Movies Like Belly Dancing Enlightenment
If you liked Belly Dancing Enlightenment (2005), a movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
- 1

Step Up (2006)
★ 6.9/10Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
- 2

Flamingo Road (1949)
★ 7/10A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
- 3

Take the Lead (2006)
★ 6.9/10A 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…
- 4

Dance with Me (1998)
★ 6.9/10Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone…
- 5

Pumping Iron (1977)
★ 7.2/10Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou…
- 6

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
★ 6.6/10At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American…
- 7

Limelight (1952)
★ 7.9/10A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
- 8

Barbie & Her Sisters in a Puppy Chase (2016)
★ 6.6/10Barbie and her sisters go to an island paradise for a dance competition, but they must work together as a team to find their pets after their furry friends go missing at a horse festival.
- 9

Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (2013)
★ 7/10Barbie, and her sisters set off to the Alps for a riding tournament at their Aunt's Academy, but when Skipper finds out the Academy is due to be sold they set out to win. Barbie is distracted by the myth of an ancient…
- 10

StreetDance 3D (2010)
★ 6.5/10In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
- 11

Swing Time (1936)
★ 6.8/10Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She…
- 12

Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.1/10This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.
- 13

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
★ 7.5/10With mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the making.
- 14

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
★ 6.8/10Ordered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts.
- 15

Barbie: Mermaid Power (2022)
★ 6.5/10Barbie 'Brooklyn' Roberts, Barbie 'Malibu' Roberts, and sisters Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea go on an underwater adventure as they transform into mermaids to help save the world of Pacifica.
- 16

Love at First Dance (2018)
★ 6/10Hope is tasked with teaching Manhattan's former "Most Eligible Bachelor" how to dance for his extravagant, society wedding. But as the dance lessons progress, complications ensue when feelings begin to develop between…
- 17

There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
★ 7.2/10When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
- 18

Up in the Air (2009)
★ 6.9/10Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his…
- 19

Hairspray (2007)
★ 6.7/10Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends…
- 20

Flicka 2 (2010)
★ 6.7/10Carrie is a big-city teenager whose life is turned upside down when she moves to a horse ranch in Wyoming to live with her father. But everything changes when Carrie meets Flicka, a wild, jet-black mustang who's just…