American films about modern dance

List of the best American films about modern dance according to the audience: Feel the Beat, Step Up Revolution, Test, Dance with Me, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Center Stage: On Pointe, Magic Mike's Last Dance, West Side Story, The Week Of, From the Rough.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryUSA

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.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

    Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    San Francisco, 1985. Two opposites attract at a modern dance company. Together, their courage and resilience are tested as they navigate a world full of risks and promise, against the backdrop of a disease no one seems to know anything about.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:16

    Croydon, 1977. A trio of punk teenagers goes to a party to meet girls, but they find that girls there are very different from what they expected.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA

    In Center Stage: On Pointe, Jonathan Reeves (Gallagher) is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his his top choreographers Charlie (Radetsky), Cooper (Stiefel) and Tommy (Wormald) to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be selected to join the Academy. Bella Parker (Muñoz), who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister Kate, finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers recruited for the camp. Chloe Lukasiak plays Gwen, a talented dance prodigy who competes at the camp. - Denise Petski

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse.

    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, crime
    CountryUSA

      Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:46

      The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genreaction, fantasy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Josh McManus, a traveling salesman with a cloudy past, finds himself in a dusty West Texas town at the wrong time. After a crippling series of earthquakes throws the entire world into chaos, a traveling salesman will have to fight his way through a vicious outlaw biker gang known as the Barbarians to get home to his family.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA

      After a regrettable first sexual encounter, a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada, India
      Duration02:32

      Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiance, Luke (Joel Kinnaman), dumps her. With her 30th birthday looming and being forced to re-enter the New York City dating scene, she feels adrift in a cold world. She leans on her friends (Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater) for support but, after a series of romantic humiliations, professional blunders and boozy antics, Lola realizes that she alone is in charge of her fate.

      Markimdb: 2.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA

      When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Moments after parachuting from Flight 777, a former Marine and a flight attendant find themselves descending into a world of madness. Panic and chaos plague the streets, cities are on fire, and they're being hunted by a team of mercenaries.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:40

        A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:41

        Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong. Using its Mythoscope™ process — a mix of vintage and modern techniques — the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society expands on Lovecraft's original tale while still bringing you unparalleled authenticity. Horror and science fiction collide in the adventure of Albert Wilmarth, a folklore professor at Miskatonic University, as he investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth’s investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life and sanity intact.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        Emily, a troubled spirit, haunts her own house every day, wondering why she can't leave. With the help of Sylvia, a clairvoyant hired to rid the house of spirits, Emily is forced into a 'patient/therapist' relationship, uncovering disturbing mysteries about her past that may help her move on to 'the next place

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genredrama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        When Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriage gracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college. A story of family revelations, people finding each other and letting each other go, looking for love where they’ve found it before and, when that doesn’t work, figuring out where they might find it next.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, Bulgaria
        Duration01:30

        Former race car driver Brent Magna (Hawke) is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner (Gomez) on a high-speed race against time, at the command of the mysterious villain holding his wife hostage.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, cartoon, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:28

        Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        The story of Charlie Darby, who has everything going for him: a great job, friends, family, the whole package. The one thing Charlie doesn't have is love, because every time he gets close, he goes clinically insane. When he meets the perfect girl, Charlie must overcome his psychosis to claim his chance at true love.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, drama, family
        CountryUSA

        In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Beatle is a quirky loner who refuses to live by society's rules. Her business cards read "Towing/Assassination," and she even has a hit man infomercial to go along with it. Her only human contact is with her psychiatrist and the stripper/hooker she employs once a week. Everything changes the night she meets Athena Klendon, a suicidal blonde with a secret. With a demented killer on their tail, courtesy of Athena's crooked former employer, the two quickly strike a bargain. Athena will change her life insurance policy to reflect Beatle as the beneficiary in exchange for her own execution. And while they wait for the paperwork to come through, Beatle will provide room and board and get some extra help on her infomercial. The two have no idea that Detective Holt has been on their case reviewing their every move. Just when he thinks he's got Beatle pinned beyond a shadow of a doubt, this comedic mystery takes a wild and unexpected turn.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:31

          Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it...

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

            A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            Nick Malloy portrays an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) who finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied to the paramedic's past. With little time to spare and his wife's life hanging in the balance, the EMT must figure out why he's been chosen to be the pawn in this maniac's game before it's too late.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrethriller, drama, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:33

            November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA

            A gauzy summer in South Brooklyn. Lila, an awkward adolescent girl, passes her time breaking into beach homes and tagging along on dates between her pretty friend Chiara and Chiara's new boyfriend, Patrick. Lila decides this will be the summer she loses her virginity, too—her interest is piqued when she meets Sammy, an older boy reputed to sleep with just about anyone. Yet Lila's attempts at sexual conquest risk taking her beyond her limits, and into dangerous uncharted territory. 

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, France
            Duration01:30

            When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance.

            Markimdb: 5
            Genrehorror, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:09

            A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will destroy his mind, moulding him into a monster named Leatherface.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:34

            A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA, Greece, Brazil

            After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrecomedy, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:19

            A comedic look at the life of Steve Jobs.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:39

            A circle of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to console a suicidal member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political differences leads to an explosion of drama that, coupled with the flammable combination of drugs, wine, and risotto, cannot be contained. A Big Chill for our current social media moment, About Alex is a lighthearted look at the struggles of a generation that has it all—and wants more.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:30

            New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, literary editor at Scribner’s Sons is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer named Thomas Wolfe falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius. Together the two men set out to work on a version for publication and a seemingly endless struggle over every single phrase ensues. During this process, Perkins the gentle family man and Wolfe the eccentric author become close – a relationship eyed with suspicion by their wives. When ‘Look Homeward, Angel’ becomes a resounding success, the writer grows increasingly paranoid.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA

            Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

            Markimdb: 4.9
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:38

            In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer.

            Markimdb: 4.5
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:22

            Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.

            Markimdb: 4.1
            Genrecomedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:28

            Amateur 'chefs' from around the country compete for a million dollar prize in the ultimate food fight.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrefantastic, action
            CountryUSA

            The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA

            When a San Francisco exec wins a New Zealand inn, she ditches city life to remodel and flip the rustic property with help from a handsome contractor.




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