The novel The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted to many screen versions, including several films, numerous TV series and an anime series. It has been estimated that this story has been filmed once every eighteen months from 1920 on. Notable versions include:

The Count of Monte Cristo (1980 film) (1980), TV miniseries starring Jacques Weber, Carla Romanelli

The Count of Monte Cristo (1908 film) (1908), silent film

The Count of Monte Cristo (series) (1956), ITC Entertainment TV series

The Count of Monte Cristo (1913 film) (1913), starring James O'Neill

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film) (1934), starring Robert Donat

The Count of Monte Cristo (1943 film) (1943), starring Pierre Richard-Willm

The Count of Monte Cristo (1955 film) (1955), starring Jean Marais, Lia Amanda

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964 series) (1964), BBC TV series starring Alan Badel, Natasha Parry

The Count of Monte Cristo (1961 film) (1961) , starring Louis Jourdan

The Count of Monte Cristo (1968 film) (Under the sign of Monte Cristo) (1968), starring Paul Barge, Claude Jade, Pierre Brasseur

The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film) (1975), starring Richard Chamberlain, Kate Nelligan, Tony Curtis (at times mistaken for having been made in 1974)

The Prisoner of Chateau d'If (1988), Russian film starring Viktor Avilov, Mikhail Boyarsky

The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 film) (1998), TV miniseries starring Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film) (2002), starring James Caviezel, Dagmara Dominczyk, Guy Pearce

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - anime series, produced in 2004 by GONZO and directed by Mahiro Maeda.