Movies I have seen so far.... (recommended are starred)

• *Alice* - 1987, written and directed by Jan Svankmajer, live Alice and many puppets. My favorite Alice yet. Incredibly surreal, it captures the darkest side of Carroll's tale. Also has the best White Rabbit I've seen, a taxidermy display come to life. When Alice shrinks, she turns from a real girl into a small doll. Many of the creatures are constructed from animal skeletons. Very disturbing, just how I like it! Very little dialogue, mostly action.
• *Through the Looking Glass* - 1998, made for tv, starring Kate Beckinsale as Alice, directed by John Henderson. My favorite strictly Looking Glass adaptation. Has the best Tweedledee/Tweedledum, strangely reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange. Also a good performance by Ian Holm as the White Knight.
• *Alice in Wonderland* - 1950, starring Carol Marsh as Alice, with puppets by Lou Bunin, somewhat hard to find but worth it. Begins with live action depiction of Alice's life, with stop-motion puppetry once she's in Wonderland. Not bad for a musical version (I'm not fond of musicals) and has a great Cheshire Cat.
• Alice in Wonderland - 1985, produced by Irwin Allen (also has a second part I haven't seen yet). Packed with stars such as Sammy Davis Jr. (as the caterpillar) and Ringo Starr (the mock turtle). However, not one of my favorites, especially considering the songs.
• Alice in Wonderland - 1999, distributed by Hallmark, starring Martin Short as the Mad Hatter and Whoopi Goldberg as the Cheshire Cat. Better than I had expected, but not great.
• Alice in Acidland - 1968, directed by John Donne. Not very Alice-like, really, but I had to rent it for the title. Horrible film warning of the dangers of pot and acid, similar to Reefer Madness.
• Alice in Wonderland - 1976, awful porno version starring Kristine DeBell. Alice is an uptight virgin librarian who finds the door to a Wonderland filled with lascivious characters. Bad.
• Alice in Wonderland - 1951, the Disney cartoon classic. I like the Cheshire Cat in this one, too. Combines both books into one storyline.
• *Dreamchild* - 1985, with Wonderland creatures by Jim Henson's studio. A wonderful story of the real Alice Liddell, in her 80's, travelling to America for the centenary celebration of Lewis Carroll. While there, she has flashbacks of her life with Carroll (portrayed perfectly by Ian Holm) and scenes from the Alice books. A great tea party scene with truly creepy Mad Hatter and March Hare.
• Alice Through The Looking Glass - 1966, made-for-tv musical starring (among others) Ricardo Montalban and Jack Palance (as the Jabberwocky). Pretty awful, I had a hard time watching it till the end, especially the musical numbers.
• Miyuki-chan in Wonderland - 1995, anime version of the story, with strange sexual overtones. All the characters are buxom women.
• *Alice in Wonderland* - 1966, directed by Jonathan Miller with soundtrack by Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar. Black and white. Very surreal, dreamy quality, hardly any dialogue, but captures the mood very well. One of my favorites.
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - 1972 all-star musical with Michael Crawford, Fiona Fullerton, Peter Sellers, etc. I found this insanely dull. It follows the book almost perfectly, but without any inspiration. The songs, as is often the case, are agonizing.
• Alice in Wonderland - 1983, stage production, starring Nathan Lane, Richard Burton, Kate Burton and Colleen Dewhurst. Interesting use of the original Tenniel illustrations as the backdrops, otherwise fairly boring, with an uninspired performance from Alice. However, the Cheshire Cat scene with Geoffrey Holder is worth watching - definitely one of my favorites.
• Alice Through the Looking Glass - 1995 animated version, only barely relevant to the original story, but amusing in parts.

Haven't seen yet.....

• There are too many Alice movies in existence to count. There's even a Care Bears in Wonderland! For a fairly comprehensive overview, check out this Alice in Wonderland site, or look it up on imbd.com.

Non-Alice movies appopriate for viewing on Alice Day (see the rest of this site for descriptions of some of these and other Girls Underground-type stories/movies)

• Labyrinth
• Legend
• Wizard of Oz
• Return to Oz
• Spirited Away
• Mirrormask