In Case of a Jane Austen Craving...

Every now and then, I get a craving for an Austen kind of romance and if you're craving Austen you gotta have Austen.

If you ever have such cravings on a rainy day or when it's too cold outside, I have the perfect list for you.

Every craving is different from the other. Sometimes you need a hard core Janey Austeny stuff like the direct adaptation of Pride and Prejudice or a modern day adaptation, or even some work that Jane Austen is acknowledged as the great writer she is within the movie/series.

Starting with the direct book adaptations... A Jane Austen list that doesn't begin with Pride and Prejudice is not a Jane Austen list. I am equally a fan of the 2005 version of P&P with Keira Knightley and the 1995 mini series version of P&P in 1995 with Colin Firth.

But if you are at the very beginning of the Austen road, I recommend you start with the movie before dedicating yourself to a more intense journey with the mini series.

Speaking of mini series, Emma is the second best I have seen ever. The best comes later...

So far all of the Jane Austen book adapted projects, I have seen without having any prior information. (Except Pride and Prejudice. If you haven't read that shame on you dude!) That's why I've made the decision to give you the same chance and give no hint on the plot.

The other two books adapted to mini series are Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey. I am not that big of a fan of either of them (I know that no one really is a fan of Northanger Abbey) but if you've got nothing then, oh well...

And there is Sense and Sensibility. This one also comes to our way with two choices: mini series and a movie. To be honest I haven't seen the 1981 mini series of Sense and Sensibility because I saw the 1995 movie first and the general plot wasn't so much for my taste. However I would still recommend you to see the movie if not for the story, for the performances of Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. Also there is Alan Rickman, which is always a plus.

As a representative of this category I will forever and always say Pride and Prejudice. Even though many people prefer Colin Firth to Matthew Macfadyen, I still prefer the 2005 movie to the 1995 mini series.

The second category is the modern adaptations of the Jane Austen books. This category is literally over flowing. I am not going to mention every single one of them of course. Just the ones that stand out to me.

If we begin with the "adequate one" on my list, I would start with From Prada to Nada which is apparently adapted from Sense and Sensibility. In my view this movie is nothing more than a light chick flick that is only good when you're extremely bored, but it helps passing time. So whatever...

Then there is the famous Bridget Jones's Diary... Confession Time: I'm a fan. So what? Allegedly Bridget Jones was adapted from Pride and Prejudice but if you can find one -and only one- similarity between Bridget and Elizabeth I will give you everything I own. Still, I believe that it's a good movie.

Finally a 1995 classic, Clueless. The day I watched Clueless, which is based on Emma, I fell in love with both Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd. It is a teen aiming romantic comedy but it seriously, honestly entertains. I applaud you Amy Heckerling!

To respresent this category I will not be able to choose between Clueless and Bridget Jones (the first movie, not the sequel), but since Clueless is more relatable to its base story and this is a Jane Austen list, I have to go with Clueless.

And a final category for the Austen fans is the movies I put in the category of "Others" because they are not exactly book adaptations.

 For example the movie The Jane Austen Book Club is obviously about a book club that reads Jane Austen. duhh... It is a soft time passer that I enjoyed but I still would say.. meeehh. You may leave that to the end of your list if you're planning on binge-watching Jane Austen.

One of my favorites in this list and this whole article is Becoming Jane. It is not about a book that Jane Austen has written but it is about Jane Austen herself. The events on the movie are not exactly verified but there are letters and stuff supporting some details that are imagined in her story. Plus I like Anne Hathaway whatever you say.

The last but not least that one favorite of mine... Lost in Austen.

This is 4 episode mini series with Jemima Rooper starring as Amanda Price who finds herself inside of her favorite book Pride and Prejudice. It's fun, it's funny, it's everything you want it to be. That's why, to anyone with a craving of a Jane Austen kind of romance I would strongly recommend Lost in Austen.

Thank you for reading my humble opinion.