The Wonderful Wizard of Oz adaptations
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1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
Not Rated | 13 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Short
An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
Director: Otis Turner | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z. Leonard
Votes: 1,639
2. His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914)
59 min | Family, Fantasy, Adventure
The wicked king wants his daughter, Princess Gloria, to marry a horrid courtier though she loves the gardener's boy Pon. After encountering Dorothy, Pon and her team up to defeat the evil witch Mombi and to rescue the princess.
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald | Stars: Violet MacMillan, Frank Moore, Pierre Couderc, Fred Woodward
Votes: 521
3. The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
38 min | Short, Adventure, Family
Fairies weave a magic cloak that grants one wish. They give it to an unhappy girl who has just lost her father and been forced to move into town with her brother, who becomes king, and her donkey, who becomes a hero.
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald | Stars: Mildred Harris, Violet MacMillan, Fred Woodward, Vivian Reed
Votes: 345
4. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
81 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve.
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald | Stars: Violet MacMillan, Frank Moore, Raymond Russell, Leontine Dranet
Votes: 565
5. The Wizard of Oz (1925)
TV-G | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy, heir to the Oz throne, must take it back from the wicked Prime Minister Kruel with the help of three farmhands.
Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Dorothy Dwan, Charles Murray, Oliver Hardy, Mary Carr
Votes: 1,749
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
Votes: 428,554 | Gross: $2.08M
7. Turkish the Wizard of Oz (1971)
100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
Director: Tunç Basaran | Stars: Zeynep Degirmencioglu, Süleyman Turan, Metin Serezli, Suna Selen
Votes: 314
8. Journey Back to Oz (1972)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
During another twister, Dorothy is hit on the head by a gate and once again whisked away to the Land of Oz. But this time, on her way to the Emerald City, she discovers the witch Mombi's ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Milton Berle, Margaret Hamilton, Herschel Bernardi
Votes: 663
9. The Wiz (1978)
G | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross
Votes: 17,039 | Gross: $21.05M
10. The Wizard of Oz (1982)
Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Family, Adventure
Animated version of the classic story of a young farmgirl who is transported to the magic land of Oz.
Directors: Fumihiko Takayama, John Danylkiw | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Lorne Greene, Mari Okamoto, Hizuru Kotobuki
Votes: 436 | Gross: $0.61M
11. Return to Oz (1985)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.
Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie
Votes: 30,352
12.
Priklyucheniya v Izumrudnom Gorode (1999–2000)
Episode:
Serebryanye tufelki
(1999)
26 min | Animation, Fantasy
A hurricane takes the girl Dolly and the puppy Totoshka from Kansas to the Magic Land, where life does not obey ordinary laws and any miracles are possible. Together with new friends - the ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Makarov | Stars: Yuliya Bochanova, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Mikhail Chernyak, Vadim Gushchin
Votes: 64
13.
Priklyucheniya v Izumrudnom Gorode (1999–2000)
Episode:
Printsessa Ozma
(2000)
26 min | Animation, Fantasy
Glinda looks back into the Book of Events, where she sees previous and present events. The Emerald City fell under the onslaught of the maidens, and Ginger usurped the throne and declared ... See full summary »
Director: Denis Chernov | Stars: Yuliya Bochanova, Mikhail Chernyak, Vadim Gushchin, Tatyana Mikhalevkina
Votes: 50
14. Ozu no mahôtsukai (1986–1987)
TV-Y | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When Dorothy and her little dog Toto are swept up by a tornado, they are magically transported to the Land of Oz- An enchanted world were anything is possible!
Stars: Morgan Hallett, Sumi Shimamoto, Mark Denis, Yoshito Yasuhara
Votes: 354
15. The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992– )
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
The year is 2060, and Dorothy Gale and her mutant dog Talk - Talk have just been swept away from their home planet of New Kansas to a strange galaxy: Oz! and make friends with an unlikely ... See full summary »
Stars: Mariko Kôda, Ai Satô, Kôzô Shioya, Hirohiko Kakegawa
Votes: 32
16. Tin Man (2007)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's classic "The Wizard of Oz."
Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson
Votes: 14,533
17. The Witches of Oz (2011– )
TV-14 | 167 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Dorothy Gale discovers that her best selling novels are actually based on suppressed childhood memories of her time in Oz, and that she may be in danger of experiencing it all over again.
Stars: Paulie Rojas, Eliza Swenson, Billy Boyd, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 1,981
18. After the Wizard (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Family, Fantasy
A 12-year-old Kansas orphan turns to the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman for help during a difficult time. Things have not gone well in Oz since the Wizard left, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman must travel to Kansas to find Dorothy
Director: Hugh Gross | Stars: Helen Richman, Sean Orr, Jordan Van Vranken, Loren Lester
Votes: 382 | Gross: $0.00M
19. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle
Votes: 237,008
20. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
PG | 130 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis
Votes: 214,271 | Gross: $234.91M
21. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Shortly after a tornado rips through her Kansas home, Dorothy returns to Oz to save her friends from a villainous jester.
Directors: Will Finn, Daniel St. Pierre | Stars: Lea Michele, Kelsey Grammer, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi
Votes: 6,263 | Gross: $8.46M
22. OzLand (2014)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two wayfarers wander aimlessly until Leif finds a copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Interpreting the book as gospel, Leif allows the book to challenge the beliefs, friendship and even the very survival of these two divergent travelers.
Director: Michael Williams | Stars: Zack Ratkovich, Glenn Payne, Dunlap Peeples IV, Casey Heflin
Votes: 488
23. The Wiz Live! (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 111 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A live production of the 1975 Broadway musical, "The Wiz," which put a modern spin on the classic "Wizard of Oz" tale with a cast of African-American actors.
Directors: Matthew Diamond, Kenny Leon | Stars: Common, Amber Riley, Uzo Aduba, Stephanie Mills
Votes: 2,564
24. Hellions (2015)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A teenager must survive a Halloween night from Hell when malevolent trick-or-treaters come knocking at her door.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Chloe Rose, Rachel Wilson, Rossif Sutherland, Peter DaCunha
Votes: 3,447
25. The Land of Oz (2015)
100 min | Comedy
New Year in Russian - controlled and ruthless element. While residents preparing for a major national holiday, Lenka Shabadinova works at kiosk till midnight. She does not even know that ... See full summary »
Director: Vasiliy Sigarev | Stars: Yana Troyanova, Gosha Kutsenko, Andrey Ilenkov, Aleksandr Bashirov
Votes: 1,795
26. Lost in Oz (2015–2018)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the first season, Glinda Helps Dorothy to bring her back to Kansas.
Stars: Ashley Boettcher, Nika Futterman, Jorge Diaz, Chris Cox
Votes: 596
27. Emerald City (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A modern reimagining of the stories that led to 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Stars: Adria Arjona, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu, Gerran Howell
Votes: 13,470
28. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017–2020)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz is about Dorothy, who is granted princess of Emerald City by Queen Ozma after defeating the Wicked Witch.
Stars: Kari Wahlgren, Bill Fagerbakke, JP Karliak, Jess Harnell
Votes: 142
29. Dorothy (TV Movie)
60 min | Drama | Announced
Focuses on a girl from Kansas City who falls for a man and moves with him to the Emerald City to work at his Emerald Hotel.
30. Clara and the Nutcracker (2022)
13 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Based on the story by E.T.A Hoffman and the ballet by Pyotyr Illich Tchaikovsky, a 16-year-old orphan girl named Clara is celebrating Christmas with her younger brother, Fritz and her Aunt ... See full summary »
Stars: Tobin Cleary, Thabo Diutluileng, Barbie Ellen, Louise Lupo
31. Wicked (2024)
Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Post-production
After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode
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