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Movies Like War Dancing - Dance to Win

If you liked War Dancing - Dance to Win (1989), a music and drama movie directed by Ted Mather, 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. 1Tuff Turf

    Tuff Turf (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.

  2. 2Honey: Rise Up and Dance

    Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music and drama

    Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

  3. 3Five Dances

    Five Dances (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A gifted young dancer arrives in New York City and joins the downtown contemporary dance world. With talent to burn, he soon must choose between his responsibility to his broken family in the Midwest, and forging a…

  4. 4Fame

    Fame (1980)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

  5. 5Flashdance

    Flashdance (1983)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    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.

  6. 6Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and drama

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

  7. 7Ashes in the Snow

    Ashes in the Snow (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her…

  8. 8Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and music

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

  9. 9Stomp the Yard

    Stomp the Yard (2007)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and music

    After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his…

  10. 10XOXO

    XOXO (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music and drama

    XOXO follows six strangers whose lives collide in one frenetic, dream-chasing, hopelessly romantic night.

  11. 11Center Stage: On Pointe

    Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also music 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…

  12. 12Maria's Lovers

    Maria's Lovers (1984)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

  13. 13Endless

    Endless (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and drama

    When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to…

  14. 14Clika

    Clika (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also music and drama

    Aspiring small-town musician Chito is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of…

  15. 15Killer Heat

    Killer Heat (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance

    An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.

  16. 16Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire (1986)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…

  17. 17Petulia

    Petulia (1968)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's…

  18. 18Time Is Up

    Time Is Up (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.

  19. 19The Mother

    The Mother (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

  20. 20Blue Story

    Blue Story (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a…

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