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Plot Summary:
An aspiring Midwestern ballerina (Marguerite Hickey) struggles in New York as the only jobs she can get are as chorus performers. Her personal life is equally dismal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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A Secret Affair (2012)
Plot Summary:
Rafi (Anne Curtis) is happily committed to her lovely partner in life, Mark (Derek Ramsay). She's a bachelorette from a rich family, who belongs to the "Friday Club", the regular get-together of her college friends. Rafi is an attention-getter because of her in and out beauty and impressive credentials. But one day, a major life decision shifts everyone's impression of her. Sam (Andi Eigenmann), a rebellious, carefree and happy-go-lucky woman, who thinks that she can get away with her every dilemma. However, her perspectives turn 180 degrees when she meets the man who unexpectedly changes her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, realistic, semi serious
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Melissa (1995)
Plot Summary:
Melissa follows her dream of becoming a dancer all the way to New York City but finds when she gets there that reaching her goal might cost more than she is willing to sacrifice. In dire need of money, she becomes an exotic dancer in a strip club where a sinister love triangle puts both her heart and her life in danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic
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She Lives! (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal illness.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags:
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Time of Indifference (1964)
Plot Summary:
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: dread
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NY Export: Opus Jazz (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shot on location in New York City and starring an ensemble cast of New York City Ballet dancers, NY Export: Opus Jazz takes Jerome Robbins‘ 1958 “ballet in sneakers” and reimagines it for a new generation in this scripted adaptation. After winning an Audience Award at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, the film aired nationally on PBS’ Great Performances series and was nominated for the Rose d’Or Award.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags:
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Love Finds You in Charm (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young Amish woman, who isn't satisfied with her path at home, visits a cousin for the summer. Over the summer, she is exposed to another world, finds friendship and more. Soon she must choose and come to terms with the life she wants.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, touching, contemplative
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Story of a Love Story (1973)
Plot Summary:
Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful. As a result of his work, Harry has trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality leaving us to wonder whether the affair is real or just a figment of Harry's imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dancing on Glass (2022)
Plot Summary:
When immense pressure threatens a ballerina in a new lead role, she and another dancer escape into a friendship that isolates them from the real world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Promised Land (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ling Ai and He Jiang are young, ambitious, and in pursuit of careers imported from the West, but romantic longings and career ambitions are inevitably shaped by larger social forces.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story (1994)
Plot Summary:
Married couples, unable to conceive, are thrilled to find they are going to become parents, thanks to a larger-than-life "miracle doctor" and his unusual treatments.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: medical drama
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The Third Girl from the Left (1973)
Plot Summary:
A chorus girl comes to the realization that she is not getting any younger and that her longtime relationship with a nightclub comedian is going nowhere. She finds herself attracted to an unassuming but attentive--and much younger--delivery boy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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For Michelle (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Brett Cornell learns that the mother of a child he is alleged to have Fathered 5 years prior, has died in an accident, he heads south to try and take custody of the daughter that he never knew. Brett takes to desperate measures to make it in time to claim the young girl and prove that he will be a suitable Father. The consequences of his actions follow him, however, putting his life in danger, and potentially ruining his chance to save the child from foster care by raising doubts in the mind of his case worker, whom he has become romantically involved with.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Though None Go with Me (2006)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth Leroy devotes her life to serving God but her faith is tested over the years as she has to overcome many hardships and sorrows.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: period drama
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The Empty Canvas (1963)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring young artist breaks from his wealthy, possessive mother to live a bohemian existence in the artist's section of Rome and falls in love with a beautiful model who wants an uncommitted relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Something Wild (1961)
Plot Summary:
A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: social, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, crying
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Dying to Dance (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man must teach a woman to dance - at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: inspirational, thought provoking
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Silencing Mary (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mary Stuartson is proud to be the first in her family to attend a university, but when her roommate, Holly, is raped by the school's star football player, Mary, who is a reporter for the college newspaper, begins her own investigation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Malibu (1983)
Plot Summary:
A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people living in the community.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags:
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Sunset Song (2015)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, realistic, costume drama, historical drama, period drama
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Out of Step (2002)
Plot Summary:
Graced with the instinctive ability to dance, Jenny Thomas wants nothing more than to become a professional dancer. All of her hard work pays off when she is accepted to a prominent dance program in New York. Against her mother's will, but with the support of her father Jenny leaves her small Mormon town in Utah and heads to New York in pursuit of her dream. Jenny must fight to earn her scholarship and try to find a balance between the man of her faith and the man of her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Pan (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very strong in their opinions, and both are behaving a little strange. Love turns to hate, and instead of doing all they can to please each other, they do all they can to hurt the other person psychological. They both do a great job, and what began as a love story turns into a sad and depressing story of two ruined persons. The story is told by Thomas Glahn from his "exile" in Thailand, where he in the beginning of the movie receives two green feathers from Edvarda.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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The Bolshoi (2017)
Plot Summary:
Julia is incredibly talented. She can become a great ballerina. But for this purpose she must give up everything: the interests of the family, her first love, friendship. Over and over again the heroine will face a complex choice between the dream of beauty and real life. The history of the rise of a young provincial girl to the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. A film about dreams, beauty, and ballet.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: sad, realistic, artsy, colorful, colourful
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Birds of Paradise (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris must compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra National de Paris as they confront their competitive nature, sexual awakenings and how far they would go to win.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, touching, teen
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Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)
Plot Summary:
This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, captivating
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Six Weeks (1982)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Native Son (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young African-American man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, disturbing
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Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)
Plot Summary:
In Center Stage: On Pointe, Jonathan Reeves (Gallagher) is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his his top choreographers Charlie (Radetsky), Cooper (Stiefel) and Tommy (Wormald) to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be selected to join the Academy. Bella Parker (Muñoz), who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister Kate, finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers recruited for the camp. Chloe Lukasiak plays Gwen, a talented dance prodigy who competes at the camp. - Denise Petski.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: emotional, captivating, psychological, realistic, funny
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The Maiden Danced to Death (2011)
Plot Summary:
There were two brothers - two dancers - in Communist Hungary. One defected, the other stuck it out. One gave his soul to commerce, the other to the Party. After twenty years, they meet again. And the dance begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama
Country: Hungary, Canada, Slovenia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, atmospheric, emotional, family saga, independent film
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Flesh and Bone (2015)
Plot Summary:
A talented but emotionally troubled dancer runs away to New York City and quickly finds herself immersed in the cutthroat world of professional ballet.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, stylized, bleak, serious, erotic, mysterious, anthology, grindhouse, sensual
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Rich and Famous (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, erotic, sexy, intellectual, suspense