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 6.0
 374
Dying to Dance (2001)
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, ballet, dancing, anorexia, ballerina, dancer, teenager, food, weight loss, malnutrition, parents, jealous woman ...
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Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
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, inspirational, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, youth, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, music, dance contest, street dance, contests and competitions, competition ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: maryland, usa, baltimore
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Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.
Style: captivating, sentimental
Audience: teens
Plot: dancing, ballet, dance, friendship, dancer, artists and showbiz, school, dance school, teacher, teenage life, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.6
 693
Zoya (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min.
Story: A young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, period drama
Plot: ballet, countess, revolution, love, girl, rich and poor, world war two, couples, soldier, society, fall in love, orphan ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s
Place: paris france, new york, france, russia, st. petersburg russia
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 5.9
 203
Sex Hunter (1980)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story: A beautiful young ballet dancer is accepted into a prestigious and exclusive dance academy. Overjoyed at the opportunity to further her career and repair her relationship with her boyfriend, she soon discovers that the academy has a much, much ...
Style: erotic
Plot: ballet, sadomasochism, sex, lesbian sex, dancer, female nudity, violence, female domination, ballet school, bondage, coca cola, wheelchair bound ...
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Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany, Cuba, France, UK
Duration: 155 min.
TV show
Story: The film is based on the biography of the legendary Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She became an internationally regarded ballerina after her performances in 1909 with the Dyaghilev's Ballet in Paris and in London. Anna Pavlova eventually ...
Plot: ballerina, ballet, children, russian empire, biopic, dance, theater, female nudity, female full frontal nudity
Place: paris france, russia
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Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
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, sex comedy, teen, funny, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dancing, dancer's life, ballet, street dance, dance, follow your dream, performer's life, youth, ambition, hopes, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Place: new york
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Frankie & Hazel (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton is Frankie and Ingrid Uribe is Hazel, Frankie's neighbor and best friend. Frankie is ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, youth, ballet, baseball, small town, ambition, follow your dream, family relations, hopes, dancer's life, feminism, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey
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 7.8
 2K
Oklahoma! (1999)
Genre: Musical, Romance, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story: London stage reproduction of the classic Broadway musical.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Plot: love triangle, ballet, friendship, fall in love, lifestyle, couples, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, couple relations, opposites attract, trial ...
Time: 90s
Place: oklahoma, west end london, england, europe, usa
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Dance Dance Danseur (2022)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: This young student will do whatever it takes to become the world's best ballet dancer: the Danseur noble!
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, seinen
Plot: ballet, school, slice of life, dancing, dancer's life, dancer, dance, life
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House) (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A full-length ballet created by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The ballet is based on Lewis Carroll's famous story of Alice, an ordinary girl who one summer afternoon falls down ...
Style: entertaining, captivating
Plot: fantasy world, ballet, alice in wonderland, magical creature, parallel world, dancing, female protagonist, magic, magical power, good versus evil, magician, magical ...
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Assassins Run (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Maya becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband, a successful American businessman, is killed.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, prison life, rescue, ballet, kidnapping, frame up, woman in danger, twists and turns, betrayal, gangster, on the run, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
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My Dad Baryshnikov (2011)
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: light, captivating, funny, entertaining
Audience: teens
Plot: ballet, teenage boy, dancer, dancing, ballet school, direction and purpose, desire for fame, longing, teenage life, artist, father and son, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: moscow russia, soviet union, russia
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 6.2
 4K
The Band (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The ...
Style: not serious, humorous, stylized, exciting, feel good ...
Plot: farce, choreographer, audition, ballet, quibbling, goofy hero, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, car accident, yacht, disorder, power relations ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, monaco, french riviera, europe, france
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 6.9
 5K
Brain Donors (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run ...
Style: funny, humorous, witty, unusual plot structure, surreal ...
Plot: idiot, stupidity, chase, firefly, crazy, dumb, police corruption, buddy, ballet, dishonesty, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
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 8.7
 3K
Navillera (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A coming-of-age drama about a 23-year-old ballerino and an old man who begins ballet at the age of 70.
Style: dorama, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, ballet, young man, slice of life, dancer, coping, direction and purpose, elderly man, dancing, ambition, friends, dream ...
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 6.2
 12K
A Chorus Line (1985)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a ...
Style: stylized, lyrical, sexy, clever, emotional ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet, rehearsal, ballet school, rise to the top, choreography, dance, choreographer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.2
 17K
Girl (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A 15-year-old girl, born in a boy's body, dreams of becoming a ballerina and will push her body to its limits in order for her dream to succeed.
Style: social, thought provoking, sentimental, disturbing, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ballerina, transsexual, transgender, trans woman, dancing, transsexuality, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, ballet school, teenager, first sexual experience ...
Time: 2010s, 90s
Place: antwerp, belgium
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 1K
Laura (1979)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A blinded French sculptor completes a statue of a friend's daughter by using his sense of touch.
Style: erotic, sensual, controversial, sexy, serious ...
Plot: coming of age, lolita, teenage girl, erotica, nudity, sex, teenage sex, ballet, female nudity, may december romance, young love, eroticism ...
Place: france, europe, french riviera
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Visual Dictionary of Ballet for Children (2005)
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and reference guide that can be used for years to come.
Plot: ballet, dance lesson, lesson, children
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 7.5
 2K
Yeh Ballet (2020)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Discovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.
Style: motivational, inspirational, colorful, disturbing, spiritual
Plot: ballet school, dancing, ambition, ballet, self discovery, family relations, social realism, society, fight, unsupportive parent, friends, life is a bitch ...
Place: mumbai india
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 7.1
 89K
Audition (1999)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot: torture, femme fatale, psychopath, murder, sadism, macabre, revenge, serial killer, twists and turns, unsettling, violence, obsession ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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 8.4
 253
Swan Lake (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Matthew Bourne choreographs this performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet, filmed live in London. The show, the longest running ballet on both Broadway and the West End, follows the story of Prince Siegfried, who promises his love to swan maiden ...
Style: serious, mystical
Plot: ballet, human becomes animal, lgbt, lgbtq, theater, save the princess, prince, royal family, gay interest
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Nijinsky (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The film suggests Nijinsky was driven into madness by both his consuming ambition and self-enforced heterosexuality, the latter prompted by his romantic involvement with Romola de Pulszky, a society girl who joins impresario Sergei Diaghilev's ...
Style: psychological, artsy, independent film, captivating, serious ...
Plot: gay, ballet, dancing, art, youth, artist, lgbt, lgbtqi, choreographer, jealousy, love triangle, gay relationship ...
Time: year 1980, 1910s, 20th century, year 1912
Place: budapest, france, greece, paris france, monte carlo ...
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One Last Dance (2003)
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: serious, realistic, sexy, romantic, independent film
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dancing, dance school, lifestyle, follow your dream, performer's life, dancer's life, love and romance, showbiz, teenage love, redemption, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new york, usa
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 6.5
 126K
Step Up (2006)
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 ...
Style: feel good, captivating, teen, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dancing, dance, hip hop, happy ending, music, youth, love and romance, dance school, ballet, teen romance, couples, teenage love ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
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 6.8
 195
RideBack (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Rin Yugata, a dancer, attends college after quitting ballet after an injury prevents her from performing in a play.
Style: anime, semi serious, suspenseful, captivating, manga ...
Plot: fighting the system, rebelliousness, college, society, student protest, ballet, dystopian future, strong female presence, heroic mission, rebellion, androids and robots, motorcycle ...
Time: future
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Angelina Ballerina (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK, Hungary
TV show
Story: Angelina, the remarkable prima ballerina mouse stars in 4 new adventures in Lights, Camera, Action! Re-released in a new handle box. Lights, Camera, Action! - When Angelina enters a movie-making contest she decides to make a weepy melodrama in ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot: best friend, follow your dream, dancer's life, mischievous children, youth, ambition, hopes, teachers and students, dance school, ballet, cartoon mouse, mouse ...
Time: 2000s
Place: england, europe
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 6.6
 27K
Take the Lead (2006)
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, sexy, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: dancing, teacher, dance, dancer, dancer's life, dedicated educator, teenager, music, high school, respect, teachers and students, prejudice ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.7
 24K
Ballerina (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Style: touching, inspirational, light, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, family outing
Plot: ballet, ballerina, inventor, children, dancing, orphan, follow your dream, rivalry, best friends in love, mentor, flying, dancer ...
Time: future, 19th century
Place: paris france, europe, brittany
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