Rebecca on screen

Daphne du Maurier's novel has moved from Hitchcock's constrained Hollywood ending to longer television treatment and a later feature with a different visual emphasis.

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

1. Source book | 1938Rebecca
2. 1940 | Feature filmRebeccaAdapted from | Alfred Hitchcock

   The film externalizes the narrator's insecurity through Manderley and changes the circumstances of Rebecca's death under production-code limits.

   Compare with the book
3. 1997 | MiniseriesRebeccaAdapted from | Jim O'Brien

   The two-part television format restores more of the novel's events and gives the investigation and psychological pressure additional room.

4. 2020 | Feature filmRebeccaAdapted from | Ben Wheatley

   The later feature uses brighter romance and more direct confrontation while retaining Manderley as the marriage's controlling memory.