Best Dance movies of 1989

Actors : Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance,

Two cops are framed and must clear their names.

Actors : John Hurt, Ian McKellen, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda,
Directors : Michael Caton-Jones,

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.

Actors : Tisha Campbell-Martin, Jason Gedrick, Eddie Velez, Troy Byer,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.

Actors : Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr., Suzzanne Douglas, Savion Glover,
Directors : Nick Castle,

Just released from prison, Max Washington must decide which of his previous professions to return to burglar or tap dancer.

Actors : Kari Väänänen, Sanna Fransman, Matti Pellonpää, Siiri Nordin,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

Classic lifestyle swaps to get the inheritance, via (kick) alcoholism with classic Finnish angst lifestyle take. Note: Very (very) marginal dance reference.

Actors : Ramarajan, Kanaka, Santhana Bharathi, Chandrasekhar,
Directors : Gangai Amaran,

Two folk dancers fall in love in rural Tamil Nadu.

Actors : Rebecca Jenkins, Michael Ontkean, Luke Reilly, Chad Krowchuk,
Directors : Anne Wheeler,

Story about a WWII wife & mother who joins a local dance band to provide for family while husband at war. Romantic involvement with one of the band members make her decisions difficult when...

Actors : Mimi Lesseos, Jan Sebastian, Tray Loren, Trudy Adams,

Lisa has a grandfather called Killer Kane, who stopped Wrestling after he killed someone while performing "the snap". Her only wish is to become a wrestler herself. To achieve this, she ...

Actors : Wilson Lam, Eric Tsang, Lap-Man Tan, Joey Wang,
Directors : Clara Law,

A woman (Joey Wang) is cursed with beauty in China and becomes prey for men. Raped by the prefect of her ballet school and sent to work camp, she escapes to decadent Hong Kong by marrying a...

Actors : Cindy Ferda, James Carroll Jordan, J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner, John Henry Richardson,
Directors : James Shyman,

A female cop goes undercover as a dancer at an old theater to catch a serial killer who has been murdering women auditioning for a musical.

Actors : Gary McCleery, Laurent Terzieff, Jennifer Connelly, Olimpia Carlisi,
Directors : Peter Del Monte,

An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.

Actors : Sergey Nikonenko, Aleksandr Feklistov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Aleksey Petrenko,
Directors : Yuriy Kara,

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra.

Actors : Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Jami Gertz, Bruce Payne,
Directors : Carl Schenkel,

A ballet dancer is affected with cancer.

Actors : Péter Andorai, Heinz Weixelbraun, Angelica Domröse, Fritz Hammel,
Directors : Susanne Zanke,

Lisa is hard-working, a judge in Vienna, exacting in her courtroom. She's also libidinous, energetic in drink, dancing, and sex. Her son Georg, of college age, lives at home. Her lover for ...

Actors : Haruko Katô, Lisa Wolf, Hiromi Gô, Brigitte Graham,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

Young military doctor goes to study in 1880s Berlin and falls in love with a local dancer. Tragedy ensues.

Actors : M.V. Vasudeva Rao, Archana, Archana Puran Singh, Pavan Malhotra,
Directors : Buddhadev Dasgupta,

Bagh Bahadur is a 1989 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film is about a man who paints himself as a tiger and dances in a village in Bengal. The movie ...

Actors : Maria Pakulnis, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Krzysztof Kolberger, Marzena Trybala,
Directors : Jerzy Sztwiertnia,

A popular 60-year-old actor falls for a much younger dancer and a cocaine addict. During the Nazi occupation, he needs money for her rehab but artists are prohibited by the undeground government to perform for Germans.

Actors : Jean Dalric, Christina Engelhardt, Matteo Gazzolo, Claudia Giannotti,
Directors : Sergio Sollima,

The story revolves around Elisa, a young talented ballet dancer. After an unjust accusation at her school, she has to stop her studies. The events take her away from ballet but only for a short period of time.

Actors : Anita Morris, Dennis Christopher, Shelly Desai, Rita Gomez,
Directors : William Schreiner,

A former 'Sonny and Cher' dancer tries to pull her life together when social services threaten to take her daughter away from her.