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Dance-Centered Music Film movies

Music movies where dance culture is central: training, crews, competition, and identity through movement.

Work It

1. Work It

Comedy Music Dance-Centered Music Film Awkward Comedy
6.1
20201h 33min

Overview

A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.

Themes

Deception and honesty, Interracial romance, New team formation, Ambition vs parental dream, Competition as catalyst, Pursuit of validation

Available on

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Feel the Beat

2. Feel the Beat

Comedy Music Drama Dance-Centered Music Film Ensemble Comedy
6.3
20201h 47min

Overview

After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

Themes

Mentorship and growth, Performance pressure, Resilience and teamwork, Identity through dance, Ambition vs community, Inclusion through art

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Netflix
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Step Up All In

3. Step Up All In

Romance Drama Music Feel-Good Romance Dance-Centered Music Film
5.9
20141h 52min

Overview

All-stars from previous installments convene in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

Themes

Economic precarity, Dreams vs reality, Competition as catalyst, Collaborative resilience, Team loyalty under strain, Deception and rigging

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Battle of the Year

4. Battle of the Year

Music Drama Dance-Centered Music Film Sports Competition
5.0
20131h 50min

Overview

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

Themes

Teamwork under pressure, Coaching mentorship and growth, Underdog status and resilience, Cross-cultural competition dynamics, Pursuit of excellence

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Step Up Revolution

5. Step Up Revolution

Music Drama Romance Dance-Centered Music Film Passionate Romance
6.4
20121h 39min

Overview

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.

Themes

Community resilience under pressure, Urban redevelopment conflict, Artistic protest leverage, Ambition vs loyalty, Spectacle-driven negotiation, Betrayal and loyalty tensions

Available on

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StreetDance 2

6. StreetDance 2

Music Romance Drama Dance-Centered Music Film Feel-Good Romance
5.6
20121h 25min

Overview

After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.

Themes

Leadership and mentorship, Fusion of dance styles, Artistic risk taking, Personal tension and growth, Cross-cultural collaboration, Competition driven teamwork

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StreetDance 3D

7. StreetDance 3D

Music Romance Drama Dance-Centered Music Film Romantic Comedy
5.8
20101h 38min

Overview

In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.

Themes

Betrayal and loyalty, Resource scarcity, Leadership under pressure, Urban aspiration vs tradition, Cross-discipline collaboration, Teamwork and identity

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
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Step Up 2: The Streets

8. Step Up 2: The Streets

Music Drama Romance Dance-Centered Music Film Coming-of-Age Drama
6.2
20081h 38min

Overview

When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimore s underground dance battle The Streets.

Themes

Underdog persistence, Institutional gatekeeping, Outcast solidarity, Street culture tension, Artistic legitimacy

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Stomp the Yard

9. Stomp the Yard

Drama Music Coming-of-Age Drama Dance-Centered Music Film
5.4
20071h 54min

Overview

After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.

Themes

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Step Up

10. Step Up

Music Drama Romance Crime Dance-Centered Music Film
6.5
20061h 44min

Overview

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.

Themes

Class inequality, Betrayal and loyalty, Risk and consequence, Romance under pressure, Belonging through teamwork, Ambition through art

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
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