Dance movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, feel good, romantic, serious, teen and entertaining films and TV shows about / with dance, dancing, ambition, teenager, dancer's life, music, dance scene, artists and showbiz, music and dance and youth plots mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dance: Step Up (2006), Save the Last Dance (2001), Step Up 3D (2010), Honey 2 (2011), High Strung (2016), You Got Served (2004), Honey (2003), Take the Lead (2006), Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010), Step Up All In (2014).

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 6.5
 126K
Step Up (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: feel good, captivating, teen, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dancing, dance, hip hop, happy ending, music, youth, love and romance, dance school, ballet, teen romance, couples, teenage love ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
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Save the Last Dance (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 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.
Style: feel good, sweet, romantic, teen, cute ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: dancing, ballet, interracial romance, high school, dance, dancer's life, hip hop, african american, music, street dance, ghetto, audition ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: chicago, indiana, usa, new york
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 6.2
 60K
Step Up 3D (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Style: romantic, teen, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer's life, happy ending, street dance, hip hop, contests and competitions, teenager, young lovers, dance club, high school, love and romance ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 5.2
 8K
Honey 2 (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sequel to the 2003 dance movie Honey. Recently released from juvenile detention, talented dancer Maria Ramirez finds an outlet for her passion with a new dance crew.
Style: uplifting, captivating, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: dance, dancing, dancer's life, street dance, juvenile delinquency, dance school, music, hip hop, rise to the top, dancer, female protagonist, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bronx new york city, usa, new york
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 6.3
 10K
High Strung (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: romantic, light, sweet, entertaining, happy
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: dancing, ballet, dancer's life, dance, violin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, unlikely couple, competition, music, breaking point, musician ...
Place: new york
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 3.8
 29K
You Got Served (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: intense, stylized, humorous, hood, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: hip hop, dancing, dance, street dance, breakdance, competition, friendship, music, betrayal, rivalry, follow your dream, dance performance ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 5.3
 47K
Honey (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: sexy, inspirational, teen, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dancing, hip hop, music, dance, teenager, street dance, choreographer, follow your dream, lifestyle, love and romance, starting over, hopes ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, harlem, new york city
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 6.6
 27K
Take the Lead (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: inspirational, sexy, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: dancing, teacher, dance, dancer, dancer's life, dedicated educator, teenager, music, high school, respect, teachers and students, prejudice ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.
Style: serious, captivating, feel good, realistic, independent film
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: dance, dancing, hip hop, dancer's life, college, rivalry, lifestyle, college life, contests and competitions, student life, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.9
 36K
Step Up All In (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 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.
Style: romantic, teen, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dancing, dance, hip hop, music, dance contest, rivalry, follow your dream, competition, love and romance, teenager, uninhibited rivalry, music and dance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
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 5.5
 5K
Step Sisters (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jamilah has her whole life figured out. She's the president of her black sorority, captain of their champion step dance crew, is student liaison to the college dean, and her next move is on to Harvard Law School. She's got it all, right? ...
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: sorority, dance, dancing, sorority girl, college, women, dancehall girl, competition, dance contest, female protagonist, college student, mentor ...
Time: 2010s
Place: indiana
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 6.7
 23K
Center Stage (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 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.
Style: teen, serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: dance, dancing, ballet, love triangle, music, teenager, homosexual, gay, competition, love and romance, hopes, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s, year 2000
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 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.
Style: teen, light, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, high school life, hip hop, school, friendship, dance, teenage girl, sport team, teenager ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 5.8
 53K
Footloose (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: feel good, romantic, teen, sincere, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: dancing, dance, teenage love, small town, teenager, dancer's life, music, love and romance, love, dancer, youth, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, southern usa
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Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style: romantic, teen, inspirational, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, youth, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, music, dance contest, street dance, contests and competitions, competition ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: maryland, usa, baltimore
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 6.9
 22K
Newsies (1992)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the ...
Style: cult classic, epic, political, anamorphic, juvenile ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot: dance, broadway, friendship, media, youth, journalism, underdog, paperboy, orphan, teenager, profanity, progress ...
Time: 19th century, year 1992, 1900s, 20th century, 1890s
Place: new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Step Up Revolution (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 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.
Style: romantic, feel good, entertaining, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenager, teenage life, revolution, culture clash ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, florida
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Dance Academy (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: At Sydney's National Dance Academy, a few talented youngsters are recruited for the excruciatingly tough course. It follows Tara Webster, a sheepfarmgirl who's ambition is to be the next best ballerina. Jewish long line of doctors' ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: ballet, dancer's life, friendship, dancing, dance, teacher, ambitious, dance school, teenage life, hopes, dancer, ballerina ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia
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 5.6
 61K
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
Style: sexy, teen, entertaining, talky, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: dancing, dance, stripper, strip club, male stripper, male bonding, male objectification, nightclub, bare chested male, friendship between men, mentor, party ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story: This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century ...
Style: period piece, freeze frame, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot: judaism, dance, wedding, broadway, tradition, village, dancing, jewish culture, father daughter relationship, milkman, arranged marriage, anti semitism ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century
Place: ukraine, russia, israel, ussr, europe ...
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 7.8
 11K
Flesh and Bone (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A talented but emotionally troubled dancer runs away to New York City and quickly finds herself immersed in the cutthroat world of professional ballet.
Style: psychological, atmospheric, stylized, bleak, serious ...
Plot: ballet, dancer's life, mentally unstable, incest, dancer, eating disorder, dancing, brother sister incest, ballerina, dance, trauma, incestuous relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, pittsburgh
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 6.7
 138K
Hairspray (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: 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.
Style: feel good, romantic, lyrical, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids ...
Plot: dancing, dance, dream come true, artists and showbiz, teenage love, interracial romance, teenage girl, racism, fat girl, broadway, teenager, follow your dream ...
Time: year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1962, 2000s
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland
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We Are Your Friends (2015)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a ...
Style: light, romantic, freeze frame, sex comedy, relaxing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dj, party, music festival, ecstasy, dance, fame, dancing, musician, art, college, betrayal, music ...
Time: year 2015
Place: los angeles, las vegas
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Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?
Style: romantic, humorous, sexy, melancholic, touching ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: dance, dancing, ballroom dancing, love story, love and romance, competition, partner, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, rivalry, ambition, female partner ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
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 7.0
 254K
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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.
Style: feel good, sexy, sentimental, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: love story, dancing, coming of age, couples, forbidden love, summer, summer romance, youth, love and romance, fall in love, dance, unlikely couple ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1963, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, new york state
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 4.5
 884
Dance-Off (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: DANCE-OFF is a tongue-in-cheek family comedy set in the world of competition dancing starring talented dancers and choreographers from TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance!” Two rival studios pick their stars Jasmine and Brandon to compete ...
Style: captivating, inspirational, sincere, serious, disturbing
Audience: girls' night
Plot: dance, dancing, dancehall girl, fight, competition, jealousy, against the odds, love, rise to the top, dancer's life, relationship problems, dance performance ...
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 4.7
 17K
Staying Alive (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Style: cult classic, serious, realistic, stylized, freeze frame ...
Plot: dance, dancing, disco, nightclub, music, love, dysfunctional family, musician, new year, cannon, dj, music and dance ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited ...
Style: sexy, sentimental, rough, light, serious ...
Audience: date night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: dancing, disco, dance, nightclub, working class, dancer, music, love, dysfunctional family, slut, coming of age, slutty attitude ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 6.9
 189K
Cinderella (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Denmark, Canada, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Style: fairy tale, romantic, sweet, feel good, cute ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: cinderella, happy ending, princess, love, cinderella story, magic, prince, imaginary kingdom, kindness, love and romance, royalty, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, 17th century, year 2015, victorian era
Place: europe, france
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 6.1
 105K
Bring It On (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, ...
Style: feel good, teen, entertaining, romantic, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, teenage girl, teenager, popular girl, friendship, adolescence, female protagonist, competition, high school life ...
Time: 2000s, 1900s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: florida, california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
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