we have an audience these films make us
want to shake our groove things welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
dance movies number 10 step up kicking
off our list is the first film in a
blockbuster dance franchise and the
flick that gave Channing Tatum his break
the chemistry between this real-life
couple is palpable the music is hot and
the dance moves are slick
once again you can shake it thing
when Tatum’s working class character
accidentally realizes he’s got the moves
he’s practically forced into a
partnership with a snobby dancer no
problems ensue but they’re always able
to dance it out
number nine white knights tap legend
Gregory Hines and ballet icon Mikhail
Baryshnikov showcased their completely
different styles in a story that hits
close to home for the defected Russian
dancer but the narrative isn’t why this
movie is worth seeing and it’s not why
the movie is on this list white knights
feature some of the most perfect dance
sequences ever put to film cheesy 80s
music included
number eight Billy Elliot this British
film takes a tired story and adds enough
heart and great dancing to make a hit
ah Billy is a coal miners son who
discovers his love and talent for ballet
he comes up against the challenges you’d
expect but his dancing helps him rise
above expectations we see Ugly Duckling
Billy struggled to find his inner dancer
until he finally emerges a graceful Swan
number seven saved the last dance a
suburban white girl moves to a primarily
black neighborhood after her mother’s
death that is the basic story but then
there’s the dancing as this ballerina
falls in love with one of her classmates
she expands her outlook and her dance
training by participating in his urban
culture okay sounds like a cliche but
what can we say we love a good dance
montage number six top hat or I’ll be
there
putting down the top-hat mussing up a
white time that’s in the player any
dance movie list would be incomplete
without Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
the plot to this film may be ridiculous
but the dancing sets at high above most
and makes it one of the pair’s most
famous outings Astaire insisted his
dance sequences be filmed in one
unedited take so it’s a wonder their
routines didn’t leave them breathless
though they definitely do that for
audiences number five singing in the
rain if there’s anyone who comes close
to Fred Astaire its Gene Kelly this
flick has held up well over the years
and many of its songs are iconic making
it one of the most beloved films of all
time
good morning good morning
we’ve talked the whole night good
morning good morning to you
despite the high fever he was suffering
through while filming it Kelly’s famous
rain dance sequence is easily one of the
most memorable movie dances in history
number four Flashdance
what a feeling this movie gives us
critics hate it it’s typical 80s and it
has lots of leg warmers
but Flashdance has to be on a list of
great dance movies welder by day exotic
dancer by night our star dreams of being
a ballerina critically acclaimed music
sets the stage for iconic dances that
are enough to get even the stuffiest of
stuffed shirts moving
this maniac has been parodied by
everyone from Spice Girl Geri Halliwell
to Fly Girl
JLo number three Saturday Night Fever
this movie is a disco inferno set to a
beachy soundtrack John Travolta shows
off his hottest dance moves in his
widest leisure suit deep characters
helped the story stand on its own but
this is a legendary dance movie because
pretty much every disco move you think
you know you learned from this film no
wonder it’s stayin alive after all these
years
number two Footloose city boy moves to a
small town where dancing and rock and
roll is outlawed so obviously there’s
tons of dancing and rock and roll in
this flick
Oh
John Lithgow is the bad guy behind the
ban but his daughter is the apple of our
hero’s eye hi kevin bacon manages to
save the town from its humdrum future in
time for prom and by the end everyone is
dancin
number one dirty dancing go cuz she
doing this
she came with me season me I carried a
watermelon
taking the top spot on our list is a
movie filled with dirty dancing clean
dancing and everything in between
characters from different backgrounds
come together again to bring us all the
things we love about this type of movie
nostalgia great songs montages and a
sexy star to tie everything together I
mean who wouldn’t fall for their dance
teacher if it was Patrick Swayze circa
1987
there’s so many beloved dance movies we
could never get them all on one list let
us know which of your favorites we’ve
forgotten by subscribing to
watchmojo.com
want to shake our groove things welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
dance movies number 10 step up kicking
off our list is the first film in a
blockbuster dance franchise and the
flick that gave Channing Tatum his break
the chemistry between this real-life
couple is palpable the music is hot and
the dance moves are slick
once again you can shake it thing
when Tatum’s working class character
accidentally realizes he’s got the moves
he’s practically forced into a
partnership with a snobby dancer no
problems ensue but they’re always able
to dance it out
number nine white knights tap legend
Gregory Hines and ballet icon Mikhail
Baryshnikov showcased their completely
different styles in a story that hits
close to home for the defected Russian
dancer but the narrative isn’t why this
movie is worth seeing and it’s not why
the movie is on this list white knights
feature some of the most perfect dance
sequences ever put to film cheesy 80s
music included
number eight Billy Elliot this British
film takes a tired story and adds enough
heart and great dancing to make a hit
ah Billy is a coal miners son who
discovers his love and talent for ballet
he comes up against the challenges you’d
expect but his dancing helps him rise
above expectations we see Ugly Duckling
Billy struggled to find his inner dancer
until he finally emerges a graceful Swan
number seven saved the last dance a
suburban white girl moves to a primarily
black neighborhood after her mother’s
death that is the basic story but then
there’s the dancing as this ballerina
falls in love with one of her classmates
she expands her outlook and her dance
training by participating in his urban
culture okay sounds like a cliche but
what can we say we love a good dance
montage number six top hat or I’ll be
there
putting down the top-hat mussing up a
white time that’s in the player any
dance movie list would be incomplete
without Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
the plot to this film may be ridiculous
but the dancing sets at high above most
and makes it one of the pair’s most
famous outings Astaire insisted his
dance sequences be filmed in one
unedited take so it’s a wonder their
routines didn’t leave them breathless
though they definitely do that for
audiences number five singing in the
rain if there’s anyone who comes close
to Fred Astaire its Gene Kelly this
flick has held up well over the years
and many of its songs are iconic making
it one of the most beloved films of all
time
good morning good morning
we’ve talked the whole night good
morning good morning to you
despite the high fever he was suffering
through while filming it Kelly’s famous
rain dance sequence is easily one of the
most memorable movie dances in history
number four Flashdance
what a feeling this movie gives us
critics hate it it’s typical 80s and it
has lots of leg warmers
but Flashdance has to be on a list of
great dance movies welder by day exotic
dancer by night our star dreams of being
a ballerina critically acclaimed music
sets the stage for iconic dances that
are enough to get even the stuffiest of
stuffed shirts moving
this maniac has been parodied by
everyone from Spice Girl Geri Halliwell
to Fly Girl
JLo number three Saturday Night Fever
this movie is a disco inferno set to a
beachy soundtrack John Travolta shows
off his hottest dance moves in his
widest leisure suit deep characters
helped the story stand on its own but
this is a legendary dance movie because
pretty much every disco move you think
you know you learned from this film no
wonder it’s stayin alive after all these
years
number two Footloose city boy moves to a
small town where dancing and rock and
roll is outlawed so obviously there’s
tons of dancing and rock and roll in
this flick
Oh
John Lithgow is the bad guy behind the
ban but his daughter is the apple of our
hero’s eye hi kevin bacon manages to
save the town from its humdrum future in
time for prom and by the end everyone is
dancin
number one dirty dancing go cuz she
doing this
she came with me season me I carried a
watermelon
taking the top spot on our list is a
movie filled with dirty dancing clean
dancing and everything in between
characters from different backgrounds
come together again to bring us all the
things we love about this type of movie
nostalgia great songs montages and a
sexy star to tie everything together I
mean who wouldn’t fall for their dance
teacher if it was Patrick Swayze circa
1987
there’s so many beloved dance movies we
could never get them all on one list let
us know which of your favorites we’ve
forgotten by subscribing to
watchmojo.com
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