
Movies that feel likeHigh School Musical (2006)
If you loved High School Musical, the closest films we have are The School of Rock (2003), Pitch Perfect (2012) and Hocus Pocus (1993). All three share High School Musical's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is You, the Living (2007).
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If High School Musical hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: High School Musical 2 (2007) · High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

Both land wit and play at once
The difference: Reviewed even better

One thread runs through both: audition
The difference: Trades the comfort of High School Musical for an angle of its own

Kenny Ortega working the same nerve twice
The difference: Easier on the style than High School Musical

Common ground: musical
The difference: Leans harder into drama than High School Musical does

Both are built on the same subject: high school

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

Both keep coming back to the same thing: high school

Both lean on wit more than on family


The same preoccupation in both: musical

Tv movie with a pulse of play, in both cases
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