Here we've displayed a list of the best Ballerina films : An Evening With the Royal Ballet(1964), The Royal Ballet(1960), Black Swan(2010), Waterloo Bridge(1940), Ballets Russes(2005), Grand Hotel(1932), Suspiria(1977), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes(1970), Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq(2013), Hans Christian Andersen(1952), The Turning Point(1977), The Story of Three Loves(1953) ... ...
Musical
UK
1964
85 Minutes
Anthony Havelock-Allan
rudolf nureyev margot fonteyn ballerina partner poet charming spectacular theater stage london royal ballet performance fairy tales poetry rise discovery 1960s
Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty".
Musical
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Margot Fonteyn Michael Somes Julia Farren Rosemary Lindsay Alexander Grant Franklin White Bryan Ashbridge
ballerina dancer prince mermaid bird partner emotional fascinating passionate sad london royal opera house stage forest sea castle dance performance partnership royal ballet
Filmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake, Ondine & The Firebird.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Vincent Cassel Barbara Hershey Winona Ryder Benjamin Millepied Ksenia Solo Kristina Anapau
ballerina mother director rival young woman ballet instructor eerie shocking suspenseful thrilling intense emotional new york city studio stage dance studio ballet big city ballet competition
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
Romance
USA
1940
103 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Robert Taylor Lucile Watson C. Aubrey Smith Maria Ouspenskaya Virginia Field Leo G. Carroll Clara Reid Steffi Duna Leonard Mudie Herbert Evans
officer ballerina prostitute mother friend uncle emotional passionate london estate countryside underground apartment waterloo bridge world war i prostitution deception heartbreak struggle romance
During World War I, believing her fiance to be dead, a young ballerina loses her job and is forced to turn to prostitution.
Documentary
USA
2005
121 Minutes
Daniel Geller
ballerina ballet instructor irina baranova alicia markova impresario endearing striking creative st. petersburg, russia monte carlo, monaco melbourne, australia paris new orleans stage ballet ballets russes soviet union performance rise transformation
Ballets Russes is an intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists -- now in their 70s, 80s and 90s -- who gave birth to modern ballet.
Drama
USA
1932
115 Minutes
Greta Garbo Joan Crawford John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt Ferdinand Gottschalk Tully Marshall Mary Carlisle
thief businessperson ballerina accountant secretary melodramatic passionate hotel berlin restaurant corruption romance ambition illness fall underdog transformation 1930s
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1977
92 Minutes
Jessica Harper Stefania Casini Joan Bennett Eva Axén Flavio Bucci Udo Kier Alida Valli Susanna Javicoli
schoolgirl ballerina teacher witch student suspenseful disturbing frightening boarding school dorm dressing room germany apartment building forest witchcraft murder mystery conspiracy ballet discovery
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Gay & Lesbian, Crime
UK|USA
1970
125 Minutes
Robert Stephens Colin Blakely Genevieve Page Irene Handl Stanley Holloway Christopher Lee Clive Revill Tamara Toumanova George Benson Catherine Lacey Peter Madden
sherlock holmes monk ballerina spy doctor watson drug addict somber intricate loch ness 221b baker street london matchmaking seduction lying sabotage boredom mystery escape 1910s
When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
Documentary
USA
2013
91 Minutes
ballerina emotional inspiring fascinating new york career dance discovery
Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike - her elongated, ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Musical
USA
1952
120 Minutes
Danny Kaye Zizi Jeanmaire Farley Granger Roland Petit John Qualen Joseph Walsh Philip Tonge Eric Bruhn John Brown Robert Malcolm George Chandler
writer ballerina choreographer child heartwarming dreamy spectacular theater small town copenhagen, denmark hans christian andersen struggle writing unrequited love fable discovery love 1830s
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
Drama
USA
1977
119 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Anne Bancroft Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne Tom Skerritt Martha Scott Antoinette Sibley Alexandra Danilova Starr Danias Marshall Thompson James Mitchell
mother ballerina womanizer husband daughter brooding emotional melodramatic passionate new york city oklahoma ballet jealousy family regret resentment rivalry sacrifice 1970s
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
Drama
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Moira Shearer Gottfried Reinhardt Leslie Caron Kirk Douglas Pier Angeli Ethel Barrymore Farley Granger James Mason Agnes Moorehead Zsa Zsa Gabor
governess trapeze artist choreographer ballerina boy witch melodramatic touching sad ocean liner rome london accidental death love romance wishes ambition traveling love metamorphosis
An anthology film consisting of three very different stories about love set in Europe and told in flashback.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
France|Canada
2016
86 Minutes
Éric Warin
best friend orphan ballerina nun dancer rival heartwarming inspiring confident incredible orphanage paris dance studio stage france dreams travel dancing training adventure
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy|USA
2018
152 Minutes
Dakota Johnson Tilda Swinton Mia Goth Angela Winkler Ingrid Caven Elena Fokina Sylvie Testud Renée Soutendijk Chloë Grace Moretz Jessica Harper Christine Leboutte
dancer choreographer witch performer ballerina doctor dark uneasy creepy chilling disturbing dance studio bedroom stage backstage doctor's office dance witchcraft suspicion possession
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
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
ballerina ballet director ballet instructor dancer dance instructor frenchman engaging charming creative playful melodramatic emotional paris ballet dance floor dance studio ballet attraction new life dancing
A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
139 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence Joel Edgerton Charlotte Rampling Matthias Schoenaerts Mary-Louise Parker Ciarán Hinds Jeremy Irons Joely Richardson Douglas Hodge Thekla Reuten Sasha Frolova
ballerina spy killer victim cia agent brutal intense chilling confident raw unrestrained moscow russia hotel train pool spying assassination dangerous job murder
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Romance
USA
1949
119 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Ethel Barrymore Peter Lawford Angela Lansbury Janet Leigh Louis Calhern Francis L. Sullivan Melville Cooper Robert Coote Alan Napier Roman Toporow
colonel mother superior major aide ballerina private tense emotional vienna convent train station rome repatriation communism faith romance duty suicide quest escape
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2015
88 Minutes
Misty Copeland
professional performer ballerina fascinating inspiring united states biography racial issues discovery rise sacrifice temptation 20th century
A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.
War
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Tamara Toumanova Gregory Peck Alan Reed Maria Palmer Lowell Gilmore Hugo Haas Dena Penn Glen Vernon Lou Crosby William Challee Joseph Vitale
guerrilla leader ballerina factory worker drunk blacksmith farmer brutal confident fiery russia battlefield guerrilla warfare world war ii bombing nazis dangerous assignment moral dilemma underdog sacrifice revenge
A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.
Documentary, Music
USA
2014
72 Minutes
Tiler Peck David Prottas Amar Ramasar
choreographer ballet director ballerina dancer fascinating engaging moving inspiring new york city united states ballet ballet new york city choreography creative process documentaries dance dancing transformation rise
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.
Musical, Romance
USA
1956
112 Minutes
Dan Dailey Cyd Charisse Agnes Moorehead Lili Darvis Jim Backus Paul Henreid
rancher gambler ballerina chaperone mother amusing playful cheeky las vegas hotel casino stage gambling luck love-hate relationship vacation mother/son relationship love discovery temptation
In 1950s Las Vegas, a gambling rancher and a ballerina discover that some people have luck at cards while others have luck at love.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Rudy Vallee The Schnickelfritz Band Rosemary Lane Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins Gloria Dickson Melville Cooper Mabel Todd Fritz Feld Edward Brophy Curt Bois
club owner ballet instructor ballerina ex-wife gangster thug madcap lighthearted nightclub theater paris new york city mistaken identity ballet performance con game pursuit quest 1930s
Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.
Biography
USA
1953
109 Minutes
impostor wife ballerina opera singer violinist broadway star melodramatic uplifting ukraine russia new york city broadway performance show business opera rise 1910s
Story of the legendary impresario Sol Hurok and the many stars that he introduced and represented to the world of music.
Drama
USA
1945
90 Minutes
Yvonne De Carlo Rod Cameron David Bruce Walter Slezak Albert Van Dekker Marjorie Rambeau J. Edward Bromberg
seductress ballerina prince journalist singer outlaw melodramatic tender outlandish berlin ballroom arizona san francisco concert hall espionage franco-prussian war on the run patronage american west love triangle
A Viennese ballerina is forced to flee to Arizona during the Franco-Prussian War, where she proceeds to vamp numerous men in order to get what she wants.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
93 Minutes
Vera Zorina Eddie Albert Alan Hale Leonid Kinskey Frank McHugh James Gleason Gloria Dickson Queenie Smith Erik Rhodes Berton Churchill
composer ballerina director partner patroness hit man amusing lighthearted new york city university hotel bar theater music ballet vaudeville jealousy assassination quest rise
A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Other
USA|Canada
2018
99 Minutes
Keira Knightley Joe Johnston Mackenzie Foy Misty Copeland Helen Mirren Morgan Freeman Eugenio Derbez Richard E. Grant Jayden Fowora-Knight Matthew Macfadyen Anna Madeley
soldier mouse queen king ballerina spectacular brooding uneasy creative incredible parallel universe woods castle stage parallel universe ballet adventure quest rescue adventure
A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Action
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Bella Darvi Gilbert Roland Cesar Romero Katy Jurado Lee J. Cobb Charles Goldner John Wengraf John Hudson
race car driver ballerina mechanic sportswriter bus driver italian tense thrilling monte carlo, monaco racetrack car italy germany career vs. love romantic dilemma racing ambition risk temptation love
Follows the professional and personal life of race car driver Gino Borgesa (Douglas), as he struggles on the track and in his love life.
Comedy
USA
2013
85 Minutes
Ashley Tisdale Simon Rex Erica Ash Katt Williams Gracie Whitton Ava Kolker Lidia Porto Tyler Garcia Posey Katrina Bowden Darrell Hammond Ben Cornish
researcher ballerina baby demon medium birth mother amusing madcap cheeky quirky household theater laboratory suburb cabin mansion parenthood demonic possession supernatural science gone awry
A couple begin to experience some unusual activity after bringing their lost nieces and nephew home. With the help of home-surveillance cameras, they learn they're being stalked by a nefarious demon.
Drama
1978
101 Minutes
Paul Sorvino Anne Ditchburn Nicolas Coster Anita Dangler Hector Jaime Mercado Thaao Penghlis Linda Selman G. Adam Gifford Tara Mitton Richard Carballo Daniel Faraldo
columnist ballerina editor orphan neighbor love interest melodramatic charming new york city newsroom apartment terminal illness ballet writing disability drug addiction struggle love rise fall
A husky New York columnist (Paul Sorvino) falls for a ballerina (Anne Ditchburn) in bad health who just broke up with her boyfriend.
Fantasy
USA
1995
99 Minutes
Jon Voight Trenton Knight Ally Sheedy Dom DeLuise Bethany Richards Aeryk Egan
young boy mother soldier ballerina toy heartwarming playful amusing incredible los angeles school store magic toys imagination delinquency childhood friendship metamorphosis growing up
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