Movies and TV shows like Dirty Dancing 1988
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Dirty Dancing (1988)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
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Dirty Dancing is a 1988 television series on the CBS network. It is based on the film Dirty Dancing but had none of the original cast or staff. It stars Patrick Cassidy as Johnny and Melora Hardin as Baby. The show only lasted half a season, before it was canceled in January 1989 due to low ratings.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, period piece, sensual, retro, light hearted
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dance, dance teacher, dancing, love story, summer camp, coming of age, passion, forbidden love, choreography, female protagonist, music and dance, nostalgia, adaptation, class conflict, rebellion, dance contest, small town, wooing, hotel, failed pilot, resort hotel, performance, dance instructor
Time:
60s, 1960s
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Most similar movies to Dirty Dancing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, captivating, romantic drama and psychological films and TV series with plots about love story, forbidden love, coming of age, male female relationship, female protagonist, betrayal and love affair mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Dirty Dancing: I paralia (2023), Like Water for Chocolate (2024), Love and Secrets (2019), Mon Phagun (2021), Chicken Girls (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
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September 1969, Matala. The young doctor Ypatia Archontaki returns from London, to the place where she was born and raised, in order to announce to her family that she is engaged and intends to marry George.
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period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, melancholic, atmospheric ...
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family secret, female protagonist, tragic event, identity, getting home, beach, mediterranean, gender roles, culture clash, love triangle, betrayal, sexuality ...
Time:
60s
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95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
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Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to deep-rooted family customs, which will force Tita to navigate with magical tints and flavors between the destiny dictated by her family and the fight for her ...
Style:
romantic drama, poetic, sensual, period piece
Plot:
magic realism, female protagonist, family tradition, forbidden love, passion, star crossed lovers, longing, domestic drama, repression, intimate, tragic romance, bittersweet ...
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92%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Sevda is a very beautiful and energetic girl who dreams of being a star. Ali has a mysterious past. Ali and Sevda's extraordinary love story.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
love story, female protagonist, love, secrets, passion, male protagonist, mysterious girl, male female relationship, romantic relationship, friendship, couple relations, young love ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
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Story:
Rishi and Pihu can't stand each other. But a common link they are unaware of connects their pasts. Will a lost childhood love story get another chance?
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
second chance, childhood love, lost love, relationships, love interest, couple relations, love story, love affair, relationship problems, opposites attract, male female relationship, love and romance ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 7 min.
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Rhyme and her friends - known by their 'ship name, "The Chicken Girls" - have been dancing together forever. But this year, everything's changing.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, sincere, captivating, emotional
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, high school, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, coming of age, dancer, group of friends, teamwork, dancing, female protagonist, girlfriend, friends, dancer's life ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
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In 1960s Rome, a meeting between a free-spirited young woman who grew up in her family's circus and a girl of wealthy descent leads to secrets, intrigue, and unexpected loves.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
family secret, circus, female protagonist, society, family relations, lifestyle, lifestyle change, changing lives, forbidden love, family drama, social inequality, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
67%
272
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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Al Yazmalım was a Turkish television series based on the novel The Red Scarf by Chinghiz Aitmatov and 1978 Turkish romantic drama film The Girl with the Red Scarf.
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, psychological, romantic, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jealousy, male female relationship, relationship problems, family disapproval, love triangle, love story, love and romance, relationships, couple relations, fall in love, in love, love affair ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Denmark
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When Alba and her family moves to a small town, she feels like it's the worst that could have happened. Then she runs into Ozzy and discover a secret dance group called MABINOOZ.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
dance, friendship, dancing, teenage life, changing lives, teenage girl, friends, female protagonist, teenager, lifestyle change, coming of age, personal growth ...
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59%
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113K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 28 min.
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Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other’s lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.
Style:
affectionate, romantic, romantic drama, touching, saga ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
star crossed lovers, university, love story, coming of age, secret relationship, sex scene, school, social misfits, passion, enemies to lovers, passionate love, sex ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 51 min.
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The story unfolds in the mid 1980s and centers on three dancers of the famous Russian folk dance ensemble Beryozka.
A small town girl Varya lives in poverty with a sick father. She attends sewing school until one day she sees Beryozka's ...
Style:
touching, captivating, emotional, inspirational
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dancer's life, dance teacher, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship vs career, love triangle, rise to the top, dancehall girl, forbidden love, historical event, desire for fame, ambitious woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
56%
127
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
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The story takes place between the 1920s and 1950s in Greater São Paulo. Going through historical moments, such as the Week of Modern Art, the Revolution of 1924, the economic crisis of 1929 and the Vargas Era, there is the story of Yolanda ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, romantic, dramatic ...
Plot:
biopic, love and romance, love story, romantic relationship, brazilian history, urban, class conflict, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, in love, relationships ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Similarity:
55%
362
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Marina is a Spanish-language telenovela that aired on United States-based television network Telemundo. It premièred on October 16, 2006. The final original episode aired Thursday, June 28, 2007 it is a remake of the Mexican María la del Barrio, ...
Style:
soap opera, novela, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, boat, love affair, couples, love and romance, heiress, love story, love interest, inheritance, relationships, male female relationship, love ...
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55%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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After her erotic novelist mother's death, Mia starts college with dreams of becoming a writer. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she crosses paths with her strict yet handsome professor.
Style:
erotic drama, romantic drama, sensual
Plot:
taboo, student teacher, female protagonist, sexual tension, attraction, sexual awakening, college life, forbidden love, seduction, coming of age, secret relationship, ethical dilemma ...
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54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
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The series will tell the impressive love story of Kerem and Sevda, whose paths cross abroad and reach all the way to Manisa. The events in the series will begin with Kerem going to jail for opposing the injustice done to Sevda. The love between ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, serious, tragic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love story, forbidden love, family conflict, star crossed lovers, young lovers, fate, family feud, imprisonment, heartbreak, destiny, vineyard, injustice ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
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Esperanza del Corazón is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa. It is a merger of Aguetas de Color de Rosa and Confidente de Secundaria, produced by Luis de Llano Macedo in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Bianca Marroquin ...
Style:
soap opera, captivating, romantic, romantic drama, sentimental ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest, love affair, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations, love and romance, unrequited love, love story, romantic relationship, family drama, romantic rivalry ...
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49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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An israeli telenovela following the love affair of a young poor lady and a successful winery VP.
Style:
romantic drama, semi serious, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
forbidden love, rich and poor, love story, love, love interest, love affair, family drama, class differences, passion, vineyard, class conflict, opposites attract ...
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49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Style:
romantic drama, disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
family drama, love story, family relations, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, tragic love, loveless marriage, marriage, relationship problems, forbidden love, secret marriage ...
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48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
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Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
Style:
tragic ending, romantic drama, romantic, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
forbidden love, teenage love, shakespeare, teenager, star crossed lovers, death, tragedy, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love, teen romance ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
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A free-spirited girl who wants to live life on her own terms, Meera values her uniqueness and is in search of a suitor who will accept her for the person she truly is.
Style:
romantic, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
love story, female protagonist, relationship problems, lifestyle, looking for love, love interest, love and romance, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, empowerment ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 44 min.
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Amantes del Desierto, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, RTI Colombia and Caracol Television. This limited-run series ran for 121 episodes from March 19, 2001 to September 4, 2001.
Style:
novela, captivating, romantic, light, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison escape, escape, male female relationship, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, love affair, couple relations, in love, love story, freedom, relationships ...
Time:
1950s, 60s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Amor Comprado is a Miami, Florida-made telenovela that was produced by Venevisión International for Univision. It is loosely inspired by TV Azteca's Catalina y Sebastian, written by the same writer of this project. The series stars Elizabeth ...
Style:
soap opera, psychological, captivating, thrilling, dramatic ...
Plot:
love story, relationship problems, couple relations, love, family relations, love affair, male female relationship, love interest, family problems, love and romance, problem, relationships ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
miami, florida
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.
Style:
erotic, sensual, captivating, sincere, exciting ...
Plot:
small town, new life, friendship, flirting, small town life, escape attempt, comeback, medical, hopes, new job, destiny, nurse ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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Story:
Soramame leaves the countryside for Tokyo in pursuit of a childhood friend and fiancé, but instead he meets a scrappy young musician, Oto. By some odd circumstance, the two end up living under the same roof. Influenced by Oto, Soramame awakens to ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
coming of age, slice of life, fish out of water, love story, lovers apart, male female relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, fall in love, romantic friendship, in love, couples ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
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Through the comparison of conditional and pure love, this drama looks into the understanding of realistic love and marriage by the young generation today and looks for the true meaning of love and marriage.
Style:
emotional, dorama, romantic drama, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
young adult, love, couples, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, male female relationship, love story, slice of life, social commentary ...
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39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
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A director with no future and an actress with no tomorrow fall into a love story that cannot wait.
Style:
poignant, emotional, heartbreaking, romantic drama, meta
Plot:
mortality, tragic romance, filmmaking, terminal illness, love story, creative block, bittersweet, cancer, intimate, legacy, self discovery, grief ...
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39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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In a beautiful valley where the most exquisite grapes are farmed, an intense and sizzling love story will flourish between Valeria San Roman, a beautiful woman with a strong character, which has given her the strength to face life's deceptions, ...
Style:
soap opera, dramatic, emotional, novela, psychological ...
Plot:
passion, betrayal, strong female lead, family drama, love story, romantic relationship, relationships, changing lives, male female relationship, fall in love, love affair, love and romance ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
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Mahir, whose father was assassinated in the city of Denizli by Kürşat Kilimci, returns twenty years later as a police inspector, determined to avenge his father's death. On his first day back, he has a fateful encounter with a mesmerizing ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, crime drama, tension, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, forbidden love, family feud, assassination, city, secret past, fate, betrayal, passion, police procedural, danger ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
38%
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:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela
TV show
Story:
Juan Andrés is a lawyer seeking to fulfill his god-father's last wish to find the missing daughter he had with the only woman he ever loved. Little does he know the missing daughter is Beatriz Elena, an ecologist he falls in love with.
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, romantic, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
forbidden love, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, father and daughter, father daughter relationship, love and romance, love story, hidden identity, fall in love, in love, father child relationship ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story is about a daughter of a noble family in old Tehran named "Mahboobeh" who falls in love with a carpenter's apprentice from their neighborhood. She rejects his suitors and stands up to her family so that they will recognize ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, heartbreaking
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, forbidden love, class conflict, longing, working class, family honor, fate, class differences, sacrifice, moral dilemma, patriarchy ...
Similarity:
36%
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