Wuthering Heights (2011 film) of 100, based on 24 critics. Andrew O'Hehir of "Salon" placed the film at number one on his list of the top 10 best films of 2012. Wuthering Heights (2011 film) Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British romantic gothic, period drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay, written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed, is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name Announced in April 2008, Natalie Portman was originally set to star as Cathy in a new film adaptation of the novel, but she
Wuthering Heights is also a 1985 French film adaptation "Hurlevent" by Jacques Rivette. The 1992 film "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights" starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche is notable for including the oft-omitted second generation story of the children of Cathy, Hindley and Heathcliff. More recent film or TV adaptations include ITV's 2009 two-part drama series starring Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Sarah Lancashire, and Andrew Lincoln, and the 2011 film starring Kaya Scodelario and James Howson and directed by Andrea Arnold. Adaptations which reset the story in a new setting include the 1953 adaptation retitled "Abismos de Pasion" directed by Spanish filmmaker Luis