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Plot Summary:
Dirty Dancing is a 1988 television series on the CBS network. It is based on the film Dirty Dancing but had none of the original cast or staff. It stars Patrick Cassidy as Johnny and Melora Hardin as Baby. The show only lasted half a season, before it was canceled in January 1989 due to low ratings.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro
Best tv shows and movies like Dirty Dancing (1988):
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Dangerous Lady (1995)
Plot Summary:
Dangerous Lady was a four-part British mini-series TV drama, which aired on ITV and was based on Martina Cole's first published novel of the same name. The series premièred in 1995 and starred Sheila Hancock, Jason Isaacs, Susan Lynch and Owen Teale. Each episode lasted 60 minutes and was a Warner Sisters production for the ITV network.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 198 min
Plot tags:
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Manhattan Merengue (1995)
Plot Summary:
A realistic look at the life of a young immigrant man who comes to America with the hope of dancing on Broadway.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Las Vega's (2013)
Plot Summary:
The women of the Vegas family are full of debts, for this reason they decide to hire a group of male strippers and open a night club dedicated to the female audience.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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North Shore (2004)
Plot Summary:
North Shore is an American prime-time soap opera that aired on Fox every Monday at 8 p.m. EST for seven months in 2004 and 2005. It centered around the staff and guests of the fictional Grand Waimea Hotel and Resort on Oahu's North Shore in Hawaii. From Fox's website: North Shore premiered on June 14, 2004, with a 13-episode commitment from Fox. The show was canceled in January 2005 after a 21-episode, single-season run. The show ended on a cliffhanger, and the final episode of the series has only had a single airing, not being shown in most territories.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, soap opera
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Dance Brothers (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers trying to make it as dancers open their own club, but their artistic drive soon clashes with the business, threatening their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags:
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The Doctors (1963)
Plot Summary:
The Doctors is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC Daytime from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982. There were 5280 episodes produced, with the 5000th episode airing in November 1981. The series was set in Hope Memorial Hospital in the fictional "Madison," located somewhere in New England.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: soap opera, informative, medical drama
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A Perfect Story (2023)
Plot Summary:
When Margot flees her own wedding, she is left feeling adrift. Little does she know, it is David and his delightful chaos who can help her find her way.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 220 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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Princess Daisy (1983)
Plot Summary:
The lovely Daisy is the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star. After her parents are killed, she flees from her half-brother Ram. She fights her way to the top of the modeling profession and falls in love with a company president. But then, her half-brother arrives on the scene, ready to blackmail and destroy her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, romantic drama
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Hotel (1983)
Plot Summary:
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, retro, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Just Dance (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a Girls' Vocational High School in Geoje, six students dream to win a dance sports competition.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags:
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Love at First Dance (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hope is tasked with teaching Manhattan's former "Most Eligible Bachelor" how to dance for his extravagant, society wedding. But as the dance lessons progress, complications ensue when feelings begin to develop between student and instructor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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Beryozka (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story unfolds in the mid 1980s and centers on three dancers of the famous Russian folk dance ensemble Beryozka. A small town girl Varya lives in poverty with a sick father. She attends sewing school until one day she sees Beryozka's performance on TV and falls in love with dance. Every day Varya trains in her tiny apartment trying to master the 'floating step' technique on her own. The girl saves up some money and goes to Moscow to join the troupe. And Beryozka is ready to accept her... but only as a cleaner. However the purposeful girl doesn't give up and keeps training every day. Eventually the artistic director of the ensemble Nadezhda realizes that she has a real nugget washing the floors! As opposed to Varya, Lena has a perfect life. The girl from the Moscow professorial family dances all her life and is easily accepted into Beryozka. Lena's mother who always dreamt of being a dancer herself now actively pushes her daughter to choose career in dancing. But what does Lena dream about? The third girl, beautiful Edita lies to those around her that she is a daughter of wealthy parents, although she grew up in a remote village in Estonia. Edita was lucky enough to make it through the tough selection test and she will never spoil her chances for a new life. That's how the three heroines get into the same troupe and in the same dorm room also. Each of them will have to pave her own way to the big stage. In the meantime, the ensemble is going through hard times. Beryozka's manager will have to prove by hook or by crook that art has to be supported even during the economic crisis. Beryozka's artistic director Nadezha will have to defend her brainchild against the bureaucratic machine of the Ministry of Culture. At that moment she realizes how valuable is the support of her close friend Anatoliy, who has been in love with her for many years.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, emotional, inspirational
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Love N' Dancing (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a bored-with-life English teacher meets a West Coast Swing champion dancer, they have an instant connection. Both feel that the other can fulfill what was missing in their lives. Jake and Jessica must try to elude all obstacles, romantic or otherwise, to stay focused on the goal - winning the World Title and winning each other. Will they give in to the pressure or come out like champs?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, independent film
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King Lear (2017)
Plot Summary:
King Lear is an in-depth study of love, power and death. Through this film Shakespeare is saying, "Don't blame the gods or the heaven's for the horrors committed on earth. No. Blame hellish inhumanity on those who inhabit the earth.".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min
Plot tags:
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Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
Plot Summary:
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: retro, medical drama, vintage
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Girls from Ipanema (2019)
Plot Summary:
A 1950s housewife goes to Rio de Janeiro to meet up with her husband, only to learn he's deserted her, but decides to stay and open a bossa nova club.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, queer cinema, period drama
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New Tales of the Gisaeng (2011)
Plot Summary:
New Tales of Gisaeng is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Im Soo-hyang, Sung Hoon and Han Hye-rin. Written by Im Sung-han and directed by Son Moon-kwon, it aired on SBS from January 23 to July 17, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 52 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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One Life to Live (1968)
Plot Summary:
One Life to Live is an American soap opera broadcast on television for more than 43 years on the ABC network, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network since April 29, 2013. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues. One Life to Live was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and then to an hour on January 16, 1978. One Life to Live heavily focuses on the members and relationships of the Lord family. Actress Erika Slezak began portraying original and central heroine Victoria "Viki" Lord on March 1971 and played the character continuously for the rest of the show's run on ABC Daytime, winning a record six Daytime Emmy Awards for the role. In 2002, the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. One Life to Live was the last American daytime soap opera taped in New York City, based outside the Los Angeles area, and is now the second American daytime soap opera taped at the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford, Connecticut.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, sentimental, emotional, serious, sincere, saga, exciting
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Falcon Crest (1981)
Plot Summary:
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, realistic, serious, captivating, touching, sincere, melancholic, retro, saga, telenovela
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Empire Falls (2005)
Plot Summary:
A decaying New England town is the backdrop for its unique citizens, lead by unassuming restaurant manager Miles Roby.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 197 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, witty, contemplative, gloomy
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Medical Center (1969)
Plot Summary:
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, retro, vintage
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A Christmas Dance Reunion (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lucy Mortimer, a successful attorney who returns with her mum to their old Christmas getaway - the Winterleigh Resort - which is on the brink of closing down for good. Much to her surprise, Lucy is reunited with her childhood Christmas dance partner Barrett Brewster and the pair give the resort a new lease of life as the passion between them heats up.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Way She Moves (2001)
Plot Summary:
In Houston, the aspirant to photographer Amie receives a complete Salsa and Mambo dancing course from her close colleagues and friends as her wedding gift. Her wedding with the wealthy and arrogant Jason is close and she intends to dance.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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One Last Dance (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of tragedy, a renowed New York dance company is on the brink of collapse. After leaving the dance world for good, Travis, Chrissa, and Max are pulled in to resurrect the dance that shattered their careers. They have one last chance to save the company, re-connect with the passion and magic, and prove that miracles really can happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, romantic, sexy, independent film
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Hit the Floor (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ahsha Hayes enters the wild world of professional basketball when she tries out for the elite L.A. Devil Girls dance team against the wishes of her mother Sloane, a former dancer herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sexy, exciting, serious, realistic, soap opera
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Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
Plot Summary:
All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to succeed in the dance world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, motivational, funny, sex comedy, teen, realistic, semi serious
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Step Up Revolution (2012)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, entertaining, teen, light, serious, captivating, realistic, grindhouse, sexy
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Musical Chairs (2011)
Plot Summary:
When his dancer partner, Mia, lands in the hospital after an accident, Armando persuades her to train for an upcoming wheelchair ballroom dancing contest.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, realistic, captivating, sincere, romantic, romantic drama, serious, hispanic
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Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016)
Plot Summary:
While attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin feels constrained by the school's strict policies, and decides to set out on her own. Searching for a way to use her talents as a dancer and inspire the community around her, Melea rents a failing theater in order to put on a Hip-Hop Romeo and Juliet performance. But much like the Capulets and Montagues, conflicts between cast members threaten to bring the whole performance to a halt.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: inspirational, romantic, entertaining, feel good
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Honey (2003)
Plot Summary:
Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director (David Moscow) who casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, inspirational, teen, exciting, semi serious, romantic, entertaining, feel good, humorous, serious