Movies like Hairspray Live!
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Hairspray Live! (2016)
4K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
live performance, theater, dance, fat girl, racism, race, equality, broadway, dancing, society, music, dream, television, rivalry, social relations, teenager, school, student, friendship, blonde, singer, jealousy, teenage girl, singing, african american ...
Time:
60s, year 1962, 1960s
Place:
baltimore, maryland
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Most similar movies to Hairspray Live!
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about dancing, dance, love, music, teenager, love and romance and singing mostly in Comedy, Musical and Drama genres. Some movies like Hairspray Live!: Hairspray (2007), Grease (1978), Hairspray (1988), The Music Man (2003), Dance Challenge (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
145K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.
Style:
rom com, romantic, teen, cute, lyrical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
dance, dancing, dream come true, teenage girl, artists and showbiz, fat girl, teenage love, interracial romance, racism, broadway, follow your dream, music ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 60s, year 1962, 2000s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The award-winning show is re-imagined as a live concert event, featuring an all-star cast of recording artists, set during the last week of Jesus' life as he deals with betrayal, love and jealousy, and told from the perspective of Judas.
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere
Plot:
live performance, singing, christianity, betrayal, concert, dancing, jesus, rock opera, spectacle, stage musical, theater, crucifix ...
Place:
jerusalem
Similarity:
100%
324K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, coming of age, dancing, dance, makeover, summer romance, teenage love, love story, first love, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, australia, los angeles, bronx new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after ...
Style:
light, satirical, stylized, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, rock and roll, racism, civil rights, fat girl, satire, dance, interracial romance, music, interracial friendship, social differences ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, year 1963, 80s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland, america, california ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and 1962 film, updated to reflect a few early twenty-first-century sensibilities: A masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
small town, lifestyle, fall in love, couples, society, love and romance, artists and showbiz, racism, clergy, music, librarian, dancing ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico, Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Cristobal sees Mariana with new eyes after the summer vacation since both love singing. The mexican version of the Disney musical.
Style:
captivating, feel good, semi serious, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenager, audition, love, friendship, teenage life, contest, high school life, rivalry, school, dance contest, music, competitor ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Musical, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Approaching his 18th birthday, David drops out of school and runs away from home and from a conflicting relationship with his mother Elena. The only thing that matters for him is break dancing. With his own group, the Urban Cyber Breakers, he has ...
Style:
light, inspirational, humorous, feel good
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, dance contest, teenage boy, single mother, friendship, mother son relationship, rivalry, music, self discovery, breakdance, athlete ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, theater, couples, friends, teenage life, rock, musician's life, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ambition, artists and showbiz, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Neil Patrick ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, friends, redheaded woman, friendship, concert, bachelor, couple relations, artists and showbiz, love and romance, broadway, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
Style:
light, humorous, entertaining, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, coming of age, school, teenage girl, teenage boy, love, friend, motivation, family relations, politics, mother daughter relationship, high school ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When Hunter gets sent to a dorky summer dance camp, he thinks he's about to have the worst summer of his life. But the quirky charm of the camp grows on him when he meets the passionate Cheyenne and joins her dance troupe to challenge the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
summer camp, friendship, dancing, dance, teenage love, happy ending, artists and showbiz, teenage life, social relations, dance contest, teenage boy, teenage girl ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min.
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Story:
A group of East High students countdown to the opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.” Showmances blossom; friendships are tested while new ones are made; rivalries flare and lives are changed forever as ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, happy ending, music, singing, friendship, sport team, love and romance, audition, parents and children, follow your dream, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something ...
Style:
teen, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, prom, teenage love, love and romance, teenage girl, friendship, high school life, teenager, high school hunk, friends, music, buddies ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
21%
6K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every ...
Style:
teen, talky, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, summer camp, dancing, lgbt, love and romance, teenage love, artists and showbiz, rock, gay teenager, glbt, friendship ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
Style:
lyrical, captivating, semi serious, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, live performance, high school life, friends, teenage love, youth, coming of age, broadway, teen romance, twins, theater, opposites attract ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1959
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
30K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, sentimental, captivating, comedy drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian teen, lgbt teen, prom, gay, high school, lesbian interest, sapphic, lesbian love, civil rights, lgbtqi ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, new york, ohio
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Matchmaker, Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. While there, she convinces him, his two stock clerks and his niece and her beau to go to New York City.
Style:
period piece, retro, feel good, hilarious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, broadway, music, love, music and dance, dance, matchmaker, widow, merchant, gilded age, theater, railway ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1800s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, america, usa, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, nightmare, broadway, teenager, love, teenage boy, best friend, follow your dream, direction and purpose, coping, coming of age, music ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style:
romantic, teen, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
dancing, dancer, dance, ballet, dancer's life, dance contest, street dance, hip hop, contests and competitions, music, love and romance, breakdance ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted
Style:
funny, retro, hilarious, black and white, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
cheerleader, teenager, broadway, love, small town, dancing, theater, dating, turtle, secretary, singer, songwriter ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, washington d.c., new york, columbus ohio
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three friends get together and bury a box making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation. In the little town in Georgia that they live in, things soon change. One is little miss perfect, one is an engaged prom queen, and the ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, road movie, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, road trip, on the road, teenage girl, female bonding, pregnancy, virgin, fall in love, singer, audition, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 80s
Place:
tucson arizona, austin texas, los angeles, usa, georgia ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
Style:
period piece, sentimental, entertaining, retro, aesthetic ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, date night
Plot:
librarian, small town, dance, library, dancing, broadway, con artists, love, traveling salesman, fall in love, american history, town ...
Time:
1910s, year 1962, 20th century
Place:
iowa, indiana, america, midwest, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, teenager, broadway, rock and roll, sex scene, dancing, music, nightclub, love story, fall in love, rock star, musician ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.
Style:
sexy, romantic, sweet, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
interracial relations, interracial romance, white male black female relationship, interracial love, opposites attract, racism, career woman, hot and sexy, prejudice, culture clash, blacks and whites, gardener ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles, east africa, africa ...
Similarity:
19%
41K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, cult classic, period piece, retro ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, motorcycle, dancing, teenage girl, love, biker, greaser, opposites attract, secret identity, dance, teenage boy, cheerleader ...
Time:
year 1961, year 1982, 60s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
19%
17K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
Style:
teen, romantic, melancholic, intense, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, dancing, dance, high school, music, music business, teenage life, showbiz, dream come true, high school life, desire for fame, youth ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, sincere, hispanic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
singing, dancing, longing, dating, summer, swimming pool, immigrant, ambition, city life, dance, love, undocumented immigrant ...
Time:
2020s, year 1943, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, dominican republic, new york, puerto rico, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Bar Mitzvah boy from Manhattan comes to terms with his family's move to the Midwest.
Style:
teen comedy
Plot:
teenage boy, coming of age, social differences, divorced parents, bar mitzvah, parents, based on broadway musical, young boy, dance, first kiss, friend, singing ...
Place:
indiana, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The East High Wildcats are ready to have the time of their lives. Troy (Zac Efron) is thrilled when he’s offered a job in a country club, but it’s all part of Sharpay’s (Ashley Tisdale) plot to lure him away from Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens). ...
Style:
teen, melancholic, sentimental, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, pre-teens, kids, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
teenage love, teenage girl, high school life, love and romance, teenager, music, country club, true love, dancing, youth, young lovers, talent show ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Troy (Zac Efron), the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club, break all the rules of East High society when they secretly audition for the leads in the ...
Style:
teen, romantic, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
high school, teenage life, high school life, music, teenage love, basketball, love and romance, couple relations, happy ending, friendship, hopes, teenager ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america, albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, utah
Similarity:
18%
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