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Movies Like Dance

If you liked Dance (1990), a romance and drama movie directed by Robin P. Murray, 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. 1Dance Academy: The Movie

    Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.

  2. 2High Strung Free Dance

    High Strung Free Dance (2018)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama

    Zander Raines, a dazzling and tempestuous young choreographer, gives the break of a lifetime to two hopeful artists when he casts a stunning contemporary dancer, Barlow, and innovative pianist, Charlie, in New York’s…

  3. 3StreetDance 3D

    StreetDance 3D (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    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.

  4. 4Take the Lead

    Take the Lead (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    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…

  5. 5Staying Alive

    Staying Alive (1983)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance

    Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever still burns. Now he's struts toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

  6. 6Step Up All In

    Step Up All In (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    All-stars from previous installments convene in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

  7. 7The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes (1948)

    ★ 8/10Also drama and romance

    A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

  8. 8Step Up 2: The Streets

    Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest…

  9. 9High Strung

    High Strung (2016)

    ★ 7/10Also romance and drama

    When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common…

  10. 10Dance with Me

    Dance with Me (1998)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    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…

  11. 11Center Stage: On Pointe

    Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also 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. 12Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road (1949)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

  13. 13Step Up

    Step Up (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    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.

  14. 14StreetDance 2

    StreetDance 2 (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and drama

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

  15. 15A Chorus Line

    A Chorus Line (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a…

  16. 16Honey

    Honey (2003)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a…

  17. 17Heartbeats

    Heartbeats (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama

    When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who introduced her to it.

  18. 18The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous…

  19. 19Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance and drama

    In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As…

  20. 20Marty

    Marty (1955)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother, is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward, he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to…

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