Movies like Annie Live!
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Annie Live! (2021)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
Plot:
live performance, orphan, stage musical, christmas, dancing, children, con artists, millionaire, businessman, fbi, rich man, billionaire, singing, african american, great depression, homeless, mansion, runaway, usa president, adoption, secretary, brother sister relationship, piano, u.s. president, foundling ...
Time:
year 1933, 1930s, 2020s
Place:
new york
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Most similar movies to Annie Live!
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about singing, family relations, youth, dancing, christmas, children and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Musical genres. Some movies like Annie Live!: Annie (1982), Annie (1999), Annie (2014), Hairspray Live! (2016), Better Nate Than Ever (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is ...
Style:
feel good, period piece, sentimental, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
orphan, little girl, child, redhead girl, broadway, dancing, childhood, dance, coming of age, wealth, love, orphanage ...
Time:
90s, year 1982, 1930s, 20th century, year 1933 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Annie has been living in an orphanage her whole life run by cruel Miss Hannigan. After unsuccessful escape attempts, Grace Farrell comes to take the child home to live two weeks with billionaire Oliver Warbucks during Christmas.
Style:
christmas special, emotional, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
orphan, adoption, redhead girl, christmas, youth, friendship, winter, dancing, child, orphanage, little girl, superhero ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, feel good, teen, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
adoption, father daughter relationship, foster child, orphan, hopes, rags to riches, music, parents and children, rich and poor, friends, broadway, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem
Similarity:
32%
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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:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, dance, fat girl, racism, equality, race, broadway, dancing, society, rivalry, social relations ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
baltimore, maryland
Similarity:
25%
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:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, family comedy
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, orphan, superhero, christmas, disorder, family relations, friends, intrigue, rivalry, mischievous children, dishonesty, best friend ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, buckingham palace, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Family, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Harry Habert, owner of a rent office has an original idea: To rent babies from a nearby orphanage to the local families. He rents the Ward brothers to his first customers...
Style:
humorous, funny, melancholic, touching, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
adoption, children, dog, orphan, siblings relations, mischievous children, nothing goes right, disorder, family relations, parenthood, child hero, foster child ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
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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:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A rich and nasty woman returns to her hometown to evict everyone but discovers the true meaning of Christmas thanks to the local townsfolk – and an actual angel. Features 14 original songs with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton!
Style:
colorful, sentimental, humorous, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, christmas spirit, coldhearted, rich man, christmas season, character change, human nature, christmas time, happy ending, life changing experience ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jack Green inherited a southern Californian horse ranch and an all-natural toy factory in the barn. With his wife Cherie, he accepts taking in the three 'holy terrors' from his bossy aunt Rita's orphanage during renovations, until the ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, light, feel good, touching
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, adoption, missing child, father figure, orphan, horse ranch, orphanage, kids and family, lifestyle change, countryside, father son relationship, happy ending ...
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, family comedy, lighthearted, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
peanuts, children, childhood, friendship, heartwarming, comic book, adaptation, light comedy, innocence, stage musical, slice of life, superhero ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
22%
3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Rags follows the story of Charlie Prince, an orphan living with his acerbic and unloving stepfather and spoiled, simple-minded stepbrothers. Charlie's dream is to be a singer, and while he is vocally talented and can write music, he can't ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, fairy tale, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
cinderella story, cinderella, teenage love, hopes, orphan, youth, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, social differences, unlikely couple, love and romance, step siblings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, father son relationship, orphan, childhood trauma, imagination, writers, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, children, single father ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Ashok Bansal has a traumatic childhood which teaches him that money matters most to people, even more than their kids. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to get out of poverty, at the expense of his own family. However, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
orphan, family relations, family problems, alcohol abuse, adoption, rich and poor, womanizer, youth, society, mischievous children, love and romance, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.
Style:
feel good, crying, christmas comedy, whimsical
Plot:
christmas, brothers, family reunited, road trip, heartwarming, sibling rivalry, family drama, holiday romance, urban, culture clash, mistaken identity, pop music ...
Place:
new york, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, youth, holiday, family relations, family life, haunted by the past, friendship, parents and children, coming of age, father son relationship, reconciliation, healing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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59K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, thought provoking, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, lost love, christmas season, charles dickens, ghost, boss, greed, loneliness, evil man, misanthrope ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Heidi leaves the mountains of Switzerland for a trip to New York City.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, light hearted, sentimental
Plot:
children, child protagonist, innocence, culture clash, optimism, family values, adaptation, friendship, fish out of water, christmas, homesickness, family drama ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, swiss alps, alps, switzerland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
The cast of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” delivers an abundance of feel-good holiday cheer as they perform their favorite Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s songs and share their fondest holiday memories.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, lighthearted, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
holiday, christmas, friendship, teenager, family relations, heartwarming, teenage life, love and romance, follow your dream, christmas season, teenage love, parents and children ...
Similarity:
19%
59K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Style:
light, enigmatic, futuristic, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
cat, singing, rebirth, friendship, dancing, female protagonist, love, fight, broadway, singer, anthropomorphic animal, outcast ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
19%
339
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
World War II GIs adopt an Italian war orphan.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
world war two, christmas, superhero, youth, orphan, us military, balloon, girl, boy, christmas present, child, hot dog ...
Time:
year 1961
Place:
manhattan new york city, italy, new york
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Madea's neighborhood takes a turn for the worse when a foster mother moves in with her unruly kids. Suspicious activity leads Madea to take justice into her own hands. With Aunt Bam by her side, Madea uses her unique wit and wisdom for ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, family comedy ...
Plot:
live performance, gospel, madea, faith, chaos and mayhem, christian, forgiveness, abuse, family relations, african american protagonist, stage play, neighborhood ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
19%
2K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A princess is thrust onto the world stage. The tabloid media is captivated by her beauty and vulnerability. The globe's most celebrated monarchy is disrupted. This is the story of the most princess woman of the modern age as she struggles to ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
princess diana, broadway, historical character, historical figure, music, dancing, life, celebrity, theater, live performance, jazz, historical event ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A starry-eyed young girl journeys from the mountains of Appalachia to the stage at Dollywood, where she discovers the impact of African-Americans on the world of country music - while at the same time competing in a country music competition for ...
Style:
sentimental, captivating, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, church choir, family relations, ambition, couples, love and romance, holiday, small town, singing, christmas eve, xmas, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.
Style:
humorous, sincere, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, custody, parents and children, family life, couple relations, life turned upside down, disorder, couples, orphan, youth, girl, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
44K
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Style:
visually appealing, sentimental, social, dark, terrifying ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
orphan, broadway, charles dickens, child, children, dance, street kid, runaway, happy ending, dancing, dog, shipwreck ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1968, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
In this one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the ...
Style:
christmas special, not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, puppet, muppets, holiday, xmas, new year, weirdo, christmas time, christmas season, blizzard, puppetry, sesame street ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
Style:
christmas special, christmas classics, gothic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, muppets, holiday, christmas season, puppet, furry, rock and roll, bike, xmas, music, family relations, country music ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s
Similarity:
18%
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