Skip to content

Movies like Wonderful Town (2002)

The best movies like Wonderful Town (2002) are Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999), Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010) and Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour (2012). If Wonderful Town hooked you with its music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

Quick picks

  1. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999)

    Michael Kamen conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in support of metal rockers Metallica in this 1999 concert performance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  2. Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010)

    This concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables, gathers the casts of the show's 2010 original production at the Queen's Theatre, the 1985 original production by the London company, and the 2010 production at the Barbican together for one performance. Together with talents like Michael Ball, Hadley Fraser, and John Owen-Jones, the performers present the play's musical numbers in a semi-theatrical style, fully costumed and with all the emotion of the musical's heyday.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  3. Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour (2012)

    This contemporary re-imagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's legendary rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar presents the story of the last seven days of Christ leading up to his crucifixion as seen through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. Filmed as an arena rock opera, the performance features a star-studded line-up which includes award-winning musical comedian, Tim Minchin as the role of Judas Iscariot; pop icon and former Spice Girl Melanie C as Mary Magdalene; radio DJ Chris Moyles in his stage debut as King Herod; and Ben Forster, to take on the title role of Jesus.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  4. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 (2019)

    S&M2, the live concert film from Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony is the concert event of the year! S&M2 features 20 songs from the two-night event that opened San Francisco’s new Chase Center, with many Metallica fan favourites and two unique classical songs chosen by San Francisco Symphony Musical Director, Michael Tilson Thomas. S&M2 is newly re-edited by the band, with re-mixed and remastered audio, for a whole new look and sound from the original theatrical run in October 2019.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  5. Love Happy (1949)

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

  6. Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022)

    Step into Casa Madrigal for a special concert spectacular as the original voice cast of Disney Animation's Oscar®-winning "Encanto," Stephanie Beatriz, Adassa, Carolina Gaitán, Jessica Darrow, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda and Olga Merediz, along with special guests including Colombian superstar Carlos Vives, reunites for "Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl." This unprecedented concert experience gives you a front-row seat to the musical extravaganza celebrating the global phenomenon.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  7. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)

    Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a hallucinogenic collage of kitsch, pop irony and flamboyant excess: a musical symbiosis of feminine passion and masculine dominance that defines Bowie's art and the glam rock genre.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  8. Dames (1934)

    A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  9. Better Nate Than Ever (2022)

    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 opportunity to prove everyone wrong. A chance encounter with Nate’s long-lost Aunt Heidi turns his journey upside-down, and together they must learn that life’s greatest adventures are only as big as your dreams.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  10. An Evening with Dua Lipa (2024)

    Features live performances of Dua Lipa's greatest hits accompanied by the Heritage Orchestra, as well as personal reflections on her career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  11. Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)

    Taylor Swift takes the stage in Dallas for the Reputation Stadium Tour and celebrates a monumental night of music, memories and visual magic.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  12. Feel the Beat (2020)

    After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  13. TÁR (2022)

    As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  14. Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live (2015)

    The Prismatic World Tour Live is a sensory explosion of eye-popping theatrics, daring acrobatics and of course, all the hits. This concert film is a visually stunning production that captures Katy’s fun-loving personality and artistic vision. Spanning the entire length of the arena floor, the innovative Prismatic Tour stage allows Katy to share intimate moments with her fans in a unique shared connection with the music. Directed for the stage in seven thematic acts, this unmissable spectacle features hit after hit after hit, and The Prismatic World Tour Live truly captures the excitement, color and energy of the live Katy Perry extravaganza.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  15. Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour (2024)

    At a sold-out concert in her hometown of LA, Olivia Rodrigo pours her heart into an electrifying night of chart-topping hits and pop-rock power ballads.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  16. Newsies (2017)

    A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  17. A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)

    Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  18. High School Musical: The Concert (2007)

    An incredible concert as the worldwide phenomenon goes extreme! Inviting you behind the scenes and putting you in the middle of the action. Step out of the audience and jump on stage with Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Drew Seeley and more of the cast of the award-winning hit movie High School Musical as they perform their chart-topping songs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  19. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

    At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  20. One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film (2014)

    Where We Are: Live from San Siro Stadium features the entire 23 track concert filmed at San Siro Stadium in Milan in June 2014, as well as 24 minutes of bonus content including backstage footage of One Direction and their crew.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

    Absolute CinemaMovies like this
  21. Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere – Zvířený prach tour 2022 (2024)

    The unmistakable voice of the eleven-time Anděl Award winner, first-class musicians, and songs that flow across musical genres in a concert experience from Brno's Sono Music Club... The concert, recorded on November 28, 2022, at the SONO Music Club in Brno, is the culmination of Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere's concert tour for their joint fifth studio album, Kráska a zvířený prach (Beauty and Stirred Dust). This mutually inspiring and authentically creative community of musicians included not only new songs in the program, but also a selection of some older atmospheric hits from their more than twenty-year musical career. Enjoy Bárta's refined vocal performance and a fusion of virtuosically played original compositions on the domestic scene, combining pop rock, jazz, soul, and funk with intimate poetry in the lyrics, just like hundreds of fans in one of the most acoustically perfect halls in the country.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  22. Peter Maffay: Sechsundneunzig - Das Club Concert (2005)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  23. Peter Maffay - Begegnungen (2005)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  24. Roy Sings Orbison (1975)

    Roy Orbison sings some of his greatest hits, including Only the Lonely, Crying, Penny Arcade, Blue Bayou, Running Scared, Candy Man, In Dreams, Mean Woman Blues, It's Over and Oh, Pretty Woman.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  25. 9 Songs (2004)

    Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  26. Walk the Line (2005)

    A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  27. Darkthrone: Preparing for War (2005)

    Rare live performances, gallery and interviews about the re-releases of "Soulside Journey", "A Blaze in the Northern Sky", "Under a Funeral Moon" and "Transilvanian Hunger". Tracks 1-2 recorded live at television in Oslo, Norway, 1989. Tracks 3-11 recorded live in Riihimaki, Finland, 1991. Tracks 12-15 recorded live in Lahti, Finland, 1991. Tracsk 16-18 recorded live in Oslo, Norway, 1996.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  28. Qlimax 2013: Immortal Essence (2014)

    Qlimax is an annual event held by the Dutch entertainment enterprise, Q-dance. It is considered one of the leading hardstyle events on the calendar and a major attraction of Q-dance and contains some of the most sophisticated production and setup as well as sound system for any event.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  29. John Mayall - Live in London (2011)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  30. Girls' Generation - 2011 Girls' Generation Tour (2011)

    Girls' Generation lit up the stage at Seoul's Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in July 2011 with their second concert tour. From Genie and Mr. Taxi to Gee and Into the New World, the girls presented a nonstop lineup of their hit songs. They also prepared special stages like Tae Yeon and Tiffany's Lady Marmalade, Hyo Yeon's Don't Stop the Music, Jessica's Almost and Soo Young's Sway.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

Like Wonderful Town and something else?

Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Wonderful Town?

The closest matches to Wonderful Town are Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999), Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010) and Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Wonderful Town?

Start with Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999), the closest match to Wonderful Town.

What is the highest-rated movie like Wonderful Town?

Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), rated 8.2/10 by 442 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Wonderful Town?

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Wonderful Town?

Yes: Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999), Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010) and Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour (2012).

How are movies similar to Wonderful Town chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Wonderful Town, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

↑ ↓ to move · Enter to open · Full search page