The Rich List

Oscar Winning Best Pictures that Originally Appeared on Broadway

(According to ibdb.com)

A Man for All Seasons
All the King's Men
Amadeus
Ben Hur
Chicago
Gigi
Grand Hotel
Hamlet
My Fair Lady
Oliver!
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Sound of Music
Titanic
Tom Jones
West Side Story
You Can't Take it with You

10 Comments

1. steffsade - Jun 25 09:09pm

Titanic a broadway??
SINCE WHEN!!!!

2. chaosworrier - Jun 25 09:15pm

Titanic is a trick answer as the musical had nothing to do with the movie (saw it and was disappointed when the show got cancelled in Brisbane due to lack of ticket sales in its Sydney run).

However, surprised that Evita was not in the list...

3. chaosworrier - Jun 25 09:17pm

Aah... Evita did not get best picture - just re-read the actual question...

D'oh!

4. bigpete11965 - Jun 26 02:35pm

what about lord of the rings?

5. bigpete11965 - Jun 26 02:37pm

what about lord of the rings?

6. pringles_chips_999 - Jun 26 03:27pm

That doesn't sound right to me.

7. bunnsterwabbit - Jun 26 09:38pm

It's so misleading to have Hamlet included??! Sure it was on Broadway but it had also been in every theatre in the world as well. The question makes it sound like shows that were created specifically for Broadway

8. fuzzywuzzyhuggybear - Jun 27 03:39pm

Yeah, that is what i thought!!

9. emmathefreak - Jul 02 03:37pm

me too.

10. rocky_shell74 - Jul 02 08:23pm

The question is about ANY stage productions which have been performed on Broadway and then gone on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. It didn't say that the shows had to have PREMIERED on Broadway - which is where I think your confusion is coming in. The production just had to have been staged on Broadway before it was adapted for film and then gone on to win Best Picture.