Here we've displayed a list of the best Ballet films : Black Swan(2010), Rhythm Is It!(2004), Ballets Russes(2005), Suspiria(1977), Mao's Last Dancer(2009), The Tales of Hoffmann(1951), The Turning Point(1977), Polina(2016), Center Stage(2000), The White Crow(2018), Ballet 422(2014), Center Stage: Turn It Up(2008) ... ...
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".
Documentary, Music
Germany
2004
100 Minutes
Simon Rattle Royston Maldoom Berliner Philharmoniker
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RHYTHM IS IT! records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. The orchestra ventured out of the ivory tower of high culture into ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2005
121 Minutes
Daniel Geller
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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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1977
92 Minutes
Jessica Harper Stefania Casini Joan Bennett Eva Axén Flavio Bucci Udo Kier Alida Valli Susanna Javicoli
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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.
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.
Musical, Fantasy
UK
1951
138 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Moira Shearer Robert Rounseville Robert Helpmann Ludmilla Tcherina Ann Ayars Pamela Brown Leonide Massine Frederick Ashton
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A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
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
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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
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.
Drama
USA
2000
114 Minutes
Amanda Schull Zoe Saldana Susan May Pratt Peter Gallagher Donna Murphy Debra Monk Ethan Stiefel Sascha Radetsky Julie Kent Ilia Kulik Eion Bailey
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A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
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.
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.
Drama
USA|Canada
2008
90 Minutes
Peter Gallagher Ethan Stiefel Rachele Brooke Smith Kenny Wormald Sarah Jayne Jensen Nicole Muñoz Christopher Russell Christian Vincent
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A self-trained dancer from the streets of Detroit finds her way after auditioning for the most prestigious ballet academy in New York.
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
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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.
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
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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
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A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Drama
USA
2001
96 Minutes
Angela Gots Robert Hays Ellen Greene Sean Flynn Danny Masterson Alison Lohman Soleil Moon Frye Lisa Brenner Geneviève Bujold Ivo Cutzarida David Dukes
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A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.
Comedy
USA
1981
91 Minutes
Chevy Chase Patti D'Arbanville Mary Kay Place Nell Carter Brian Doyle Murray Mitch Kreindel Dabney Coleman Arthur Sellers Sandy Helberg
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Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Drama
USA
2019
93 Minutes
Juliet Doherty Angelle Brooks Jeanette Driver Frederick Keeve John Todd Ricky Palomino
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Dr. Jason Holden, early 50s, is in danger of losing his family, because of a tragic automobile accident. He becomes a piano accompanist at a local ballet studio and falls in love with Brandon Wykowski, 27, a troubled dancer.
Other, Drama, Romance
2016
86 Minutes
Amy Acker Sascha Radetsky Sophia Lucia Catherine Mary Stewart Kenneth Welsh Katherine Barrell Siobhan Murphy
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A rising ballet star is ready to take the stage in her dream role when she receives the shocking news that her sister has died. Years later, she has vowed never to dance again, but a chance encounter with an old flame may change her mind.
Drama
2016
84 Minutes
Peter Gallagher Sascha Radetsky Kenny Wormald Nicole Muñoz Ethan Stiefel Rachele Brooke Smith Chloe Lukasiak Tara Wilson
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Jonathan Reeves (Peter Gallagher) is tasked with infusing more modern styles into the American Ballet Academy and getting top choreographers to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where winners are given an opportunity to join the academy.
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
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A husky New York columnist (Paul Sorvino) falls for a ballerina (Anne Ditchburn) in bad health who just broke up with her boyfriend.
Documentary
2019
82 Minutes
Natalia Osipova Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Jonathan Goddard Natalia Makarova Kevin O'Hare Arthur Pita
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Kids & Family, Other, Musical
1993
92 Minutes
Macaulay Culkin Bart Robinson Cook Jessica Lynne Cohen Darci Kistler Damian Woetzel Kyra Nichols Wendy Whelan Margaret Tracey Gen Horiuchi Tom Gold Lourdes Lopez
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The New York City Ballet performs the Tchaikovsky-Petipa fairy tale of a girl (Jessica Lynne Cohen) and her doll-turned-prince (Macaulay Culkin). Kevin Kline narrates.
Drama
2010
103 Minutes
Brittany Bristow John Rhys-Davies Thure Riefenstein Augustus Prew Erica Durance Deborah Kara Unger Natalie Radford Aidan Devine
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After her parents sell a beloved elephant to pay for ballet school, a young ballerina (Brittany Bristow) abandons her dreams and sets out to find her animal friend.