Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "based-on-stage-musical-based-on-book"

1. Cats (2019)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

2.8

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32 Metascore

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.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba

Votes: 55,963

2. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

G | 181 min | Drama, Family, Musical

8.0

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67 Metascore

In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon

Votes: 47,936 | Gross: $80.50M

3. South Pacific (1958)

Approved | 157 min | Musical, Romance, War

6.8

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On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.

Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston

Votes: 9,833

4. Gypsy (1993 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 153 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.1

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Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie-previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film-depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.

Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb, Edward Asner

Votes: 2,160

5. Gypsy (1962)

Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.1

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Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace

Votes: 7,024 | Gross: $13.01M

6. Damn Yankees! (1967 TV Movie)

100 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport

6.8

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Wishing for his favorite losing baseball team, the Washington Senators, to win the pennant, middle-aged Joe Boyd literally makes a deal with the Devil (in the form of one Mr. Applegate) and... See full summary »

Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Phil Silvers, Lee Remick, Jerry Lanning, Jim Backus

Votes: 58

7. Wonderful Town (1958 TV Movie)

120 min | Musical

8.9

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Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen arrive in New York from Ohio in the 1930s and find frustration, career hopes and romance in the city of their dreams.

Directors: Mel Ferber, Herbert Ross | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Sydney Chaplin, Jacquelyn McKeever, Joseph Buloff

Votes: 69