Based on broadway musical movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on broadway musical movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, entertaining and semi serious films and TV shows about / with based on broadway musical, dancing, singing, broadway, song, singer, dance, broadway musical, theater and music plots mostly in Musical, Drama and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on broadway musical: Dear Evan Hansen (2021), Wicked (2024), Gypsy (1962), Into the Woods (2011), Waitress (2023), Sweet Charity (1969), The Music Man (1962), West Side Story (1961), Matilda: The Musical (2022), West Side Story (2021).
Best films
New films
| Into the Woods (2011) | 7.7 | |
| In the Heights (2021) | 7.2 | |
| Come From Away (2021) | 8.5 | |
| Waitress (2023) | 7.8 | |
| Evita (1996) | 6.3 |
List of based on broadway musical movies
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, absurd, interactive ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
suicide, teenager, social media, mental health, high school, social anxiety disorder, based on broadway musical, letter, mental illness, troubled teen, lie, love ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s, 21st century
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224K
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
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Style:
retro, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
stripper, burlesque, dancing, mother daughter relationship, mother, theater, fame, domineering mother, ambition, broadway, based on broadway musical, theatrical agent ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Into the Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Ridinghood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his Wife and their ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
live performance, theater, cinderella, little red riding hood, baker, based on broadway musical, sleeping beauty, prince, woods, forest, desire, aftermath ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.
Style:
funny, captivating, exciting, entertaining, humorous
Plot:
waitress, store, broadway, following a dream, bakery, dream, baker, cooking, food, baking, dreaming, based on broadway musical ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar ...
Style:
stylized, freeze frame, funny, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
broadway, dancing, nightclub, transformation, charity, elevator, love, depression, tattoo, dancer, top hat, based on broadway musical ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are ...
Style:
romantic, stylized, tear jerker, neo noir, aesthetic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, rivalry, tragic love, dance, street gang, gang, broadway, interracial relations, shakespeare, racism, dancing, love story ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1961, 50s, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
singing, genius, female antagonist, library, child prodigy, escape artist, precocious child, circus, dysfunctional family, villain, heroes, child protagonist ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1961 film about two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, surprise ending, visual ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, love at first sight, dance, fight, shakespeare, teenager, rivals, racism, street gang, male female relationship, gang war, tragic event ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, year 1961, year 1957, 60s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
7,000 passengers are stranded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after all flights into the US are grounded on September 11, 2001. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.
Style:
heartfelt, disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, stage musical, kindness, compassion, community, resilience, humanity, hopes, 9/11, hospitality, problem solving, music ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Is relevant?
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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, epic, heartfelt, dark fantasy
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
witch, magic, power struggle, moral ambiguity, transformation, friendship, good versus evil, witchcraft, identity, sisterhood, adaptation, spectacle ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This new version of "The Sound of Music" will be a faithful adaptation of the original stage musical, to retell the story for a whole new generation. And more than that, it will be broadcast LIVE, adding a whole new level of immediacy and ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, touching, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
convent, youth, live performance, nun, teenage love, couples, love and romance, fall in love, family life, undisciplined, parents and children, marriage ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two, 1920s
Place:
austria
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the Broadway musical The Color Purple, based on the acclaimed novel and its film adaptation.
Style:
period drama, complex, queer cinema
Plot:
domestic abuse, sister sister relationship, domestic violence, forgiveness, wife abuse, violence, husband wife relationship, african american protagonist, black american, black, racism, lgbt ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
georgia, southern usa, tennessee, memphis, africa
Is relevant?
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, homeless, great depression, african american, piano, disguise, orphanage, secretary, fbi investigation, millionaire ...
Time:
year 1933, 2020s, 1930s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
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
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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 ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illustrious Hollywood director is in the audience scouting for actors to be in his latest ...
Style:
romantic comedy, semi serious, realistic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
showbiz, dancing, broadway, choreography, choreographer, love, morality, past, couples, filmmaking, fall in love, ambition ...
Time:
1920s, year 1971, 1930s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush (Glenn Close) and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque (Rade Serbedzija). The war is tearing them apart.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, semi serious, feel good
Plot:
world war two, couples, couple relations, fall in love, love and romance, battle of the sexes, unfulfilled love, wartime life, military life, island, father daughter relationship, father son relationship ...
Place:
polynesia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Majestic mountains are in the background and a waterfall in the foreground. Is that a canoe on the river? No it's a cradle with a baby. The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life -- a flood. Sixteen years later she sets ...
Style:
sentimental, technicolor, funny, retro, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
titanic, broadway, disaster, dancing, dance, skinny dipping, coal mine, triumph, progress, coal, coal mining, mining ...
Time:
victorian era, 60s, 1910s, 90s
Place:
colorado, america, europe, usa, denver colorado ...
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: West Germany, Austria, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
"Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne. Only she's been a virgin for the whole eleven months of the marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik goes to see an old flame, the famous actress ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
broadway, love affair, love triangle, dancing, high society, adopted son, actress, lawyer, couples, estate, friends, master and servant ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s
Place:
austria, europe, central europe
Is relevant?
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 ...
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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way ...
Style:
sexual, cult classic, funny, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
polyamory, mining, broadway, gold rush, dancing, friendship, prostitute, old west, american history, loneliness, mormon, polygamy ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
california, usa, michigan, australia
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Under hypnosis while trying to quit smoking, the main character Daisy Gamble revisits past lives and different personalities
Style:
stylized, semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
nobility, broadway, hypnosis, betrayal, psychology, magic, dancing, addiction, drinking, napoleonic era, pluto, pagan ...
Time:
70s, 19th century, 1810s, regency period, 2030s ...
Place:
london, new york, manhattan new york city, brighton, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, visually stunning, christian film, retro ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, toddlers, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, convent, nanny, catholic, single father, nazi, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, world war two, stepmother ...
Time:
1930s, ancient times, 50s, 20th century, year 1938 ...
Place:
austria, alps, europe, germany
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