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The present study argues that the film adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels from 1995 to 2005 interplay the feminist issues that become the mainstream issues highlighted by the films.Five globally marketed theatre releases of the adaptations are reviewed to see how feminisms in Jane Austen’s novels are translated into ideologies that reflect the social context of the productions.Sense and Sensibility(1995) highlight post-feminists issues but it shows a degree of ambivalence in its post-feminist mainstreaming since it put too much emphasis on the romantic plot.Persuasion(1995) highlights the issues of class mobility while emphasizing on the escape of domesticity as an act of emancipation.Emma(1996) interplays the characterizations of the heroine while at the same time eliminates class difference and purports for class permeability.Mansfield Park(1999) chooses to blend the feminist issues with abolitionist views and Pride and Prejudice(2005) promotes marked third wave feminism that seeks to undermine patriarchal aristocracy and male gaze.