Disco movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant disco movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out independent film, realistic, serious, humorous, feel good and cult classic films and TV shows about / with disco, dancing, nightclub, lifestyle, nightlife, dance, music, singer, female nudity and mirror ball plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres shot in USA, Germany, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as disco: The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roller Boogie (1979), 54 (1998), Xanadu (1980), Thank God It's Friday (1978), Boogie Nights (1997), The '70s (2000), Funkytown (2011), Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979), Zillion (2022).
Best films
New films
| Disco (2019) | 5.1 | |
| Brian and Charles (2022) | 6.7 | |
| Stop-Zemlia (2021) | 7.2 | |
| Nacho (2023) | 6.3 | |
| The Trip to Greece (2020) | 6.6 |
List of disco movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Style:
cult classic, erotic, talky, witty, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
disco, nightclub, friendship, pretending to be gay, jealousy, manic depression, romantic rivalry, venereal disease, cynicism, love triangle, unemployment, friend ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, barcelona, spain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Teen lovers Bobby and Terry band together with other roller skaters to try and prevent a powerful mobster taking over the land their favourite skating rink sits on, and compete in the Boogie Contest.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disco, extortion, flirting, dance contest, teensploitation, love, underground, skater, friendship, save the day, underdog, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, venice beach california, santa monica california, los angeles
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36K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disco, nightclub, gay, drug abuse, clubbing, addiction, lesbian, father son relationship, party, drug, lifestyle, sex ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, bahamas, manhattan new york city
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17K
Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A beautiful muse inspires an artist and his older friend to convert a dilapidated auditorium into a lavish rollerskating club.
Style:
rom com, feel good, humorous, not serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
disco, nightclub, artist, muse, forbidden love, impossible love, dancing, surrealism, dancer, mural, love, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, santa monica california
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodore's are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, laugh out loud, grindhouse, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disco, dj, nightclub, american history, valet, rock and roll, coming of age, love, blaxploitation, rock, generation, african ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
303K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, erotic, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
sex, porn industry, drug abuse, multiple storylines, addiction, drug, cocaine, adult filmmaking, adultery, drug addiction, voyeurism, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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707
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
TV show
Story:
Four friends, fresh from tragedy at Kent Sate, graduate from college and begin their adult lives during the turbulent 1970s. But Dexter (Guy Torry), Eileen (Vinessa Shaw), Byron (Brad Rowe) and Christie (Amy Smart) find their paths are heading in ...
Style:
semi serious, thought provoking, realistic, sincere, clever ...
Plot:
friendship, fighting the system, disco, lifestyle, family relations, siblings relations, youth, graduation, culture clash, society, rebellion, gender ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Is relevant?
952
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: ...
Style:
serious, captivating, disturbing, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
disco, gay husband, gay relationship, nightclub, lifestyle, addiction, nightlife, actor's life, society, artists and showbiz, social decay, social relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1971, year 1982 ...
Place:
montreal, canada, toronto ontario canada, quebec, new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A street-gang leader challenges a handsome young skater in a championship contest at the local roller-disco rink.
Style:
retro, absurd, psychotronic, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disco, skater, nightclub, contest, pizza, dancing, exploitation, male protagonist, dj, vietnam veteran, roller skater, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
It's 1997. Frank Verstraeten, a computer genius with a nose for business, a fascination for nightlife and an unhealthy urge to prove himself, only wants one thing: his own disco that not only outperforms the competition but simply humiliates ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, period piece, fast paced ...
Plot:
rise and fall, disco, nightlife, nightclub, sexual content, lifestyle, drug, decadence, glamour, arrogance, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
antwerp, belgium
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Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Jimmy promises to return to Bombay and become a famous entertainer so that he can exact revenge on Mr. Oberoi for having insulted and imprisoned his mother on false charges. He falls in love with Oberoi's daughter and causes Sam Oberoi's ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, entertaining, romantic, cult classic ...
Plot:
disco, rise and fall, dancing, dancer, fame, love, performer, death of mother, attempted murder, father daughter relationship, death, singer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
bombay india, mumbai india, india
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jaded night club owner stages the comeback of an ex-teen idol for revenge.
Style:
retro, period piece, spoof, independent film
Plot:
disco, revenge, showbiz, fame, jukebox, nightclub, dance, betrayal, nostalgia, comeback, manipulation, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
375
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hard times have fallen on the Transylvanian House of Dracula. To help pay the taxes, Castle Dracula has been converted into the Hotel Transylvania. Dracula himself is aging and toothless, being cared for by his granddaughter Nocturna. When Nocturna ...
Style:
light hearted, retro, colorful, parody, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dracula, vampire, disco, castle, dance, transformation, hotel, mortality, love story, humanity, satire, fish out of water ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, transylvania
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry is on the run. More bizarre killings continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, psychedelic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
disco, hair loss, politician, on the run, murder, lsd, headache, bald woman, babysitter, murder suspect, full moon, massacre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's ...
Style:
spoof, surprise ending, horror comedy, psychotronic, detective ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
vampire, dracula, disco, romantic rivalry, supernatural power, master servant relationship, sidekick, supernatural, culture clash, fish out of water, love, police station ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
romania, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Lovely Rita is a 2001 Austrian drama film directed by Jessica Hausner. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual, sexy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, teen angst, teenage rebellion, parent child relationship, friendship, older man young girl relationship, disco, classmate, middle class, coercion, loneliness, train ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Elle a une passion: la danse. Une ambition: danser a Broadway. Un handicap: elle est muette. Le samedi soir, dans une boite new-yorkaise, elle affronte les plus grands DJ et, quelle que soit la musique, techno, funk, jazz ou soul, elle garde le ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
dancing, true love, disco, dancer's life, follow your dream, laboratory, sign language, audition, against the odds, nightlife, love affair, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, paris france, usa, europe, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This film follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
disco, racism, follow your dream, lifestyle, culture clash, injustice, misfit, society, nightlife, interracial relations, nightclub, immigrant ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Movie about the Village People filmed in a documentary style.
Style:
humorous, retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
disco, camp, music, dancing, gay, nightclub, rock and roll, musician, dance, recording studio, premarital sex, biker ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, las vegas
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, stylized, freeze frame ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, love triangle, disco, audition, working class, attraction, infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, chauvinism, chauvinist ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century, 70s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new york, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Hugh Hefner invites you to Playboy’s Roller Disco and Pajama Party! With your host, Richard Dawson!
Style:
lighthearted, retro, period piece, flashy
Plot:
disco, party, mansion, variety show, pop culture, entertainment, village people, costume party, showbiz, model, tennis, roller skating ...
Place:
beverly hills
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.
Style:
homoerotic, factual, semi documentary, semi autobiographical, feel good ...
Plot:
fashion, gay interest, homosexual, drug use, gay hustler, sex scene, older man younger man relationship, gay lead character, gay relationship, gay man straight woman relationship, male nudity, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
new york, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Also known as THE LONELY DESTINY OF JOHN TRAVOLTO, it's the first and only Travoltasploitation movie. It's about a hotel cook named Gianni who can't dance but is frustratingly in love with the sexy blonde DJ (Cicciolina) at the ...
Style:
lighthearted, romantic comedy, feel good, parody, slapstick
Plot:
disco, nightclub, mistaken identity, doppelganger, hotel, celebrity impersonation, unrequited love, fish out of water, impostor, obsession, satire, small town life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, sadism, burned alive, abusive mother, obsession, loss of control, murder, burn victim, exploitation, child abuse, maniac, deeply disturbed person ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Witchipoo and the Wicked Witch of the West give Paul Lynde three wishes for Halloween. KISS performs three songs. Florence Henderson sings a disco version of "That Old Black Magic."
Style:
light hearted, sketch comedy, parody, surreal, absurd ...
Plot:
halloween, disco, variety show, wish fulfillment, truck driver, easter, housekeeper, gay subtext, witch, sister sister relationship, arm wrestling, sheik ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
638
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Valencia, 1993. For Ignacio Jordá, sex is his greatest obsession. But Nacho is done with being the black sheep of his family and wants to show he can do more than drift through life.
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
porn industry, disco, biopic, female nudity, direction and purpose, fame, life, lifestyle, desire for fame, porn star, adult filmmaking, cuckolded husband ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A glitch in the time machine changes their destination to 1976. Still believing themselves to be in 1776, the time travellers attempt to ...
Style:
psychotronic, spoof, surreal, independent film, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, disco, summer, time loop, time warp, time machine, fish out of water, profanity, silly humor, hopes, misfit, misfit partners ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s, future, 22nd century ...
Is relevant?
196
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man from a small town goes to Hollywood to make his fortune. He gets hired as a bouncer at a disco club, but soon finds himself caught up in drugs, gangsters and eventually has to flee when his boss and another bouncer are murdered by drug ...
Style:
crime drama, period piece, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bouncer, disco, gangster, nightlife, murder, criminal underworld, drug trade, violent, fugitives, urban, hollywood, survival ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
They are students - at least that's what their parents think - they are the disc-jockeys in the in-clubs in town, they party with no end, they fall in love, they have the best summer in their life in the coolest city of the world: Berlin.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, atmospheric, serious
Plot:
fall in love, nightlife, nightclub, love triangle, grownups, city life, friends, introspection, celebration, dj, disco, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east berlin
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