Dancer movies and TV shows – page 5
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List of dancer movies
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to become a dancer for the Bolshoi again, but he wishes to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, retro, colorful, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ballet, cold war, dance, defector, cold war era, dancing, kgb, escape, ballerina, dancer, culture clash, expatriate ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
russia, soviet union, siberia, london, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance, Sport
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This film is the theatrical follow-up to a very popular German TV-series (also called "Anna"), about a young girl who wants to make it as a prima ballerina.
Style:
period piece
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ballet, dancer, dancing, coming of age, female protagonist, accident, ambition, tragedy, young woman, passion, friendship, heartbreak ...
Time:
80s
Place:
munich germany, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Chocolate City dancers come together to save their club from foreclosure. They decide to enter a national stripper competition, traveling all the way to Las Vegas to try their luck.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, raunchy, sensual, rom com ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male stripper, dancer, stripper, exotic dancer, dance contest, dancing, rivalry, pole dancer, prize, striptease, contests and competitions, money problems ...
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Belgium, Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nothing in her background destined Loïe Fuller from the American Midwest to become a Belle Epoque icon, even less a dancer at the Paris Opera. Even at the risk of destroying her back and burning her eyes with the stage lights, she will never falter ...
Style:
erotic, costume drama, melancholic, colorful, suspense ...
Plot:
dancing, female nudity, flashback, lesbian, love, sex scene, theater, bohemian life, lgbt, dancer, dancer's life, death of father ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
paris france, new york, brooklyn new york city, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Coming of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip-hop dancer.
Style:
inspirational, exciting, touching, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, dancer, dancer's life, follow your dream, hip hop culture, street dance, love and romance, performer's life, lifestyle, ambition, human spirit ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chad, France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A 25 year old young man with dreams of becoming a dancer despite the fact that he's paralyzed from the waist down. His dreams are shattered when his uncle falls seriously ill. To save him, he decides to go work for petrol traffickers.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
life is a bitch, disability, society, family relations, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, job seeking, dancer, prostitute, death threat, african, black ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
High school student tries to improve soccer skills by practicing dance and falls for his dance partner.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
couples, cheerleader, lifestyle, fall in love, dancer's life, society, hopes, working class, football, dance, soccer, love triangle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Las Vegas stripper, Penny Slot (Rena Riffel), sets out on an adventure to become the star dancer on a dance television show. With stars in her eyes, she tries to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but instead finds danger in a town more ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, captivating, parody ...
Plot:
sex scene, swimming pool, betrayal, desire for fame, interracial relations, nightlife, artists and showbiz, topless woman, dancer, seduction, interracial romance, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young man must teach a woman to dance - at any cost.
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking
Plot:
eating disorder, anorexia, ballet, dancing, ballerina, dancer, teenager, food, malnutrition, weight loss, jealous woman, teenage daughter ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose ...
Style:
stylized, serious, disturbing, surreal, talky ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
gay, drug addiction, addiction, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, drug, life is a bitch, celebrity culture, party, drug addict, friends, social misfits ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
new york, indiana, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the wake of tragedy, a renowed New York dance company is on the brink of collapse. After leaving the dance world for good, Travis, Chrissa, and Max are pulled in to resurrect the dance that shattered their careers. They have one last chance to ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, lifestyle, follow your dream, dancer's life, performer's life, love and romance, redemption, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, teenage love, dance school ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker ...
Style:
parody, cult classic, sexy, homoerotic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lgbtq, mad scientist, gay interest, transvestite, gay, gender, homosexual, castle, rock and roll, wedding, surrealism, dance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
transylvania, ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Style:
feel good, black comedy, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
working class, unemployment, gay, gay interest, stripper, woman urinating, striptease, male stripper, friendship, nudity, dance, loser ...
Time:
80s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, northern england, britain, united kingdom, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
12-year-old Mina freaks out when famous hip-hop dancer ED Win moves to town and starts at her school. Mina falls in love and when ED announces he's forming a new dance group for a dance competition in town, Mina decides to audition. The only ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, feel good, inspirational, light hearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
dancer, love, dance, love story, relationships, love interest, love affair, teenage girl, fall in love, dancing, adolescence, teenage life ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Hiwa Natsunagi is a high school student living in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. Worried about what to do with her life after graduation, she spots a poster for Spa Resort Hawaiians the “Hawaii of Tohoku” the place where her sister Mari used ...
Style:
anime, satirical, entertaining, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
slice of life, dancing, dancer, dancer's life, female protagonist, workplace situations, dancehall girl, satire, relationship vs career, ambition, resort hotel, luxury hotel ...
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, Myanmar
TV show
Story:
Written by Wang Juan (王倦), the drama is a sino-burmese wuxia travelogue road drama. It is loosely based on the true account of Prince Shwenandaw who brought his renowned dance troop for a visit to Tang in 802 AD for the purposes of diplomacy. ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
tang dynasty, musician, adventurer, crown prince, dancer, prince, journey, royal court, palace intrigue, intrigue, kingdom, problem ...
Time:
9th century
Place:
ancient china
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire—and let nothing stand in his way in the process.
Style:
psychological, captivating, entertaining, dramatic
Plot:
male stripper, stripper, striptease, strip show, immigrant, founder, club, job, dancer, career, strip club, city ...
Time:
2020s, 70s, year 1980, year 1979, 20th century ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, funny, ironic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
slacker, tattoo artist, arrested development, re-education, stoner, traumatized man, fear of commitment, adhd, coming of age, tattoo, jealousy, meditation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, hawaii, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After witnessing a murder, a hapless pair of misfits escape their own near death experience by posing as male strippers - only to find themselves neck deep in even bigger trouble.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
misfit, gangster, kidnapping, crime gone awry, odd couple, nothing goes right, disorder, male stripper, dancer, strip club, mistaken identity, club ...
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Can Manay (Ozan Güven) is a celebrated psychologist, famed for his expertise in his field. A consummate bachelor he beds women but rarely falls in love. And yet, following his first encounter with Duru (Serenay Sarikaya), he is immediately ...
Style:
captivating, psychological thriller, sincere, thought provoking, sentimental ...
Plot:
obsession, jealousy, love triangle, love, seduction, infidelity, dancer, husband wife relationship, muslim, psychotic, neighbor, revenge ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ling Ai and He Jiang are young, ambitious, and in pursuit of careers imported from the West, but romantic longings and career ambitions are inevitably shaped by larger social forces.
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, art house, independent film
Plot:
dream, relationships, love, ballerina, dancer, female protagonist, ballet, dance, relocation, new love, employer employee relationship, friends ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
beijing china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Over the course of his silly, high-energy performance, Holmes shares his thoughts on such disparate topics as: the keys to happiness; the illogicality of nightmares; being an "easy laugh"; what to wear on a flight; bizarre quirks of ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, tense, f word
Plot:
stand up comedian, gay, gay slur, dancer, dancing, husband wife relationship, fear, boy, musician, concert, dream, nightmare ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
The story of Hwang Jin Yi, the famous 16th century Gisaeng.
This story is about the life of Joseon-era dancer, musician and poet, Hwang Jin Yi, who seeks perfection in her art relentlessly and the hardship facing women due to their lowly social ...
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
joseon dynasty, unrequited love, forbidden love, dancer, rivalry, ancient korea, korean history, unfulfilled love, social problems, relationships, love interest, dancehall girl ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
CQ2 (seek you too) is the story of an teenager, with an uncertain future, who canalises her lust for life in the study of contemporary dance.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
androgyny, troubled teen, dancer, teenager, dancing, teenage life, social misfits, social problems, dancehall girl, society, ex convict, rape ...
Place:
montreal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story about a third-rate DJ who finds his relationship with his young son rapidly deteriorating.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
fight, father son relationship, childbirth, corporal punishment, erection, high school, nightclub, hospital, wedding, transvestite, dancer, twists and turns ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Former dance instructor Emman Toledo was employed as a dance instructor for a governor’s ball. He finds himself in a passionate love affair with Cedes Fernandez who happens to be engaged to Dylan Evelino son of the governor. The couple finds ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, tagalog, entertaining
Plot:
dance studio, ballroom dancing, dancer, crush, couple relations, in love, love affair, confronting the past, couples, love interest, tragic love, romantic friendship ...
Place:
the philippines, japan, mount fuji
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Guna is a village labourer in the hinterlands of Maharashtra. Holding a passion for the 'tamasha' theatre shows, he decides to start his own troupe. Instead of the prestigious role of the king he always dreamed of, he ends up having to ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
politics, husband wife relationship, dancer, father son relationship, death of father, loss of job, sabotage, village, theater, effeminacy, theatrical troupe, lgbt ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Moscow, 1986, the heat of Perestroika. Borya is an average clumsy teenager who is miraculously admitted to the legendary Bolshoi Ballet School. The boy is convinced that he will become a ballet dancer like his father, Mikhail Baryshnikov. But is ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, light, captivating
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
ballet, dancer, teenage boy, dancing, ballet school, direction and purpose, teenage life, desire for fame, teenager, father and son, artist, youth ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
moscow russia, russia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a 17-year old aspiring dancer is uprooted in her high school senior year, she finds herself divided between two boys, and she will have one last shot at making her dream a reality.
Style:
captivating, sincere, emotional, light, romantic drama
Audience:
family friendly, girls' night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dance school, one last chance, teenager, dancer, 17 year old, follow your dream, rivalry, dancing, love triangle, couples, friendship, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
Join seemingly ordinary people who discover they have extraordinary powers in a groundbreaking mythology about hope, greed, love and the force that moves us all.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
dancing, dance, visionary, heroes, male female relationship, hip hop, teamwork, dancer, good versus evil, superhero, ordinary person, breakdance ...
Time:
21st century
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