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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: 92,534 | Gross: $2.47M
2. Red Sparrow (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 201,759 | Gross: $46.87M
3. Redemption (I) (2013)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.
Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong
Votes: 77,076 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Leap! (2016)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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.
Directors: Eric Summer, Éric Warin | Stars: Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Carly Rae Jepsen, Maddie Ziegler
Votes: 24,404 | Gross: $24.70M
5. Saving Face (2004)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Director: Alice Wu | Stars: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang
Votes: 13,450 | Gross: $1.19M
6. Limelight (1952)
G | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton
Votes: 22,153 | Gross: $1.00M
7. Grand Hotel (I) (1932)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery
Votes: 20,889 | Gross: $2.69M
8. Ballet (1989)
101 min | Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Young American ballerina enrolls in a prestigious ballet school in Hungary. She suddenly becomes inexplicably obsessed with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and her personality completely changes. A young man in love with her investigates.
Director: Peter Del Monte | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Gary McCleery, Laurent Terzieff, Olimpia Carlisi
Votes: 825
9. Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
When the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, Alan King
Votes: 16,034 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Ballet of Blood (2015)
TV-MA | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Two ballerinas plan a gruesome attack on the ballet school that mistreated them.
Director: Jared Masters | Stars: Sydney Black, Mindy Robinson, Jesse Aaron, Dallas Chandler
Votes: 297
11. Love Hurts (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly separated father has to learn how to date again with help from his teenage son who himself dreams of conquering one girl's heart.
Director: Barra Grant | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Carrie-Anne Moss, Johnny Pacar, Jenna Elfman
Votes: 1,489
12. The Red Danube (1949)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, War
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 717
13. A Ballerina's Tale (2015)
Unrated | 85 min | Documentary
A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.
Director: Nelson George | Stars: Misty Copeland, Deirdre Kelly, Susan Fales-Hill, Leyla Fayyaz
Votes: 713 | Gross: $0.10M
14. The Firebird (1952)
99 min | Drama, Music
Italian opera singer visits the Royal Opera in Stockholm and falls in love with the prima ballerina.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Ellen Rasch, Tito Gobbi, Eva Henning, Bengt Blomgren
Votes: 82
15. Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (2016)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the American dancer Wendy Whelan
Directors: Linda Saffire, Adam Schlesinger | Stars: Peter Martins, David Prottas, Wendy Whelan
Votes: 383 | Gross: $0.13M
16. The Cossack Whip (1916)
61 min | Drama
Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he believes to be infested with rebels. The Cossacks attack the village and massacre almost ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Collins | Stars: Viola Dana, Grace Williams, Robert Walker, Frank Farrington
Votes: 95
17. Aurélie Dupont danse l'espace d'un instant (2010 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Director Cédric Klapisch paints a portrait of Aurélie Dupont, star dancer of the Paris Opera ballet, which was filmed for three years, between 2006 and 2009.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Aurélie Dupont, Manuel Legris, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Laurent Hilaire
Votes: 43
18. Adolphe Adam Giselle (1976 TV Movie)
84 min | Musical
Director: Norman Campbell | Stars: Karen Kain, Frank Augustyn, Nadia Potts, Hazaros Surmiyan
Votes: 5
19. Portrait of a Dancer: Lauren Cuthbertson (2015)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The London Royal Ballet principal's triumph over near-career ending injury and pain.
Director: Andrew Margetson | Star: Lauren Cuthbertson
20. Portrait of a Dancer: Sarah Lamb (2015)
4 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Malcolm Venville | Stars: Sarah Lamb, Virginia Woolf
Votes: 8
21. A Monologue in the Intermission (2017)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Vessa Tonova, a Bulgarian classical ballet dancer, is getting ready to retire after 25 years. Performing Swan Lake for the very last time, she speaks of her past and, more importantly, her ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Vulchev | Star: Vessa Tonova
22. Janet: A Silent Ballet Film (2014)
20 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Four Edgar Degas paintings come to life in this haunting silent ballet film about alienation, acceptance, and the powerful, enduring legacy of Janet Collins, the first African-American ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Stone | Stars: Sarah Baer, Kiara Felder, Agatha Franca, Veronica Francis
23. The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 9: The Arrow of Dead (1989 TV Movie)
72 min | Mystery
Director: Ikuo Sekimoto | Stars: Kayo Matsuo, Takashi Yamaguchi, Natsuko Migiwa, Yôko Nagayama
24.
Prodigal Son (2019–2021)
Episode:
Scheherazade
(2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ballet dancer is mysteriously poisoned; Jessica reunites with an old friend; Bright and Eve turn to Martin for answers regarding the girl in the box. (Bell TV)
Director: Dermott Downs | Stars: Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Perrineau
Votes: 662