American dance films

1940 American animated film

2010 film directed by Darren Aronofsky

2016 film directed by Damien Chazelle

2002 film by Rob Marshall

2001 film directed by Baz Luhrmann

2012 film directed by David O. Russell

1961 film by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

1999 American animated film

1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino

1978 film directed by Randal Kleiser

1977 film directed by John Badham

2007 film by Adam Shankman

2006 film by Anne Fletcher

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who also played the supporting role Riff Raff. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s. The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. It is narrated by Charles Gray, with cast members from the original Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Theatre, and Belasco Theatre productions, including Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn.

2021 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1979 film directed by Bob Fosse

1969 film directed by Sydney Pollack

2012 American film directed by Steven Soderbergh

2008 film by Jon M. Chu

1935 film by Mark Sandrich

Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven, written by Joe Eszterhas, starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins, and Gina Ravera. The film focuses on an ambitious young woman hitching a ride to Las Vegas to pursue her dreams of being a professional dancer and showgirl.

Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.

2008 film by Damon Santostefano

2018 film directed by Luca Guadagnino

2004 film directed by Peter Chelsom

2015 American film directed by Gregory Jacobs

Footloose is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Dean Pitchford. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn a ban on dancing enforced by the efforts of a local minister (John Lithgow).

2001 film by Thomas Carter

2010 American 3D dance film directed by Jon M. Chu

1980 film by Alan Parker

2010 film directed by Steven Antin

2003 film directed by Bille Woodruff

1977 film by Herbert Ross

1936 film by George Stevens

2006 film by Liz Friedlander

2024 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

2012 film by Noah Baumbach

1983 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1929 animated film directed by Walt Disney

2014 film by Trish Sie

2012 American 3D dance film by Scott Speer

1895 film directed by William K. L. Dickson, created between September 1894 and April 2, 1895

1894 film by William Kennedy Dickson

2009 film by Kevin Tancharoen

1988 film by John Waters

1896 film by William K. L. Dickson, William Heise

2011 film by Damon Santostefano

1993 film by Thomas Carter

2004 film directed by Guy Ferland

1951 MGM musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen

'''''Breakin' (also known as Breakdance in the United Kingdom and Break Street '84''''' in other regions) is a 1984 American breakdancing-themed musical film directed by Joel Silberg and written by Charles Parker and Allen DeBevoise based on a story by Parker, DeBevoise and Gerald Scaife about dancer Alysha Williams.

1894 short film by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson

2011 film by Craig Brewer

2024 film directed by Gia Coppola

2023 film directed by Steven Soderbergh

2018 film directed by Paul Hoen

1894 film by William Kennedy Dickson

2000 film by Nicholas Hytner

1937 film by Mark Sandrich

1984 film directed by Stan Lathan