#2. Oliver Twist (2005)

  • Rating: 6.8/10
  • Length: 2h 10min
  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Director: Roman Polanski

Storyline: In the Nineteenth Century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent from the orphanage to a workhouse, where the children are mistreated and barely fed. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a seven day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is soon welcomed in a gang of pickpockets lead by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr. Brownlow's fancy house.

Plot Keywords: oliver twist, orphan, benefactor, grandfather, crime boss, pickpocket, amusing ...

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#3. Oliver Twist (1982)

  • Rating: 5.7/10
  • Length: 100 mins
  • Genre: Drama
  • Director: Clive Donner

Storyline: After his mother dies, Oliver Twist (Tim Curry) spends his days slaving away in a squalid workhouse. Having had enough, Oliver runs off and finds sanctuary with a gang of young thieves led by grown-up Fagin (George C. Scott). When the orphan picks the pocket of Mr. Brownlow (Timothy West) and the rich man takes an interest in him, it seems Oliver may have earned his ticket out of poverty -- that is, until thug Bill Sikes (Michael Hordern) kidnaps the boy for a criminal scheme.

Plot Keywords: pickpocket, orphan, thief, kingpin, boy, wealthy man, dark ...

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