14 Best Movie and TV Shows Based on 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'

1939's 'L. Frank Baum's novel 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', has become one of the most beloved movies in cinematic history.

While the 1939 film is the movie most associate with the book, it was not the first attempt at adapting the source material to the big screen and had previously been made into a silent film in 1925 and a Canadian animated short in 1933.

And since the release of the classic movie starring Emerald City'.

The latest movie to be set in the world of Oz is 'Ariana Grande and is the first act from the musical, with the second act adapted for the sequel that will be released next year.

In honor of the new film, Moviefone is counting down the best of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' adaptions on both the big screen and TV, including 'Wicked'.

Let's begin!

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14. 'Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz' (2017 - 2020)

With her friends by her side and her ruby slippers on her feet, Dorothy follows the Yellow Brick Road toward magical mischief and embarks on exciting adventures that only a land like Oz can bring.

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13. 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' (1986)

A young girl named Dorothy has gone to live with her grandparents on their small farm. One day when Dorothy is left alone in the house a tornado appears. Dorothy fails to get to the basement in time, and the entire house is picked up and transported to a magical land, falling on and killing a wicked witch. There she is informed by a good witch that she must travel to the Capital of Emerald and meet a great magician who may be able to help her find a way home. Along the way she makes some incredible friends and sees many strange and fantastic things.

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12. 'Lost in Oz' (2015 - 2018)

When 12-year-old Dorothy Gale discovers her mother's mysterious journal in her Kansas home, she and her dog, Toto, are transported into a bustling, modern Emerald City. Disoriented and determined to get home, Dorothy embarks on an epic journey with West, a young witch, and Ojo, a giant Munchkin, to seek the magic she needs - as Oz faces its greatest magic crisis. Based on L. Frank Baum's books.

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11. 'The Witches of Oz' (2011)

The Witches of Oz follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale (Pauline Redding), now a successful children's book author, as she moves from Kansas to present day New York City. Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood memories, and that the wonders of Oz are very, very real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square, Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her.

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10. 'Oz the Great and Powerful' (2013)

Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

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9. 'The Wiz Live!' (2015)

Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of showstoppers designed to create an eye-popping new take on the musical unlike anything ever seen.

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8. 'The Wizard of Oz' (1925)

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

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7. 'Emerald City' (2017)

In the blink of a tornado’s eye, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale (Adria Arjona) and her K9 police dog are transported to another world, one far removed from our own — a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy. This is the fabled Land of Oz in a way you’ve never seen before, where wicked witches don’t stay dead for long and a young girl becomes a headstrong warrior who holds the fate of kingdoms in her hands.

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6. 'Tin Man' (2007)

The miniseries is a continuation of the classic story 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', with science fiction and additional fantasy elements added. It focuses on the adventures of a small-town waitress named DG (Zooey Deschanel) who is pulled into a magical realm called the O.Z., ruled by the tyrannical sorceress Azkadellia (Kathleen Robertson). Together with her companions Glitch (Alan Cumming), Raw (Raoul Max Trujillo), and Cain (Neal McDonough), DG journeys to uncover her lost memories, find her true parents, and foil Azkadellia's plot to trap the O.Z. in eternal darkness.

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5. 'Return to Oz' (1985)

Dorothy (Fairuza Balk), saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

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4. 'The Muppets' Wizard of Oz' (2005)

A young woman named Dorothy Gale (Ashanti) dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, the person who both Dorothy and the citizens of Oz believe can help make her dream come true.

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3. 'The Wiz' (1978)

Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross), a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

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2. 'Wicked' (2024)

Elphaba (Ariana Grande-Butera), a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. As the two girls struggle with their opposing personalities, their friendship is tested as both begin to fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West.

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1. 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939)

Young Dorothy (Margaret Hamilton) is the only thing that could stop them.