List of films based on stage plays or musicals
This is a list of feature films based on stage plays or musicals.
0–9
- 1776 (1972, musical)
- The 24th Day (2004)
A
- About Last Night... (1986)
- After the Fox (1966)
- Agnes of God (1985)
- Alfie (1966)
- Alfie (2004)
- Amadeus (1984)
- American Buffalo (1996)
- Angels in America (2003, TV)
- Animal Crackers (1930)
- The Animal Kingdom (1932)
- Anna Christie (1923 silent), Anna Christie (1930 English-language talkie), Anna Christie (1931 German-language talkie)
- Annie (1982, musical), Annie (1999, TV, musical), Annie (2014, musical)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950, musical)
- Anything Goes (1936, musical), Anything Goes (1956, musical)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- August: Osage County (2013)
B
- Barefoot in the Park (1967)
- The Bargain (1931)
- Bent (1997)
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982, musical)
- The Best Man (1964)
- The Big Kahuna (1999)
- Biloxi Blues (1988)
- Bleacher Bums (1979, play filmed for TV), Bleacher Bums (2002, TV movie)
- Blithe Spirit (1945)
- La Boheme (1926)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- The Boys in the Band (1970)
- Bran nue dae (2010)
- Brigadoon (1954, musical)
- Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
- Broadway Bound (1992, TV)
- The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
- The Browning Version (1951 film) (1951)
- Bug (2007)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963, musical)
C
- Cabaret (1972, musical)
- Cabin in the Sky (1943, musical)
- Cactus Flower (1969)
- La Cage aux Folles (1978), The Birdcage (1996)
- California Suite (1978)
- Call Me Madam (1953)
- Camelot (1967, musical)
- Canaries Sometimes Sing (1930)
- Carnage (2011), based on the play God of Carnage
- Carousel (1956, musical)
- Casablanca (1942)
- The Cat and the Canary (1927)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
- Chapter Two (1979)
- Chatroom (2010)
- Chicago (1927), Chicago (2002, musical)
- Child Manhattan (1933)
- The Children's Hour (1961)
- A Chorus Line (1985, musical)
- A Christmas Carol (Stage Play. A Muppet Christmas Carol added songs making it a musical.)
- Cinderella (musical) (1957, TV)
- Closer (2004)
- The Cocoanuts (1929)
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
- Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
- Command Decision (1948)
- Copenhagen (2002, TV)
- Coriolanus (2011)
- The Country Girl (1954)
- The Crucible (1996)
D
- Da (1988)
- Damn Yankees (1958, musical)
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
- Dead End (1937)
- Death and the Maiden
- Death of a Salesman (1951)
- Deathtrap (1982)
- Desire Under the Elms (1958)
- Dial M for Murder (1954)
- Don't Drink the Water (1969), Don't Drink the Water (1994, TV)
- Doubt (2008)
- Dreamgirls (2006, musical)
E
- Edmond (2005)
- Educating Rita (1983)
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
- The Emperor Jones (1933)
- Equus (1977)
- Ethir Neechal (1968)
- Evita (1996, musical)
F
- Fanny (1961)
- The Fantasticks (1995, musical)
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971, musical)
- Finian's Rainbow (1968, musical)
- Flower Drum Song (1961, musical)
- Fool for Love (1985)
- The Front Page (1931), His Girl Friday (1940), The Front Page (1974), Switching Channels (1988)
- Frost/Nixon (2008)
- Funny Girl (1968, musical)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way of the Forum (1966, musical)
G
- Gaslight (1940), Gaslight (1944)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Gigi (1958)
- The Gin Game (1981, TV)
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Godspell (1973)
- The Goodbye Girl (1977)
- Grease (1978, musical)
- The Great Gatsby (1926, silent)
- Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014, TV)
- Guys and Dolls (1955, musical)
- Gypsy (1962)
- Gypsy (1993, TV)
H
- Hair (1955, musical)
- Hairspray (2007, musical)
- Hamlet (1948), Hamlet (1964), Hamlet (1969), Hamlet (1990), Hamlet (1996)
- Harvey (1950)
- He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001, musical)
- Hello, Dolly! (1969, musical)
- The Hide (2008)
- High Society (1956, musical)
- Hindle Wakes (1927)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- Holiday (1930), Holiday (1938)
- The Homecoming (1973)
- The House of Yes (1997)
- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967, musical)
- Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
- Hurlyburly (1998)
I
- I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
- The Iceman Cometh (1973)
- An Ideal Husband (1999)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
- Indiscreet (1958)
- Into the Woods (2014, musical)
J
- Jake's Women (1996, TV)
- The Jazz Singer (1927), The Jazz Singer (1980)
- Jeffrey (1995)
- Jersey Boys (2014, musical)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973, musical)
- Jump (2012)
- Juno and the Paycock (1930)
K
- Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (2015)
- The King and I (1956, musical), The King and I (1999, musical)
- Kismet (1955)
- Kiss Me, Kate (1953)
L
- Lady in the Dark (1944, musical)
- Lakeboat (2000)
- The Laramie Project (2002)
- The Last Five Years (2014, musical)
- The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
- Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001, TV)
- Lenny (1974)
- Les Misérables (2012, musical)
- The Letter (1929), The Letter (1940)
- Life With Father (1947)
- Lip Service (1988)
- The Little Foxes (1941)
- A Little Night Music (1977, musical)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986, musical)
- London Suite (1996, TV)
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
- The Long Voyage Home (1940)
- Lost in Yonkers (1993)
- Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
M
- Made In Dagenham (2010)
- The Madness of King George (1994)
- Mame (1974)
- Mamma Mia! (2008, musical)
- Man of La Mancha (1972)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
- Miss Julie (film) (2014)
- Mister Roberts (1955), Mister Roberts (1984, TV)
- Monster in a Box (1991)
- Muhammad bin Tughluq (1971)
- The Music Man (1962, musical), The Music Man (2003, musical)
- My Fair Lady (1964, musical)
N
- Nell (1994)
- New Faces (1954)
- 'night, Mother (1986)
- The Night of January 16th (1941)
- Nine (2009, musical)
- No Time for Sergeants (1958)
- Noises Off... (1992)
- The Normal Heart (2014, TV)
O
- The Odd Couple (1968)
- Oklahoma! (1955, musical)
- Oleanna (1994)
- Oliver! (1968, musical)
- On Golden Pond (1981)
- On the Town (1949)
- Once Upon A Mattress (2005, musical)
- Only When I Laugh (1981)
- Orphans (1987), based on Lyle Kessler's play of the same name
- Our Town (1940), Our Town (1955, TV), Our Town (2003)
- The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
P
- Paint Your Wagon (1969, musical)
- The Pajama Game (1957, musical)
- Pal Joey (1957, musical)
- Paris Bound (1929)
- The Petrified Forest (1936)
- The Phantom of the Opera (2004, musical)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- The Pirate Movie (1982, musical)
- The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
- Play It Again, Sam (1972)
- Plaza Suite (1971)
- Pokrovsky Gates (1982)
- Porgy and Bess (1959 )
- Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
- The Producers (2005, musical)
- Proof (2005)
- Pygmalion (1938)
R
- Rabbit Hole (2010)
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961), A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
- Ratha Kanneer (1954)
- Red Roses and Petrol (2008)
- Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005, musical)
- Relative Values (2000)
- Rent (2005, musical)
- Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
- Revizor (1934)
- Rock of Ages (2012, musical)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, musical)
- Rope (1948)
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
- Roxie Hart (1942)
- Romeo + Juliet (1996)
- Romeo and Juliet (1968)
S
- Sacrifice (2010)
- Same Time, Next Year (1978)
- Seventh Heaven (1927, silent), Seventh Heaven (1937)
- Shadowlands (1995)
- The Shape of Things (2003)
- Shirley Valentine (1989)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- Show Boat (1936, musical), Show Boat (1951, musical)
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
- Sleuth (1972), Sleuth (2007)
- The Sound of Music (1965, musical) (2013, TV)
- South Pacific (1958, musical)
- Spring Madness (1938)
- Stage Door (1937)
- Stalag 17 (1953)
- Star Spangled Girl (1971)
- Steel Magnolias (1987)
- Streamers (1983)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Strictly Ballroom (1993)
- Strictly Dishonorable (1931), Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
- SubUrbia (1996)
- Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
- The Sunshine Boys (1975)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007, musical)
- Sweet Charity (1969, musical)
- Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
- Switching Channels (1988)
T
- Talk Radio (1988)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1929), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- Tape (2001)
- Terrors of Pleasure (1988)
- These Three (1936)
- They Might Be Giants (1971)
- A Thousand Clowns (1965)
- Thunder Rock (1942)
- Twentieth Century (1934)
U
- Uncommon Women and Others (1978, TV)
- The Unknown Purple (1923)
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964, musical)
- Up the Junction (1963)
- Urbania (2000)
V
- Va savoir (2001)
- The Valiant (1929)
- Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
- Venus in Fur (film) (2013)
- Victor/Victoria (1995, musical)
- The Visit (1964)
- Voice of the City (1929)
W
- Wait Until Dark (1967)
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
- Waterloo Bridge (1931), Waterloo Bridge (1940)
- The Way to the Stars (1945)
- We're Not Dressing (1934)
- West Side Story (1961, musical)
- When We Are Married (1943)
- Who Was That Lady? (1960)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- The Winslow Boy (1948), The Winslow Boy (1999)
- Without Love (1945)
- Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
- The Wiz (1978, musical)
- The Women (1939)
- The Woodsman (2004)
Y
- You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Z
- Zoot Suit (1981)
See also
- Musical film
- Lists of film source material
- Category:Films based on works by William Shakespeare
- List of plays made into feature films
References
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