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Movies Like The Turning Point

If you liked The Turning Point (1977), a drama and romance movie directed by Herbert Ross, 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. 1West Side Story

    West Side Story (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

  2. 2Footloose

    Footloose (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

  3. 3Step 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.

  4. 4Center Stage

    Center Stage (2000)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world…

  5. 5Step 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…

  6. 6Last Night

    Last Night (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great…

  7. 7Dirty Dancing

    Dirty Dancing (1987)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly…

  8. 8Materialists

    Materialists (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and drama

    A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

  9. 9A 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…

  10. 10Center Stage: Turn It Up

    Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    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…

  11. 11Staying 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.

  12. 12The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer (1927)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the…

  13. 13Elegy

    Elegy (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual…

  14. 14Beyond the Lights

    Beyond the Lights (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her…

  15. 1545 Years

    45 Years (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and…

  16. 16The American

    The American (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.

  17. 17Synecdoche, New York

    Synecdoche, New York (2008)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

  18. 18Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…

  19. 19Endless 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.

  20. 20Endings, Beginnings

    Endings, Beginnings (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances.

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