Movies like Step Up
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Step Up (2006)
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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, captivating, sweet, romantic, entertaining, sexy, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, happy ending, music, hip hop, love and romance, ballet, youth, dance school, couples, teenage love, teenager, high school, performance, teen romance, dancer, love, school, art, jazz, creativity, life philosophy, dancer's life, teenage girl, college, gangsters ...
Time:
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 serious films with plots about dancing, music, hip hop, teenager, youth, love and romance and culture clash mostly in Music, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Step Up: Stomp the Yard (2007), Save the Last Dance (2001), Take the Lead (2006), Honey (2003), Coyote Ugly (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, entertaining, inspirational, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, dancer, ballet, dancer's life, youth, hip hop, street dance, contests and competitions, teenage love, dance contest, music, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
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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, feel good, entertaining, light, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, dancer, dancer's life, music, hip hop, teenage love, teenager, teenage life, competition, culture clash, revolution, audition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami, florida, canada
⇓ 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:
inspirational, intense, captivating, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, music, street dance, cheerleading, competition, college, hip hop, rivalry, high school, teenager, ambition, leadership ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, captivating, serious, feel good, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dancer's life, street dance, happy ending, hip hop, contests and competitions, young lovers, high school, teenager, love and romance, youth, music ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, romantic, sweet, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, interracial romance, ballet, high school, dancer's life, hip hop, teenager, music, street dance, love and romance, african american, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, new jersey, usa, new york, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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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:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, captivating, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, music, dance contest, teenager, rivalry, follow your dream, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, victory, team, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ 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:
inspirational, feel good, sexy, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
dancing, teacher, dancer, dancer's life, dedicated educator, music, high school, teachers and students, teenager, prejudice, respect, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, exciting, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, music, street dance, lifestyle, follow your dream, teenager, love and romance, choreographer, cheerleading, ambition, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem, new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
romantic, humorous, sweet, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
music, dancing, dancer's life, love affair, nightlife, ambition, parents and children, nightclub, love and romance, teenager, desire for fame, cheerleading ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, realistic, funny, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
music, youth, college, rivalry, female friendship, female protagonist, competition, performance, music band, singing competition, friends, social relations ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like She's the Man
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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, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, kids, manly ...
Plot:
dancing, love story, coming of age, couples, forbidden love, love and romance, summer romance, youth, teenager, fall in love, love, unlikely couple ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s, year 1963, 50s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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:
funny, feel good, realistic, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, street dance, dancer's life, dance contest, dance school, ballerina, music, ballet, teenager, competition, dream, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
feel good, serious, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
ballet, dancing, love triangle, music, teenager, cheerleading, love and romance, ambition, hopes, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, san francisco, usa, manhattan new york city, hawaii
⇓ 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, sweet, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dancing, ballet, dancer's life, violin, performance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, teenager, college, musician, culture clash, competition ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, sentimental, romantic, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, high school, music, cheerleading, ambition, rivalry, musician's life, lifestyle, teenage life, contests and competitions, fall in love ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Twilight
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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:
sexy, romantic, light, melancholic, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, desire for fame, performer's life, cabaret, ambition, love and romance, performance, dancer, musician, nightlife, sexy woman, follow your dream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, canada, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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:
romantic, feel good, humorous, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
high school, music, high school life, teenage life, teenager, teenage love, disney, family relations, friendship, love and romance, happy ending, couple relations ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, sweet, feel good, inspirational, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, stripper, teenager, women, fashion, happy ending, love, rock and roll, couples, coming of age, ballet ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
entertaining, romantic, inspirational, feel good
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, creativity, human spirit, life philosophy, dancer's life, mentor, ambition, artists and showbiz, choreographer, follow your dream, lifestyle ...
⇓ 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:
humorous, intense, stylized, ridiculous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, street dance, breakdance, friendship, music, betrayal, cheerleading, competition, rivalry, follow your dream, dance performance ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, uplifting, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance school, dancer's life, street dance, juvenile delinquency, music, rise to the top, rivalry, ambition, fall in love, dancer, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bronx new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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:
exciting, realistic, captivating, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, contests and competitions, underdog, ambition, dancer's life, lifestyle, rivalry, artists and showbiz, power relations, athlete and trainer, music, street dance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
feel good, serious, captivating, intense, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, teenager, youth, music, love and romance, small town, rebellion, rebelliousness, dancer's life, church, teenage rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
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:
feel good, humorous, inspirational, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
music, underdog, college, teenager, cheerleading, cheerleader, musician's life, dancing, hip hop, high school, rivalry, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, usa, georgia, new york, 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:
feel good, serious, realistic
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
street dance, music, interracial relations, dancing, cinderella story, hopes, love and romance, follow your dream, ambition, hip hop, teachers and students, power relations ...
Place:
usa, new york, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like The Vow
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock ...
Style:
touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
love, teenager, teenage girl, hospital, love and romance, youth, teenage love, teenage life, parents and children, death in the family, out of body experience, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change of scenery. But sweet nibblets! Miley must trade in all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
teenager, teenage life, fall in love, parents and children, friends, double life, celebrity, lifestyle, youth, best friends, teenage girl, hidden identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nashville tennessee, malibu california, tennessee
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100%
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, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rapper, dancer's life, fish out of water, culture clash, ambition, youth, society, music, hopes, follow your dream, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, puerto rico, latin america
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100%
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, light, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
dancing, dancer's life, young lovers, love, latin, salsa, love story, fall in love, love and romance, revolution, music, mentor ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, caribbean, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
Style:
touching, romantic, serious, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
fall in love, teenage love, teenage life, father daughter relationship, youth, love, family relations, teen romance, teenager, love and romance, parents and children, love story ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, ireland, georgia, usa, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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