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Movies Like On Top: Inside the Success of 'Top Hat'

If you liked On Top: Inside the Success of 'Top Hat' (2005), a movie directed by Karen Hillhouse and Eric Clawson, 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. 1The Band Wagon

    The Band Wagon (1953)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

  2. 2A Chorus Line

    A Chorus Line (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10

    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…

  3. 3Frances Ha

    Frances Ha (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10

    An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

  4. 4Funny Face

    Funny Face (1957)

    ★ 7/10

    A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

  5. 5Gigi

    Gigi (1958)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns…

  6. 6How to Be Single

    How to Be Single (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10

    New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…

  7. 7Step Up All In

    Step Up All In (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10

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

  8. 8Ninotchka

    Ninotchka (1939)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

  9. 9Match

    Match (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true…

  10. 10High Strung Free Dance

    High Strung Free Dance (2018)

    ★ 7.3/10

    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…

  11. 11A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born (1976)

    ★ 6/10

    Has-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the classic love story updated to the rock and roll era.

  12. 12The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes (1948)

    ★ 8/10

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

  13. 13Before Sunset

    Before Sunset (2004)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together…

  14. 14Looking for Richard

    Looking for Richard (1996)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

  15. 15Step 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.

  16. 16Take 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…

  17. 17Staying Alive

    Staying Alive (1983)

    ★ 5.8/10

    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.

  18. 18How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

    How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

    ★ 6.9/10

    It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and…

  19. 19My Old Lady

    My Old Lady (2014)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not…

  20. 20Us Again

    Us Again (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10

    In a vibrant city pulsating with rhythm and movement, an elderly man and his young-at-heart wife rekindle their youthful passion for life and each other on one magical night.

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