Movies Like non-dancer vs. obsessive aspiration for four perfect fouettés
If you liked non-dancer vs. obsessive aspiration for four perfect fouettés, a movie directed by Hannah Lewis, 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.
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Black Swan (2010)
★ 7.7/10A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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The American (2023)
★ 6.8/10American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
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First Position (2011)
★ 7.2/10A documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.
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Flashdance (1983)
★ 6.5/10Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
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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.
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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…
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Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
★ 6/10A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on…
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Daddio (2024)
★ 6.3/10A woman taking a cab ride from JFK airport engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.
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Footloose (1984)
★ 6.7/10When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
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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.
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Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
★ 6.9/10All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to…
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The Red Shoes (1948)
★ 8/10A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
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The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
★ 6.4/10In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
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The Novice (2021)
★ 6.4/10A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
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Boudica (2023)
★ 5.8/10Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, Boudica’s kingdom is left without a…
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Shall We Dance? (2004)
★ 6.4/10A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife…
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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…
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Feel the Beat (2020)
★ 7.5/10After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.
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What Maisie Knew (2013)
★ 7.1/10In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…
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Don't Move (2024)
★ 6.3/10A grieving woman in a secluded forest encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug. As her body shuts down, her fight for survival begins.