Movies like The Wiz
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The Wiz (1978)
19K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she has, as Aunt Em teases her, "never been south of 125th Street", and refuses to move out and on with her life.
Style:
stylized, cult classic, sweet, dark drama, atmospheric, feel good, humorous, semi serious, crying, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
wizard of oz, broadway, black, scarecrow, magic, dancing, music, fantasy world, african american, dog, black woman, wizard, disco, thanksgiving, urban, dance, graffiti, coming of age, all black cast, children, theater, melancholy, african, girl power, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem
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Most similar movies to The Wiz
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, fairy tale and feel good films with plots about family, youth, imaginary, escapades, friends, heroes and family relations mostly in Family, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Wiz: Labyrinth (1986), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), Peter Pan (2000), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Peter Pan Live! (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
163K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, stylized, surreal ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
surrealism, puppet, friendship, fantasy world, good versus evil, danger, rescue, maze, female protagonist, creature, imaginary kingdom, castle ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden ...
Style:
feel good, visually stunning, light, surreal, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
chocolate, children, teacher, overweight child, tour guide, mischievous children, inventor, child protagonist, childhood, surrealism, child, river ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, 90s, 70s, year 1971
Place:
germany, europe, west germany, paraguay, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale who dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, crying, fantasy adventure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
puppet, muppets, friendship, young heroes, escapades, danger, rescue, wizard of oz, puppetry, lion, halloween, witchcraft ...
Place:
kansas, usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, fantasy adventure, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
wizard of oz, magic, friendship, magical, wizard, friends, evil wizard, magician, choreography, spectacle, self discovery, rebirth ...
Similarity:
52%
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645
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Broadway musical adaptation of the fabled children's story.
Style:
feel good, humorous, exciting, captivating, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, broadway, adventurer, young heroes, heroes, good versus evil, peter pan, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, imaginary kingdom, escapades, imaginary ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Style:
fairy tale, colorful, light, entertaining, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, imaginary kingdom, magic trick, wizard of oz, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, circus, fantasy world, prophecy, transformation, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2013, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful The Sound of Music LIVE! - which drew over 18 million viewers - comes this musical masterpiece that tells the beloved story of Peter Pan, the mischievous little boy who ran away to Neverland. ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, exciting, captivating, fairy tale
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschool
Plot:
adventurer, live performance, pirate, young heroes, heroes, friendship, mischievous children, good versus evil, escapades, youth, imaginary, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, feel good, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, puppet, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, wish come true, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger ...
Time:
year 1996, 18th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood ...
Style:
melancholic, light, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
children, little girl, friendship, magic, greed, lone hero, family relations, young heroes, rescue, imaginary, disorder, mischievous children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.
Style:
sweet, cute, light, sentimental, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
flying car, inventor, car, fictional country, kids and family, childhood, racing, fantasy world, heartwarming, youth, children, dancing ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 1900s, 1910s
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An Irishman, Finian, and his daughter Sharon, arrive in Rainbow Valley, a Southern town of tobacco sharecroppers in the state of Missitucky. The town has its own resident dreamer, Woody, who thinks that he might be able to put the town on the map by ...
Style:
retro, political, semi serious, feel good, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
racism, st. patrick's day, broadway, dancing, small town, deaf mute, desire, gold, father daughter relationship, village life, magical creature, holiday ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real ...
Style:
fairy tale, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, orphan, good versus evil, supernatural, danger, heroes, parallel world, daring rescue, hopes, heroic mission, kidnapping, sword and sorcery ...
Place:
ussr, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
harry potter, magic, friendship, witch, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, magical, best friend, chosen one, boarding school, children ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1991, year 2001, year 1992, 80s ...
Place:
england, london, yorkshire, europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
st. patrick's day, magic, chase, good versus evil, youth, gnome, raccoon, automobile, talking animal, magical creature, holiday, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
california, usa, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for her father to come home, meanwhile, her literally heartless uncle rules. He sells his soul for the ...
Style:
fairy tale, mysterious, grindhouse, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, self discovery, twins, family relations, friends, parallel world, friendship, siblings relations, woman in danger, legends and myths, teaching the ways of the world, rescue ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined to steal Freddy the flute away from the boy to ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, slapstick comedy, family comedy
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
puppet, youth, stoned, magic, witch, island, disorder, friends, imaginary kingdom, rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, stylized, feel good, mysterious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
woods, youth, curses spells and rituals, witch, siblings relations, danger, escapades, parents and children, coming of age, high school, cannibalism, countryside ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gorden Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.
Style:
mysterious, semi serious, humorous, stylized, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
magical, kidnapping, friends, imaginary, escapades, danger, heroes, imaginary kingdom, missing person, legends and myths, r&b, disco ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
Style:
feel good, offbeat, cult classic, mysterious, fantasy adventure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, bullying, book, dragon, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, youth, sword and sorcery, kids and family, childhood, sorcery, heroes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old Kansas orphan turns to the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman for help during a difficult time. She imagines that things have not gone well in Oz since the Wizard left and that the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman must travel to Kansas to find ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, heroes, young heroes, getting home, orphan, wizard of oz, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, wizards and magicians, hopes, teenage life, escapades ...
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to ...
Style:
stylized, semi serious, exciting, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, supernatural, teenage witch, heroine, heroes, friends, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, rivalry, real world ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, semi serious, light, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
time travel, arthurian legend, supernatural, folk hero, sent to the future, wizards and magicians, teenage life, danger, hidden identity, love and romance, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the tradition of disney's classic holiday tales comes a heartwarming movie about the power of giving and the true meaning of christmas. Discover how the legendary friendship of Santa Claus and Santa Paws began in the inspiring original film, ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, christmas classics
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, santa claus, christmas, pets, friendship, youth, animal life, orphan, save the day, young heroes, disorder, memory loss ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, ...
Style:
light, sweet, entertaining, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
mouse, friendship, bird, talking animal, disorder, rescue, friends, escapades, danger, heroic mission, cat, furry ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
46%
197K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Style:
feel good, touching, sweet, uplifting, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, toddlers, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, nanny, female protagonist, imagination, mischievous children, kite, child's point of view, child, brother sister relationship, literary, dance, dog ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
On her 13th birthday Katie, a talented young girl, receives a magical amulet. This amulet was on a quest to find the fifth and last witch to complete the order of the star witches. Because in it's incomplete form, the order is unable to protect ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, spooky
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
witch, magic, best friend, amulet, good versus evil, supernatural, young heroes, youth, escapades, rivalry, wizards and magicians, fantasy world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Story:
An ice-skating television adaptation of the 1939 musical film based on Lyman Frank Baum's 1900 fairy tale novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
Style:
fairy tale, colorful, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
skating, scarecrow, magical, children, adaptation, nostalgia, journey, spectacle, friendship, house, live performance, courage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, cute, mysterious, christmas special ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, child, christmas eve, christmas season, christmas spirit, youth, heroes, danger, rescue, kidnapping, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, children, fantasy world, chocolate, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, imagination, poverty, food ...
Time:
year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
bavaria, new delhi, japan, europe, georgia ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The kingdom of Donnegold is being subverted from within, and young prince Davin must defend against the traitors with the help of a legendary, metal-eating dragon called Galgameth.
Style:
daikaiju, fairy tale, independent film, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
true love, kaiju, giant monster, medieval, dragon, creature, monster, wizard, family relations, friends, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
45%
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