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1. Red Sparrow (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 201,623 | Gross: $46.87M
2. Billy Elliot (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Votes: 142,856 | Gross: $22.00M
3. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,271
4. The Wedding Planner (2001)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamor. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Justin Chambers
Votes: 86,556 | Gross: $60.40M
5. I Am Patrick Swayze (2019)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography
An inside look at the life of Patrick Swayze as told by the people who knew him best.
Director: Adrian Buitenhuis | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliott, Kelly Lynch, Lori Petty
Votes: 1,025
6. Livid (2011)
Not Rated | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror
The suggestion of a big treasure hidden somewhere inside Mrs Jessel's once renowned classical dance academy will become an irresistible lure to a fiendish trap for Lucie and her friends.
Directors: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury | Stars: Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 7,800
7. On the Town (1949)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller
Votes: 18,789
8. The Turning Point (1977)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Music, Romance
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tom Skerritt
Votes: 5,184 | Gross: $33.60M
9. A Simple Wish (1997)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabby father lands a Broadway role.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Ruby Dee
Votes: 5,860 | Gross: $8.12M
10. A Princess for Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
At the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas, where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Katie McGrath, Roger Moore, Sam Heughan, Travis Turner
Votes: 9,187
11. One Last Dance (2003)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Romance
In the wake of tragedy, a renowned NY dance company is on the brink of collapse. After leaving the dance world for good, Travis, Chrissa and Max have one last chance to re-connect with the passion and prove that miracles really can happen.
Director: Lisa Niemi | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, George De La Pena, Matthew Walker
Votes: 1,649
12. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Family, Musical
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh
Votes: 4,222
13. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Not Rated | 128 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars
Votes: 3,944 | Gross: $0.09M
14. The Blue Bird (1976)
G | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl (Patsy Kensit) and her brother Tyltyl (Todd Lookinland), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the Fairy... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner
Votes: 1,261 | Gross: $0.89M
15. Save the Last Dance 2 (2006 Video)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Sara joins Julliard to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a Prima ballerina, but she soon falls in love with hip-hop and a young composer - both of whom challenge her ambitions.
Director: David Petrarca | Stars: Izabella Miko, Columbus Short, Jacqueline Bisset, Maria Brooks
Votes: 5,392
16. Dancer (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.
Director: Steven Cantor | Stars: Sergei Polunin, Galyna Polunina, Galina Ivanovna, Larysa Lavrikova
Votes: 3,198 | Gross: $0.04M
17. You Make Me Dance (2021)
10 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Song Shi On is an aspiring contemporary dancer who finds himself sharing an apartment with Jin Hong Seok, an intimidating debt collector. As their bond grows stronger, will outside forces derail their relationship?
Stars: Hyung Hoon Won, Choo Young-woo, Gun-rak Park, Lee Soo-ryun
Votes: 1,336
18. Little Tickles (2018)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.
Directors: Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer | Stars: Andréa Bescond, Karin Viard, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Deladonchamps
Votes: 1,685
19. The American Success Company (1979)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.
Director: William Richert | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Belinda Bauer, Ned Beatty, Steven Keats
Votes: 435
20. Dying to Dance (2001 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
A young woman succumbs to pressure at ballet school and develops anorexia nervosa.
Director: Mark Haber | Stars: Mary-Margaret Humes, Kimberly McCullough, Natalija Nogulich, Mimi Kuzyk
Votes: 375
21. The Obsession (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller
A ballet teacher's obsession with a young student leads him to date the girl's unaware mother in order to get closer to the object of his twisted affection.
Director: David Winkler | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Elise Gatien, Sebastian Spence, Jenny Cooper
Votes: 346
22. Mirrors (1985 TV Movie)
PG | 120 min | Drama
An aspiring Midwestern ballerina (Marguerite Hickey) struggles in New York as the only jobs she can get are as chorus performers. Her personal life is equally dismal.
Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Tim Daly, Shanna Reed, Antony Hamilton, Nicholas Gunn
Votes: 73
23. Walk with Me (2016)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year old Thomas steps on a landmine and gets seriously injured. At the local rehabilitation center he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Ohlin | Stars: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Cecilie Lassen, Karen-Lise Mynster, Silja Eriksen Jensen
Votes: 426
24. Bolshoy (2017)
132 min | Drama
A Russian ballerina struggling for one play in Bolshoy theatre.
Director: Valeriy Todorovskiy | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Valentina Telichkina, Aleksandr Domogarov, Nicolas Le Riche
Votes: 1,076
25. The Gold and the Glory (1984)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Sport
A young Australian man sets out to prove himself, leaving behind his ballerina girlfriend to train for the Coolangatta Gold triathlon, a race once almost won by his father.
Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Joss McWilliam, Nick Tate, Colin Friels, Josephine Smulders
Votes: 205
26. You Can Tutu (2017)
87 min | Family
A heart-warming family film about one girl's dream of dancing in the lead and realizing the only way to do it, is believing that you can.
Director: James Brown | Stars: Lily O'Regan, Stuart Manning, Rosina Carbone, Kelly Sims
Votes: 177
27. Un revenant (1946)
100 min | Drama
A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, François Périer, Jean Brochard
Votes: 289
28. Nijinsky: Unfinished Project (1970)
Biography, Drama
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Claude Jade, Rudolf Nureyev, Paul Scofield
Votes: 25
29. Megan's Christmas Miracle (2018)
TV-PG | 87 min | Family
Christmas story about a teenage girl that finds hope in a magical nativity display at her church.
Directors: Deven Bromme, Jason Campbell | Stars: Dean Cain, Brooklyn Nelson, Timothy E. Goodwin, Katherine Elise Shaw
Votes: 79
30. Salomé (2002)
PG-13 | 85 min | Musical
The story of Salomé told as one of extreme love and vengeance. A director prepares a troupe of flamenco dancers for a performance. He summarizes the story and describes his spring for the ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Aída Gómez, Pere Arquillué, Paco Mora, Javier Toca
Votes: 462
31. Sandy in Disneyland (1974 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Sandy Duncan hosts an all star Hollywood cast as she goes through Disneyland via different famous songs and meeting up with the different characters. Some include Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goof and others.
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Sandy Duncan, Ernest Borgnine, Ruth Buzzi, Ted Knight
Votes: 15
32. Getting to the Nutcracker (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Family
Every Christmas season, The Nutcracker Ballet is performed in cities all over the world. What does it really take to produce this ballet each year? Our documentary film, Getting to The ... See full summary »
Director: Serene Meshel-Dillman
Votes: 78
33. Birds in the Earth (2018)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama
Two sister ballerinas dance through the villages and forests of the Sámi land in this whimsical and disarming commentary on indigenous sovereignty and land ownership (The Sámi are the only indigenous people within the European Union area).
Director: Marja Helander | Stars: Birit Haarla, Katja Haarla
Votes: 117
34. The Blue Danube (1939)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
A conductor, in silhouette against sheet music, leads the title tune, which dissolves into a series of placid landscapes. As the music picks up, there is a water wheel, then a dancing fairy... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Harman | Stars: Marion Darlington, Jeanne Dunne
Votes: 218
35. Wonderkids (2001– )
23 min | Documentary, Family
Documentary series which follows children with extraordinary gifts and abilities.
Stars: Danny Fehsenfeld, Sebastian Jessen, Stephania Potalivo, Stefan Pagels Andersen
36. Wilde's Domain (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama
The epic saga of a great Australian entertainment family. Their domain stretches from the excitement of the circus, the thrill of the theatre and the dangers of the wild animal parks to the politics of the boardroom jungle.
Director: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | Stars: Kit Taylor, June Salter, Lenore Smith, Martin Vaughan
37. The White Crow: Ralph Fiennes and Oleg Ivenko in Conversation (2019 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short
Star: Oleg Ivenko
38. The White Crow: Cast and Crew Interviews (2019 Video)
49 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Stars: Ilan Eshkeri, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ralph Fiennes, Madeline Fontaine
39. Rudolf Nureyev: The Legend Behind 'The White Crow' (2019 Video)
4 min | Short, Biography
Stars: David Hare, Roselyn Bentley, Oleg Ivenko, Monica Mason
40. One in Five (1963 TV Movie)
25 min | Music
A television ballet about four clowns who discover that a fifth clown is different to them.
Stars: Peter Condon, Warren de Maria, Marilyn Jones, Robert Olup
42. Little Red Riding Hood (1953)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, and Grandma act out the familiar fairy tale in a wordless ballet, ultimately coming together to share in the refreshment of ice-cold Coca-Cola.
Directors: Don Patterson, Paul J. Smith
43. Sir Robert Helpmann (1975)
53 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Keith Salvat | Star: Robert Helpmann
44. The White Crow: Q&A with Cast and Crew (2019 Video)
31 min | Short, Talk-Show
Stars: Edith Bowman, Ralph Fiennes, David Hare, Oleg Ivenko
45. Pas de deux (2002)
35 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Director: Kinga Lewinska | Stars: Gabriela Kownacka, Krzysztof Globisz, Przemyslaw Chojeta, Malgorzata Sadowska
Votes: 17
46. The White Crow: The BFI Q&A (2019 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Talk-Show
Stars: Anna Bogutskaya, Ralph Fiennes, David Hare, Oleg Ivenko
47. A Little of Don Quixote.... (1973)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Director: Kay Roberts | Stars: Lucette Aldous, Artists of the Australian Ballet, Anthony Buckley, Peggy Carter
48. Don Quixote: Restoring the Impossible Dream (1999 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Lucette Aldous, Artists of the Australian Ballet, Robert Helpmann, Rudolf Nureyev
49. Universal Ballet in Russia (2012)
Documentary, Short
Dance Channel TV had the fortune to meet, interview and see the performance of the members of Universal Ballet of Korea during their visit to Russia, Moscow at the Stanislavsky Music ... See full summary »
Director: Arsen Serobian
50.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode:
Football Season
(1994)
Not Rated | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Tommy tries to learn how to play football in time to make the high school team and to stop Rita's Rhino Blaster.
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Austin St. John, Thuy Trang, Walter Jones, Amy Jo Johnson
Votes: 474