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Victor Hugo: books in order and screen adaptations
Quick answer
Victor Hugo has 4 books adapted into 23 TV shows and movies.
About Victor Hugo's books on screen
Victor Hugo has 4 works on record that have been adapted for the screen, published from 1831 to 1869. Together they have become 3 TV series and 20 movies. The first adaptation was Esmeralda (1905), and the most recent released one is Jean Valjean (2026). The most adapted is Les Misérables, with 11 screen versions.
Victor Hugo books with adaptations, in publication order
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) · adapted as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and 6 more
- Ruy Blas (1839) · adapted as Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
- Les Misérables (1862) · adapted as Les Misérables (2012), Les Misérables (1998), Les Misérables (1995), Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette (2007) and 7 more
- The Man Who Laughs (1869) · adapted as The Man Who Laughs (1928)
TV shows and movies based on Victor Hugo's books
- Jean Valjean (movie, 2026)
- Quasi (movie, 2023)
- Les Misérables (TV, 2018)
- Les Misérables (movie, 2012)
- Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette (TV, 2007)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (movie, 2002)
- Les Misérables (TV, 2000)
- Les Misérables (movie, 1998)
- The Hunchback (movie, 1997)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (movie, 1996)
- Les Misérables (movie, 1995)
- Phantom of the Paradise (movie, 1974)
- Delusions of Grandeur (movie, 1971)
- Les Misérables (movie, 1958)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (movie, 1956)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (movie, 1939)
- Les Misérables (movie, 1935)
- Les Misérables (movie, 1933)
- The Man Who Laughs (movie, 1928)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (movie, 1923)
- Les Misérables (movie, 1917)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (movie, 1911)
- Esmeralda (movie, 1905)
Common questions
How many Victor Hugo books have been made into movies or TV shows?
4 books have been adapted into 23 TV shows and movies.
What was the first Victor Hugo adaptation?
Esmeralda, released in 1905, a movie based on The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Is a new Victor Hugo adaptation coming?
No new adaptation date is on record yet; the latest released one is Jean Valjean.
Which Victor Hugo book has the most adaptations?
Les Misérables, with 11 TV and movie versions.