American films based on plays

Dead End

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1937 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Franc...

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The Iceman Cometh

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories...

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West of Zanzibar

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1928 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

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Talk Radio

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

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Fences

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

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The Woodsman

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.

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Death and the Maiden

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

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August: Osage County

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional wom...

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Southern Baptist Sissies

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Southern Baptist Sissies is the live film of the GLAAD Award winning play by Del Shores. Southern Baptist Sissies is the story of four boys who are gay growing up in the Southern Baptist Church and h...

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