| 1952 | Gene Kelly | 8.1 | Comedy, Romance | United States of America | 103 | In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures. |
| 2016 | Damien Chazelle | 7.9 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | United States of America | 129 | Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they wor... |
| 2000 | Lars von Trier | 7.9 | Drama, Crime | Denmark | 140 | Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dream... |
| 2010 | Darren Aronofsky | 7.7 | Drama, Thriller, Horror | United States of America | 108 | A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". |
| 2000 | Stephen Daldry | 7.6 | Drama, Comedy, Music | France | 111 | County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles ... |
| 2020 | Elissa Down | 7.6 | Comedy, Music, Drama | Canada | 107 | After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition. |
| 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | 7.5 | Drama, Romance, Music | Australia | 128 | A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star. |
| 2020 | Laura Terruso | 7.5 | Comedy, Music | United States of America | 93 | A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions. |
| 1978 | Randal Kleiser | 7.4 | Romance, Comedy | United States of America | 110 | Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends? |
| 1987 | Emile Ardolino | 7.3 | Drama, Music, Romance | United States of America | 100 | 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 falling in love. |
| 2008 | Damon Santostefano | 7.3 | Music, Comedy, Romance, Family | Canada | 92 | A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty. |
| 2013 | Noah Baumbach | 7.3 | Comedy, Drama | Brazil | 86 | 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. |
| 2010 | Steve Antin | 7.2 | Drama, Romance | United States of America | 119 | Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's f... |
| 1961 | Jerome Robbins | 7.2 | Crime, Drama, Romance | United States of America | 153 | 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. |
| 2012 | David O. Russell | 7.1 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | United States of America | 122 | After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he me... |
| 2018 | Gaspar Noé | 7.1 | Horror, Drama | Belgium | 97 | When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who's responsible—before it's too late. |
| 2006 | Anne Fletcher | 6.9 | Music, Drama, Romance, Crime | United States of America | 104 | 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. |
| 2024 | Jon M. Chu | 6.9 | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | United States of America | 162 | In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West. |
| 2018 | Luca Guadagnino | 6.9 | Horror, Mystery, Drama | Italy | 152 | A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up. |
| 2012 | Scott Speer | 6.9 | Music, Drama, Romance | United States of America | 99 | Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans. |
| 2021 | Steven Spielberg | 6.9 | Drama, Romance, Crime | United States of America | 156 | Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. |
| 2014 | Trish Sie | 6.8 | Romance, Drama, Music | United States of America | 112 | All-stars from previous installments convene in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers. |
| 2010 | Jon M. Chu | 6.8 | Drama, Romance | United States of America | 107 | 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 change their lives forever. |
| 2007 | Adam Shankman | 6.7 | Comedy, Romance, Drama | United Kingdom | 117 | Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show. |
| 2008 | Jon M. Chu | 6.7 | Music, Drama, Romance | United States of America | 98 | 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 dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimo... |
| 1984 | Herbert Ross | 6.7 | Drama, Romance | United States of America | 107 | 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. |
| 1977 | John Badham | 6.7 | Music, Drama | United Kingdom | 118 | Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie. |
| 2011 | Craig Brewer | 6.6 | Drama, Music, Romance | United States of America | 113 | 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 in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process. |
| 1983 | Adrian Lyne | 6.5 | Drama, Romance | United States of America | 95 | Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream. |
| 2001 | Thomas Carter | 6.5 | Drama, Family, Romance, Music | United States of America | 113 | 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 brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills. |
| 2004 | Peter Chelsom | 6.4 | Drama, Romance, Comedy | United States of America | 106 | A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home l... |
| 2003 | Bille Woodruff | 6.3 | Music, Drama, Romance | United States of America | 94 | 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 way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she mee... |
| 2015 | Gregory Jacobs | 6.1 | Comedy, Drama | United States of America | 115 | Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance. |
| 1995 | Paul Verhoeven | 5.6 | Drama | United States of America | 131 | Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backsta... |
| 1996 | Andrew Bergman | 5.6 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | United States of America | 115 | Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog... |
