Nancy Drew
Nancy Drewis a fancied teen detective who first star in her own mystery script series in 1930 , and there have been a wealthiness of Nancy Drew movies and idiot box shows adapted from the classic novel . Though she was create almost a one C ago , she remain a beloved role and has been getting new screen adaptions ever since 1938 and up to 2019 . Just like other iconic fresh sleuths like Sherlock Holmes , from the 1938 film adjustment in which Nancy solved mysteries alongside her fellow Ted — Ned in the record — to the modern retelling on The CW , Nancy Drew movies and shows get in extremely dissimilar forms .
10Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase (1939)
Before she was asmart television detective , Nancy Drewstarred in original Warner Bros. movies . Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircasearrived at the back end of 1939 and find out Nancy and Ned help two sometime women carry through their inherited house after a murder puts their possession at hazard . The film is based on the secondNancy Drewbook , though the storyline was changed considerably . Nancy ’s friends George and Bess do n’t seem in this adaption either , as the Romance language took center phase . That might have been the picture show ’s biggest weakness , as the big appeal of the previous movies was the grouping solving the mystery .
9Nancy Drew (2002)
ABC air out a modernNancy Drewfilm as part ofThe Wonderful public of Walt Disneyin 2002 . This adaption had Nancy heading to college with Bess and George and getting deep into an investigation after the schooling ’s biggest football game player last into a comatoseness . Maggie Lawson take on Nancy , though both Christine Lakin and Rachel McAdams had auditioned for the character ( viaPeople ) . ABC hoped to keep Lawson and turn this reboot into a series , ordering six extra script , though the web ultimately decided to pass on them .
8Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)
The minute of Warner Bros. ‘Nancy Drewmovies debut just one year after the original . Bonita Granville once again portrayed the titulary police detective , but this time , Nancy set out to succeed the local newspaper publisher ’s reporting contest . Through this , she also attempts to clear a young fair sex ’s name on slaying charges after she uncovers grounds of an substitute Orcinus orca . Like the firstNancy Drewfilm , this one was also in fatal and livid and fly the coop for around an hour , clock in at 68 arcminute . However , while still fun , the movie was n’t quite as exciting as its harbinger , especially as Warner Bros. choose to not conform the second book in the serial .
7Nancy Drew (1995)
Nancy is a 21 - year - onetime criminology pupil who lives in New York City with her best friend in the 1995 serial . Ned is once again the central boyfriend , though he made rarified appearance as he was busy doing charity oeuvre in Africa . Tracy Ryan played Nancy and even guest - starred in the rebootedHardy Boysseries that was airing at the same time . unluckily , while the refreshing big - metropolis location and age jump were interesting to start with , the series could keep the momentum going . BothNancy DrewandThe Hardy Boyswere canceled in the middle of their first and only seasons because of low-down military rank .
6Nancy Drew (2007)
For the first time in decades , the franchise got a theatrical release with 2007’sNancy Drewstarring Emma Roberts . In this adaptation , Nancy and her don move to a California home where the death of a moving-picture show star is yet to be solved . Though Nancy has to handle with various attack because of her involvement in the shell , she is also force to deal with the ups and down feather of high school day life . Though the movie received a miscellaneous reception from critic , Roberts delivers the good characterization of the character yet . The quality ’s bubbly and upbeat part is what makesNancy Drewsuch a fun and easy - going movie .
5Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)
Nancy Drew … Trouble Shooter , which was exhaust in the summertime of ' 39 , and this prison term , the comedy mystery had Nancy and her swain working to clear a close acquaintance ’s execution charge in a rural town . The lede ’ chemistry continued to build and the exciting climax , which incorporate an airplane - flying prospect , also gained lots of attention . This help oneself set up the excitement for Granville ’s concluding Nancy Drew performance . Nancy Drew … Trouble Shooter was the good movie since the 1938 original , as not does it feel like the actors have in full vanish into their characters , but the mystery was way more exciting thanNancy Drew … Reportertoo .
4Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase (2019)
The newest of theNancy Drewmovies arrived in March 2019 as a teen clowning filmstarring Sophia Lillis as the titular detective . Released in theaters by Warner Bros. , the movie ( like the one from 1939 that deal a championship ) was slackly based on the novel of the same name . The gang undertake to figure out what ' ghost " is haunting an older woman ’s menage . Though the movie bombed at the box bureau , it had a passel of production value behind it , has a shockingly canny script , and Lillis is great as Nancy . It ’s inauspicious that its boxful office performance kept it from being the beginning of a long - running franchise .
3The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977-1979)
The first video series adaptation of Nancy Drew was a crossover with The dauntless Boys , The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries , which first air in the seventies on ABC . However , the serial publication had a strange format , as the leads alternated with each episode and it was n’t until after in the serial that the storyline of each lead queer over . The show was wildly entertain enough , especially when the Hardy Boys and Nancy did team up , and the series bring the police detective into a raw menstruum setting . alas , Nancy was finally all dropped in favour of focusing exclusively on the Hardy Boys .
2Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
The firstNancy Drewmovie arrived in 1938 after Warner Bros. corrupt the rights to the series just a class prior . Warner Bros. project to make a whole series of B - movies based on the female detective and began with a movie that was generally based on the tenthNancy Drewbook , The Password to Larkspur Lane . Nancy Drew … Detectivehad Nancy solving the abduction of a woman who had promise to donate to Nancy ’s school . Even though it did n’t follow the al-Qur’an series ' release order , Nancy Drew … Detectivewas a immense success . The flick is delightfully peculiar and refreshfully upbeat for a moving picture release during the popularity of noir moving-picture show .
1Nancy Drew (2019-Present)
The newestNancy Drewadaption is a mystery dramatic event series that began air on The CW in 2019 . It starts with an 18 - year - onetime Nancy and her friends attempting to image out who slay a local businessman ’s married woman after they ’re all loop in as suspect . Kennedy McMann plays the nominal character , while Pamela Sue Martin , who played Nancy in the 1977 TV serial , guest stars in the buffer as a sensitive . The series has the distinctive The CW aesthetic , being a histrionic teenager series found on a well - known dealership , and it fits utterly forNancy Drew . With multiple seasons and astrong cast , thisNancy Drewseries is the most successful yet .
