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1. Don't Worry Darling (I) (2022)
R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
While her husband leaves home everyday to work in a top secret facility, a young 1950s housewife begins to question her life when she notices strange behavior from the other wives in the neighborhood.
Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde
Votes: 146,615 | Gross: $45.31M
2. Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes
Votes: 256,272 | Gross: $0.62M
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: 105,356
4. Step Up Revolution (2012)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Director: Scott Speer | Stars: Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman, Misha Gabriel Hamilton
Votes: 58,165 | Gross: $35.07M
5. Billy Elliot (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Votes: 142,567 | Gross: $22.00M
6. Honey (2003)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Honey is a sexy, tough music video choreographer who shakes up her life after her mentor gives her an ultimatum: sleep with him or be blacklisted within their industry.
Director: Bille Woodruff | Stars: Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Romeo Miller, Missy Elliott
Votes: 47,429 | Gross: $30.31M
7. Save the Last Dance (2001)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr
Votes: 65,954 | Gross: $91.06M
8. Red Heat (1988)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross
Votes: 76,004 | Gross: $34.99M
9. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
R | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 77,241 | Gross: $15.50M
10. Shall We Dance? (2004)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 49,579 | Gross: $57.89M
11. Book Club (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
Director: Bill Holderman | Stars: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 32,429 | Gross: $68.57M
12. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Music, Romance
High school senior Katey moves to Havana in November 1958, when her dad gets a promotion at Ford. She meets a local waiter, who introduces her to sensual Cuban music/dance. They enter a big dance contest for the prize when he gets fired.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Diego Luna, Romola Garai, Sela Ward, John Slattery
Votes: 29,499 | Gross: $14.16M
13. The Trouble with Angels (1966)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Family
Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv
Votes: 5,770
14. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold
Votes: 27,904 | Gross: $4.66M
15. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
G | 138 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Votes: 7,028 | Gross: $34.34M
16. Breakin' (1984)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Ben Lokey
Votes: 7,236 | Gross: $38.68M
17. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 12,023 | Gross: $0.09M
18. Boat Trip (2002)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Two straight men mistakenly end up on a "gays only" cruise.
Director: Mort Nathan | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A. Fox
Votes: 32,363 | Gross: $8.59M
19. Out to Sea (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 9,514 | Gross: $27.97M
20. A Guy Thing (2003)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
A soon-to-be husband wakes up on the morning after his bachelor party in bed with another woman.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, James Brolin
Votes: 18,359 | Gross: $15.41M
21. And Then We Danced (2019)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.
Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Kakha Gogidze
Votes: 14,349
22. Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri
Votes: 2,203
23. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Abigail Breslin, Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack, Julia Ormond
Votes: 6,341 | Gross: $17.66M
24. Hula-La-La (1951)
Passed | 16 min | Short, Comedy
The stooges are dance instructors sent by a movie company to a tropical island to teach the natives how to dance so they can appear in a movie. The boys run into trouble with the local ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh McCollum | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Jean Willes
Votes: 322
25. Dirty Dancing (1988–1989)
24 min | Drama, Romance
A continuation of the movie of the same name where Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with camp dance instructor Johnny Castle.
Stars: Melora Hardin, Patrick Cassidy, Paul Feig, Constance Marie
Votes: 302
26. Ema (2019)
R | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Mariana Di Girólamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini
Votes: 9,254
27. Cousins (1989)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Romance
Two couples go to a mutual friend's wedding and end up swapping partners.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen
Votes: 5,132 | Gross: $22.03M
28. 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: 14,582
29. Lantana (2001)
R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.
Director: Ray Lawrence | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Blake, Kerry Armstrong
Votes: 20,222 | Gross: $4.46M
30. Special (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 15 min | Comedy, Drama
A young gay man with cerebral palsy branches out from his insular existence, hoping to finally go after the life he really wants.
Stars: Ryan O'Connell, Jessica Hecht, Punam Patel, Marla Mindelle
Votes: 10,263
31. Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure
An English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King, John Richardson
Votes: 426
32. Footlight Parade (1933)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell
Votes: 6,087 | Gross: $3.49M
33. One Last Dance (2003)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Romance
In the wake of tragedy, a renowned NY dance company is on the brink of collapse. After leaving the dance world for good, Travis, Chrissa and Max have one last chance to re-connect with the passion and prove that miracles really can happen.
Director: Lisa Niemi | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, George De La Pena, Matthew Walker
Votes: 1,648
34. Come Dance at My Wedding (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Drama
Tanner Gray is shocked to learn after the death of his ex-wife Andrea that he has a 25 year-old daughter, Cyd. He and his wife had met on a cruise over 25 years ago where they both worked ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: John Schneider, Brooke Nevin, Roma Downey, Christopher Jacot
Votes: 752
35. The Book of Revelation (2006)
Unrated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self.
Director: Ana Kokkinos | Stars: Tom Long, Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels, Anna Torv
Votes: 1,677
36. Kites (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.
Director: Anurag Basu | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori, Nicholas Brown, Kangana Ranaut
Votes: 13,756 | Gross: $1.60M
37. A Nutcracker Christmas (2016 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When her niece is cast in The Philadelphia Ballet's production of the Nutcracker, a jaded ex-ballerina is forced to come to terms with the life and love she left behind.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Amy Acker, Sascha Radetsky, Sophia Lucia, Catherine Mary Stewart
Votes: 1,785
38. 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: 6,378
39. On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith, Leon Ames
Votes: 3,058
40. Kaavalan (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Meera starts calling bhoomi, her bodyguard just to fool him by telling him she loves him. Problems arise when bhoomi falls in love with her not knowing who she is.
Directors: Siddique, K.R. Gowri Shankar | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Asin Thottumkal, Raj Kiran, Vadivelu
Votes: 7,553
41. Totally Awesome (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A spoof of 1980s teen movies.
Director: Neal Brennan | Stars: Mikey Day, Dominique Swain, Chris Kattan, Trevor Heins
Votes: 1,761
42. Assassination Tango (2002)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An aging hitman gets a contract to kill a General in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But when his mark becomes unavailable, he becomes involved in Argentinian tango culture.
Director: Robert Duvall | Stars: Robert Duvall, Luciana Pedraza, Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker
Votes: 3,383 | Gross: $0.97M
43. Circle of Danger (1951)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In the 1950s, an American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid in Nazi-occupied France.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair
Votes: 989
44. Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (2002)
161 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Munna Bhai, a dreaded Mumbai gangster, falls in love with a young woman named Komal. Things go hilariously awry when Munna sets out to marry her and has to fight off Dr. Rastogi, her brother, and Raja, her vagabond boyfriend.
Director: David Dhawan | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Asad Aleem, Ajay Devgn
Votes: 1,565
45. The Tango Lesson (1997)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A scriptwriter comes to Paris to work on her film. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Sally Potter, Pablo Verón, Morgane Maugran, Géraldine Maillet
Votes: 2,469 | Gross: $1.30M
46. On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)
115 min | Drama
Actor Kyung Soo leaves Seoul to visit an old classmate. The reunion with his friend does not amount to much, but the trip does lead to some romantic encounters. He gets involved with two ... See full summary »
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Choo Sang-mi, Ye Ji-won, George Georgiou, Jeon Guk-hyang
Votes: 1,465
47. Chocolate City (2015)
R | 91 min | Drama
Life for a struggling college student changes in an instant when he meets the owner of a male strip club who convinces him to give amateur night a whirl.
Director: Jean-Claude La Marre | Stars: Robert Ri'chard, Tyson Beckford, DeRay Davis, Vivica A. Fox
Votes: 1,216 | Gross: $0.21M
48. Love, Again (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Drama, Romance
A couple on the brink of divorce decides to keep their marital woes secret as they help their daughter plan her wedding. As the two work together on the happy occasion, they soon discover that their own marriage might just be worth saving.
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Teri Polo, Paul Johansson, Chloe Babcook, Lini Evans
Votes: 733
49. Dancers (1987)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Musical
A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alessandra Ferri, Leslie Browne, Tommy Rall
Votes: 352 | Gross: $1.19M
50. 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: 876