here: https://www7.fmovies.se/film/dreamchild.jv1q2/1zyv4p (again, don’t click on ads or anything if you don’t want your computer dead)
1986 - Alice in Wonderland
A BBC miniseries in four parts by Barry Letts.
I could not find it online.
1987 - Alice Through the Looking Glass
Only slightly based on the book, an Australian animated film.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS24PF182V0
1988 - Alice in Wonderland
Another Australian animation. The same company produced it as the 1987 Through The Looking Glass.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86p1eC6IPCE
1988 - Něco z Alenky / Alice
A Czech movie. Not a sweet fairytale, but something actually out of a dream. Surreal, creepy, strange. Personal favorite. :)
Watch here (Czech with English subtitles): https://www7.fmovies.se/film/alice.n1zk/pw23xj (again, don’t click on anything)
1995 - Alice in Wonderland
Another animated version, by Jetlag Producions. Alice wears pink. The animation style is exactly the same as in the old My Little Pony movies, or at least that’s what it remind me of...
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfRAL0AgzGs&t=68s
1998 - Alice Through The Looking Glass
Family fantasy movie, very true to it’s genre, colorful, a bit tacky. This time Alice is a mother who falls asleep while reading a bedtime story.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGM7aiQkAAI
1999 - Alice in Wonderland
The special effects are slowly starting to catch up to Carroll’s imagination. They tried and they succeeded but I feel like they tried too hard... Oh also it’s nearly three hours long.
Watch here: https://www7.fmovies.se/film/alice-in-wonderland.xjpo3/my13jz (don’t click the ads)
2010 - Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton’s version. ,,Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny.”
Watch here: https://watchcartoonsonline.la/watch-alice-in-wonderland-2010-full-movie/ (don’t click ads and close pop-up windows quickly)
2015 - CBeebies Alice in Wonderland
A TV recording of an Alice in Wonderland children’s show.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq6FO0Q3D6w