Best Dance movies of 2016

Hail, Caesar!(2016)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.



Everybody Wants Some!!(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 86

In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.



Divines(2016)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.



Polina, danser sa vie(2016)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.



High Strung(2016)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 30

When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance ...



The Vessel(2016)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.



Dag II(2016)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, on the very line between disaster and valor, 7 Maroon Berets will dance with death.



Sur quel pied danser(2016)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Inspired by the films of Jacques Demy and Stanley Donen, this musical comedy follows a young woman who must dance between a budding romance, a scheming boss, and co-workers on strike at her new job in a luxury shoe factory.



Leap(2016)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 28

A brave Army dog returns to the U.S., where he helps his heroic handler bond with his resentful daughter on a camping trip despite danger lurking around every corner.



Polina(2016)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Polina, 11-year-old girl, embarks on a magical journey to find the truth about her past and her family.



La danseuse(2016)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Loïe Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan.



Puthiya Niyamam(2016)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A story about Louis Pothen, a divorce lawyer and his wife Vasuki Iyer, a kathakali dancer.



King of the Dancehall(2016)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A young man from Brooklyn who gets caught up in Jamaica's lively Dancehall music scene.



XIa(2016)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

XI "A" follows the story of Lina - a former dancer, who goes in for her dream job, namely to become a literature teacher.



Sticky Notes(2016)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A story about love and loss. And maybe one day - love again.



Dance Camp(2016)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When Hunter gets sent to a dance camp, he meets the girl of his dreams and together they attempt to beat out rival Lance in the camp's competition.



Wish For Christmas(2016)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A High School student makes a wish that her parents would lose their faith.



King Dave(2016)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Adapted from the play by Alexandre Goyette, King Dave is the story of Dave, self-proclaimed King, influence but not unconscious, told IN A SINGLE BREATH IN ONE SEQUENCE SHOT.



Wild for the Night(2016)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A 3D hybrid merging the genres of film noir, dance, and mystery. A loner fresh out of rehab and hunted by both sides of the law returns home to solve the murder of his sister, and finds ...



Radio Heimat(2016)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The 80s: Four friends in western Germany try to impress girls with bad singing and worse dancing. They find out that to find your significant other it isn't enough to be just a pretty girl, neither it helps to be a showoff.




0
1
2