Movies like Dirty Dancing: 20 to watch next
If you loved Dirty Dancing (1987) — a drama, music and romance film directed by Emile Ardolino — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Dirty Dancing most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like hotel, daughter and dancing. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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West Side Story 2021★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Footloose 2011★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Music, Romance
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Footloose 1984★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Endless Love 2014★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Center Stage: Turn It Up 2008★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Music, Romance
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.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Man in the Moon 1991★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Staying Alive 1983★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Music, Romance
Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever still burns. Now he's struts toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pure Country 2: The Gift 2010★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Music, Romance
Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Save the Last Dance 2001★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance, Music
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Step Up 2006★ 6.9
Shares: Music, Drama, Romance
Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Honey 3: Dare to Dance 2016★ 6.7
Shares: Music, Drama, Romance
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...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Teen Spirit 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Music, Drama
A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ruth & Boaz 2025★ 7.3
Shares: Romance, Drama, Music
A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Not Easily Broken 2009★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ladies in Lavender 2004★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Step Up Revolution 2012★ 6.9
Shares: Music, Drama, Romance
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.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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That Night 1992★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Charlie St. Cloud 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After high school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. As he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Departure 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Brigadoon 1954★ 6.5
Shares: Music, Romance
Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now