Best Dance movies of 1960s

Lola(1961)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 49

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.





Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!(1965)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Haji, Lori Williams, Tura Satana, Ray Barlow,
Russ Meyer,

Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.



Mughal-E-Azam(1960)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.



North to Alaska(1960)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 6

During the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall.



Gambit(1966)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

An English cat burglar needs a Eurasian dancer's help to pull off the perfect heist, but even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.



Oh! What a Lovely War(1969)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 10

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.



Sweet Charity(1969)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her ...



Gypsy(1962)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.



Guide(1965)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A tour guide falls in love with a married woman, and helps her rediscover her love for dance.



Marlowe(1969)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.



The Patsy(1964)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 8

When a star comedian dies, his comedy team, decides to train a nobody to fill the shoes of the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man they choose, bellboy Stanley Belt, cant do ...



The Wild World of Batwoman(1966)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The pointlessly named Batwoman and her bevy of Batmaidens fight evil and dance.



Elvira Madigan(1967)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 4

The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.



Girl in Gold Boots(1968)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young woman leaves her job as a waitress and travels to Los Angeles, where she strives to become the top star in the glamorous world of go-go dancing.



You're a Big Boy Now(1966)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.



G.I. Blues(1960)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Tulsa, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer...but when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.



Two for the Seesaw(1962)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce. He meets up with Gittel Mosca, an impoverished dancer from ...



Darling Lili(1970)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Set during WWI, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.



Orgy of the Dead(1965)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

John and his girlfriend Shirley go in search of a cemetary in order to inspire John for writing his next horror story. After they crash the car, they wander into the graveyard and encounter...




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