List of plays made into feature films

This is a list of plays that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.

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1776, Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards - 1776, 1972
The 24th Day, Tony Piccirillo - The 24th Day, 2004
8 femmes, Robert Thomas - 8 Women, 2002
Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Robert E. Sherwood - Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1940
Abie's Irish Rose, Anne Nichols - Abie's Irish Rose, 1928
The Admirable Crichton, J. M. Barrie - The Admirable Crichton, 1957
Agnes of God, John Pielmeier - Agnes of God, 1985
Alfie, Bill Naughton (radio play) - Alfie, 1966, 2004
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer - Amadeus, 1984
American Buffalo, David Mamet - American Buffalo, 1996
Anastasia, Marcelle Maurette - Anastasia, 1956, 1997
Angel Street, Patrick Hamilton - Gaslight, 1940, 1944
Annie, Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan - Annie, 1982, 1999, Annie: A Royal Adventure!, 1995
Annie Get Your Gun, Herbert and Dorothy Fields - Annie Get Your Gun, 1950, 1956, 1967
Another Country, Julian Mitchell - Another Country, 1984
Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring - Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944
As Is, William M. Hoffman - As Is, 1986
Assunta Spina, Salvatore di Giacomo - Assunta Spina, 1915
Bad Girl, Viña Delmar - Bad Girl, 1931
Bar Girls, Lauran Hoffman - Bar Girls, 1994
Barefoot in the Park, Neil Simon - Barefoot in the Park, 1967
Barstool Words, Josh Ben Friedman - Barstool Words, 2006
Beautiful Thing, Jonathan Harvey - Beautiful Thing, 1995
Becket or The Honor of God, Jean Anouilh - Becket, 1964
Becky Sharp, Langdon Mitchell - Becky Sharp, 1935
The Beggar's Opera, John Gay - The Beggar's Opera, 1953
The Big Knife, Clifford Odets - The Big Knife, 1955
Blithe Spirit, Noël Coward - Blithe Spirit, 1945
Blue Denim, James Leo Herlihy - Blue Denim, 1959
Born Yesterday, Garson Kanin - Born Yesterday, 1950, 1993
The Boys in the Band, Mart Crowley - The Boys in the Band, 1970
Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, Kenneth G. Ross - Breaker Morant, 1980
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon - Brighton Beach Memoirs, 1986
A Bronx Tale, Chazz Palminteri - A Bronx Tale, 1993
The Browning Version, Terence Rattigan - The Browning Version, 1951, 1955, 1985, 1994
Bug, Tracy Letts - Bug, 2007
Bus Stop and People in the Wind, William Inge - Bus Stop, 1956
Butterflies Are Free, Leonard Gershe - Butterflies Are Free, 1972
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958
Chicago, Maurine Dallas Watkins - Chicago, 2002
Closer, Patrick Marber - Closer, 2004
The Connection, Jack Gelber - The Connection, 1961
Crimes of the Heart (1978), Beth Henley - Crimes of the Heart, 1986
La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), Alexandre Dumas, fils - Camille, 1909, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1926, 1936, 1984 ; Camille 2000, 1969 ; La Dame aux Camélias, 1910, 1934, 1953, 1980 ; Damen med kameliorna, 1925 ; Kameliadamen, 1907 ; La Mujer de las camelias, 1954 ; La Signora delle Camelie, 1915
Day of Atonement, Samson Raphaelson - The Jazz Singer, 1927
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman, 1951
Desk Set, William Marchant - Desk Set, 1957
A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House, 1918, 1922, 1943, 1959, 1973 (two versions), 1992
Doubt: A Parable, John Patrick Shanley - Doubt, 2008
Dracula, Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston - Dracula, 1931, 1979
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza - Carnage 2011
Goodbye Again, George Haight and Allan Scott - Goodbye Again, 1933
Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Kurt Vonnegut - Happy Birthday, Wanda June, 1971
Harvey, Mary Chase - Harvey, 1950
Holiday, Philip Barry - Holiday, 1930
Hospitality Suite, Roger Rueff - The Big Kahuna, 1992, 1999
How to Marry a Millionaire, Akins, Eunson & Albert - How to Marry a Millionaire, 1953
Idioglossia, Mark Handley - Nell, 1994
Indiscreet, Norman Krasna - Indiscreet, 1958
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (1967), Purushottam Darvhekar - Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (2015)
Life During Wartime, Keith Reddin - The Alarmist, 1997
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Tennessee Williams - Boom!, 1968
The Miss Firecracker Contest (1979), Beth Henley - Miss Firecracker, 1989
Natsamrat (1970), Kusumagraj (VV Shirwadkar) - Natsamrat (2016)
'night, Mother, Marsha Norman - 'night, Mother, 1986
Ofoti, John Wheatcroft - The Boy Who Loved Trolls, 1984
L'Oiseau Bleu (The Blue Bird), Maurice Maeterlinck - The Blue Bird, 1910, 1918, 1940, 1970, 1976
Orphans, Lyle Kessler
Our Town, Thornton Wilder - Our Town (multiple films)
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan, 1924, 1953, 2003
The Petrified Forest, Robert E. Sherwood - The Petrified Forest, 1936
Prelude to a Kiss, Craig Lucas - Prelude to a Kiss, 1992
Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw - My Fair Lady, 1964
Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole, 2010
The Rocky Horror Show, Richard O'Brien - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Rope's End, Patrick Hamilton - Rope, 1948
Seventh Heaven, Austin Strong - Seventh Heaven, 1927, 1937
Sexual Perversity in Chicago, David Mamet - About Last Night..., 1986
Six Degrees of Separation, John Guare - Six Degrees of Separation, 1993
Still Life, Noël Coward - Brief Encounter, 1945
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
They Might Be Giants, James Goldman - They Might Be Giants, 1971
Thunder Rock, Robert Ardrey - Thunder Rock, 1942
Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose - Twelve Angry Men, 1954, 1957 (Originally a play for Television)
Various works, Kurt Vonnegut - Between Time and Timbuktu, 1972
When We Are Married, J. B. Priestley - When We Are Married, 1943
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. 1966

List of plays made into feature films

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