20 best movies like Save the Last Dance (2001)

List of the best movies like Save the Last Dance (2001): Dance Flick, Dirty Dancing, Chico & Rita, Make Your Move, Coyote Ugly, Mr. Holland's Opus, Ballerina, To Write Love on Her Arms, The Kindness of Strangers, Good Vibrations.

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Markimdb: 3.5
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

    Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA

    Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and nothing is ever the same for anyone in the Houseman family.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, cartoon, crime, music
    CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Philippines, Canada, France
    Duration01:34

    Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genremelodrama
    CountryUSA, South Korea
    Duration01:47

    A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:23

    In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, music
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration01:58

    Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantasy, drama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryDenmark, Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, United Kingdom, USA

    Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:43

    The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    In Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the forbidden world 90 miles across the ocean. One night, full of hope, they face the biggest challenge of their lives.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA, Germany, South Africa
    Duration01:53

    Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.

    Markimdb: 2.5
    Genredrama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genredrama, crime, music, biography
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:57

    A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
    CountryFrance, Germany, Czech Republic
    Duration01:56

    A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryNetherlands

    19-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, music
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:21

    After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    Duration02:36

    A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryBelgium, Italy

    The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, crime, music
    CountryChina, Australia
    Duration01:37

    Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountrySouth Korea

    In 1994, on the first day that Yoo Yeul went on air as the new DJ of the popular radio show ‘Music Album,' a college girl Mi-su meets Hyun-woo who happens to drop by the bakery she works at. Like the music streaming from the radio, their frequencies slowly come in sync; even when they're apart, the show brings them together through ebbs and flows of events arising from both pure coincidence and inevitability, until the bitter reality sets in and drives them apart...

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
    Duration01:46

    Two kids look to throw an ambitious dance show in order to save their struggling youth center.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre Blair) realizes that "his" future may not be "their" future. This news comes as a shock to Rhett, and he is faced with having to choose between following his dream and staying in his hometown in order to be with the woman he loves.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama
    CountrySweden, Finland, Iraq

    This is a story about two homeless brothers (Zana, 7) and (Dana, 10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema. Zana and Dana decide that they want to go to America and live with Superman. Once they get there he can solve all their problems, make their lives easy and punish everyone that has been mean to them. Zana, the younger brother, starts to make a list of all people he is going to tell Superman to punish. On top of the list is Saddam Hussein. Dana on the other hand makes a concrete plan for what they need to get there; money, passports, transportation and a way to get across the boarder. Unfortunately they have neither of those. But in spite of everything they decide to follow the dream. Written by Karzan Kader

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true nature of the interview is called into question.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, family, sport
    CountryVenezuela
    Duration01:37

    Two brothers fight to escape a violent and poor neighborhood in Caracas by playing soccer. Daniel wishes to play professionally while Julio supports the family with dirty money. The opportunity of a lifetime comes when a talent scout invites them to the Caracas Football Club. The boys' mother dies in a shootout forcing each brother to decide what it is more important to them:family, revenge, or achieving their dreams.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantasy, drama, musical, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    Dive in and rock out with the hottest surf sequel under the sun! Now that summer's over and school has begun, Brady (Ross Lynch) and Mack's (Maia Mitchell) relationship seems headed for a wipeout — until Lela, Tanner and the "Wet Side Story" kids show up! Dazzled by the novelty and variety of the modern world, Lela wants to stay, but the real world and the "reel" world just don't mix. Can Mack and Brady find the magic to get the kids home and get their own romance back on track before it's too late? Packed with electrifying song & dance numbers and hilarious fish-out-of-water wackiness, "Teen Beach 2" is "wow-abunga" fun for everyone!

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, family, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    The film follows a shy, talented musician who pens romantic hip-hop verses only to stand idly by as they're delivered to the girl of his dreams by a proxy, his best friend. Disney Channel original movie.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA

    Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

    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: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:35

      All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

      Markimdb: 3.5
      Genredrama
      CountryCanada, USA, France
      Duration01:34

      After the death of Raya Green's(Rutina Wesley) sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a stomp crew practicing. She meets Bishop(Dwain Murphy) which is the dance crew leader. She then meets Michelle and does a stomp battle with her. They become enemies then friends later on. Her uptight mom pushes her to pass the test to get into Medical school, but she thinks she failed....

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genremelodrama, music
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Italy
      Duration01:25

      After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, family, music
      CountryAustralia, Germany
      Duration01:45

      This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she learns the meanings of love, sensuality and independence.

      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: 4.5
      Genredrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      Three dance crews – one Latin American, one European and one Canadian – prepare to battle at the International Beat the World competition in Detroit. Along the way, they struggle with gambling debt, bad break-ups and their own egos. In the final showdown to become world champions they find that their lifelong hopes, dreams and even lives, are at stake.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:44

      Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

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