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Step Up (2006)
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 making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore's ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, teen, captivating, sexy, entertaining, hood, sentimental, inspirational ...
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, teenage love, music and dance, youth, jazz, high school, hip hop culture, teenager, dancer's life, school, art, creativity, college, love story ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, san francisco
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Most similar movies to Step Up
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, feel good, romantic and entertaining films with plots about dancing, hip hop, dance, music, ambition, teenager and dancer's life mostly in Music, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Step Up: Honey (2003), Center Stage (2000), Take the Lead (2006), Coyote Ugly (2000), Pitch Perfect (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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:
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%
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%
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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:
86%
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, sentimental, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
dance, ballet, dancing, teenager, homosexual, love triangle, ballerina, music, competition, dancer, rivalry, hopes ...
Time:
90s, year 2000
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco, hawaii
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:
100%
128K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
entertaining, sexy, romantic, rom com, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, music, nightclub, ambition, dancer's life, love affair, father daughter relationship, nightlife, parents and children, hopes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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349K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
youth, music, competition, female friendship, college life, rivalry, college, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, audition, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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:
82%
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:
90%
82K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, modern fairy tale, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, date night ...
Plot:
high school, love, teenage love, love story, love and romance, unlikely couple, true love, teen romance, fall in love, curses spells and rituals, beauty and the beast, witch ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
278K
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, romantic, sexy, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, kids ...
Plot:
dancing, coming of age, love story, summer romance, forbidden love, couples, dancer, fall in love, love and romance, unlikely couple, abortion, dance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1963, 90s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, new york state, new york
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
Style:
sexy, funny, feel good, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, street dance, dancer's life, dance school, dance, dance contest, ballerina, music, dancer, ballet, teenager, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
67%
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%
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:
75%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, hood, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rapper, dancer's life, dance, culture clash, fish out of water, society, ambition, youth, human spirit, music, lifestyle, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, puerto rico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, romantic
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, ambition, follow your dream, dance, friendship, creativity, youth, rivalry, artists and showbiz, life philosophy, human spirit, choreographer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
Style:
realistic, exciting, captivating, serious, vintage
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, contests and competitions, underdog, lifestyle, dancer's life, artists and showbiz, power relations, athlete and trainer, dance, street dance, music, hip hop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, france
Similarity:
100%
38K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, melancholic, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
college life, music, cheerleader, underdog, destiny, college, musician's life, dancing, american football, high school, black, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
harlem, georgia, usa, new york, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Troy (Zac Efron), the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club, break all the rules of East High society when they secretly audition for the leads in the ...
Style:
teen, romantic, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
high school, teenage life, high school life, music, teenage love, basketball, love and romance, couple relations, happy ending, friendship, hopes, teenager ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america, albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, utah
Similarity:
67%
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:
100%
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Genre: Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Raise Your Voice is a coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer, brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the ...
Style:
feel good, teen, romantic, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, teenage girl, high school, music, happy ending, dance, rivalry, lifestyle, musician's life, teenage life, music school ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004
Place:
los angeles, california, arizona, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
75%
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:
63%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Katya is a young, outstanding and upcoming ballet dancer. In just a few weeks she is due to have a major audition for the New York Ballet Academy and Katya has good chances of getting a scholarship. But when she meets a group of street-dancers the ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing, teen
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, ballerina, father daughter conflict, hip hop, dancer's life, teen romance, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, ballet, ballet school, love and romance, love ...
Place:
hamburg germany
Similarity:
100%
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:
50%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio to Atlanta, where at their new school High Water is always a beat.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, exciting, feel good, sweet ...
Plot:
dancing, dancer, school, hip hop, high school, dance school, dancer's life, music, hip hop culture, ambition, art, team ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, thailand
Similarity:
100%
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:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
hip hop, dancing, street dance, dance, breakdance, competition, friendship, music, betrayal, follow your dream, rivalry, black ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
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%
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