An unsuccessful attempt was made in the early 1950s to turn the novel into a movie. In the screen treatment the title was changed to Winter Journey and the character of "Carol" was changed to "Carl".[60]
A radio adaptation titled Carol was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in December 2014 with Miranda Richardson as Carol Aird and Andrea Deck as Therese Belivet. It comprised five segments of approximately 15 minutes.[61]
A 2015 British-American film adaptation of the novel, Carol, was directed by Todd Haynes[62] from a screenplay by Phyllis Nagy.[63] The film stars Cate Blanchett as Carol and Rooney Mara as Therese.[64] Carol was an Official Selection of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and won the Queer Palm award.[65][66] The film received six Academy Award nominations,[67] and nine British Academy Film Award nominations.[68]
