List of 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)

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)

Fences (film) (2016)

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)