A Few Good Men (1992)
Debuts: 1989 Broadway
◄ IMDb Polls
Poll: Broadway to Hollywood Stage Play Adaptations
Broadway is where the musical reigns supreme. Regardless, non-musical stage plays still find a niche and can become just as big when they make the move to Hollywood. Which big non-musical movie adaptation became even bigger when it flipped coasts?
Which non-musical movie based on a successful Broadway stage play became the best Hollywood movie adaptation? * Broadway or Off-Broadway
Make Your Choice
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Closer (2004)
Debuts: 1997 London and 1999 Broadway -
The Birdcage (1996)
Debuts: 1973 Paris, 1983 Boston Tryout, 1983 Broadway and Original Movie: La Cage aux Folles (1978) -
Amadeus (1984)
Debuts: 1980 Broadway -
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Debuts: 1987 Off-Broadway and 2005 Broadway -
Stalag 17 (1953)
Debuts: 1951 Broadway -
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Debuts: 1983 London, 1984 Chicago and 1984 Broadway -
The Odd Couple (1968)
Debuts: 1965 Boston Tryout and 1965 Broadway -
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Debuts: 1985 Stratford-upon-Avon 1986 West End and 1987 Broadway -
August: Osage County (2013)
Debuts: 2007 Chicago and 2007 Broadway -
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Debuts: 1947 Broadway -
His Girl Friday (1940)
Debuts as The Front Page: 1928 Broadway* adapted into four Hollywood Movies and four TV productions, including The Front Page (1931), His Girl Friday (1940), The Front Page (1974) and Switching Channels (1988)
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Debuts: 1955 Broadway -
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Debuts: 1990 Lincoln Center and 1990 Broadway -
Harvey (1950)
Debuts: 1944 Broadway -
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Debuts: 1962 Broadway -
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Debuts: 2006 London, 2006 West End and 2007 Broadway -
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Debuts: 1952 Broadway -
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Debuts: 1939 Broadway -
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Debuts: 1936 Broadway -
On Golden Pond (1981)
Debuts: 1979 Broadway -
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Debuts: 1941 Broadway -
Shadowlands (1993)
Debuts: 1989 in London and 1991 Broadway -
Rabbit Hole (2010)
Debuts: 2006 Costa Mesa, CA and 2006 Broadway -
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Debuts: 1966 Broadway -
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Debuts: 1969 Broadway -
Funny Girl (1968)
Debuts: 1963 Boston and 1964 Broadway -
The Crucible (1996)
Debuts: 1953 Broadway, Original Movie: The Crucible (1957) -
Mister Roberts (1955)
Debuts: 1948 Broadway -
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Debuts: 1952 West End and 1952 Broadway -
Sleuth (1972)
Debuts: 1970 Broadway, Remake Movie: Sleuth (2007) -
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Debuts: 1953 West End and 1954 Broadway -
The Elephant Man (1980)
Debuts: 1978 West End and 1979 Broadway -
Fences (2016)
Debuts: 1985 Waterford, CT and 1987 Broadwayadded 10 April 2021
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Debuts: 1984 New Haven, CT and 1985 Broadwayadded 10 April 2021
