The Great Gatsby on screen

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel has repeatedly been filmed, with each version finding a different balance between Nick's narration, Gatsby's spectacle, and the story's disillusionment.

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

1. Source book | 1925The Great Gatsby
2. 1949 | Feature filmThe Great GatsbyAdapted from | Elliott Nugent

   The postwar film frames Gatsby's rise and fall as a more direct cautionary crime drama.

3. 1974 | Feature filmThe Great GatsbyAdapted from | Jack Clayton

   The period production foregrounds wealth and decorum while retaining Nick as observer of Gatsby and Daisy.

4. 2000 | Television filmThe Great GatsbyAdapted from | Robert Markowitz

   The television version gives the novel a compact, dialogue-led treatment built around Nick's recollection.

5. 2013 | Feature filmThe Great GatsbyAdapted from | Baz Luhrmann

   The film uses heightened music and spectacle while making Nick's written account an explicit framing device.

   Compare with the book