Based on play movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on play movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, talky, dramatic, interesting, clever and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with dialogue, adaptation, mentor, storytelling, runaway, corruption, greed, suprisingly clever, catastrophe and culture clash plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on play: Incendies (2010), Carnage (2011), Noises Off... (1992), Sleuth (1972), Barefoot in the Park (1967), Moonlight (2016), Macbeth (1971), The Boys in the Band (1970), Macbeth (2015), Butterflies Are Free (1972).
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246K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychological, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, rape, last will and testament, unwanted pregnancy, incest, twists and turns, civil war, pregnant from rape, incest rape, torture, lebanese civil war, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2009, year 1970, y2k ...
Place:
middle east, lebanon, quebec, nebraska, montreal ...
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138K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
Style:
talky, black comedy, ironic, tense, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
marriage, psychology, dark humor, satire, dialogue, bully, family drama, parenthood, elevator, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, witty, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
actor's life, nothing goes right, theater, theatre play, love and romance, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, eternal love, actor, backstage, farce ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
iowa, new york, miami, cleveland ohio, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally ...
Style:
cerebral, psychological, black and white, black comedy, retro ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, guest, humiliation, conversation, couples, adultery, dysfunctional marriage, night, love hate relationship, childlessness, alcoholism, drinking ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s, 1930s
Place:
new england, usa
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52K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover - but things aren’t exactly as they seem.
Style:
suspense, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder mystery, twists and turns, maze, writers, extramarital affair, revenge, mind game, adultery, frame up, rivalry, insurance, romantic rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972, future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, persia, london
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is ...
Style:
funny, romantic, cute, talky, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, lawyer, hotel, honeymoon, husband wife relationship, opposites attract, mother in law son in law relationship, attic, mother daughter relationship, drunkenness, urban setting, argument ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
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350K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Style:
sexy, inspirational, lgbt cinema, visually stunning, art house ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
forgiveness, drug dealer, lgbtq, coming of age, lgbt, african american, homosexuality, gay, gay interest, dysfunctional family, drug addict, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
florida, atlanta georgia, indiana, idaho, miami
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16K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Style:
disturbing, visual, bleak, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot:
murder, shakespeare, guilt, prophecy, witch, nobility, macbeth, witchcraft, royalty, betrayal, renaissance, ghost ...
Time:
11th century, medieval times, middle ages, year 1971, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, eastern europe, england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate ...
Style:
intense, realistic, witty, powerful, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtqi, homosexual, homosexuality, lgbtq, gay slur, gay lead character, lgbt, gay relationship, birthday party, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, london, san francisco
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62K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.
Style:
bleak, visually stunning, stylized, period piece, breathtaking ...
Plot:
shakespeare, witch, medieval, murder, crown, throne, betrayal, prophecy, kingdom, ambition, insanity, losing-it hero ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 11th century, year 2015, 70s ...
Place:
scotland, europe, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Striving to be independent, the blind but determined Don Baker (Edward Albert) moves away from his overprotective mother (Eileen Heckart, who won an Oscar). After settling into his new San Francisco digs, Don meets kooky neighbor Jill Tanner (Goldie ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
blindness, blind man, neighbor, disability, overprotective mother, fall in love, love story, happy ending, actress, blonde, manic pixie dream girl, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, 70s, labor day
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles, new york, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day as Seymour is seeking a new mysterious plant, he ...
Style:
black comedy, humorous, horror musical, horror comedy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, horror for children, adult
Plot:
dentist, creature, alien invasion, music, macabre, dark humor, brutality, eaten alive, workplace, experiment gone awry, florist, impossible love ...
Time:
1900s, year 1986, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show.
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, hilarious, light ...
Plot:
farce, misfit, food, class differences, stupidity, telephone call, husband wife relationship, social satire, mistaken identity, screwball, dinner, mistress ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall...
Style:
black and white, dramatic, aesthetic, retro, existential ...
Plot:
african american, racism, poverty, racial segregation, atheism, working class family, civil rights, black, black history, dysfunctional family, segregation, racial discrimination ...
Time:
year 1961, 50s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, africa, usa, illinois, nigeria
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A troublemaking student at a girl's school accuses two teachers of being lesbians.
Style:
sad, emotional, lgbt cinema, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, gender, unrequited love, bigotry, false accusation, girls' school, gay, evil child, tragedy, bullying, prejudice, closeted lesbian ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, ...
Style:
serious, stylized, emotional, atmospheric, crying ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
royal court, revenge, betrayal, murder, throne, shakespeare, shakespeare's hamlet, tragic hero, rivalry, heroes, intrigue, state affairs ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe, denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
Style:
humorous, stylized, sex comedy, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
prostitute, pimp, prostitution, fall in love, smoking, police, unlikely couple, couple relations, love triangle, disorder, love of one's life, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting ...
Style:
retro, tense, biting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
revenge, rural setting, wealth, bourgeoisie, small town life, small town, teenage life, vengeance, social relations, couples, teenager, town ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An enigmatic actress (Emmanuelle Seigner) may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's (Mathieu Amalric) play.
Style:
sexy, stylized, sexual, erotic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
masochism, bdsm, theater, dominatrix, femdom, fetish, female nudity, power relations, sadomasochism, audition, role playing, deviant sex ...
Time:
year 2013, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A ...
Style:
funny, sexy, sentimental, witty, touching ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
angel, reincarnation, afterlife, heaven, american football, supernatural, body swap, football team, soul transference, murder of husband, back from the dead, football ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
1183 AD: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.
Style:
costume drama, suspense, political, factual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
power struggle, political intrigue, king, christmas, british history, dysfunctional family, royalty, medieval, infidelity, monarch, british royal family, monarchy ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, france, britain
Is relevant?
116K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style:
clever, tense, political, period piece, tricky ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, president, reporter, journalist, biopic, american politics, nixon, corruption, conspiracy, power struggle, scandal ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 90s, 2000s, year 1977 ...
Place:
california, new york, washington d.c., north america, usa ...
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9K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, enigmatic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
horse, sex, religion, male nudity, therapy, obsession, mental illness, psychiatrist, psychology, female pubic hair, male pubic hair, mental disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe, greece, ancient greece
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241K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Style:
sad, psychological, philosophical, cerebral, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, mental health, hearing voices, old age, human spirit ...
Time:
2020s, year 1937
Place:
nebraska, london, britain, england, united kingdom
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Most everyone in town thinks that Sheriff Calder is merely a puppet of rich oil-man Val Rogers. When it is learned that local baddie Bubber Reeves has escaped prison, Rogers' son is concerned because he is having an affair with Reeves' ...
Style:
retro, suspense, southern gothic, neo noir, crime drama ...
Plot:
racism, social commentary, manhunt, adultery, small town, lynch mob, drunkenness, sheriff, murder, vigilantism, escaped prisoner, on the run ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, southern usa, new jersey, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries ...
Style:
retro, humorous, sad, laugh out loud, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
misunderstanding, marriage, love, husband wife relationship, best friend, doctor, housewife, farce, false confession, hypochondriac, marital problem, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 60s
Place:
tokyo, california, new jersey
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22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly, opera, retirement home, retired, reconciliation, concert, old age, musician, retirement, divorced couple, friendship, music ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, paris france
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to ...
Style:
clever, tense, psychological, serious, talky ...
Plot:
murder, blindness, heroin, home invasion, blind woman, disability, psychopath, surveillance, doll, strong female lead, woman in jeopardy, panic ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
new york, america, usa, montreal
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside ...
Style:
independent film, neo noir, sincere, serious, sad ...
Audience:
manly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
friendship, small town, dysfunctional family, closeted homosexual, murder, mental illness, homosexual, psychiatric hospital, mental retardation, death threat, domestic violence, father figure ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
arkansas, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are friends because they are both outsiders in their own ways. Bennett is openly gay, Judd is a Marxist. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, boys' school, gays and lesbians, gender, gay lead character, youth, homosexuality, boarding school, homosexual, homosexual love, lgbtq ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, year 1983, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
england, moscow russia, ussr, russia, britain ...
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