20 movies like Mao's Last Dancer, ordered by similarity : Polina(2016), Privilege(1967), The White Crow(2018), Black Swan(2010), Piccadilly(1929), Indivisible(2018), In Enemy Hands(2004), Monte Walsh(1970), Ballet 422(2014), Love & Mercy(2014), Two for the Seesaw(1962), Flashdance(1983) ...
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
Australia
2009
117 Minutes
Bruce Greenwood Kyle MacLachlan Joan Chen Chi Cao Amanda Schull Wang Shuangbao Camilla Vergotis Zhang Su Guo Chengwu Huang Wenbin Steven Heathcote
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In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
6.7/10
Drama
France
2016
108 Minutes
Angelin Preljocaj Anastasia Shevtsova Veronika Zhovnytska Juliette Binoche Aleksey Guskov Niels Schneider Jérémie Bélingard Miglen Mirtchev Kseniya Kutepova Oriana Jimenez Ambroise Divaret
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A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
6.9/10
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
UK
1967
101 Minutes
Paul Jones Jean Shrimpton Mark London Max Bacon Jeremy Childs William Job James Cossins Frederick Danner
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Steven Shorter is the ultimate British music star. His music is listened to by everyone from pre-teens to grandparents. He has no trace of public bad habits or drug involvement. Everyone in... See full summary »
6.6/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Serbia
2018
127 Minutes
Oleg Ivenko Adèle Exarchopoulos Ralph Fiennes Raphaël Personnaz Chulpan Khamatova Sergei Polunin Calypso Valois Olivier Rabourdin Louis Hofmann Zach Avery Mar Sodupe
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The story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Vincent Cassel Barbara Hershey Winona Ryder Benjamin Millepied Ksenia Solo Kristina Anapau
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A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1929
92 Minutes
Gilda Gray Jameson Thomas Anna May Wong King Hoo Chang Cyril Ritchard Hannah Jones Charles Laughton
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A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act which soon leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love and murder.
5.8/10
Drama, War
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Justin Bruening Sarah Drew Jason George Tia Mowry Skye P. Marshall Tanner Stine Madeline Carroll Eric Close Michael O'Neill Eddie Kaulukukui Samara Lee
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The extraordinary true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. When war etches battle scars on their hearts, they face one more battle: the fight to save their marriage. One marriage, one family, under God.
6.0/10
Drama, War
USA
2004
94 Minutes
William H. Macy Til Schweiger Scott Caan Thomas Kretschmann Lauren Holly Rene Heger Matt Lindquist Jeremy Sisto Ian Somerhalder A.J. Buckley Clark Gregg
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When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
7.1/10
Western
USA
1970
106 Minutes
Lee Marvin Jeanne Moreau Jack Palance Mitchell Ryan Jim Davis John Hudkins Raymond Guth John McKee Michael Conrad Tom Heaton G.D. Spradlin
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An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.
6.2/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2014
72 Minutes
Tiler Peck David Prottas Amar Ramasar
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From first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as emerging choreographer Justin Peck crafts a new work.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2014
120 Minutes
John Cusack Paul Dano Elizabeth Banks Paul Giamatti Jake Abel Bill Camp Joanna Going Dee Wallace Kenny Wormald Erin Darke Brett Davern
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In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Shirley MacLaine Edmon Ryan Elisabeth Fraser Eddie Firestone Billy Gray Victor Lundin Shirley Citron Cia Dave Virginia Whitmore Colin Campbell
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Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce. He meets up with Gittel Mosca, an impoverished dancer from ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Romance, Drama
USA
1983
95 Minutes
Jennifer Beals Michael Nouri Cynthia Rhodes Lilia Skala Sunny Johnson Kyle T. Heffner Lee Ving Ron Karabatsos Belinda Bauer Malcolm Danare Philip Bruns
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A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.
6.4/10
Biography, Music, Drama, History
USA
2016
96 Minutes
Don Cheadle Ewan McGregor Emayatzy Corinealdi LaKeith Stanfield Michael Stuhlbarg Austin Lyon Morgan Wolk Christina Karis
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An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
7.3/10
Drama
South Korea
2018
141 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang Sung-min Lee Cho Jin-Woong Ju Ji-hoon
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In the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
Comedy, Drama
2017
89 Minutes
Agnès Jaoui Thibault de Montalembert Pascale Arbillot Sarah Suco Lou Roy-Lecollinet Nicolas Chupin Rachel Farmane Laurie Bordesoules Armand Paul Jean Samir Guesmi
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A woman, separated from her husband, loses her job and discovers she's going to be a grandmother. Refusing to be pushed to the outskirts of society, she puts her foot down and decides to start over.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
2019
108 Minutes
Rob Morgan Yolonda Ross Amber Havard Sara Allbright Steven Boyd Roishaun Davenport Troy Anthony Hogan Ashton Hughes
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In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally willful and unforgiving neighbor, an aging bullfighter who's seen his best days in the arena; it's a collision that will change them both.
Drama
2015
97 Minutes
Daniel Beaty Loretta Devine Omari Hardwick Selenis Leyva Marc John Jefferies Khadim Diop Justin Martin Muhammad Cunningham
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A reformed gang leader returns to Harlem and takes a job delivering meals. When he meets and bonds with an older woman, the two of them discover there is hope and joy in their surroundings.
Crime, Drama
1999
108 Minutes
Sharon Stone Jean-Luke Figueroa Jeremy Northam Cathy Moriarty George C. Scott Mike Starr Barry McEvoy Don Billett Jerry Dean Tony DiBenedetto Teddy Atlas
ex-convict young boy gangster ex-boyfriend friend sister emotional thrilling new york city airport bus motel pharmacy on the run starting over murder crime police corruption money transformation
A street-toughened woman (Sharon Stone) goes on the run with a 7-year-old boy (Jean-Luke Figueroa) whose parents were killed by mobsters.
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
80 Minutes
Charlene deGuzman John Hawkes Melissa Leo Paul James Ellen Geer Jake McDorman Josh Fadem Josh Ruben
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A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
7.4/10
Drama
Canada
1987
100 Minutes
Gordon Pinsent Jackie Burroughs Randy Follett Jessica Steen Timothy Webber Roland Hewgill Neil Munro
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A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of ... See full summary »
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