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Movies Like Carmen

If you liked Carmen (1983), a drama and romance movie directed by Carlos Saura, 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. 1Center Stage: Turn It Up

    Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    All 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…

  2. 2Step 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.

  3. 3Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet (1968)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

  4. 4High Strung

    High Strung (2016)

    ★ 7/10Also music and romance

    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…

  5. 5Dance with Me

    Dance with Me (1998)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    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…

  6. 6Blood Wedding

    Blood Wedding (1981)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and music

    A 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.

  7. 7Footloose

    Footloose (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and music

    Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling…

  8. 8High Strung Free Dance

    High Strung Free Dance (2018)

    ★ 7.3/10Also music and romance

    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…

  9. 9Save the Last Dance

    Save the Last Dance (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her…

  10. 10Ruth & Boaz

    Ruth & Boaz (2025)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.

  11. 11The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

  12. 12The 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.

  13. 13Endless Love

    Endless Love (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

  14. 14Maria

    Maria (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and music

    Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.

  15. 15Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

  16. 16West Side Story

    West Side Story (1961)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    In 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.

  17. 17Take the Lead

    Take the Lead (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    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…

  18. 18Grace Unplugged

    Grace Unplugged (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and music

    A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film…

  19. 19Step Up 3D

    Step Up 3D (2010)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip-hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will…

  20. 20I Still Believe

    I Still Believe (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also music and drama

    The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

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