Movies like Dirty Dancing
If Dirty Dancing's mix of musical, catskills and 1960s stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dirty Dancing's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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West Side Story
2021 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 156 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also drama and romance
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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Save the Last Dance
2001 · Directed by Thomas Carter · 113 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also drama and romance
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school.
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Moana
2016 · Directed by Ron Clements · 107 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Nicole Scherzinger · Shares: musical · From the same decade (2010s)
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
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A Complete Unknown
2024 · Directed by James Mangold · 141 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: 1960s
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent,…