Movies Like Gotta Kick It Up!

If you liked Gotta Kick It Up! (2002), a tv movie and comedy movie directed by Ramón Menéndez, 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
Zapped (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and comedy
Zoey is a talented dancer whose organized life is rudely disrupted when she moves in with her new step-dad and three step-brothers, until she discovers a dog-training app that can get boys to obey her every command…
2
Cheaters (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.
3
Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama
Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie, Cooper and Tommy to recruit dancers to compete at a camp…
4
Alley Cats Strike (2000)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedy
A group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.
5
Go Figure (2005)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and comedy
Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
6
The Color of Rain (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama
After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.
7
Feel the Beat (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.
8
SubUrbia (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
9
Frances Ha (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
10
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and tv movie
A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.
11
Miss Stevens (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
Stuck at a crossroads in her personal life, it falls on high school English teacher Miss Stevens to chaperone three of her students — Billy, Margot and Sam — on a weekend trip to a drama competition.
12
Drumline: A New Beat (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
13
Double Teamed! (2002)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and drama
Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are…
14
Swimming with Men (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
15
Lemonade Mouth (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in…
16
Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and comedy
Three brothers get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. As they slowly get the hang of things, they find themselves on unexpected journeys of…
17
Ice Princess (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy
With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni, nothing can stop Casey Carlyle from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
18
Chang Can Dunk (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…
19
My Own Love Song (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
20
The Late Shift (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."