Animal Farm on screen

George Orwell's political fable has received three screen treatments whose largest differences lie in character emphasis and what happens after the pigs take power.

This map covers the related screen works currently supported by PlotGeeks, rather than every adaptation ever made.

1. Source book | 1945Animal Farm
2. 1954 | Feature filmAnimal FarmAdapted from | John Halas, Joy Batchelor

   The animated film changes Orwell's closed ending by allowing the other animals to rise against the pigs.

3. 1999 | Television filmAnimal FarmAdapted from | John Stephenson

   The live-action television film uses animal effects and adds a later return to the neglected farm.

4. 2025 | Feature filmAnimal FarmAdapted from | Andy Serkis

   The animated version strengthens Lucky's resistance and redirects the ending toward defeating Napoleon and Pilkington.

   Compare with the book