Best Dance movies of 1980s

Actors : Alessandra Ferri, Tommy Rall, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.

Actors : David Margulies, George Kranz, Kelly Curtis, Chico Hamilton,
Directors : Peter Keglevic,

Felix is a down-and-out young drummer who obtains a pair of magic drumsticks from a street vendor. He soon finds out the sticks are able to make native New Yorkers dance uncontrollably.

Actors : Patrick Perrot, Christiane Coppé, Marianne Valiot, Laurence Dubas,
Directors : Jean Rollin,

On the run from an asylum for the insane, a feisty young girl and a forlorn female companion embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers. Wandering from the fantastic to the farcical and back again,

Actors : Tom Sierchio, Jim Soriero, Josh Marcano, Nelson Vasquez,
Directors : Ken Handler,

A gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys, hence they call themselves the "Delivery Boys". They form a ...

Actors : Michelle Nicastro, Cameron Dye, Lorenzo Lamas, Vicki Frederick,
Directors : Marcelo Epstein,

Chilly is just a guy from the streets with a talent for break-dancing. When his wicked moves catch the eye of an industry pro, Chilly finds his dreams of fame and fortune coming true, for better or for worse.

Actors : Sergey Nikonenko, Aleksandr Feklistov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Aleksey Petrenko,
Directors : Yuriy Kara,

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra.

Actors : Tiana Alexandra, Rod Steiger, David Dukes, Brian Thompson,
Directors : Joel Silberg,

A cop goes undercover in to infiltrate a drug ring as Cinderella Pu, a Chinese dancer with a unique martial arts style. An agent, who is actually at the center of the ring, is attracted by Pu and claims he can make her a star.

Actors : Kari Väänänen, Sanna Fransman, Siiri Nordin, Matti Pellonpää,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

Classic lifestyle swaps to get the inheritance, via (kick) alcoholism with classic Finnish angst lifestyle take. Note: Very (very) marginal dance reference.

Actors : Aldo Ralli, Robert Gligorov, Sandra Venturini, Francesco Romei,
Directors : Lorenzo Onorati,

Young, sadistic and uncharacteristically introspective Caligula falls for a black slave girl who serves as exotic dancer at his court. However, she's secretly working for his cousin who plans to overthrow him. Will love conquer all?

Actors : Jean Dalric, Christina Engelhardt, Matteo Gazzolo, Claudia Giannotti,
Directors : Sergio Sollima,

The story revolves around Elisa, a young talented ballet dancer. After an unjust accusation at her school, she has to stop her studies. The events take her away from ballet but only for a short period of time.

Actors : Luis Grandpied, Antonis Theodorakopoulos, Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Betty Livanou,
Directors : Yorgos Tsemberopoulos,

Eleni is thirty-three, a would-be dancer who no longer dances, a woman no longer in love with her husband, leading an uneventful bourgeois life. Grigoris is a successful economist, a career...

Actors : Mathilde Altaraz, Muriel Boulay, Eric Alfieri, Christophe Delachaux,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

A Ruizian adaptation of Jean-Claude Gallotta's iconic wordless ballet choreography.

Actors : Peta Toppano, Wendy Hughes, John Lone, Steve Jacobs,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.

Actors : Valentine Demy, Jeff Stryker, Cully Holland, Lisa Lowenstein,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

Valentine Demy and Susan Little star in this erotic tale of a young girl who sets off from the suburbs of New York City to seek fame as a dancer on Broadway. She finds that her exuberant ...

Actors : Péter Andorai, Heinz Weixelbraun, Angelica Domröse, Fritz Hammel,
Directors : Susanne Zanke,

Lisa is hard-working, a judge in Vienna, exacting in her courtroom. She's also libidinous, energetic in drink, dancing, and sex. Her son Georg, of college age, lives at home. Her lover for ...

Actors : Amrita Singh, Anil Kapoor, Smita Patil, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Unemployed, alcoholic slacker lawyer Ravi Goel's life has no meaning and direction until his to-be brother-in-law, Police Inspector Ranbir Singh, offers his frank advise, and instructs him ...

Actors : Priya Rajvansh, Jackie Shroff, Zeenat Aman, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Chetan Anand,

Geeta lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed mother in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, who works as a Nurse in a hospital run by Dr. Bhanu Pratap, while she herself sings and dances in a hotel. She is...

Actors : Murali, Sunita, Vijayaraghavan, Mohanlal,
Directors : Dennis Joseph,

Appukuttan is a poor orphan and honest young man who falls in love with Sarojini. One day Sugandhi, a dancer in Alamelu's troop, was found raped and murdered. Appu became a suspect of this ...

Actors : Henri Szeps, Adam Fernance, Barbara Stephens, Queenie Ashton,
Directors : Bruce Best,

Juliet Cavanagh-Fforbes (Barbara Stephens) is a young Australian, single mother ballet teacher. Fed up with dating jocks more interested in themselves and sport... See full synopsis »

Actors : Fabrice Eberhard, Béatrice Camurat, Jean-Claude de Goros, Karim Allaoui,
Directors : Roger Hanin,

This movie starts with three men arrested for disorderly conduct at a dance. After they are released, they take a train trip, vent their continuing anger on a young Arab, and kill the man ...