Movies like The Wiz Live!
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The Wiz Live! (2015)
3K
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 team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of showstoppers designed to create an eye-popping new take on the musical unlike anything ever seen.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, fantasy adventure, colorful, emotional, urban fantasy, campy, nostalgic
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
wizard of oz, magic, friendship, magical, wizard, magician, friends, evil wizard, choreography, spectacle, self discovery, rebirth, homecoming, heartwarming, theater, black history, african american, stage musical, live broadcast, song and dance, adventure
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Wiz Live!
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, feel good, captivating and fairy tale films with plots about friendship, magic, children, magical, friends, wizard and coming of age mostly in Family, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Wiz Live!: Wicked (2024), Every Witch Way: Spellbound (2014), Peter Pan Live! (2014), A Fairy Tale After All (2022), Dino Dana: The Movie (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
This is the story of how Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and it involves love, loss, hatred, envy and an unwillingness to accept anything that is different.
Style:
fairy tale, absurd, sinister, crying, powerful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
bullying, wizard of oz, witch, magic, feminism, abuse of power, talking animal, prejudice, based on broadway musical, dancing, rebellion, fighting the system ...
Place:
new york
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Imagination and the World of Fantasy are in danger. Mar, an eight-year-old little girl, who's an expert in stories and legends thanks to the books read to her every night by her grandfather, decides she has to try and save them. With the help ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
magic, wizard, good versus evil, save the world, fantasy world, magical, wizards and magicians, young heroes, magical power, heroine, teamwork, magician ...
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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 ...
Style:
stylized, cult classic, dark drama, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
wizard of oz, broadway, black, scarecrow, magic, fantasy world, dancing, music, african american, wizard, black woman, dog ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Story:
Every witch way like you have never seen it before all your magic comes back in this movie
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, lighthearted, uplifting ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
magic, friendship, witchcraft, wizards and magicians, magical, magical girl, supernatural ability, magical power, supernatural power, friends, magician, slice of life ...
Similarity:
47%
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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:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A stubborn teenage girl finds herself confronted by whimsical characters when she is transported into a world of fantasy and fairy tales while attending a school marionette show.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
girl heroine, magical, wizards and magicians, magic, wizard, teenager, fantasy world, dream world, teenage protagonist, witch, evil witch, soul selling ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, solving dino experiment #901 - where are all the kid dinosaurs? But while working on the solution, her new neighbor Mateo is dino-napped by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it's up to Dana, ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good, educational ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
children, friendship, experiment, paleontologist, research, teenage girl, investigation, scientific research, escapades, scientific experiment, friends, family values ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Young Bobby Spade who has an anxiety disorder, discovers that his therapy dog Ozzy is actually 600 years old and was once owned by a powerful wizard from ancient times. Upon his twelfth birthday, Bobby is propelled into a new life when he learns the ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, entertaining, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
magic, dog, talking animal, wizard, animal human communication, talking dog, magical creature, wizards and magicians, human dog relationship, teamwork, animal, magician ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Every year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help of her furry best friend Muggs ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, funny, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot:
witch, witchery, magic, friendship, children, wizards and magicians, teenager, teenage girl, magical girl, supernatural, coming of age, heartwarming ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
18th century. Paola, a young, reckless street urchin inadvertently gets in the way of the plans of terrifying Baron De Michelis, a small and mean hunchback always escorted by his trusted (and abused) minion Marmotta, with an unquenchable thirst for ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, feel good, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, witch, witchcraft, magician, magical creature, magic, satire, teenage witch, supernatural, female protagonist, good witch, rescue ...
Time:
18th century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dragon, friendship, refugee, christmas, holiday, magic, animal human communication, christmas eve, magical creature, friends, human animal relationship, fire breathing dragon ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Way up north in Greenland lives 12-year-old Lucia with her mother and her father, who is best known as Father Christmas. Lucia is the first girl ever in Santa class at the international Christmas School. On the day that the present machine is ...
Style:
christmas special, captivating, sincere, entertaining, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
miraculous event, christmas, good versus evil, magic, crime investigation, fight for justice, friendship, teamwork, framed for a crime, accusation, friends, wizard ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, China, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When teenagers Rachel and Grace travel inside a super-powered rainbow to China, they disturb nature's balance. Using Rachel's connection to the energy of the rainbow and with help from their new friend Xiao Cheng, they must race against ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, entertaining, intercultural, mythical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
save the world, teenager, friendship, young heroes, teamwork, rescue mission, rainbow, supernatural power, magician, race against time, wizards and magicians, save the day ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
35%
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:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style:
emotional, feel good, uplifting, mythical, fairy tale
Plot:
princess, sisterhood, snow, broadway, sisters, friendship, singing, children, magic, heartwarming, spectacle, true love ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
A playful bird snatches Abby's magic wand during a hot-air balloon ride leaving Elmo, Abby and friends on a colorful adventure.
Style:
lighthearted, colorful, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
puppet, magic, sesame street, safe, children, friendship, magical object, life is a bitch, problem, wizards and magicians, puppetry, bird ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
In Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures, the Sesame Street duo take preschoolers on a fantastical journey! Preschoolers will learn all about friendship, cooperation and critical thinking skills as Bert and Ernie search for buried treasure as ...
Style:
educational, entertaining, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, preschool
Plot:
friendship, children, collaboration, sesame street, journey, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, magical, teacher, friends, supernatural power, wizard ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A heartwarming tale about young Izzy who is not happy about having to move from the big city to the country when her family takes over an old farm. Things change for Izzy when she finds a small white pony named Snowflake and becomes convinced that ...
Style:
feel good, thrilling, captivating, entertaining, inspirational
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, unicorn, friendship, holiday, human animal relationship, girl horse relationship, friends, horse, protector, animal, animal human communication, kindness ...
Similarity:
33%
99K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, light, exciting, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
magic, imagination, giant, friendship, childhood, dream, fantasy world, little girl, orphan, insomnia, justice, wizard ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
england, fictional island, london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, entertaining, light
Audience:
family outing, manly, kids, toddlers
Plot:
friends, young heroes, escapades, friendship, disorder, youth, balloon, birthday, adventure hero, twists and turns, target, journey ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage.
Style:
surreal, satirical, colorful, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
friendship, broadway, save the day, sea voyage, heroes, surrealism, satire, adaptation, spectacle, heroism, children, underwater ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Toy Story 3 In Real Life is a fan-made shot-for-shot recreation of Pixar’s Toy Story 3. The project was produced by brothers Morgan and Mason McGrew.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
toy comes to life, friendship, respect, travel and leisure, toys, friends, toy soldier, humour, teamwork, loyalty, house, brothers ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A new chapter begins for Laura: Together with her parents and her brother Tommy, she moves to a new home. But at first the girl can't really get used to the new city and has difficulties making friends and socializing. One evening she watches a ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, uplifting, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
child protagonist, friendship, magical, heartwarming, childhood, children, adaptation, friends, child, magic, superstar, empathy ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Annabelle runs away from an orphanage with two other kids to rescue the animals on her family's farm before they're taken by a greedy neighbor. The orphans discover a magical unicorn has taken up residence, and they try to ...
Style:
fantasy adventure, light, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, family friendly, teens
Plot:
unicorn, friendship, orphan, children, mythical creature, heartwarming, friends, orphanage, adolescent girl, friend, teenager, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, humorous, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
magic, evil wizard, wizards and magicians, friendship, evil witch, good versus evil, showdown, sorceress, evil sorcerer, wizard, black magic, fight ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
witch, children, friendship, supernatural power, magic, school, flying, wizards and magicians, magical girl, friends, magical power, teenager ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
Faced with a holiday cheer crisis, the North Pole knows there's only one person who can save the day: Santa’s great friend, Mariah Carey. Combining musical performances, dynamic dancing and groundbreaking animation, the undisputed Queen of ...
Style:
feel good, christmas special, funny, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, musician, north pole, pop music, music, christmas season, celebrity, female singer, christmas party, spectacle, glamour, variety show ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Agatha Armstrong and her trusty sidekick Mrs. Mac were once the world’s most daring adventurers. But when her son Ant came along, everything quickly changed and her devil-may-care ways took a backseat to being over-protective and terrified of ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, teacher, motherhood, adventure hero, treasure hunter, lost treasure, hidden treasure, treasure, adventurer, teamwork, family drama, protective parent ...
Similarity:
27%
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