30 Best Dance Movies on Netflix You Need to Watch
Netflix offers a lot of genres and subgenres to its subscribers. There is almost always something for every taste, and the same is with dance movies. In this article, we are bringing you the best dance movies you can currently watch on Netflix.
Fortunately for dance movie lovers, Netflix has a big library of dance movies. From the Oscar winners, to some genre favorites, we are bringing you all the best Netflix has to offer about dance movies below. Check them out, and find your next watch.
Into the Beat (2020)
A ballerina discovers hip-hop by chance and is faced with an impossible choice: Does she pursue her family’s legacy or her newfound love?
La La Land (2016)
The film is set in contemporary Los Angeles, but the atmosphere is reminiscent of the golden era of Hollywood, and follows the young aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) and the jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling). They fall in love, and along with their love story, they also try to realize their artistic dreams. However, when their careers take them in different directions, their relationship is put to the test
Leap! (2016)
Felicie, an eleven-year-old girl without parents, has one passion: dancing. Her biggest dream is to become a ballerina of the Paris Opera Garnier. In order to realize her dream, Felicie and her best friend Victor come up with an ingenious plan to escape from the orphanage and go to Paris. Willing to do anything to become a ballerina, Felicie will assume the identity of her rival Camille in order to be accepted into ballet school. With mentor Odette and Victor on her side, Felicie will have to work twice as hard to make her biggest dream come true.
Feel the Beat (2020)
After failing to make it big on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly takes a job coaching a group of young dancers for a major competition.
Work It (2020)
When Quinn Ackerman’s acceptance into the college of her dreams depends on her performance in a dance competition, she assembles a group of dancers who will be the best team in school… Now all she has to do is learn to dance
Cuties (2020)
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.
Step Sisters (2018)
To get the college dean’s backing for Harvard, Jamilah has to teach girls at a white sorority to step dance.
Zola (2020)
A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.
Any Body Can Dance (2013)
When a capable dancer is provoked by the evil design of his employer, naturally he will be out to prove his mettle.
Any Body Can Dance 2 (2015)
Based on the true story of the Fictitious Dance group; their rise to fame, sudden downfall, and their heroic attempt to seek vindication by regaining their lost pride and glory.
You Got Served (2004)
Elgin (Marques Houston) and David (Omarion Grandberry) are best friends and leaders of the best dance troupe in the area. When the best group from another town challenges them to a duel, David and Elgin, along with their friends, must come up with and perfect the most original moves to maintain their status as the best.
The stakes are even higher when the friends start cheating on each other and discover their true motives. When the biggest battle comes to town, David and Elgin must iron out their differences to prove they’re still the best gang on the streets.
Happy New Year (2014)
A gang of amateur dancers takes part in a dancing competition to avenge their personal vendetta.
Bosta (2005)
Fifteen years after a traumatic explosion in his native Beirut, Kamal Maf’ouss returns from France, where he was nationalized and become a composer-choreographer. He reassembles youth friends from his late pa’s multicultural school. They pimp a decommissioned school bus to tour the country in preparation of Lebanon’s annual festival of the choral dance-song genre Debka. Opinions clash on their modern, cosmopolitan version of a traditional genre, even among their friends and family, while other personal problems complicate matters further.
Flashdance (1983)
A young, ambitious girl, Alex (Jennifer Beals), has a burning desire to become a dancing star. Financial problems force her to work in a steel mill in Pittsburgh during the day, while at night she is an exotic dancer. Her boyfriend, who is also her boss, Nick (Michael Nouri) helps her realize her dream. Alex wants to be admitted to a prestigious ballet academy.
She gets furious when she finds out that her lover is making connections behind her back. Alex also suffers from internal problems. He is in search of his own identity and acceptance of love and struggling with his own stubbornness.
Grease (1978)
California, 1959. South American Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Australian Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) are very much in love. They spend time on the beach, but when the holidays are over, they realize that they both go to the same school. Danny is the leader of a group that wears black jackets, and Sandy hangs out with the Pink Ladies, girls who dress in pink. Because of this relationship, Zunko becomes an object of ridicule among his friends. Danny and Sandy try to be as similar as possible so they can be together.
Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016)
A college student drops out to use her talents as a dancer in the community. She rents a failing theatre to put on a hip-hop production of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ but arguments between the cast members threaten to ruin the entire project.
Chance Pe Dance (2010)
New love convinces a struggling actor and dancer to enter a talent competition that could make him a superstar.
Yeh Ballet (2020)
Discovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.
Dancing Queens (2021)
The story of Dylan Pettersson, a 23 year old girl from a small island in the Swedish archipelago with big dancing aspirations.
Battle (2018)
Amalie works hard to fit into 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.
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure (2021)
An Irish boy and a Spanish girl journey into the mythical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life.
Break (2018)
Lucie, a young dancer suffers an accident. When she wakes up from a coma, she and her partner start training for a dance show. On the way, she starts looking for her estranged father, a path that might lead her to life-changing love.
The Lure (2015)
In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.
I’m No Longer Here (2019)
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
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One by Two (2014)
Aspiring musician Amit and dance fanatic Samara get a better insight of what life has in store for them.
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2020)
Behind the scenes at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy and their award-winning version of The Nutcracker, which blends a variety of dance traditions.
Step Up China (2019)
Youth from different social classes in Beijing come together to form China’s best dance crew and learn what it really means to be family.
Dancing on Glass (2022)
When pressure threatens a ballerina in a new lead role, she and an outcast dancer create their own world, free from others’ expectations.
Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance (2022)
Ivy and Bean are ecstatic to sign up for ballet class until they realize there will be no sword-fighting, kicking or “dancing to the death”. When Bean’s parents won’t let her quit, Ivy agrees to stick it out with Bean.
Battle: Freestyle (2022)
Amalie’s dance crew advances to the global finals in France. Torn between the love of Mikael, the longing for her absent mother, and her fire for dance, Amalie must choose. Who is she to become?
