When everyone in town falls under the spell of charismatic cosmetic surgeon Doctor Coppelius, feisty Swan must act to save her sweetheart Franz, before his heart is used to spark life into Coppelia – the ‘perfect’ robot-woman the Doctor has created.

Tango Shalom

2021

English

5.8

♡ 5

63%

Gabriel Bologna Director

Renée Taylor as Deborah Yehuda

Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Host

Jordi Caballero as Jose Hernandez

Lainie Kazan as Leah Zlotkin

When a Tango dancer asks a Rabbi to enter a dance competition, there’s one big problem—due to his Orthodox beliefs, he’s not allowed to touch her! But the prize money would save his school from bankruptcy, so they develop a plan to enter the competition without sacrificing his faith, and the bonds of family and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time in this lighthearted fable.

She Paradise

2021

English

5.2

♡ 2

88%

Maya Cozier Director

Kimberly Crichton as Diamond

Michael Cherrie as Papa

Denisia Latchman as Shan

Kern Mollineau as Skinny

17 year old Sparkle discovers a free spirited group of Soca dancers at a car show in the bustling streets of downtown Trinidad. Enamored by the glimpse of sisterhood, she uses her wit to convince them to take her under their wing. The women bring Sparkle into a dizzying nightlife of partying, glamour, and money, but as things spiral out of control, Sparkle is forced to make some tough decisions.

Ritual

2002

English

4.8

♡ 9

Avi Nesher Director

Jennifer Grey as Alice Dodgson

Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Javitz

Erick Avari as Dr. Peter Winsvold

Tim Curry as Matthew Hope

An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

English

7.0

♡ 1

55%

husband wife relationship

Charles Walters Director

Betty Blythe as Guest in Lobby

Amzie Strickland as Guest in Lobby

Margaret Bert as Mary

Kenneth Gibson as Party Guest

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

Assassination Tango

2002

English

5.7

♡ 4

48%

Robert Duvall Director

Michael Corrente as Cop at Newsstand

Robert Duvall as John J.

Kathy Baker as Maggie

Julio Oscar Mechoso as Orlando

John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual world of the tango.

Girl's Step

2015

Japanese

6.5

♡ 3

Taisuke Kawamura Director

Yûsuke Yamamoto as Keita Okubo

Takashi Tsukamoto as Keny Nagao

Fûka Koshiba as Narumi Katase

Hayato Isomura as Tamotsu Ikebe

Azusa (Anna Ishii) and Narumi (Fuka Koshiba) are 2nd grade high school students. They lack confidence and also any kind of ambitions. Hazuki (Karin Ono), Tamaki (Mika Akizuki) and Mika (Miku Uehara) are also unnoticed students at the same high school. These five girls form a dance club and begin to dance to get credits. They soon learn the joys of dancing and also learn to express themselves.

Dancing Pirate

1936

English

5.2

♡ 4

31%

Lloyd Corrigan Director

Pat Nixon as Dance-Class Student

Marjorie Reynolds as Dancer

Ellen Lowe as Miss Ponsonby

Max Wagner as Pirate

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.

Strictly Ballroom

1992

English

7.2

♡ 14

88%

husband wife relationship

Music

parent child relationship

Romance

transformation

Baz Luhrmann Director

Bill Hunter as Barry Fife

Tara Morice as Fran

Gia Carides as Liz Holt

Paul Mercurio as Scott Hastings

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

A Christmas Carol

2020

English

5.4

♡ 3

58%

Action

Animation

based on novel or book

Jacqui Morris Director

Grace Jabbari as Belle

Carey Mulligan as Belle

Martin Freeman as Bob Cratchit

Andy Serkis as Marley's Ghost

The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance.

Flight of the Swan

1992

English

6.8

♡ 1

Ngozi Onwurah Director

Wumni Olaiya as African Spirit

Rowena Meddeman as Bully

Charlotte Moore as Mrs. Mortimer

Hilja Lindsay Parkinson as Obe Kanayo

A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.

Rize

2005

English

7.1

♡ 2

84%

David LaChapelle Director

Christopher Toler as Lil C

Kevin Scott Richardson as Music producer

Miss Prissy as Self

Ceasare Willis as Tight Eyez

A documentary film that highlights two street derived dance styles, Clowning and Krumping, that came out of the low income neighborhoods of L.A.. Director David LaChapelle interviews each dance crew about how their unique dances evolved. A new and positive activity away from the drugs, guns, and gangs that ruled their neighborhood. A raw film about a growing sub-culture movements in America.

It's Hard But It's Fair

2022

English

4.4

♡ 1

Action

dance

Drama

Howard Bell IV Director

Osaze 'Agod' Niamke as Jooker #4

Kenon Walker as Mr. Joe

Kameycia Garvins as Nikki

Ketrick "Jazz" Copeland as Smoke

Charlene and her teenage son (Quincy) are forced to relocate to Memphis with her estranged sister (Gwen). Tensions quickly escalate between the sisters, while Quincy befriends the neighborhood hustler (Dawg) and becomes immersed in the city's gritty lifestyle and the subculture of the street dance called Memphis Jookin.

Matthew Bourne's the Red Shoes

2020

English

7.4

♡ 3

Matthew Bourne Director

Adam Cooper as Boris Lermontov

Michela Meazza as Irina Boronskaya

Liam Mower as Ivan Boleslawsky

Ashley Shaw as Victoria Page

The Red Shoes is a tale of obsession, possession and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page lives to dance but her ambitions become a battleground between the two men who inspire her passion. Matthew Bourne’s magical adaptation of the classic Powell and Pressburger film is set to the achingly romantic music of golden-age Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann, the production is orchestrated by Terry Davies, with stunning designs by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Groothuis and projection design by Duncan McLean. Filmed live at Sadler’s Wells in London especially for cinemas.

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

English

7.3

♡ 19

50%

Norman Jewison Director

Robert LuPone as Apostle James

Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot

Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene

Norman Jewison as Voice of Old Man by the Fire

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.

The Nan Movie

2022

English

4.8

♡ 8

Josie Rourke Director

Felix Scott as Arsemunch

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Mick

Jack Doolan as Terry

Parker Sawyers as Walter

Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell. Militant vegan arsonists, raucous rugby teams, all night raves and crazed cops on motorbikes all make for a proper day out. An origin story that mixes Nan's present with her past where we finally find out what's made her the cantankerous old bastard she is today.

Swallowed

2016

English

4.6

♡ 1

Lily Baldwin Director

Michael Dempsey as Carlton

Lily Baldwin as Sam

Sam, newly a mother, shops at a supermarket with her baby and husband Carlson. She throws a neighborhood shishkabob party and has a family Sunday breakfast. But through her smiles and picturesque tasks, there's a suppression. Sam’s grown something she can no longer contain. This breaking point is the film SWALLOWED, where psychological horror meets dance.

Akram Khan's Giselle

2018

English

8.4

♡ 3

Ross MacGibbon Director

James Streeter as Albrecht

Tamara Rojo as Giselle

Jeffrey Cirio as Hilarion

Stina Quagebeur as Myrtha

Hailed as a masterpiece of 21st century dance, Akram Khan’s Giselle comes to cinemas for the first time with Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, dancing the role of Giselle, one of a community of migrant workers cast out of their jobs in a condemned garment factory. The classic story of love, betrayal and redemption has been reimagined in this stunning new version, with sets and costumes by Academy-Award winning designer Tim Yip (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), an ‘ominous, gothic’ (The Observer) adaptation of Adolphe Adam’s original score by composer Vincenzo Lamagna and performed by English National Ballet Philharmonic, dramaturgy from Ruth Little and lighting design from Tony Award-winner Mark Henderson. Filmed live at the Liverpool Empire in October 2017, Akram Khan’s Giselle is directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon.