Movies like Center Stage
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Center Stage (2000)
24K
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, sentimental, touching, serious, feel good, captivating, emotional, realistic, romantic, crying ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
dance, ballet, dancing, teenager, homosexual, love triangle, ballerina, music, competition, dancer, rivalry, love and romance, ambition, lifestyle, hopes, infidelity, artists and showbiz, love, women, hip hop, high school, love story, gay, passion, dating ...
Time:
90s, year 2000
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, hawaii, san francisco, american
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Most similar movies to Center Stage
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, feel good and sexy films with plots about dancing, dancer, dance, dancer's life, artists and showbiz, music and dance scene mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like Center Stage: Step Up (2006), Honey (2003), Burlesque (2010), Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008), Step Up 3D (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
133K
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, sweet, romantic, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, love and romance, happy ending, couples, teen romance, dancer, ballet, dance school, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
49K
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, kids ...
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, music, dance, street dance, choreographer, love and romance, lifestyle, teenager, hopes, starting over, young lovers ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem, new york city, harlem
Similarity:
100%
99K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, entertaining, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, dancer, burlesque, ambition, love and romance, happy ending, sexy woman, nightlife, nightclub ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to succeed in the dance world.
Style:
light, teen, sex comedy, funny, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dancer's life, ballet, street dance, dance, youth, follow your dream, performer's life, rivalry, lifestyle, ambition, hopes ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
80%
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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, breathtaking, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer's life, street dance, happy ending, young lovers, hip hop, teenage girl, contests and competitions, love and romance, dance club, high school ...
Time:
year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, street dance, dance, hip hop, competition, high school, black, campus, teenage love, university, black college ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sara joins Julliard in New York to fulfill her and her mother's dream of becoming the Prima ballerina of the school. She befriends her roommates, Zoe and Miles, who teach hip-hop classes. She has ballet classes with the rigid and famous Monique ...
Style:
serious, realistic, teen, feel good
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
street dance, music, interracial relations, dance, cinderella story, follow your dream, love and romance, hopes, dancing, hip hop, teachers and students, hardcase students ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, new york, chicago
Similarity:
100%
5K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, serious, semi serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, music, dancing, desire for fame, friendship, rehearsal, power relations, self discovery, coming of age, youth, teenage life, student life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
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101K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
teen, cult classic, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, youth, dance, small town, love and romance, music, dancer's life, rebelliousness, rebellion, artists and showbiz, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1984, 70s, 20th century
Place:
utah, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
sweet, teen, romantic, feel good, cute ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, interracial romance, high school, dance, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, african american, teenage girl, street dance, father daughter relationship, music ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, usa, new york, new jersey ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sexy, retro, teen, inspirational, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, dance, happy ending, ballet school, dancer, women, stripper, fashion, hip hop, music and dance, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1982
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, entertaining, teen, sexy, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, teenager, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenage girl, happy ending, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, miami, florida, canada
Similarity:
100%
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, teen, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
dancing, disco, dance, coming of age, dancer, nightclub, friendship, profanity, music, working class, slut, pizza ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, north america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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) ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, realistic, funny
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, friendship, dancer, ballet, partner, audition, ballerina, modern dance, rivalry, reputation, dance, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
dancing, love story, young lovers, dancer's life, couples, love and romance, revolution, hopes, music, dance, mentor, salsa ...
Time:
year 2004, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 80s
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, caribbean, latin america
Similarity:
100%
746
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young female breakdancer, Angel, moves to Los Angeles after an attack by an ex-boyfriend nearly ends her dance career forever. B-Girl follows Angel through recovery and acceptance of a new life as she busts a move into the male-centric world of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, independent film
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, family relations, follow your dream, dancer's life, ambition, teenage life, dance, human spirit, youth, lifestyle, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts
Style:
inspirational, teen, retro, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, music, teacher, high school, audition, coming of age, dancing, dance, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, piano, musician ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, bronx new york city
Similarity:
100%
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, entertaining, sweet, happy
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dancing, ballet, dance, dancer's life, violin, musician, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, competition, culture clash, breaking point, music ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 24 min.
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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, dance, dancing, teacher, ambitious, dance school, friendship, teenage life, hopes, talented, dancer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin feels constrained by the school's strict policies, and decides to set out on her own. Searching for a way to use her talents as a dancer and inspire the community around her, Melea rents a ...
Style:
inspirational, romantic, feel good, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, dance, creativity, human spirit, choreographer, mentor, school, artists and showbiz, life philosophy, follow your dream, ambition ...
Similarity:
100%
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, erotic, sexy, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, dance contest, rivalry, follow your dream, dialogue, competition, love and romance, teenager, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
67%
151K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, audition, gay, childhood, friendship, follow your dream, lgbtq, poverty ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, year 1985 ...
Place:
england, london, northern england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
captivating, feel good, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
dance, dancing, street dance, dancer's life, juvenile delinquency, dance school, music, dancer, hip hop, rise to the top, female protagonist, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, street dance, hip hop, dancer, dance contest, salsa, dance, dancer's life, love and romance, rivalry, ambition, music ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Style:
touching, feel good, inspirational, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
dancing, friendship, couples, couple relations, contests and competitions, hopes, follow your dream, dancer's life, marriage, rags to riches, teachers and students, friends ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.
Style:
sexy, serious, captivating, realistic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancer's life, love and romance, dancing, young lovers, dance, contests and competitions, ambition, youth, artists and showbiz, music, lifestyle, interracial relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, romantic, humorous, sweet, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, dance, ballroom dancing, love and romance, partner, love story, dancer, artists and showbiz, ambition, rise to the top, rivalry, female partner ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
FIVE DANCES, written and directed by Alan Brown, is a creatively adventurous narrative feature film set in the New York 'downtown' modern dance world. The story follows the rocky emotional journey of an 18-year old dancer (the amazing ...
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay couple, dancing, gays and lesbians, coming of age, dancer, gay sex, gay relationship, lgbt, gay interest, mother son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, inspirational, teen, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, teacher, dancer, dance, dancer's life, dedicated educator, high school, teenager, music, respect, teachers and students, tango ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
50%
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, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
dancing, dancer, dance, ballet, dancer's life, dance contest, street dance, hip hop, contests and competitions, music, love and romance, breakdance ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
35%
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