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

1. The Big Lebowski (1998)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Votes: 861,090 | Gross: $17.50M

2. 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: 92,497 | Gross: $2.47M

3. Despicable Me (2010)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.

Directors: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud | Stars: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews

Votes: 584,841 | Gross: $251.51M

4. Flashdance (1983)

R | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance

An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson

Votes: 59,618 | Gross: $94.90M

5. From Paris with Love (2010)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.

Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Richard Durden

Votes: 121,651 | Gross: $23.98M

6. Far from Heaven (2002)

PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Romance

In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson

Votes: 49,339 | Gross: $15.85M

7. Innocence (II) (2004)

R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery

A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.

Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Stars: Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, Marion Cotillard

Votes: 6,452

8. 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: 2,619

9. The Company (2003)

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

A young ballet dancer is poised to become the principal performer in a group of ballet dancers.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Neve Campbell, James Franco, Malcolm McDowell, Barbara E. Robertson

Votes: 6,846 | Gross: $2.28M

10. The Nanny Express (2008 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

With their mother dead, Emily and Ben torment their nannies to quit as fast as their father hires them. Till a nanny named Kate shows up and slowly wins Ben over. That's bad enough, but ... See full summary »

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Vanessa Marcil, Brennan Elliott, Stacy Keach, Natalie Dreyfuss

Votes: 1,511

11. A Case of You (2013)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

A young writer tries to impress a girl he meets online with an embellished profile, but he finds himself in a real mess when she falls for him and he has to keep up the act.

Director: Kat Coiro | Stars: Justin Long, Keir O'Donnell, Evan Rachel Wood, Gideon Glick

Votes: 12,339

12. 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: 6,881 | Gross: $2.38M

13. Help for the Holidays (2012 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Santa's elf (Summer Glau) helps a family (Eva La Rue, Dan Gauthier) during Christmastime.

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Summer Glau, Eva LaRue, John Brotherton, Dan Gauthier

Votes: 2,379

14. The Christmas Club (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Two busy strangers meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings. Thanks to fate and Christmas magic, they also find something they were both missing: true love.

Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Elizabeth Mitchell, Cameron Mathison, Zoe Fish, Jenny Pudavick

Votes: 1,675

15. The Human Vapor (1960)

Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a ... See full summary »

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Keiko Sata

Votes: 508

16. Dancemaker (1998)

98 min | Documentary

A look at Paul Taylor (1930-2018) and his dance company over several months in 1997. Preparation of Taylor's piece, "Piazzolla Caldera," from conception and rehearsals to opening night at ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Andrew Asnes, Rachel Berman Benz, Patrick Corbin, Ross Kramberg

Votes: 145 | Gross: $0.24M

17. The Same River Twice (2003)

Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, Adventure

From peyote to prozac, a sensitive portrait of five former hippies now approaching middle age.

Director: Robb Moss

Votes: 299

18. Bohulano Family Film Collection (1979)

Not Rated | Documentary

A collection of home movies of the Bohulano family in Stockton, California, spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Directors: Concepcion Bohulano, Delfin Bohulano | Star: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon

19. Kool - Dancing in My Mind (2009)

Documentary, Short, Biography

Robert Wilson pays homage to Japanese dancer and choreographer, Suzushi Hanayagi (1928- ). He mixes archival footage of her performances in the late 1980s and the 1990s, contemporary ... See full summary »

Directors: Richard Rutkowski, Robert Wilson | Stars: Suzushi Hanayagi, Robert Wilson

20. Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Episode: We've Got Magic to Do (2005)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Drama

Rory's World War II-themed DAR bash is a piperoo (even when suddenly impoverished Paris joins the proletariat as a server). But the bash goes smash when Richard confronts Mitchum Huntzberger.

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson

Votes: 1,116

21. Married... with Children (1987–1997)
Episode: Can't Dance, Don't Ask Me (1989)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

After Kelly gets in trouble at school, the only way she can get out of punishment if she joins the school's tap-dance club.

Director: Gerry Cohen | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Garrison, Amanda Bearse

Votes: 797

22. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: Star Witness (1960)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An accountant with a brilliant mind for numbers agrees to testify against the mob. But keeping him safe before the trial keeps Ness and his men on the run.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Stack, Marc Lawrence, Jim Backus, Jerry Paris

Votes: 102

23. Good Girls (2018–2021)
Episode: The Dubby (2019)

TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When Rio gives her an assignment, Beth is forced to take her kids with her. Under pressure from Turner, Ruby crosses a line there's no coming back from. Annie meets her new manager at Fine and Frugal.

Director: So Yong Kim | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson

Votes: 599

24. United States of Tara (2009–2011)
Episode: Pilot (2009)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Tara Gregor is a seemingly perfect American suburban mother, married to a loyal and supportive husband, a landscape developer named Max, and two teenage children, the flamboyantly gay ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Toni Collette, John Corbett, Rosemarie DeWitt, Keir Gilchrist

Votes: 499

25. Beulah (1950–1953)
Episode: The Waltz (1952)

Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy

The Hendersons are concerned when Miss Matilda, the instructor of Donnie's dance class, reports that their son is a awkward klutz and the girls had to draw straws to see who would have be ... See full summary »

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Hattie McDaniel, Ernest Whitman, David Bruce, Ruby Dandridge

Votes: 17

26. Community (2009–2015)
Episode: Interpretive Dance (2010)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy

Jeff runs in to problems when the study group and the dean discover that he's seeing a professor, while Troy and Britta discover each other's secret that they are both taking dance classes.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown

Votes: 4,172

27. The Great North (2021– )
Episode: Dances with Wolfs Adventure (2022)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy

Moon helps Wolf cope with their parents' divorce; Honeybee meets the most famous City Councilperson in Lone Moose, who happens to be an eagle.

Directors: Tom King, Will Strode | Stars: Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan

Votes: 173

28. This Is Us (2016–2022)
Episode: Our Little Island Girl: Part 2 (2022)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Beth prepares her dancers for the first big dance recital at her new job.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz

Votes: 1,117

29. Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode: Baby on Board (2012)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jay and Manny are left to accompany Lily at her recital as Mitchell and Cameron bring Gloria along as translator as they adopt a Mexican child. Meanwhile, Haley has a surprise announcement about her plans after high school.

Director: Steven Levitan | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell

Votes: 2,668

30. Alone Together (2018)
Episode: Mom (2018)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy

Esther's mom pays a surprise visit because she's concerned about Esther's life choices. Meanwhile, Benji tries to make some new Goth friends that end up being a little too risqué for his taste.

Director: Samantha Bailey | Stars: Esther Povitsky, Benji Aflalo, Fran Drescher, Edgar Blackmon

Votes: 42