Critically acclaimed Dance movies

Billy Elliot(2000)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.



Magic Mike XXL(2015)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 74

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.



Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary(2002)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", stylized as an Expressionistic silent film.



The Dancer Upstairs(2002)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.



Magic Mike's Last Dance(2023)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse.



Dancer in the Dark(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 68

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.



And Then We Danced(2019)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.



Farewell Amor(2020)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.



Jimmy's Hall(2014)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 67

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.



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?



Take the Lead(2006)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 65

The real story of a dance teacher who believed in the talent of a group of problem kids.



Burlesque(2010)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.



Cuties(2020)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named "the cuties" at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity - upsetting her mother and her values in the process.



Shall We Dance(2004)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.



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.



Camp(2003)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 63

After a series of Broadway flops, songwriter Bert Hanley (Dixon) goes to work at a musical camp for young performers. Inspired by the kids, he finds an opportunity to regain success by staging an altogether new production.



The White Countess(2005)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd -- and sometimes illicit -- jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.



How She Move(2007)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.



Rafiki(2018)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 62

"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.



Buffalo '66(1998)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 62

After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.




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