Based on stage musical movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on stage musical movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out entertaining, light, humorous, weird, captivating and stylized films and TV shows about / with theater, broadway, broadway musical, dancing, music, dance, mentor, culture clash, catastrophe and runaway 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 stage musical: Les Misérables (2012), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), West Side Story (2021), Man of La Mancha (1972), A Chorus Line (1985), Cabaret (1972), 1776 (1972), The Sound of Music (1965), Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025), Cyrano (2021).
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, visually appealing, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, blood, barbershop, goth, dark humor, social injustice, judge, cannibalism, loss of loved one, presumed dead, murder, insanity ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2007, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Style:
inspirational, historical drama, epic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
redemption, rebellion, arrest, parole, historical character, broadway, dying man, historical event, prostitute, orphan, father daughter relationship, revolution ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2012, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place:
france, paris france, seattle, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century ...
Style:
period piece, freeze frame, thought provoking, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
judaism, dance, wedding, tradition, jewish culture, broadway, milkman, anti semitism, dancing, forbidden love, tradition versus modernity, butcher ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
ukraine, israel, russia, ussr, europe ...
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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
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, touching, humorous, costume drama ...
Plot:
chivalry, broadway, don quixote, idealism, delusion, sword fight, prison, nobility, damsel in distress, master servant relationship, magic realism, ancient ...
Time:
16th century, 17th century, middle ages, year 1972
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, lyrical, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet school, choreography, ballet, rehearsal, rise to the top, dancer, choreographer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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64K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
Style:
satirical, stylized, atmospheric, period piece, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nazi, gay, fascism, lgbtq, cabaret, gay interest, decadence, world war two, closeted homosexual, dancing, politics, lgbt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany, new york
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11K
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of ...
Style:
humorous, suspense, patriotic, stylized, surreal ...
Plot:
independence, broadway, revolution, american revolution, dancing, president, american history, slavery, politics, freedom, medieval, war for independence ...
Time:
1770s, georgian era, 18th century, 1930s
Place:
philadelphia, massachusetts, pennsylvania, usa, new jersey ...
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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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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
Style:
poignant, technicolor, political drama, gay cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay sex, prison, political prisoner, jail cell, imprisonment, friendship, empathy, political repression, confined, survival ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
argentina, latin america
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16K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous ...
Style:
costume drama, sincere, captivating, serious, touching ...
Plot:
love triangle, friendship, doomed romance, unrequited love, poetry, theatre play, dwarf, wedding, lie, deception, love, bakery ...
Time:
17th century, future, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france
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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
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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, Horror, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day as Seymour is seeking a new mysterious plant, he ...
Style:
black comedy, humorous, horror musical, horror comedy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, horror for children, adult
Plot:
dentist, creature, alien invasion, music, macabre, dark humor, brutality, eaten alive, workplace, experiment gone awry, florist, impossible love ...
Time:
1900s, year 1986, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Italy, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.
Style:
fairy tale, gothic, stylized, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
witch, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, woods, good versus evil, singing, broadway, wizards and magicians, cinderella, medieval, imaginary, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new jersey
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.
Style:
lgbt cinema, emotional, touching, psychological, social ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, female impersonator, cross dressing, lgbtq, drag queen, gay student, gay interest, gay, life is a bitch, gay slur, mentor, prom ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
britain, england, yorkshire, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's celebrated musical, originally based on Arthur Schnitzler's ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, light, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay seduction, gay sex, lesbian relationship, lesbian couple, soldier, lesbian interest, closeted lesbian, love affair, lgbt, sexuality ...
Time:
20th century
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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, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Style:
humorous, parody, light, lyrical, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
broadway, sex maniac, showbiz, theater, farce, audition, eccentricity, accountant, dancing, cons and scams, mentor, transvestism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, rio de janeiro, bronx new york city, buenos aires argentina ...
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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
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
ancient rome, chase, broadway, slavery, culture clash, fighting the system, love triangle, farce, ancient, husband wife relationship, transformation, justice ...
Time:
1st century, year 1966, 70s, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
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39K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Style:
emotional, period piece, lyrical, intense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
politics, dancing, rise to power, political unrest, broadway, music, death, biopic, dictator, glamour, military coup, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945, 1950s ...
Place:
argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, south america, italy ...
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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, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Paul is an average guy. He likes movies, and pizza, and average guy things. He does not like... musicals. But Paul's small world is about to come crashing down under the weight of unspeakable terror! Now he must run, run for his life, as ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, dark comedy, parody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
music, irreverent, small town, satire, camp, alien invasion, infection, survival, stage musical, chase, violence, bloodbath ...
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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, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Thailand, Egypt, Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A love letter to Hollywood and Broadway musicals of the past. While participation in a scientific experiment, a young woman falls through a wormhole and winds up in Wonderland! This is not the Wonderland you remember, but a brand new world where all ...
Style:
erotic, satirical, captivating, semi serious, sex comedy ...
Plot:
sex scene, fantasy world, seduction, seductress, music, satire, sex spoof, erotica, wonderland, female protagonist, orgy, nude girl ...
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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
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