Adaptations of Agatha Christie

The works of Agatha Christie have been extensively adapted into almost every conceivable medium ranging from cinematic films to video games and board games. The first adaptation was made from as early as 1928 and new adaptations continue to be made to this very day.

To keep the length of this page manageable, only adaptations in the English language are listed here. Do not forget to consult the companion page Adaptations of Agatha Christie in other languages. This lists adaptations in other languages, of which there are many highly significant and successful ones.

Film

Year	Title	Story based on	Country	Notes
1928	The Passing of Mr. Quinn	The Coming of Mr Quin	UK	First Christie film adaptation
1931	Alibi	The stage play Alibi and the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	UK	First Christie film adaptation to feature Hercule Poirot
1931	Black Coffee	Black Coffee	UK
1934	Lord Edgware Dies	Thirteen at Dinner	UK
1937	Love from a Stranger	The stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel Cottage	UK	Released in the US as A Night of Terror
1945	And Then There Were None	The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None	US	First Christie film adaptation of And Then There Were None
1947	Love from a Stranger	The stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel Cottage	US	Released in the UK as A Stranger Walked In
1957	Witness for the Prosecution	The stage play Witness for the Prosecution and the short story The Witness for the Prosecution	US
1960	The Spider's Web	Spider's Web	UK
1961	Murder, She Said	4.50 from Paddington	UK	First Christie film adaptation to feature Miss Marple
1963	Murder at the Gallop	After the Funeral	UK	In the film, Miss Marple replaces Hercule Poirot
1964	Murder Most Foul	Mrs McGinty's Dead	UK	The film is loosely based on the book and as a major change Miss Marple replaces Hercule Poirot
1964	Murder Ahoy	None	UK	An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors
1965	Ten Little Indians	The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None	UK
1965	The Alphabet Murders	The A.B.C. Murders	UK
1972	Endless Night	Endless Night	UK
1974	Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	UK
1974	And Then There Were None	The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None	Multiple	Released in the US as Ten Little Indians
1978	Death on the Nile	The stage play Murder on the Nile and the novel Death on the Nile	UK
1980	The Mirror Crack'd	The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side	UK
1982	Evil Under the Sun	Evil Under the Sun	UK
1984	Ordeal by Innocence	Ordeal by Innocence	UK
1988	Appointment with Death	The stage play Appointment with Death and the novel Appointment with Death	US
1989	Ten Little Indians	The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None	UK
1995	Innocent Lies	Towards Zero	UK, France	Departed from the original such that the Christie estate disowned it. End credits acknowledge Christie as an inspiration but state the film does not purport to be a faithful adaptation of Christie's works.
2014	Sabotage (2014 film)	And Then There Were None	US	Action movie patterned after the Christie novel.
2017	Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	US
2017	Crooked House	Crooked House
2020	Death on the Nile	Death on the Nile (novel)	US	A sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express.
2023	A Haunting in Venice	Hallowe'en Party	US

Television

Year	Title	Story based on	Country	Notes
1937	The Wasp's Nest	Wasps' Nest	UK	BBC TV play
1938	Love from a Stranger	Love from a Stranger (Frank Vosper adaptation)	UK	Vosper's play was based on Philomel Cottage
1947	Three Blind Mice (1947 TV play)	Three Blind Mice (radio play)	UK	BBC TV play
1947	Love from a Stranger	Love from a Stranger (Frank Vosper adaptation)	UK	Vosper's play was based on Philomel Cottage
1949	Witness for the Prosecution (1949 film)	The Witness for the Prosecution	UK	BBC
1949	Witness for the Prosecution (1949 Chevrolet Tele-Theatre)	The Witness for the Prosecution	US	NBC
1949	Ten Little Ni**ers (1949 TV play)	And Then There Were None (play)	UK	BBC TV play
1950	The Golden Ball/Just Three Words	The Golden Ball	US	NBC "Fireside Theatre" series
1950	Three Blind Mice (The Trap Ep 8)	Three Blind Mice (short story)	US	CBS "The Trap" series
1950	Murder on the Nile (Kraft Television Theatre episode)	Murder on the Nile	US	NBC
1950	Three Blind Mice (Sure as Fate Ep 9)	Three Blind Mice (short story)	US	CBS "Sure as Fate" series
1950	Witness for the Prosecution (Danger S1 Ep 7)	The Witness for the Prosecution (short story)	US	CBS "Danger" series
1950	The Case of the Missing Lady (1950)	The Case of the Missing Lady	US	CBS Nash Airflyt Theatre
1951	Appointment with Death (Danger S1 Ep 17)	Appointment with Death (play) ?	US	CBS "Danger" series
1952	They Came to Baghdad	They Came to Baghdad	US
1951	The Red Signal (CBS Suspense episode)	The Red Signal	US	CBS "Suspense series"
1953	Witness for the Prosecution (Lux Video Theater S4 Ep 3)	The Witness for the Prosecution (short story)	US	CBS Lux Video Theatre series
1955	Spider's Web (1955)	Spider's Web (play)	UK	BBC
1956	A Murder is Announced (Goodyear Television Playhouse S6 Ep 5)	A Murder is Announced (play)	US	NBC
1958	Love from a Stranger (1958 TV play)	Love from a Stranger (Frank Vosper adaptation)	UK	BBC Vosper's play was based on Philomel Cottage
1959	Ten Little Ni**ers (1959 TV play)	And Then There Were None (play)	UK	ITV
1959	Ten Little Indians	And Then There Were None (play)	US	NBC
1961	The Spider's Web (Kraft Mystery Theater)	Spider's Web (play)	US	NBC An edited version of the 1960 film The Spider's Web
1962	Hercule Poirot (General Electric Theater episode)	The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim	US
1963	Rule of Three (1963 TV play)	Rule of Three	UK	BBC
1980	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	UK	LWT
1981	The Seven Dials Mystery	The Seven Dials Mystery	UK	LWT
1982	Spider's Web	Spider's Web (play)	UK	BBC
1982	The Agatha Christie Hour (television series)	various	UK	ITV Thames
1982	Murder is Easy	Murder is Easy	US	Warner Bros. TV for CBS
1982	The Witness for the Prosecution	Witness for the Prosecution (play)	US	CBS
1983	The Secret Adversary	The Secret Adversary	UK	LWT
1983	Partners in Crime (television series)	Partners in Crime	UK	LWT
1983	A Caribbean Mystery	A Caribbean Mystery	US	Warner Bros. TV for CBS
1983	Sparkling Cyanide	Sparkling Cyanide	US	Warner Bros. TV for CBS
1984	Miss Marple (BBC television series)	various	UK	BBC series - 1984-1992 12 episodes
1985	Murder with Mirrors	They Do It with Mirrors	US
1985	Thirteen at Dinner	Lord Edgware Dies	US	Warner Bros. TV for CBS
1986	Dead Man's Folly	Dead Man's Folly	US	Warner Bros. TV for CBS
1986	Murder in Three Acts	Three Act Tragedy	US	Warner Bros. TV for CBS
1986	Agatha Christie's The Last Seance	The Last Seance	UK	ITV - Granada
1987	Murder by the Book	original plot	UK	ITV
1988	The Man in the Brown Suit	The Man in the Brown Suit	US	Warner Bros. TV for CBS
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	various	UK	ITV - 1989-2013 70 episodes
1997	The Pale Horse	The Pale Horse	UK	ITV - Anglia
2001	Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	US	CBS
2003	Sparkling Cyanide	Sparkling Cyanide	UK	ITV
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple (series)	various	UK	ITV - 2004-2013 23 episodes
2015	Partners in Crime (miniseries)	various Tommy and Tuppence	UK	BBCa
2015	And Then There Were None (miniseries)	And Then There Were None	UK	BBC
2016	The Witness for the Prosecution (miniseries)	The Witness for the Prosecution	UK	BBC
2017	Crooked House (2017 film)	Crooked House	US	Sony Pictures
2018	Ordeal by Innocence (miniseries)	Ordeal by Innocence	UK	BBC
2018	The ABC Murders (miniseries)	The A.B.C. Murders	UK	BBC
2020	The Pale Horse (miniseries)	The Pale Horse	UK	BBC
2022	Why Didn't They Ask Evans (miniseries)	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	UK	Britbox etc

Radio

• 1945-1946 Agatha Christie's Poirot (radio series) by the Mutual Broadcasting System
• 1945-present Adaptations on BBC Radio services including:
  • 1985-2007 Hercule Poirot (BBC Radio 4 series)
  • 1993-2001 Miss Marple (BBC Radio 4 series)

Graphic novels

See Adaptations of Agatha Christie in other languages

Stage adaptations

• 1928 Alibi (Michael Morton adaptation)
• 1932 Roads of Memory (W. E. Fuller adaptation)
• 1936 Love from a Stranger (Frank Vosper adaptation)
• 1939 Tea for Three (Margery Vosper adaptation)
• 1940 Peril at End House (Arnold Ridley adaptation)
• 1949 Murder at the Vicarage (Moie Charles and Barbara Toy adaptation)
• 1977 A Murder is Announced (Leslie Darbon adaptation)
• 1981 Cards on the Table (Leslie Darbon adaptation)
• 1993 Murder is Easy (Clive Exton adaptation)
• 2005 And Then There Were None (Kevin Elyot adaptation)
• 2010 Love from a Stranger (Louise Page adaptation)
• 2012 The Mysterious Affair at Styles (David Hansen adaptation)
• 2016 The Secret Adversary (David Hansen adaptation)
• 2017 Murder on the Orient Express (Ken Ludwig adaptation)
• 2019 The Mirror Crack'd (Rachel Wagstaff adaptation)

Video games, games for mobile

• 1988 The Scoop (published by Spinnaker Software and Telarium) (PC)
• 2005 Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (PC and Wii).
• 2006 Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (PC)
• 2007 Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
• 2007 Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun (PC and Wii)
• 2007 Agatha Christie: Peril at End House (I-Spy hidden-object game)
• 2009 Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (DS)
• 2009 Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly (I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
• 2010 Agatha Christie: 4:50 from Paddington (I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
• 2023 Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (Microid, multiple platforms)
• 2023 Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (Blazing Griffin, multiple platforms)
• 2023 Mahjong Crimes' Murder on the Orient Express (IOS, Android)
• 2023 Hercule Poirot: The London Case (Blazing Griffin, multiple platforms)

Animation

See Adaptations of Agatha Christie in other languages

Games

• 2006 Agatha Christie Classic Covers (jigsaw puzzle) - Susan Prescot Games
• 2019 Agatha Christie's Death on the Cards - a card game
• 2021 Hunt a Killer: The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
• 2022 Agatha Christie Bingo
• 2022 The World of Agatha Christie - jigsaw puzzle
• 2023 The World of Hercule Poirot - jigsaw puzzle