Dance movies I've watched: from best to worst
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- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJamie BellJulie WaltersJean HeywoodA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.Much more than a dance movie!
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsJohn LeguizamoAdrien BrodyMira SorvinoSpike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.Not really a dance movie, but an excellent film with great dance footage.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinClaire BloomNigel BruceA fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
- DirectorDominique AbelFiona GordonBruno RomyStarsDominique AbelFiona GordonPhilippe MartzTeachers in a rural school, happy couple Fiona and Dom have a common passion: Latin Dancing. One night, after a glorious dance competition, they have a car accident and see their lives turn upside down. Rumba or how optimism and humour can overcome fatality!
- DirectorGerman KralStarsMaría Nieves RegoJuan Carlos CopesJohana CopesThe life and love story of Argentina's famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroAmparo NogueraHéctor MoralesA man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from Saturday Night Fever (1977).
- DirectorFernando E. SolanasStarsMarie LaforêtPhilippe LéotardMiguel Ángel SoláSome Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnStockard ChanningGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohn TravoltaKaren Lynn GorneyBarry MillerAnxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsMargaret QualleyLorne HughesRon PucilloBe free of your daily boring life.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsElvis PresleyAnn-MargretCesare DanovaA race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorMillard MercuryStarsEwing TordellaEdith TrublanchetA humongous and obese anthropomorphic swine dressed like a fine gentleman in a fancy dinner attire tries to make a pass at a solitary lady having a picnic.
- DirectorJosé MiziaraStarsJoão Carlos BarrosoKate LyraAldine MullerIn the countryside town of Macacu, the hick Onofre receives a letter from his cousin Paulinho inviting him to travel to Rio de Janeiro to enjoy the Wonderful City. When the naive Onofre arrives, he is stolen in the bus station and lured by a taxi driver. He has to sleep on the sidewalk and beg for food without Paulinho's address that was in his suitcase. When he meets the musician Carlinhos Lyra, he uses the television broadcast to find Paulinho. Onofre is welcomed by Paulinho and his friends in Ipanema beach but the newcomer is clumsy and he is mocked by the whole gang from the beach. However, Onofre dates Dadá and Paulinho's girlfriend Patricia and the others girls believe that he is "good in bed". Meanwhile Onofre learns how to dance in an academy with the teacher Liz. When he is ready to dance, he invites Liz to date him in the New York City Discoteque. Andre and his male friends are jealous and believe that Onofre is a threat to them. When the prudish Martinha invites Onofre to her birthday party at home with her parents and two very big brothers, Andre and his friends plots a scheme to get rid off Onofre.
- DirectorAnne FletcherStarsChanning TatumJenna DewanDamaine RadcliffTyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.
- DirectorRaphael AlvarezTatiana IssaStarsJosephine BakerCiro BarcelosNorma BengellA Brazilian Theater group that through talent, irony and humor confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970's revolutionizing the gay movement worldwide and changing theater and dance language to an entire generation.
- DirectorThiago KistenmackerStarsCauê PereiraGuilherme QueirozThainá RochaLeticia and Fernando live in an outdated home. Everything changes when Fernando is caught kissing a male neighbor, triggering their father's prejudice. The cruel environment influences Leticia's first contemporary ballet choreography.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsMiguel Ángel SoláCecilia NarovaMía MaestroMario Suarez is a forty-something tango artist, whose wife Laura has left him. He leaves his apartment and starts preparing a film about tango.
- DirectorEmile ArdolinoStarsPatrick SwayzeJennifer GreyJerry OrbachSpending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.I need t watch it again; I don't remember...
- DirectorWilliam HeiseStarsPrincess AliPrincess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the background to provide accompaniment.A pioneer!
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsNick CannonTeyonah ParrisWesley SnipesA modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTopolNorma CraneLeonard FreyIn pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
- DirectorWatson MacedoStarsEliana MacedoJohn HerbertRenato MurceQuartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsCandeiaCasquinha da PortelaPaulinho da ViolaThe history of Partido-Alto, a musical subgenre derived from Samba, with roots in the batucada of Bahia.
- DirectorJames H. WhiteStarsFatimaThis is the lady whose graceful interpretations of the poetry of motion has made this dance so popular of recent years. - From 'The Phonoscope' (1899)
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsAnnabelle MooreAnnabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.
- DirectorAllan DebertonStarsMarcelia CartaxoJoão MiguelZezita MatosPacarrete, an old, crazy ballet dancer from Russas, Brazil, just wants to keep her dreams alive.
- DirectorCláudio CunhaStarsSandra BréaDjenane MachadoRogério FróesA Brazilian variation of the film "Thank God, It's Friday": Several lives intertwine at Rio de Janeiro's most famous nightclub of the time, New York City Disco.
- DirectorYves RiouStarsJulie AndrewsTed AndrewsIngrid BergmanShort biography of the great actress, Julie Andrews. From her childhood in London to her later roles.
- DirectorWatson MacedoStarsDercy GonçalvesJohn HerbertHumberto CatalanoMadame Janete is an aging music hall star who insists on doing roles far beneath her real age, and whose secretary keeps her fans in a payroll. One day she meets young author Paulo and falls for him; but he is in love and engaged to ballerina Vilma, and misunderstandings abound.
- DirectorGitanjali RaoStarsCyli KhareAmit DeondiGargi ShitoleBOMBAY ROSE is a beautiful hand-painted animation created by award winning animator Gitanjali Rao. Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.
- DirectorPaulo HalmStarsCaio BlatLúcia BronsteinHugo CarvanaIn Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, the idle aspirant writer Zeca has been living with Arts Professor Júlia for five years. He is stuck on page 50 of his novel for a long time and Zeca claims lack of inspiration to conclude the plot. He leads a comfortable life from inheritance left by his mother and administrated by his father Humberto. When Zeca sees Júlia alone with her best friend Carol in his flat, he believes that they are having a love affair and becomes obsessed with Carol, following her. Júlia travels to São Paulo with work giving Zeca the perfect opportunity to have an affair with Carol. So begins his complicated life: while Júlia works and studies for her doctorate, Zeca has sex with Carol during the days and with Júlia during the nights. Zeca plots a scheme to stay with either Carol or Júlia but his plan does not go as he hoped.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinFrançoise ArnoulMaría FélixThis comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.
- DirectorS.S. RajamouliStarsN.T. Rama Rao Jr.Ram CharanAjay DevgnA fearless warrior on a perilous mission comes face to face with a steely cop serving British forces in this epic saga set in pre-independent India.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsClarence NashEsther CampbellPinto ColvigA jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
- DirectorKelly Cristina SpinelliAfter the death of her husband, Eni Spinelli, mother of documentary filmmaker Kelly Cristina Spinelli, found herself without a partner - to dance and to share her life with. Years later, she solved part of the problem by hiring one of the so-called taxi dancers, young male dancers who come from the outskirts of Sao Paulo and charge up to 50 dollars a night to take elderly upper class women out to dance. In A Partner to Call My Own, Kelly follows her mother and four other women who hire taxi dancers, thus investigating loneliness, sexuality and privilege among elderly women.
- DirectorGrigoriy AleksandrovStarsIgor IlyinskyVladimir VolodinPavel OlenevWidely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.