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1. Suspiria (I) (2018)
R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela
Votes: 92,361 | Gross: $2.47M
2. Flashdance (1983)
R | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson
Votes: 59,576 | Gross: $94.90M
3. Suspiria (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé
Votes: 105,489
4. Center Stage (2000)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A group of 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.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Christine Dunham
Votes: 22,797 | Gross: $17.17M
5. Livid (2011)
Not Rated | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror
The suggestion of a big treasure hidden somewhere inside Mrs Jessel's once renowned classical dance academy will become an irresistible lure to a fiendish trap for Lucie and her friends.
Directors: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury | Stars: Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 7,802
6. Girl (II) (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts
Votes: 17,016
7. Ballet Shoes (2007 TV Movie)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In 1930s London, three orphan girls are adopted by their great uncle, who is an eccentric paleontologist, and his niece.
Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Emma Watson, Yasmin Paige, Lucy Boynton, Emilia Fox
Votes: 9,177
8. Thunder Road (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer
Votes: 19,500
9. Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family
Junior Healy is back as a preteen, and he falls in love with a girl from school.
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: William Katt, Justin Chapman, Sherman Howard, Carolyn Lowery
Votes: 3,994
10. Swing Time (1936)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
Votes: 14,588
11. Center Stage: On Pointe (2016 TV Movie)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Music
In this third 'Center Stage' film, Jonathan Reeves (Gallagher) is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his his top ... See full summary »
Director: Director X | Stars: Nicole Muñoz, Kenny Wormald, Barton Cowperthwaite, Chloe Lukasiak
Votes: 1,371
12. Hester Street (1975)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but has difficulty assimilating.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh
Votes: 1,884 | Gross: $5.00M
13. Alex in Wonder (2001)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.
Director: Drew Ann Rosenberg | Stars: Angela Gots, Robert Hays, Ellen Greene, Sean Flynn
Votes: 546
14. Save the Last Dance 2 (2006 Video)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Sara joins Julliard to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a Prima ballerina, but she soon falls in love with hip-hop and a young composer - both of whom challenge her ambitions.
Director: David Petrarca | Stars: Izabella Miko, Columbus Short, Jacqueline Bisset, Maria Brooks
Votes: 5,392
15. Love N' Dancing (2009)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance
2002: Jake Mitchell is the defending World West Coast Swing Champion. He's got everything going for him: looks, personality, and style. He's at the top of his game when he and his partner ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Nicola Royston, Brandi Tobias, Brian Lucero, Tom Malloy
Votes: 1,930
16. Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A self-trained dancer from the streets of Detroit finds her way after auditioning for the most prestigious ballet academy in New York.
Director: Steven Jacobson | Stars: Kenny Wormald, Rachele Brooke Smith, Sarah Jayne Jensen, Nicole Muñoz
Votes: 6,379
17. Death Carries a Cane (1973)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A photographer witnesses a murder through a telescope but can't identify the killer. She reports it to police, but other witnesses are found murdered. She may be the next target.
Director: Maurizio Pradeaux | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro, Jorge Martín, Anuska Borova
Votes: 792
18. Le roi danse (2000)
115 min | Drama, History, Music
Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling, sometimes excessively lavish baroque scenery, music and costume, but this time in its... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Boris Terral, Tchéky Karyo, Colette Emmanuelle
Votes: 2,399
19. What's Up Doc? (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs' showbiz career is recounted from babyhood to stardom. Bugs and Elmer Fudd perform the title song.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Dave Barry, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 1,704
20. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown
Votes: 878
21. A Time for Dancing (2002)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music
Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.
Director: Peter Gilbert | Stars: Larisa Oleynik, Shiri Appleby, Peter Coyote, Patricia Kalember
Votes: 958
22. The Dancing Masters (1943)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
Two bumbling dance teachers help an awkward inventor sell his new invention and facilitate his romance with a beautiful socialite.
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Trudy Marshall, Robert Bailey
Votes: 1,114
23. Moves (2010)
46 min | Comedy, Drama
Jonas is soon ready with schooling, and to move in with his girlfriend Mia. But she gets a unique opportunity to become a professional dancer. Then he has to get into the same dance school and learn to dance in two weeks.
Director: Jørgen Klüver | Stars: Even Vesterhus, Mariama Slåttøy, Tom Eikrem, Erlend B. Fougner
Votes: 11
24. City Rhythms (1989)
R | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Ted Mather | Stars: Carlos Gómez, Daniel Quinn, Sally Stewart, Christina Haack
Votes: 106
25. Xuxa Requebra (1999)
84 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A journalist and former dance student attempts to prevent a gang of drug dealers from taking over their dance academy, also her home.
Director: Tizuka Yamasaki | Stars: Xuxa, Daniel, Alice Borges, Yara Lins
Votes: 545
26. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 82 (1917)
Documentary, Short
Subjects include: "Efficiency Via Express", "A Day at Denishawn", and the cartoon Bobby Bumps, Surf Rider (1917).
Director: P.D. Hugon
27. Världens dansskola (1980 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
École Mudra - the remarkable dance academy founded by the leading European choreographer Maurice Béjart.
Director: Maurice Béjart | Stars: Maurice Béjart, Barbara, Jorge Donn, Wim Vandekeybus
28. House of Dreams: The Planet Funk Story (2006)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A multicultural dance studio, Planet Funk Academy, located in an upper-class Houston neighborhood, must fight a campaign to shut it down at City Hall. In the heart of the film, the ... See full summary »
Director: Shawn Welling | Stars: Lenton Allen, Vanessa Archer, Jen Barbeito, Roger Scott Budge
Votes: 20
29.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Pecko
(1976)
59 min | Crime, Drama
Four boys play bicycle soccer. When one of they boys goes to retrieve the ball, he becomes eyewitness to murder.
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Pierre Franckh, Karl Walter Diess
Votes: 85
30.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Tod am Waldrand
(1990)
56 min | Crime, Drama
A student of a dancing school is found dead in the forest on her way home. A mentally challenged man is seen with her bicycle. Meanwhile, Derrick is not in his best health and must stay aside as Harry and Willi investigate.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Traugott Buhre
Votes: 55
31.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
Stagefright
(1986)
TV-14 | Drama, Music, Musical
Christopher develops severe stage fright after he makes and early entrance on stage. Jesse attempts the tapping record and Kate asserts that she wants to transfer out of Miss Grant's dance class into Miss Turner's class.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Debbie Allen, Jesse Borrego, Loretta Chandler, Albert Hague
Votes: 17
32.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
The Inheritance
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Lamar, Leroy's brother and Tina's father returns for Tina under the pretense of establishing a life for Tina when he discovers that she has inherited her deceased nanny's $22,000 estate. ... See full summary »
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Debbie Allen, Jesse Borrego, Loretta Chandler, Albert Hague
Votes: 16
33.
Lady Cop (1994–2006)
Episode:
Rabennest
(1996)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Raven nest.
Director: Wilhelm Engelhardt | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Til Schweiger, Axel Milberg, Ueli Schweizer
34.
Lady Cop (1994–2006)
Episode:
Totentanz
(1995)
49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dead dance.
Director: Rolf Liccini | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Til Schweiger, Günther Maria Halmer, Karlheinz Lemken
35.
Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode:
Jeff Lewis Has Issues: Alex Weber
(2021)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Stars: Shane Douglas, Jeff Lewis, Todd Lewis, Megan Weaver
36.
Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode:
Patrik, Pol' & Michael from the Dance Academy
(2022)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Stars: Pol Atteu, Shane Douglas, Alyssa Heimrich, Jeff Lewis
37.
Joséphine, ange gardien (1997– )
Episode:
Tango
(2013)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Joséphine has a new mission: "Maria-Sol Jimenez". Maria-Sol is a choreographer, she has some problems with her son Diego and besides she is keeping a great secret.
Director: Philippe Proteau | Stars: Mimie Mathy, Natalia Dontcheva, Michel Scotto di Carlo, Thibaut Thezan
Votes: 10
38.
Inga Lindström (2004– )
Episode:
Tanz mit mir
(2017)
Drama, Romance
Meret is a dance teacher who lives with her daughter Eva and her granddaughter Lissi.Now they have to leave their apartment because the new owner Sven Stenmark wants to transform the ... See full summary »
Director: Matthias Kiefersauer | Stars: Sina-Valeska Jung, Mike Hoffmann, Teresa Harder, August Schmölzer
Votes: 29
39.
Katie Fforde (2010–2021)
Episode:
Herzenssache
(2017)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Eine Krankenschwester hat das Herz ihres verunglückten Sohnes zur Transplantation freigegeben.
Director: Helmut Metzger | Stars: Fiona Coors, Max Hegewald, Ralf Bauer, Idil Üner
Votes: 33
40.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Dublin, l'Irlande au coeur
(2017)
92 min | Documentary
Beginning of the journey near the Poolbeg Lighthouse (mouth of the Liffey river in Dublin): Sophie meets Michael Byrne who tells her that Dublin has been founded by the Vikings around the ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Lichtensztajn | Star: Sophie Jovillard