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