See our countdown to the greatest adaptation of the novel ahead.

This gallery was originally published May 13, 2018, and most recently updated Dec. 26, 2019.

There is nothing good to say about this adaptation.

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just, let’s just move on to the next one and try our best to forget about this.

The film’s saving grace, however, isElizabeth Tayloras a perfect Amy.

Amid a collection of big old drafty New England houses, thisLittle Womenreally is a castle in the air.

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Theinspired castingofSaoirse Ronanas Jo,Timothee Chalametas Laurie, andMeryl Streepas Aunt March certainly helped.

Little Women (1978)

Film and Television

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VARIOUS

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Little Women - 1994

Little Women (1994).Joseph Lederer/Di Novi/Columbia/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock

Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, and Eliza Scanlan in ‘Little Women’

Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, and Eliza Scanlan in ‘Little Women’.Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures