Best Based On Play Or Musical Movies

1957 • Rating 8.6 • drama

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Genre: Drama

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Date Night

Plot: Death Penalty, Anonymity, Court Case, Judge, Jurors, Innocence, Witness, Knife, Matter Of Life And Death, Based On Play Or Musical

Time: Year 1957, 1950S, 1957-04-10

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns

2000 • Rating 8.4 • comedy, drama, fantasy

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Based On Play Or Musical, The Lively Jo, O Grilo And The Sly Chic, Are Poor Guys Living In The Hinterland Who Cheat A Bunch Of People In A Small Town In Northeastern Brazil, When They Die, They Have To Be Judged By Christ, The Devil And The Virgin Mary Before They Are Admitted To Paradise

Time: Year 2000, 2000S, 2000-09-15

Place: Brazil, Latin, Portuguese

Cast: Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro, Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga, Diogo Vilela

2026 • Rating 7.0 • horror, comedy

Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But, when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Style: Dark

Audience: Adult

Plot: Dark Comedy, Cult, Shopping Mall, Based On Play Or Musical, Sisterhood, Performative, Induction Ceremony, Witchy, Free Eden Employee Apple Secretly Runs A Witchy Femme Cult In The Basement Of The Mall Store After Hours, With Fellow Fruits Cherry And Fig

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-26

Place: United States Of America, Canada, English

Cast: Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain, Gabrielle Union

2011 • Rating 5.9 • drama, romance

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Infidelity, London, England, Judge, Wife, Self Destruction, Pilot, Based On Play Or Musical, Flashback, Love, Love Affair

Time: Year 2011, 2010S, 2011-11-25

Place: United Kingdom, English, London

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson

2026 • Rating 5.3 • drama

Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy is reimagined in a bold, modern adaptation set within London’s elite South Asian community. When Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly widowed mother. Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns his brutal murder was at the hands of Claudius - and spirals into a quest for vengeance that exposes the rot at the heart of the family’s empire and threatens his own sanity.

Genre: Drama

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: London, England, Based On Play Or Musical, Revenge, Fratricide, Hamlet, Regicide, Shakespeare, S Most Enduring Tragedy Is Reimagined In A Bold, Modern Adaptation Set Within London, S Elite South Asian Community

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-06

Place: United Kingdom, United States Of America, English, London

Cast: Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Timothy Spall, Art Malik, Jasmine Jobson, Sheeba Chaddha

2026 • Rating 0.0 • drama, mystery, thriller

Two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that pushes them to extraordinary lengths.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Child Abuse, Fire, Twin Sister, Based On Play Or Musical, Revenge, Arson, Rage, Twins, All Black Cast, Dying Mother

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-05-15

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Sterling K. Brown, Janelle Monáe, Vivica A. Fox, Erika Alexander