Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "modern-dance"

1. Suspiria (I) (2018)

R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela

Votes: 92,302 | Gross: $2.47M

2. Dance Moms (2011–2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Reality-TV

The series follows doting mothers and their childrens' early steps on the road to stardom, all under the discerning eye of a notoriously demanding and passionate dance instructor.

Stars: Abby Lee Miller, Nia Sioux, Holly Frazier, Kendall Vertes

Votes: 6,974

3. Frances Ha (2012)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.

Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen

Votes: 94,315 | Gross: $4.06M

4. The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

PG-13 | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The affair between a politician and a contemporary dancer is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.

Director: George Nolfi | Stars: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson, Florence Kastriner

Votes: 270,177 | Gross: $62.50M

5. Save the Last Dance (2001)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr

Votes: 65,978 | Gross: $91.06M

6. Passion (2012)

R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson

Votes: 24,254 | Gross: $0.09M

7. Thelma (2017)

Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.

Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen

Votes: 36,615 | Gross: $0.15M

8. Funny Face (1957)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair

Votes: 33,014

9. How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough of Croydon.

Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman, Matt Lucas

Votes: 12,396 | Gross: $0.08M

10. High Strung (2016)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Dancer Ruby, starting at Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, meets English violinist Johnnie, playing in a subway station. Music and dance follow.

Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Keenan Kampa, Nicholas Galitzine, Sonoya Mizuno, Jane Seymour

Votes: 10,242 | Gross: $0.05M

11. Saving Face (2004)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

Director: Alice Wu | Stars: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang

Votes: 13,433 | Gross: $1.19M

12. A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Bored, horny, and frustrated, a woman begins an affair with a teenage boy.

Director: Im Sang-soo | Stars: Moon So-ri, Hwang Jung-min, Youn Yuh-jung, In-mun Kim

Votes: 1,829

13. Pina (2011)

PG | 103 min | Documentary, Music

A tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante

Votes: 15,951 | Gross: $3.52M

14. Isadora (1968)

M/PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser

Votes: 2,613

15. The Book of Revelation (2006)

Unrated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self.

Director: Ana Kokkinos | Stars: Tom Long, Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels, Anna Torv

Votes: 1,678

16. Center Stage: On Pointe (2016 TV Movie)

PG | 92 min | Drama, Music

In this third 'Center Stage' film, Jonathan Reeves (Gallagher) is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his his top ... See full summary »

Director: Director X | Stars: Nicole Muñoz, Kenny Wormald, Barton Cowperthwaite, Chloe Lukasiak

Votes: 1,371

17. Can-Can (1960)

Approved | 131 min | Comedy, Musical

In 1896 Paris, a female nightclub proprietor fights against the forces of public morality for the right to feature her performers doing the risqué dance, the Can-Can.

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan

Votes: 2,490

18. Les Girls (1957)

Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Musical

The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg

Votes: 3,059

19. Pepe (1960)

Unrated | 180 min | Comedy, Musical

The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood director Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán

Votes: 1,146 | Gross: $9.60M

20. The Dancer Upstairs (2002)

R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

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

Director: John Malkovich | Stars: Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Mínguez

Votes: 6,877 | Gross: $2.38M

21. She Demons (1958)

Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Heroic, but dull, Fred Maklin and beautiful, but spoiled, Jerrie Turner wash up on an uncharted tropical island. They are soon captured by ex-Nazi Colonel Osler, who also has imprisoned a ... See full summary »

Director: Richard E. Cunha | Stars: Irish McCalla, Tod Griffin, Victor Sen Yung, Rudolph Anders

Votes: 812

22. Rainsford: Love Me Like You Hate Me (2020 Music Video)

10 min | Short, Drama, Music

Official music video for "Love Me Like You Hate Me" by Rainsford.

Director: Luke Turner | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Shia LaBeouf

Votes: 305

23. Great Performances: Dance in America (1976– )

Music

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Stars: Peter Martins, Suzanne Farrell, Heather Watts, The New York City Ballet

Votes: 50

24. Battle (I) (2018)

TV-MA | 95 min | Drama, Romance

Amalie works hard to fit in to a world where having it all is what matters - looks, money and dancing skills. Then she meets Michael, the street-dancer, who is different from any other person she has met.

Director: Katarina Launing | Stars: Lisa Teige, Fabian Svegaard Tapia, Vebjørn Enger, Charlott Utzig

Votes: 4,625

25. The Red Shoes (2005)

Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.

Director: Yong-gyun Kim | Stars: Kim Hye-su, Kim Seong-su, Yeon-ah Park, Lee Eol

Votes: 3,185

26. Polina (2016)

108 min | Drama

A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.

Directors: Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj | Stars: Anastasia Shevtsova, Veronika Zhovnytska, Juliette Binoche, Aleksey Guskov

Votes: 1,974 | Gross: $0.17M

27. Caroline? (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter of a rich man tries to solve the problems of his untrusting son and supposedly mentally handicaped daughter. But one question stands in her way: is she really Caroline?

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pamela Reed, George Grizzard, Patricia Neal

Votes: 516

28. Test (I) (2013)

TV-MA | 89 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1985, a gay dance understudy hopes for his on-stage chance while fearing the growing AIDS epidemic.

Director: Chris Mason Johnson | Stars: Scott Marlowe, Matthew Risch, Evan Boomer, Kevin Clarke

Votes: 1,732 | Gross: $0.02M

29. Taylor Swift: Shake It Off (2014 Music Video)

TV-14 | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Taylor Swift taunts her critics, making fun of the haters out there, jumping about hip-hop style and as a ballerina, giving all the meanies what for. Her fans - of all shapes and sizes - join in on her antics. Take that, meanies.

Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Taylor Swift, Amanda Cleghorn, Chelsea Conwright, Samantha Abrams

Votes: 1,592

30. Devil Doll (1964)

81 min | Horror

An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.

Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain, Sandra Dorne

Votes: 2,542

31. Black Sheep Boy (1995)

Unrated | 37 min | Short, Fantasy

The psychological and emotional motivations of gay sexual fetish, especially relating to gay male teens maturing into men and their sexual exploits.

Director: Michael Wallin | Stars: Stuart Cataldo, Drew Daniel, Peter Dunaj, Andrew Durham

Votes: 97

32. Let's Dance (I) (2006– )

Family, Game-Show, Music

German version of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing. Features German B or C-list celebrities teaming up with professional dancers to compete against each other in a dancing competition.

Stars: Joachim Llambi, Kathrin Menzinger, Motsi Mabuse, Jorge Gonzalez

Votes: 160

33. Ho Ja Mukt (2023)

142 min | Drama

21-year old Vicky is diagnosed with mental health issues and starts having illusory images which he needs to break out of while his parents constantly fail to understand his situation.

Director: Sumeet Nagdev | Stars: Shibani Bedi, Asif Ali Beg, Krishna Chaturvedi, Sasha Goradia

Votes: 106

34. Sigur Rós: Fjögur píanó (2012 Music Video)

10 min | Short, Drama, Music

A beautiful journey through the aspects of love, showing a balance between pain and satisfaction.

Director: Alma Har'el | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Denna Thomsen, Ryan Heffington, Austin Westbay

Votes: 853

35. Cunningham (2019)

PG | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgan's 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Director: Alla Kovgan | Stars: Carolyn Brown, John Cage, Ashley Chen, Brandon Collwes

Votes: 447

36. Madonna: The MDNA Tour (2013 TV Special)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Music

Madonna returns to stadiums and arenas for her ninth tour, and the highest grossing tour of 2012.

Directors: Mark Ritchie, Stéphane Sennour, Danny Tull, Tom Munro | Stars: Madonna, Kevin Antunes, Monte Pittman, Rickey Pageot

Votes: 1,133

37. Iberia (2005)

99 min | Documentary, Musical

A series of dances inspired by composer Isaac Albéniz's "Iberia" suite.

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Sara Baras, Antonio Canales, Marta Carrasco, Aída Gómez

Votes: 417

38. The Heirloom (2005)

Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Horror

A Taiwanese man returns to the island after years abroad when he inherits a house. When he and his fiancé move in, strange things start to happen.

Director: Leste Chen | Stars: Terri Kwan, Jason Chang, Chia-Hui Chang, Tender Huang

Votes: 834

39. Tori (2004)

62 min

An episode film in five parts: 1. "Tori" is a cartoon on the theme of birds. 2. "Heart of sword" is a fantasy-like, stylized triangle drama. 3. "Ato" is a silent documentary about graffiti ... See full summary »

Director: Tadanobu Asano | Stars: Shogen, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, Masaru Miyazaki

Votes: 49

40. Mitski: Working for the Knife (2021 Music Video)

5 min | Music

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Director: Zia Anger | Star: Mitski

Votes: 10

41. Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men (1989 Video)

52 min

Explores serial killer Dennis Nilsen interwoven notions of loneliness, desire and trust. Founded upon the conviction that societal homophobia often results in tragic consequences that drove Nilsen to kill for company.

Director: David Hinton | Stars: Lloyd Newson, Nigel Charnock, Russell Maliphant, Douglas Wright

Votes: 81

42. Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis (1986)

57 min | Documentary

In 1985 director Christian Blackwood embarked on a documentary project about his landlords and neighbors at 115 Bank Street in Manhattan, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. The project ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Blackwood | Stars: Murray Louis, Alwin Nikolais

43. The Cake-Walk Infernal (1903)

Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

Deep into a vast cavern of the pitch-black inferno, a couple of professional dancers demonstrate the cakewalk that is currently so much in vogue, and now, everyone in the once-gloomy underworld is doing the crazy dance. Who is the best?

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 1,202

44. Angel in Red (2015)

TV-G | 19 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Angel in Red is a short, experimental dance documentary by filmmaker Cara Myers of Vespera Films that tells a universal message about death in an emotionally driven, uplifting way through dance.

Director: Cara Myers | Stars: Koree Case, Tori David, Eli Dewitz, Skylar Peters

Votes: 7

45. Ghostlight (2003)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy

This film portrait of modern dance legend Martha Graham examines the creative process, as well as important events in Martha's pioneering career. Plays thematically with time and memory, ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Herrmann | Stars: Richard Move, Ann Magnuson, Debbie Harry, Mark Morris

Votes: 51

46. CQ2 (Seek You Too) (2004)

100 min | Drama

CQ2 (seek you too) is the story of an teenager, with an uncertain future, who canalises her lust for life in the study of contemporary dance.

Director: Carole Laure | Stars: Clara Furey, Danielle Hubbard, Mireille Thibault, Jean-Marc Barr

Votes: 181

47. Bauhaus World (2019)

164 min | Documentary, History

How has the Bauhaus school of architecture and design, Germany's best-known art-school, shaped the world we live in today?

Stars: Laura Wilkinson, Annemarie Jaeggi, Claudia Perren, Yinka Ilori

Votes: 12

48. Melbourne Shuffler (2005 Video)

78 min | Documentary, Music

Dance music has spread across the world transcending religious & racial barriers connecting to the hearts and souls of millions. People have always felt the rhythm of music and have as a ... See full summary »

Directors: Stephen Coles, David Knispel, Michael Knispel | Stars: Tim Day-Lewis, Mike Daniel, Scott Alert, Pascal Feliz

Votes: 60

49. Cage/Cunningham (1991)

100 min | Documentary

A look at the 50-year relationship between composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham.

Director: Elliot Caplan | Stars: Bonnie Bird, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Viola Farber

Votes: 16

50. Totosexy (1963)

90 min | Comedy, Musical

Two strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time.

Director: Mario Amendola | Stars: Totò, Erminio Macario, Mario Castellani, Gianni Agus

Votes: 113