Movies about dancing

Movies about dancing
List of the best movies about dancing according to visitors: Dirty Dancing, Take the Lead, On the Beat, Honey, Black Swan, Shall We Dance?, The Dancer, Step Up, Burlesque, You Got Served.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
CountryCanada
Duration01:40

This is the story Delphine Lamarre, a young woman trying to focus on the way to dance rather than focused on her university studies. It will pass through trials and consequences facing choices.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director (David Moscow) who casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

    A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:29

    Elle a une passion: la danse. Une ambition: danser a Broadway. Un handicap: elle est muette. Le samedi soir, dans une boite new-yorkaise, elle affronte les plus grands DJ et, quelle que soit la musique, techno, funk, jazz ou soul, elle garde le tempo et met le public a genoux. Un soir, dans la foule, un jeune scientifique la decouvre, fascine. Avec elle, il inventera un systeme qui lui permettra de danser, de s'exprimer et d'aimer...

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore's ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming increasingly distracted by personal problems and a threat coming from a wealthy businessman's quest to buy the spot from Tess, the good fortune seems to have abandoned the club altogether. Meanwhile, the life of Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Backed by newfound friends amongst the theater's crew, she manages to fulfill her dreams of being on stage herself. Things take a dramatic turn though when Ali's big voice makes her become the main attraction of the revue

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genredrama, music
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:35

    At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the street. Starring hip-hop sensations Marques Houston, Omari Grandberry, Lil' Kim and comedian Steve Harvey.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:57

    Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    The popular 1980’s dance movie that depicts the life of an exotic dancer with a side job as a welder who true desire is to get into ballet school. It’s her dream to be a professional dancer and now is her chance. The film has a great soundtrack with an Oscar winning song.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
    CountryItaly, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:14

    A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremusical, documentary
    CountryGermany, France, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryRomania, USA
    Duration02:11

    When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:04

    The next mayor of Seoul candidate's wife becomes a dance singer in this movie as Hwang Jeong-min takes on the role of poor lawyer turned politician and Uhm Jung-hwa as the wife who makes an attempt at singing without her husband knowing at first.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryItaly
    Duration01:38

    From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, music
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
    Duration02:16

    Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genremelodrama
    CountryPoland
    Duration01:58

    Hania (Izabella Miko) is a young journalist who suddenly discovers that she is more connected with dancing than she could ever imagine ...

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, musical, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom
    Duration01:53

    Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, music
    CountryUSA

    A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.

    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: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    John Travolta gives a sensual and intelligent performance as the troubled Tony Manero - Brooklyn paint store clerk by day and undisputed king of the dance floor by night. Every Saturday, Tony puts on his wide collared shirt, flared trousers and platform shoes and heads out to the only place where he's seen as a god rather than just some young punk. But in the darkness, away from the strobe lights and glitter ball, is a tragic story of disillusionment, violence and heartbreak. Without a doubt, Travolta's performance made him a Hollywood legend, but Saturday Night Fever is more than just a movie that defined the music and fashion of a generation. It's a powerful and provocative urban tragedy that carries as much significance today as it did in 1977.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryItaly, France, West Germany

    Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:13

    In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia, Poland, United Kingdom

    The creators of the legendary tango à trois reunite for an encore performance 25 years after breaking up. Determined to take on the night as if they had never aged they face the realities when their families arrive to join the audience.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryChile

    A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    A transfer student at a rough high school tries joining the cheer-leading squad and finds that she not only has to face off against the head cheerleader, but also against her former school in preparation for a cheer-off competition.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan, Germany
    Duration01:48

    Set on an idyllic Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA hit songs. Donna, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on the island is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited young daughter she's raised alone. But Sophie has secretly invited three of her mother's ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her father.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama, family, music
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:44

    After his crew breaks up, a gifted but insecure hip-hop dancer teaches at a top ballet school in Paris, where he falls for an aspiring ballerina.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Serbia
    Duration02:24

    The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration02:03

      A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:40

      When a capable dancer is provoked by the evil design of his employer, naturally he will be out to prove his mettle.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genredrama
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:58

      Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer and an acknowledged genius whose career was abruptly cut short after sustaining an injury in the 1990s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative and that he will soon lose the ability to walk. Aleksey sets out to choreograph a ballet he envisaged long before but never staged for fear of failure. “What will I leave behind after I am gone?” is a question Aleksey feels he must contend with. However, returning to the world of ballet will not be easy for a man who has made so many enemies over the course of his life.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryItaly, USA
      Duration02:26

      A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration00:59

      Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, drama, musical
      CountryUSA

      After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountrySouth Korea

      Innocent Steps is a romantic Korean tale about a 19 year old girl from China on a dance contract. She is paid to practice and dance with her partner for the upcoming 'KDFA Cup Korea Dancesport Championship'. For the next three months, she trained hard for the competition. Love blossomed, of course. Being professional during the practices, they did not reveal their feelings to each other.




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