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Movies Like Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

If you liked Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019), a family and music movie directed by Jack Jameson, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

    Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family and music

    Faced with a holiday cheer crisis, the North Pole knows there's only one person who can save the day: Santa's great friend Mariah Carey. The Queen of Christmas creates a fabulous and star-studded spectacular to make…

  2. 2Sneakerella

    Sneakerella (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music and family

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…

  3. 3John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

    John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also family and music

    John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketches and special guests in a nostalgic variety special.

  4. 4Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

    Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also family

    When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

  5. 5Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire

    Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10Also family and music

    The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.

  6. 6Arlo the Alligator Boy

    Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also family and music

    Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. A musical adventure.

  7. 7The Clique

    The Clique (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also family

    A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.

  8. 8The Happiest Millionaire

    The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

    ★ 6.8/10Also family and music

    A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her…

  9. 9Make Mine Music

    Make Mine Music (1946)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music and family

    In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the…

  10. 10Chang Can Dunk

    Chang Can Dunk (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also family

    Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…

  11. 11Rookie of the Year

    Rookie of the Year (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family

    When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.

  12. 12High School Musical: The Concert

    High School Musical: The Concert (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family and music

    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…

  13. 13Curly Top

    Curly Top (1935)

    ★ 6.5/10Also family and music

    Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones". As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself…

  14. 14Love Don't Co$t a Thing

    Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)

    ★ 7.7/10Also family

    A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

  15. 15Godspell

    Godspell (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also family and music

    In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn from the teachings of Jesus. Through song and dance, they relive Christ's crucifixion.

  16. 16The Loud House Movie

    The Loud House Movie (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also family

    The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.

  17. 17The Fighting Temptations

    The Fighting Temptations (2003)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his…

  18. 18Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  19. 19Let It Shine

    Let It Shine (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also family and music

    A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help a friend and win the girl of his dreams while overcoming self-doubt and the expectations of his strict religious parents.

  20. 20Switched

    Switched (2020)

    ★ 6.5/10Also family

    Tired of being bullied, Cassandra Evans prays that her nemesis, Katie Sharp, the queen bee of social media, would know what it’s like to walk a day in her shoes. Her prayer is answered in an unexpected way when they…

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