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Movies Like Ballet After Dark

If you liked Ballet After Dark (2019), a movie directed by Barbara K. Asare-Bediako, 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. 1Step Up

    Step Up (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Delinquent 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. 2Frankie & Alice

    Frankie & Alice (2010)

    ★ 6/10

    A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

  3. 3Flashdance

    Flashdance (1983)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Alex 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.

  4. 4Limelight

    Limelight (1952)

    ★ 7.9/10

    A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

  5. 5Take the Lead

    Take the Lead (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A 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…

  6. 6StreetDance 3D

    StreetDance 3D (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10

    In 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.

  7. 7Steel Magnolias

    Steel Magnolias (1989)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

  8. 8Flawless

    Flawless (1999)

    ★ 6.1/10

    An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

  9. 9I Believe in Unicorns

    I Believe in Unicorns (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

  10. 10Bedrooms and Hallways

    Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10

    At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.

  11. 11The Trials of Cate McCall

    The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)

    ★ 6.4/10

    In 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.

  12. 12Dance with Me

    Dance with Me (1998)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Young 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…

  13. 13Sightless

    Sightless (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.

  14. 14StreetDance 2

    StreetDance 2 (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10

    After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.

  15. 15Born to Dance

    Born to Dance (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Coming of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip-hop dancer.

  16. 16IMAX Hubble

    IMAX Hubble (2010)

    ★ 7.1/10

    An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

  17. 17Breakin'

    Breakin' (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.

  18. 18Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  19. 19At First Sight

    At First Sight (1999)

    ★ 6/10

    A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

  20. 20You Got Served

    You Got Served (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10

    At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers — and their moves — two warring friends have to pull…

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