Ever since the advent of cinema, stage plays have proven a fertile source of material. Most of the imaginative work is already done, so just put a camera in front of the stage and, violà, a movie!
1962′s Long Day’s Journey into Night
No, most filmed adaptations of plays demonstrate a bit more effort than that, and many are worthy masterpieces in their own right. User djross has started a public collection called “Adapted from a Play“, which gathers many of the most famous and best adaptations.
Great playwrights like Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde, and Arthur Miller are represented in this collection, as well as many more. As for all collections, Criticker members can regenerate and sort on PSIs; so if you’re in the mood for Broadway but don’t want to get off your couch, you can find the perfect title.
In postwar Germany, a young mans decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth. 
Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City. 
Trapped in an isolated gas station by a veracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror. 
An energy business exec is assisted by a private investigator in his effort to expose his corporation’s corrupt practices. 
Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics. 
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