Filmed play movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant filmed play movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, semi serious, period piece, melancholic and serious films and TV shows about / with filmed play, theater, live performance, stage play, stage, broadway, family relations, adaptation, jealousy and murder plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Musical genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as filmed play: St. John in Exile (1986), All the Way Home (1981), Othello (1965), The Gin Game (1981), Hamlet (2024), National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024), Much Ado About Nothing (2011), Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2022), Waitress (2023), Heathers: The Musical (2022).
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
unfulfilled love, musician, obsession, theater, disfigurement, opera singer, live performance, singer, destructive relationship, dancing, mysterious man, unrequited love ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, year 1919, 1870s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dean Jones is Saint John in this intimate, inspiring one-man presentation of John in exile on Patmos. Full of humor, strong in spirit, and resolutely committed to Christ, John shares his account of the events that changed the course of human ...
Style:
biblical, religious drama, inspirational, spiritual, meditative ...
Plot:
christian, exile, apostle, christianity, old man, faith, monologue, religious, intimate, character study, devotional, redemption ...
Time:
1st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
family relations, loss of husband, motherhood, grief, family drama, small town, american south, village life, intimate, gender roles, coming of age, literary ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
tennessee
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
The 1965 version of the Shakespeare play.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, atmospheric, clever ...
Plot:
tragedy, shakespeare, jealousy, shakespeare's othello, love, betrayal, racism, tragic love, innocent person killed, suffocation, deception, miscegenation ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
cyprus, italy, venice, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set in an old folks home, senior citizen Weller Martin (Hume Cronyn) has the disease of Old Age, meets an old woman named Fonsia Dorsey (Jessica Tandy) who's diabetic. They both discuss issues such as society, the hospitals, money, families, ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic
Plot:
retirement home, character study, competition, loneliness, regret, isolation, bitterness, humiliation, bittersweet, single, social commentary, diabetes ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?
Style:
captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theater, actress, broadway, aspiring actress, life, fame, manipulation, backstage, deception, rivalry, ambition, ward ...
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 1920s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller! Transcending the confines of the stage, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, shakespeare, tragedy, problem, life is a bitch, madness, theater, betrayal, character study, literary, family conflict, obsession ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Style:
melancholic, poignant, existential, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
introspection, literary, character study, monologue, bittersweet, family drama, regret, nostalgia, midlife crisis, unrequited love, jealousy, dark humor ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
west end london
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two young lovers, Claudio and Hero, are to be married imminently but the devious scheming of a resentful Prince looks set to thwart the nuptials. Meanwhile, marriage seems inconceivable for reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick whose endless witty ...
Style:
romantic comedy, light hearted, funny, period drama, fun
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
shakespeare, pun, happy ending, deception, misunderstanding, wedding, wooing, matchmaking, enemies to lovers, jealousy, engagement, country estate ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A young girl named Chihiro finds herself trapped in a mysterious world inhabited by spirits and when her parents are turned into pigs, she must rescue them. The movie version of the stage production was filmed during the play’s 2022 run at the ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating
Plot:
spirit, family relations, turned into an animal, magic, rescue mission, puzzle, adventure hero, children, child, child protagonist, save the day, witch ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.
Style:
funny, captivating, exciting, entertaining, humorous
Plot:
waitress, store, broadway, following a dream, bakery, dream, baker, cooking, food, baking, dreaming, based on broadway musical ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A teenage girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" meets a dashing rebel who teaches her a more sinister way to play social politics.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
closeted homosexual, teenage rebellion, teen social issues, male homosexuality, adolescence, teenage life, satire, schoolgirl, teenager, music, teenage girl, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west end london, ohio
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
Style:
costume drama, epic, feel good, period drama, comfort
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, hip hop, father son relationship, death, revolutionary war, american revolution, american history, stage musical, murder, george washington, dancing, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, 2020s, 1780s, 1790s ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd. Composer/lyricist ...
Style:
gothic, offbeat, horror musical, scary, tense ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, cannibalism, cannibal, dark humor, murderous pair, live performance, unrequited love, broadway, barber, music, revenge ...
Time:
year 1982, 19th century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
One man show about the presidency of Harry S Truman.
Style:
minimal cast, independent film, political, political comedy, one man show
Plot:
u.s. president, president, korean war, usa president, real life, husband wife relationship, political election, world war, nixon, constitution, biopic, parents ...
Time:
year 1975, 1950s, 1940s, year 1948, 50s
Place:
seattle, japan, washington state, missouri, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An uninterrupted rehersal of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to ...
Style:
melancholic, cerebral, sincere, stylized, clever ...
Plot:
theater, life philosophy, relationships, character study, artists and showbiz, family problems, human nature, art, longing, family gatherings, existentialism, anton chekhov ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 1890s, turn of the century ...
Place:
new york, russia, usa, manhattan new york city, st. petersburg russia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Although this sounds like a weekend like many others, in the Prior house the atmosphere is rather tense because of some nervousness on the part of individual members of the family, especially the father, Peppino, who gets angry with anyone who ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, comedy drama
Plot:
family relations, domestic drama, family conflict, relationship problems, satire, family problems, relationships, father figure, slice of life, weekend, siblings, small town life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
naples italy
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Genre: Comedy, History, Musical, Romance, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Pippin is a 1972 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto. The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance ...
Style:
philosophical, existential, melancholic, satirical, period drama
Plot:
broadway, stage musical, theater, coming of age, self discovery, live performance, choreography, identity, showbiz, frustration, temptation, adaptation ...
Time:
8th century
Place:
canada, france
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An out-of-work singer, Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews), meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a diner in 1920's Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to get a job. The act is a hit in a local ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
cross dressing, transvestism, gender bending, gender disguise, impresario, comedy of errors, female protagonist, lgbt, theater, singer, jazz, nightclub ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A famed mystery writer played Angela Lansbury and her doctor ex lover played by Laurence Olivier solve her daughter in law's murder.
Style:
suspense
Plot:
writers, doctor, murder, manor, alcoholism, ex convict, art collection, family relations, housekeeper, old woman, blackmail, birthday party ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
See Storybook Characters Come to Life! Hear Beautiful Songs! Laugh at the Rag Doll! Be thrilled, amazed, and just plain dumbstruck by this kooky kiddie klassick from Mr.Gore himself, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS!
Style:
fairy tale, grindhouse, surreal, educational, children's story ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
children, folklore, puppetry, getting home, stage magic, adaptation, magic realism, bird, performance art, christmas, stage play, santa claus ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on the controversial off-Broadway musical comedy revue, "Oh! Calcutta! is a series of musical numbers about sex and sexual mores. Most of the skits feature one or more performers in either a state of undress, simulating sex, or both.
Style:
erotic, controversial, sensual, sex comedy, experimental ...
Plot:
nudity, sexuality, satire, variety show, entrapment, cabaret, scandal, irreverent, burlesque, performance art, counterculture, live performance ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 290 min.
TV show
Story:
In a Greek tragedy updated to the 1860s, young New Englanders exact vengeance after the murder of their father.
Style:
family saga, bleak, period piece, dark, gothic
Plot:
guilt, revenge, mourning, tragedy, psychological torment, murder, betrayal, grief, repression, moral ambiguity, american civil war, fatalism ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
new england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This powerfully bittersweet comedy follows the relationship that develops between nursing home residents Fonsia (Mary Tyler Moore) and Weller (Dick Van Dyke) during a series of gin games in which their ailments, misfortunes and losses are exposed in ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, black comedy, tension, biting
Plot:
retirement home, card playing, friendship, companionship, loneliness, bittersweet, aging, mature, regret, intimate, confined, resentment ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Giorgio, a young soldier, is in love with the married Clara and becomes her lover. But they are separated when Giorgio is posted far away, where he meets the unhappy, unhealthy Fosca who develops a passionate love for Giorgio and tries to make him ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
soldier, love triangle, trauma, illness, duel, love letter, couples, love and romance, unlikely couple, unfulfillment, tragic love, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
italy, milan italy, europe
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Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.
Style:
intellectual, meditative, educational, one man show
Plot:
shakespeare, monologue, theater, broadway, performance art, minimalism, intimate, thoughtful, literary, engagement, realism, behind the scenes ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three men perform the entire 37 play canon from William Shakespeare in under two hours. A lot of quick costume changes and even more laughs.
Style:
parody, fast paced, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
shakespeare, theater, stage play, satire, theatre play, theatrical troupe, pun, live performance, irreverent, adaptation, dark humor, rap ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family are ready with advice. Her devout mother preaches strength and forgiveness, while her parolee ...
Style:
semi serious, emotional, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
starting over, life turned upside down, hopes, dishonesty, couple relations, human spirit, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, breakup, estate, madea ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel, where a strong-willed reformer (Courtney Patterson) and a corrupter of innocence battle over the fate ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
culture clash, society, prostitute, rivalry, nihilism, sexuality, seduction, brothel, repression, forbidden love, fall in love, masochism ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Physical attractions appear to be the obvious explanation for two people to become a pair. But are they really the reflection of something sublime, everlasting or dare we say, spiritual? Do relationships start in the bedroom or in the heart? In this ...
Style:
contemplative, touching, realistic, serious, double entendre ...
Plot:
gay, homosexual, gay interest, lgbtq, couples, gays and lesbians, gender, love and romance, introspection, couple relations, love affair, gay man straight woman relationship ...
Time:
21st century
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