Adaptations of works by Agatha Christie

Lists of adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie. As of 2025, the only Christie novels not to have received an adaptation of any kind are Postern of Fate, Destination Unknown, Passenger to Frankfurt and Death Comes as the End.

Year	Title	Story based on	Character	Country	Notes
1928	The Passing of Mr. Quin	The Coming of Mr Quin	Dr. Alec Portal		First Christie film adaptation
1929	Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H.	The Secret Adversary	Names changed	Germany	First foreign Christie film adaptation; names changed from the novel.
1931	Alibi	Alibi and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	Hercule Poirot		First Christie film adaptation to feature Hercule Poirot; believed to be lost
1931	Black Coffee	Black Coffee	Hercule Poirot		Believed to be lost
1932	Le Coffret de Laque	Black Coffee	Hercule Poirot	France	Adaptation of Black Coffee
1934	Lord Edgware Dies	Lord Edgware Dies	Hercule Poirot
1937	Love from a Stranger	Love from a Stranger and Philomel Cottage	Names changed		Released in the US as A Night of Terror
1945	And Then There Were None	The And Then There Were None stage play and novel	Names changed		First Christie film adaptation of And Then There Were None
1947	Love from a Stranger	Love from a Stranger and Philomel Cottage	Cecily Harrington		Released in the UK as A Stranger Walked In
1957	Witness for the Prosecution	The Witness for the Prosecution stage play and short story	Leonard Vole
1960	The Spider's Web	Spider's Web	Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1960	Chupi Chupi Aashey	The Mousetrap and Three Blind Mice	Names changed	India	Uncredited adaptation possibly the only notable film version of the play. ^{[citation needed]}
1961	Murder, She Said	4.50 from Paddington	Miss Marple		First Christie film adaptation to feature Miss Marple
1963	Murder at the Gallop	After the Funeral	Miss Marple		Changed from the original novel, which features Hercule Poirot
1964	Murder Most Foul	Mrs McGinty's Dead	Miss Marple		Changed from the original novel, which features Hercule Poirot
1964	Murder Ahoy!	None	Miss Marple		An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors
1965	Ten Little Indians	The And Then There Were None stage play and novel	Names changed
1965	Gumnaam	And Then There Were None	Names changed	India	Uncredited adaptation
1965	The Alphabet Murders	The A.B.C. Murders	Hercule Poirot
1970	Nadu Iravil	And Then There Were None	Names changed	India	Uncredited adaptation in Tamil
1972	Endless Night	Endless Night	Michael Rogers
1973	Dhund	The Unexpected Guest	Names changed	India	Dhund (translation: Fog), produced and directed by B. R. Chopra
1974	Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	Hercule Poirot
1974	And Then There Were None	The And Then There Were None stage play and novel	Names changed		Released in the US as Ten Little Indians
1978	Death on the Nile	Murder on the Nile and Death on the Nile	Hercule Poirot
1980	The Mirror Crack'd	The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side	Miss Marple
1982	Evil Under the Sun	Evil Under the Sun	Hercule Poirot
1983	Secret of the Blackbirds (Russian: Тайна "Чёрных дроздов")	A Pocket Full of Rye	Names changed	Soviet Union
1984	Ordeal by Innocence	Ordeal by Innocence	Arthur Calgary
1987	Desyat Negrityat (= Ten Little Niggers) (Russian: Десять негритят)	The And Then There Were None stage play and novel	Lawrence Wargrave	Soviet Union
1988	Appointment with Death	The Appointment with Death stage play and novel	Hercule Poirot
1989	Ten Little Indians	The And Then There Were None stage play and novel	Lawrence Wargrave
1989	Zagadka Endhausa (Russian: Загадка Эндхауза)	Peril at End House	Hercule Poirot	Soviet Union
1990	Myshelovka (Russian: Мышеловка)	The Mousetrap	Sergeant Trotter	Soviet Union
1995	Innocent Lies	Towards Zero	Names changed		Loose adaptation of Towards Zero after scripts issue.
2003	Shubho Mahurat	The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side	Names changed	India (Bengali)	Loosely based on Miss Marple Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
2004	Mindhunters	n/a	Names changed		Very loose adaptation of the stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None
2005	Mon petit doigt m'a dit...	By the Pricking of My Thumbs	Prudence Beresford	France
2007	L'Heure zéro	Towards Zero	Names changed	France
2008	Le crime est notre affaire	4.50 from Paddington	Prudence Beresford	France	The adaptation replaces Miss Marple with Prudence Beresford.
2008	Le Grand Alibi	The Hollow	Names changed	France	Poirot does not appear in the adaptation.
2011	Aduthathu	The And Then There Were None stage play and novel	Names changed	India (Tamil)
2012	Grandmaster	The A.B.C. Murders	Names changed	India (Malayalam)
2012	Associés contre le crime	The Case of the Missing Lady	Prudence Beresford	France
2015	Aatagara	The And Then There Were None stage play and novel	Names changed	India (Kannada)
2016	Chorabali	Cards on the Table	Names changed	Bangladesh (Bengali)
2017	Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	Hercule Poirot
2017	Crooked House	Crooked House	Charles Hayward
2022	Death on the Nile	Death on the Nile	Hercule Poirot		A sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express.
2023	A Haunting in Venice	Hallowe'en Party	Hercule Poirot		A sequel to 2022's Death on the Nile.

Run	Title	Story based on	Character	Country	Notes
1938	Love from a Stranger	Love from a Stranger	Bruce Lovell	UK	TV play; the original play is based on the short story Philomel Cottage
1947	Love from a Stranger	Love from a Stranger	Bruce Lovell	UK
1949	Ten Little Indians	And Then There Were None	Multiple	UK
1952	They Came to Baghdad	They Came to Baghdad	Victoria Jones	US	151st episode of Studio One
1955	Spider's Web	Spider's Web	Clarissa Hailsham-Brown	UK
1956	Spider's Web	Spider's Web	Clarissa Hailsham-Brown	West Germany
1959	Ten Little Indians	And Then There Were None	Multiple	UK
1980	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Bobby Jones & Frankie Derwent	UK
1981	The Seven Dials Mystery	The Seven Dials Mystery	Eileen 'Bundle' Brent	UK
1982	Spider's Web	Spider's Web	Clarissa Hailsham-Brown	UK
1982	The Agatha Christie Hour	Multiple short stories List The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife In a Glass Darkly The Girl in the Train The Fourth Man The Case of the Discontented Soldier Magnolia Blossom The Mystery of the Blue Jar The Red Signal Jane in Search of a Job The Manhood of Edward Robinson	Multiple	UK
1982	Murder Is Easy	Murder is Easy	Luke Fitzwilliam	US
1982	The Witness for the Prosecution	The Witness for the Prosecution	Wilfred Robarts QC	US
1983	The Secret Adversary	The Secret Adversary	Tommy & Tuppence Beresford	UK
1983	Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime	Partners in Crime List The Secret Adversary The Affair of the Pink Pearl The House of Lurking Death The Sunningdale Mystery The Clergyman's Daughter Finessing the King The Ambassador's Boots The Man in the Mist The Unbreakable Alibi The Case of the Missing Lady The Crackler	Tommy & Tuppence Beresford	UK	Also adapted The Secret Adversary
1983	A Caribbean Mystery	A Caribbean Mystery	Miss Marple	US
1983	Sparkling Cyanide	Sparkling Cyanide	Anthony Browne	US	Colonel Race omitted
1984–92	Miss Marple	Miss Marple novels List The Murder at the Vicarage The Body in the Library The Moving Finger A Murder is Announced They Do It with Mirrors A Pocket Full of Rye 4:50 from Paddington The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side A Caribbean Mystery At Bertram's Hotel Nemesis Sleeping Murder	Miss Marple	UK
1985	Murder with Mirrors	They Do It with Mirrors	Miss Marple	UK, US	Made-for-TV film
1985	Thirteen at Dinner	Lord Edgware Dies	Hercule Poirot	UK, US	Made-for-TV film
1986	Dead Man's Folly	Dead Man's Folly	Hercule Poirot	UK, US	Made-for-TV film
1986	Murder in Three Acts	Three Act Tragedy	Hercule Poirot	UK, US	Made-for-TV film
1989	The Man in the Brown Suit	The Man in the Brown Suit	Anne Beddingfeld	US	Made-for-TV film
1989–2013	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Poirot novels and short stories List The Adventure of the Clapham Cook Murder in the Mews The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly Four and Twenty Blackbirds The Third Floor Flat Triangle at Rhodes Problem at Sea The Incredible Theft The King of Clubs The Dream Peril at End House The Veiled Lady The Lost Mine The Cornish Mystery The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim Double Sin The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Adventure of the 'Western Star' The Mysterious Affair at Styles How Does Your Garden Grow? The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Plymouth Express Wasps' Nest The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor The Double Clue The Mystery of the Spanish Chest The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding The Affair at the Victory Ball The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge The A.B.C. Murders Death in the Clouds One, Two, Buckle My Shoe The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb The Underdog Yellow Iris The Case of the Missing Will The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman The Chocolate Box Dead Man's Mirror The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan Hercule Poirot's Christmas Hickory Dickory Dock The Murder on the Links Dumb Witness The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Lord Edgware Dies Evil Under the Sun Murder in Mesopotamia Five Little Pigs Sad Cypress Death on the Nile The Hollow The Mystery of the Blue Train Cards on the Table After the Funeral Taken at the Flood Mrs. McGinty's Dead Cat Among the Pigeons Third Girl Appointment with Death Three Act Tragedy Hallowe'en Party Murder on the Orient Express The Clocks Elephants Can Remember The Big Four Dead Man's Folly The Labours of Hercules Curtain: Poirot's Last Case	Hercule Poirot	UK
1996	The Pale Horse	The Pale Horse	Mark Easterbrook	UK	Made-for-TV film
2001	Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	Hercule Poirot	US	Made-for-TV film
2003	Sparkling Cyanide	Sparkling Cyanide	Names changed	UK
2004–5	Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple	Multiple novels List The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan The Adventure of the Cheap Flat Strange Jest The Case of the Perfect Maid The A.B.C. Murders The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb The Tape-Measure Murder Ingots of Gold The Blue Geranium Peril at End House The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding 4:50 from Paddington The Plymouth Express Motive v. Opportunity The Adventure of the Clapham Cook Sleeping Murder Four and Twenty Blackbirds The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim Death in the Clouds	Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple	Japan	Animated series, introduced Mabel West and her duck Oliver as new characters
2004–13	Agatha Christie's Marple	Several novels and short stories List The Body in the Library The Murder at the Vicarage 4.50 from Paddington A Murder Is Announced Sleeping Murder The Moving Finger By the Pricking of My Thumbs The Sittaford Mystery Towards Zero Nemesis At Bertram's Hotel Ordeal by Innocence A Pocket Full of Rye Murder Is Easy They Do It with Mirrors The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side The Secret of Chimneys The Blue Geranium Why Didn't They Ask Evans? The Pale Horse A Caribbean Mystery Greenshaw's Folly Endless Night	Miss Marple	UK	Adapted several novels and short stories that did not feature Miss Marple originally
2005–7	Agathe kann's nicht lassen	n/a	Names changed	Germany, Austria	Loosely based on Miss Marple
2006–9	Petits Meurtres en famille	Hercule Poirot's Christmas	Names changed	France
2009–present	Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie	Multiple novels List The A.B.C. Murders Ordeal by Innocence The Moving Finger Peril at End House Cat Among the Pigeons Sad Cypress Five Little Pigs Taken at the Flood The Body in the Library Sleeping Murder Lord Edgware Dies They Do It With Mirrors Sparkling Cyanide Dumb Witness Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Hallowe'en Party Cards on the Table Murder on the Links Hickory Dickory Dock Murder is Easy A Murder is Announced The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly The Pale Horse The Murder at the Vicarage The Mysterious Affair at Styles A Caribbean Mystery The Man in the Brown Suit The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Third Girl Three Act Tragedy Hercule Poirot's Christmas The Sittaford Mystery Evil Under the Sun Towards Zero Appointment with Death The Hollow Endless Night	Names changed	France	The third season is not based on works by Agatha Christie
2015	Oriento kyuukou satsujin jiken	Murder on the Orient Express	Names changed	Japan	Setting changed to 1933 Japan
2015	Partners in Crime	The Secret Adversary N or M?	Tommy & Tuppence Beresford	UK	Title taken from Partners in Crime
2015	And Then There Were None	And Then There Were None	Multiple	UK	One of the few adaptations to retain the original book's ending
2016	The Witness for the Prosecution	The Witness for the Prosecution	John Mayhew	UK
2018	Ordeal by Innocence	Ordeal by Innocence	Arthur Calgary	UK
2018	Kuroido Goroshi	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	Names changed	Japan	Setting changed to Japan
2018	The ABC Murders	The A.B.C. Murders	Hercule Poirot	UK
2018	Ms. Ma, Nemesis	Nemesis	Names changed	South Korea	Setting changed to South Korea
2020	The Pale Horse	The Pale Horse	Mark Easterbrook	UK
2021	Shi to no Yakusoku	Appointment with Death	Names changed	Japan	Setting changed to Japan
2021	Murder in the Hills	Murder on the Orient Express	Names changed	India	Loose adaptation, setting changed to India
2022	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Bobby Jones & Frankie Derwent	UK
2022	Min Guo Da Zhen Tan	Multiple stories List Murder on the Orient Express The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Cat Among the Pigeons One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Five Little Pigs The Kidnapped Prime Minister Three Act Tragedy Curtain: Poirot's Last Case	Names changed	China	Setting changed to 1910s and 1920s China
2023	Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley	The Sittaford Mystery	Names changed	India	Setting changed to India
2023	Murder is Easy	Murder Is Easy	Luke Fitzwilliam	UK
2025	Towards Zero	Towards Zero	Inspector Leach	UK
2026	Agatha Christie's Seven Dials^[1]	The Seven Dials Mystery	Eileen 'Bundle' Brent	UK

Year	Title	Story based on	Adapted by	Illustrated by
2007	The Murder on the Links	The Murder on the Links	François Rivière	Marc Piskic
	Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express		Solidor (Jean-François Miniac).
	Death on the Nile	Death on the Nile		Solidor (Jean-François Miniac).
	The Secret of Chimneys	The Secret of Chimneys		Laurence Suhner
	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	Bruno Lachard
	The Mystery of the Blue Train	The Mystery of the Blue Train	Marc Piskic
	The Man in the Brown Suit	The Man in the Brown Suit	Alain Paillou
	The Big Four	The Big Four	Hichot	Bairi
	The Secret Adversary	The Secret Adversary	François Rivière	Frank Leclercq
	The Murder at the Vicarage	The Murder at the Vicarage	Norma
	Murder in Mesopotamia	Murder in Mesopotamia	François Rivière	Chandre
	And Then There Were None	And Then There Were None		Frank Leclercq
	Endless Night	Endless Night		Frank Leclercq
2008	Ordeal by Innocence	Ordeal by Innocence	Chandre
	Hallowe'en Party	Hallowe'en Party	Chandre
	Peril at End House	Peril at End House	Thierry Jollet	Didier Quella-Guyot
2009	Dumb Witness	Dumb Witness	Marek
2010	Cards on the Table	Cards on the Table	Frank Leclercq
2010	Five Little Pigs	Five Little Pigs	Miceal O'Griafa	David Charrier
2012	Dead Man's Folly	Dead Man's Folly	Marek
2013	Evil Under the Sun	Evil Under the Sun	Thierry Jollet	Didier Quella-Guyot

Year	Title	Story based on	Console	Country	Notes
1988	The Scoop	The Scoop and Behind the Screen	PC	US
2005	Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None	And Then There Were None	PC and Wii	US
2006	Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	PC	US
2007	Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile	Death on the Nile	PC	US	I-Spy hidden-object game
2007	Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun	Evil Under the Sun	PC and Wii	US
2008	Agatha Christie: Peril at End House	Peril at End House		US	I-Spy hidden-object game
2009	Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders	The A.B.C. Murders	DS	US
2009	Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly	Dead Man's Folly	PC	US	I-Spy hidden-object game
2010	Agatha Christie 4:50 from Paddington	4:50 from Paddington	PC	US	I-Spy hidden-object game
2016	Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders	The A.B.C. Murders	PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One	France
2021	Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases	Poirot's Early Cases	PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One	US
2023	Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case		PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S	US
2023	Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express	Murder on the Orient Express	PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S	US

Adaptations of works by Agatha Christie

Film

Television

BBC Radio

Poirot

Miss Marple

Notable others

Graphic novels

Video games

References

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