Filmmaker Robert Eggers recently remade one of the most impactful films and Dracula reinterpretations of all time with Nosferatu (2024). Honoring the original's expressionist style and elevated by Lily-Rose Depp’s performance, Nosferatu is celebrated as an outstanding vampire movie. However, it is not the sole indicator that Dracula is experiencing a revival. The 2024 film Abigail presents a fresh spin on Dracula’s Daughter, while 2023 also spotlighted Dracula with The Last Voyage of the Demeter and the horror comedy Renfield, featuring Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage.

If these unique takes have sparked a deeper interest in Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire, Count Dracula, our guide can show you where to watch every Dracula adaptation.

Stoker introduced Dracula to the world in 1897, and filmmakers were keen to capitalize on the archetypal vampire. Nosferatu (1922) was one of the earliest adaptations of Stoker’s book, though it was unauthorized and thus featured name changes, including renaming Count Dracula to Count Orlok (Max Schreck). Its gothic, expressionist style greatly influenced future horror and vampire films.

By 1931, Universal Pictures acquired the rights to the novel and released Dracula, the first sound film adaptation of Stoker’s work. The film follows Dracula (Bela Lugosi) as he arrives in London, enslaving Renfield (Dwight Frye) and beginning to target Mina Seward (Helen Chandler) due to his insatiable thirst for blood. Many audiences still regard Lugosi’s charming and sinister Dracula as the best portrayal, and the film’s eerie atmosphere further established Dracula as a household figure. Dracula received two sequels, Dracula’s Daughter and Son of Dracula.

British film studio Hammer Film Productions produced another early Dracula series. Dracula (1958) featured Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as vampire hunter Doctor Van Helsing. The film advanced towards a modern interpretation of Dracula, as Lee portrayed the character as more menacing than charming, with striking red eyes and fangs. Hammer would go on to produce eight more Dracula movies, including The Brides of Dracula.

Dracula experienced a resurgence in 1992 with Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film diverged from the campy monster movies of the past, presenting Dracula (Gary Oldman) as a lonely, immortal soul who falls for Jonathan Harker’s (Keanu Reeves) fiancée, Mina (Winona Ryder). It infused the movie with a sense of eroticism, paying homage to the perceived sexual undertones of Stoker’s novel and paving the way for 21st-century interpretations of Dracula.

The 21st century ushered in the most creative era of Dracula interpretations. The character has transformed from an overprotective father in Hotel Transylvania to a superhero villain in Blade: Trinity and then into a nightmare boss in Renfield. Additionally, some projects aim to expand the lore of Dracula beyond Stoker’s novel. The Last Voyage of the Demeter creates an entire movie around a single chapter in Stoker’s book, while Steven Moffat and Matt Gatiss’s 2020 series Dracula seeks to craft a new legend for the character. With another Dracula movie, Dracula: A Love Tale, confirmed for 2025, further Dracula interpretations are assuredly in the works.