How many movies with play in the title can you name? This list ranks the best movies with play in the name, whether they're documentaries, dramas, horror movies, or any other genre of film. Do you have a favorite movie with play in the title? Categorizing movies by words in their titles is kind of uncommon, but that's a big part of why this list is so fun to scroll through. There's probably one movie with play in the title you think of right away, but you might be shocked to see how many others exist as well.
Notable films with play in the title include Child's Play, Play Misty for Me, and Foul Play, although there are many more examples on this list. This poll is interactive, meaning you can vote the play movies up or down depending on how much you like them.
61Play for Keeps
Play for Keeps is a 2011 documentary film directed by Arnold van Bruggen.- 62Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Mike PiazzaThe histories of Shea Stadium and Billy Joel interesct as they meet for a final concert performance.
- 63Loretta Young, Winnie Lightner, Norman FosterAfter meeting Wallace Dennis (Norman Foster) at a dance, Buster Green (Loretta Young) falls head over the heels for the charming, charismatic man. Soon Wallace and Buster are married and starting a new life together. However, not everything is as idyllic as it appears on the surface -- Wallace has a compulsive gambling habit that threatens to destroy the marriage. Buster demands that he give up his ways, but it's easier said than done as Wallace fights his addiction.
- 64Peter O'Toole, Donald Pleasence, Michael IronsidePower Play is a 1978 British-Canadian thriller film starring Peter O'Toole and David Hemmings, based on the non-fiction strategy book Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook by Edward N. Luttwak. A small group of military officers frustrated by the corruption of a fictional contemporary European government decide that they must overthrow the current administration. But the coup's leader worries that there is a spy in their group. A UK-Canada co-production filmed in Canada and West Germany, Power Play includes scenes shot at the University of Toronto's University College quadrangle and hallways. Portions were also filmed at Canadian Forces Base Borden, and at Canadian Forces Base Toronto in Downsview. The flag of the film's unnamed republic, "a generic country with no specific geography or culture" was green, yellow and black.
- 65Kay Francis, James Ellison, Mildred ColesAn aging gold digger, Grace Herbert (Kay Francis), runs into trouble when her nefarious life becomes fodder for a newspaper article. Broke and needing to start over, Herbert flees to Miami and meets a poverty-stricken young woman, Ellen (Mildred Coles), whom she trains to be her protégé. Ellen learns the ropes, but when she falls in love with a wealthy Texan, their mission of obtaining wealth through subterfuge becomes complicated, forcing Herbert to confront her own selfishness.
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Affair Play
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Savage Play
Gavin Richards, Rena Owen, Peter BlandSavage Play is a 1995 New Zealand drama film directed by Alan Lindsay and starring Peter Bland, James Fleming and Paris Jefferson. During a rugby tour of Britain and Ireland in 1888, a young New Zealander searches for his father who he has never met. While there he falls in love with the daughter of an aristocrat. - 68Yvonne De Carlo, Desmond Dhooge, Stephanie DunnamPlay Dead is a 1981 horror film directed by Peter Wittman and starring Yvonne De Carlo of The Munsters fame. De Carlo plays Hester, a wealthy heiress who was jilted years ago by her lover to marry her sister. Using her weapon of choice, a 200 lb. Rottweiler, Hester not only exacts her revenge on her sister and lover, but has now set her sights on the offspring of the ill-fated reunion. Although the film was shot in 1981, it was not released until 1986. Troma Entertainment currently distributes it.
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Play Name
Vin Kridakorn, Tom Macy, Netkama WannamongPlay Name is a 2010 short drama film directed and written by Dave Snyder. - 70John Waters, George MallabyEnd Play is a 1975 Australian thriller film directed by Tim Burstall and starring George Mallaby, John Waters and Ken Goodlet. It was an adaptation of the 1972 novel End Play by Russell Braddon. It was made by Hexagon Productions.
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Don't Play with Fire
Lo Lieh, Ray Lui, David WuDon't Play with Fire is a 1980 action, crime fiction, thriller film written by Szeto Cheuk-Hon and Tsui Hark and directed by Tsui Hark. - 72
Games That Lovers Play
Joanna Lumley, Richard Wattis, Jeremy LloydLady Chatterly Versus Fanny Hill is a 1970 film directed by Malcolm Leigh. - 73
Games Men Play
Jim Iyke, Dakore Egbuson, Ini EdoGames men play is a 2006 Nigerian drama film directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen. - 74
Play
Play is a 2001 short drama film directed by Anthony Minghella. - 75
Horse Play
Ederson Rodrigues Xavier, Michael SchumacherHorse Play is a 2010 short film written and directed by Ruth Meyer. - 76
Work Hard, Play Hard
Jérémie Renier, Laurent Lucas, Cylia MalkiPhilippe (Jérémie Renier) is a recent business school graduate whose first job is to audit a can factory that is about to be taken over by a large corporation. It soon dawns on him that the takeover will mean the loss of 80 jobs, a fact he bemoans as he works with and befriends the employees. His cold-hearted boss, Hugo (Laurent Lucas), wants him to decide which ones to fire, but his girlfriend, Eva (Cylia Malki), presses him to show compassion. Can he follow his conscience and keep his job? - 77
Play Dead
Sasha Alexander, Fred Durst, Chris KleinPlay Dead is a film released in 2009 written by Jason Wiles and Shem Bitterman, directed by Jason Wiles and starring Chris Klein, Fred Durst, and Jake Busey. The story is about Ronnie Reno, a former TV action star in need of a comeback. After a failed audition, he ends up snowbound in a remote town in Nevada overrun with meth dealers including Merle and their dimwitted henchman. After Reno finds the body of a dead DEA agent, he reunites with his former co-stars including Devon in order to save the town and himself. - 78
Play
Jeong Eun-Chae, Kwak Do-won, Min JungPlay is a 2011 music drama film written and directed by Nam Da-Jeong. - 79
Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
Adam Yauch, Mike D, Ad-RockDon't Play No Game That I Can't Win is a 2011 short comedy film written by Adam Yauch and directed by Spike Jonze. - 80
Come Play with Me
Lou Castel, Gabriele Ferzetti, Massimo SarchielliCome Play with Me is a 1968 Italian drama film directed by Salvatore Samperi. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. - 81
Foul Play
Jan Szczepański, Bogdan Kowalczyk, Jerzy KulejFoul Play is a 1976 action film written and directed by Marek Piwowski. - 82
Screen Play
Michael MaloneyScreen Play is a 1993 short animated film written by Barry Purves and Ernst Loub, and directed by Barry Purves. - 83
Shadow Play
Shadow Play is a 2007 animated short film directed by Sanna Vilmusenaho. - 84
Power Play
Ken Olandt, Campbell Lane, Ryan WalterPower Play is a 1994 sport drama film written by Rocky Lane, Michael O. Sajbel, John Shepherd, Anna Waterhouse and directed by Rocky Lane. - 85
Moments of Play
Moments of Play is a 1986 documentary film written and directed by Jørgen Leth. - 86Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude GensacThe Gendarme and the Gendarmettes is a 1982 French comedy film, and the sixth and last movie of the Gendarme series . It is the final film of both one of its two directors, Jean Girault, and its lead actor Louis de Funès, both of which were involved in the franchise since its very first film in 1964.
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Child's Play
Jonas Kipp, Oliver Bröcker, Burghart KlaußnerFinding little support or love at home, young German boy Micha (Jonas Kipp) resorts to joining a group of bullies at school. His association with these thuggish youths sets Micha on a troublesome path. Making matters worse, his home life only deteriorates as his father (Burghart Klaussner) contends with divorce and poverty, leading to violent outbursts. Micha tries to take refuge in his imagination, but, inevitably, he has to return to his grim reality. - 88
A Passion Play
A Passion Play is a 1992 short film written and directed by Tony Twigg. - 89
Play 3D
Play 3D is a 2010 film directed by François Reumont and Christophe Turpin. - How to Play Baseball is a cartoon released by Walt Disney Animation Studios in September 1942, produced at the request of Samuel Goldwyn and first shown to accompany the 1942 feature film The Pride of the Yankees.
