Best Dance movies of 1970s

Grease(1978)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?



Saturday Night Fever(1977)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.



The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.



Caddyshack(1980)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 51

An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.



Paper Moon(1973)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.



All That Jazz(1979)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.



Carny(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.



Suspiria(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A newcomer to a prestigious ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amidst a series of grisly murders.



The Goodbye Girl(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 16

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.



The Ruling Class(1972)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other, somewhat more respectable, members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue.



Shi di chu ma(1980)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Pai Wei, Biao Yuen, Jackie Chan, Lily Li,
Jackie Chan,

After failing his fellow students in a Lion Dance competition, Dragon (Jackie Chan) is sent away from his school in disgrace, on the condition that he must find his errant brother. Much ...



Farewell, My Lovely(1975)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.



Thank God It's Friday(1978)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 8

It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other ...



What's the Matter with Helen?(1971)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.





Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew(1973)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew.



Darling Lili(1970)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 4

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



The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox(1976)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.



The Band(1970)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Manager of female dance group and his cousin leads the group on a tour in the Rome and prohibit them to socialize with men. Problems occur when we see that one of the girls has a baby in Rome.



Nijinsky(1980)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Set in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical fact, this is the story of Vaslav Nijinsky, the young and brilliant but headstrong premier...




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