Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

About the book

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne. It was originally serialised from March 1869 to June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's French fortnightly periodical, the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation. A deluxe octavo edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871, included 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou.

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On screen

This book has been adapted for the screen 12 times — from 1907 to 2024.

• Film20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954·dir. Richard FleischerIMDb
• Film20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1916·dir. Stuart PatonIMDb
• SeriesNadia: The Secret of Blue Water1990·dir. Hideaki AnnoIMDb
• Short filmUnder the Seas1907·dir. Georges MélièsIMDb
• Series20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1997·dir. Rod HardyIMDb
• SeriesNautilus2024·dir. Isabelle SiebIMDb
• Film30,000 Leagues Under the Sea2007·dir. Gabriel BolognaIMDb
• SeriesWilly Fog 21993IMDb
• TV film20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1985·dir. Warwick GilbertIMDb
• FilmCaptain Nemo and the Underwater City1969·dir. James HillIMDb
• SeriesCaptain Nemodir. Vasili LevinIMDb
• TV filmThe Return of Captain Nemo1978·dir. Paul StaderIMDb

Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.1 across 68 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 32% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.

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