25+ Live Action Shows with Characters from Oz
A list of live action prequels, sequels, re-tellings, and re-imaginings of the book and characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and its sequels.
For animated shows, see my list at http://www.imdb.com/list/ls034814514/
For animated shows, see my list at http://www.imdb.com/list/ls034814514/
List activity
298 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
29 titles
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung 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.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsJames FrancoMichelle WilliamsRachel WeiszA small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
- DirectorWalter MurchStarsFairuza BalkNicol WilliamsonJean MarshDorothy, 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.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.
- StarsZooey DeschanelAlan CummingNeal McDonoughA re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's classic "The Wizard of Oz."
- DirectorJ. Farrell MacDonaldStarsViolet MacMillanFrank MoorePierre CoudercThe 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.
- DirectorPavel ArsenovStarsYekaterina MikhaylovskayaVyacheslav NevinnyyEvgeniy GerasimovThe evil witch Gingemma conjures up a cyclone to take little Elli away from her mother, and is crushed for her wickedness. Upon landing in the Magic Land, Elli's dog, Totoshka, becomes a remarkably intelligent advisor, who suggests she take the silver shoes the witch was wearing. Wralan, the Cyclone, reports the accident to Bastinda, the Wicked Witch of the West. Near where Elli's house landed is a cornfieled with a Scarecrow, Strasheela, who wants a brain. When Elli rescues him from his pole, a Cowardly Lion comes to the cornfield and calls a truce so they can join together to see Goodwin the Wizard to have their wishes granted. In a dark forest, they meer Zhyelyeenee Drovosyek, a rusted iron woodchopper who wants a heart, and joins them on their quest. Bastinda sends an array of hazards, including an impish Ogre, knife wielding tigers, and winged monkeys to get the shoes from her. The monkeys are successful, and bring her to the castle. How will she find Goodwin now?
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsDiana RossMichael JacksonNipsey RussellAn adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
- DirectorMatthew DiamondKenny LeonStarsCommonAmber RileyUzo AdubaA 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.
- DirectorKirk R. ThatcherStarsAshantiJeffrey TamborQuentin TarantinoThis version of The Wizard of Oz is played by the Muppets. A remake of the 1939 film.
- DirectorClayton SpinneyStarsMarie RizzaSteven LowryCurt RoseYoung Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale is taken by a tornado to the marvelous Land of Oz. Together with her strange new friends, she will free the people of Oz from the rule of wicked witches and false wizards in her search for a way home.
- DirectorLeigh ScottStarsPaulie RojasEliza SwensonBilly BoydDorothy 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.
- DirectorOtis TurnerStarsMarcia MooreLost adaption of the of the 1908 book "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" in which Dorothy and the Scarecrow reach the Emerald City and meet, among others, the Woodman and the Cowardly Lion and journey to Oz to get their wishes fulfilled.
- DirectorHugh GrossStarsHelen RichmanSean OrrJordan Van VrankenA 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
- DirectorJ. Farrell MacDonaldStarsViolet MacMillanFrank MooreRaymond RussellOjo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve.
- DirectorSteve YoungStarsDJ PerryKera O'BryonRuss Stine
- DirectorJohn Clark DonahueJohn DriverStarsWendy LehrChristopher PassiCarl BeckIn this extraordinarily faithful stage version of the second Oz book, the only major deletions were things unperformable on stage (The Jackdaw's nest and the Gryphon/Sawhorse chase) and an increase in the role of Jellia Jamb, who remains in the Emerald City in the novel. Tip is forced to live with a horrible witch Mombi, and decides one day to scare her with a Pumpkinhead man. Originally intending to smash it, she decides to test the powder of life she has obtained from Dr. Nikidik, which works. Forbidden to kill the boy, she plans to transform him into a marble statue the following morning. Taking the Pumpkinhead, Tip escapes during the night and meets General Jinjur and her all-woman army intent on conquering the Emerald City. Mombi agrees to help Jinjur, while Tip escapes the Emerald City with the Scarecrow to obtain the help of the Tin Woodman. Tip eventually learns the importance of his Emerald ring, and that he is the key to Restoration Oz.
- DirectorBarry MahonStarsChan MahonAllen JosephGeorge WadsworthRunning away from his evil guardian Mombi, Tip runs off to the Emerald City, where he gets caught up in a palace coup with the Army of Revolt.
- CreatorMatthew ArnoldJosh FriedmanStarsAdria ArjonaOliver Jackson-CohenAna UlaruA modern reimagining of the stories that led to 'The Wizard of Oz'.
- DirectorKen KeseyStarsPhil DeitzGeorge WalkerArzinia RicharsonThe major characters in "Twister" faces turn-of-the-twenty-first-century crises in the world today: The Hungry Wind, The Lonely Virus, and The Restless Earth, which deal, respectively, with tornadoes and hurricanes that bring famine, AIDS and other plagues, and earthquakes, all of which Kesey cites as being on the rise.
- DirectorChris LöfvénStarsJoy DunstanGraham MattersBruce SpenceDorothy is a 16-year-old groupie riding with an up-and-coming rock band when, suddenly, their van is in a road accident, and she hits her head. She wakes up in an alternate reality that's as gritty and realistic as the one she came from, and learns that she killed a young thug with the van. A gay clothier called the Glynn the Good Fairy gives her a pair of red shoes as a reward to help her see the last concert of the Wizard, an androgynous rock singer, in the city (Melbourne) that evening. She is pursed by the thug's brother who attempts to rape her on several occasions. During her journey, she becomes the traveling companion of a dumb surfer, a heartless mechanic, and a tough biker.
- DirectorEthel MeglinStarsMaryeruth BooneZoë BoyerMatt FlynnGeneral Jinjur approaches Mombi for aid in conquering the Scarecrow king of the Emerald City. Meanwhile, the Soldier with the Green Whiskers does cartwheels prior to the annunciation of the return of Dorothy. Several dances later, Dorothy notices a miniature statue of Nick Chopper. Wishing he were present, she uses the powder of life, and with the magic words, "Wogglebug! Whimsy!" transforms the statue into the real Nick Chopper, who thanks her for bringing him to the city. They do more dances as General Jinjur summons her all-girl army by tap dancing on a drum. At this point the sound drops out on the existing print as they raid the city, leaving Scarecrow and Nick on the run, Jellia disguised as the SGW, and taking Dorothy to Mombi, who imprisons her on a flaming table, with slave boy Tip trying to rescue her.
- StarsTobin ClearyThabo DiutluilengBarbie EllenBased 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 Drosselmeyer when a nutcracker mysteriously appears at her doorstep. After taking him in as her own, she quickly finds that she has opened the door on herself for magical shenanigans to ensue.
- StarsBill CobbsTony CoxAlex GarfinOz and Glinda have their first born child named Olivia. They don't tell Olivia that an evil spell has been cast on her by someone she never knew.
- DirectorRobert SingerStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMark SheppardSam and Dean accidentally free Dorothy, who has been trapped in the bunker for years, who seeks their help in killing the wicked witch.