Movies like Dirty Dancing
If Dirty Dancing's mix of hotel, daughter and dancing 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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The Man in the Moon
1991 · Directed by Robert Mulligan · 99 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship, coming of age · Also drama and romance
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance.
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Romeo and Juliet
1968 · Directed by Franco Zeffirelli · 138 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: secret love · Also drama and romance
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
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Charlie St. Cloud
2010 · Directed by Burr Steers · 99 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship · Also drama and romance
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown.
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Step Up Revolution
2012 · Directed by Scott Speer · 99 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dancing · Also music and drama
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
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West Side Story
2021 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 156 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dancing · 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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Step Up
2006 · Directed by Anne Fletcher · 104 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dancing · Also music and drama
Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 136 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: daughter, sibling relationship
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child.
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Big Hero 6
2014 · Directed by Don Hall · 102 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship, coming of age
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
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Footloose
1984 · Directed by Herbert Ross · 107 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dancing · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (1980s)
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
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Footloose
2011 · Directed by Craig Brewer · 113 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dancing · Also drama and music
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling…