Movies Like Tangos Are for Two
If you liked Tangos Are for Two (1998), a drama and music movie directed by Jaime Chávarri, 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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Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicAll 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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Heartbeats (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also music and romanceWhen 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.
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Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
★ 6.9/10Also music and romanceJohnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the…
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Earth (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceA mysterious exterminator falls in love with two women who live in a distinctive wine-producing region in Spain.
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High Strung Free Dance (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also music and romanceZander 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…
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
★ 7/10Also romance and dramaAfter her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead…
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Tango (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also music and romanceA dangerous love affair inspires a director to create the most spectacular and boldly seductive dance film ever made.
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Dreams (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaA powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together.
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Blood Wedding (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and musicA dance troupe prepares for and completes a dress rehearsal of Federico García Lorca's tragic play "Blood Wedding," which is about a bride who runs away from her wedding with a former boyfriend.
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Dance with Me (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicYoung 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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Blind (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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Materialists (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaA young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
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The Rose Tattoo (1955)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceA grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.
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Killer Heat (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and romanceAn expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTold from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
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Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceClaire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.
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Purple Hearts (2022)
★ 8/10Also romance and dramaAn aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
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Star! (1968)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicGertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
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The Greatest Hits (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicHarriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides…
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West Side Story (1961)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceIn Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.