Best Dance movies of 1970s

Actors : Fábio Jr., Zaira Zambelli, Betty Faria, José Wilker,
Directors : Carlos Diegues,

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion ...

Actors : Lee J. Cobb, Sarah Miles, Jack Warden, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Western story about a defiant wife who leaves her husband to take up riding with outlaws.

Actors : Anthony May, Brian Deacon, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Michael Apted,

Deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection; liking the female role he goes to a dance with another soldier and is exposed.

Actors : Len Bari, Leonardo Cimino, Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor,
Directors : Arthur Barron,

Shy cellist boy meets upperclassman ballet dancing girl at school. They experience first-time love, then happenstance pulls them apart.

Actors : Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Athol Fugard,
Directors : Peter Brook,

G.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Art Carney, Burt Reynolds, Conny Van Dyke,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

W. Bright (Burt Reynolds) is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie (Conny Van Dyke). The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by ...

Actors : Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, Amjad Khan, Zeenat Aman,
Directors : Feroz Khan,

A cabaret dancer and singer, Sheela (Zeenat Aman) has two admirers: a small-time thief Rajesh (Feroz Khan), and a young, eligible widower, Amar (Vinod Khanna). Both are best friends and ...

Actors : Sofiko Chiaureli, Ia Ninidze, Maia Kankava, Vakhtang Kikabidze,
Directors : Giorgi Shengelaia,

Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. The girls have a dream to take classes at a ballet school, but Pavle cannot afford such a luxury. Vardo, a laundress, decides to help the little girls.

Actors : Antonis Antoniou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Sofia Roubou, Katerina Gogou,
Directors : Pavlos Tasios,

The real story of Nikos Koemtzis, who one night knifed a company of men in a tavern, just because they wanted to dance on the song he had "ordered" from the musicians.

Actors : Dagmar Bürger, Pamela Stanford, Martine Fléty, Sarah Strasberg,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Nightclub owner and erotic dancer Rita Blue uses her place as a front for working undercover as a spy. Motivated by her vehement hatred of men that stems from having been sexually abused as...

Actors : María Martín, Isabel Pisano, Francisco Falcon, Àngel Jové,
Directors : Bigas Luna,

A disturbed middle-aged man is obsessed by a dancer and prostitute and abducts her, with tragic consequences.

Actors : Lou Jacobi, Don De Natale, Louise Kirtland, Teresa Wright,
Directors : James Ivory,

"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York dance palace, and all having the same theme: finding the right dance partner.

Actors : Bill Adler, Melissa Prophet, Cynthia Wood, Dennis Bowen,
Directors : William Sachs,

A small-town kid hears about the wild nights of cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys, California. He drives out there to check it out, and gets involved with drag racers, topless dancers and bikers.

Actors : John Astin, Susanne Zenor, Samantha Jones, Tom Smothers,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?

Actors : Beppie Nooij Jr., Myra Ward, Wim van den Brink, Kees Brusse,
Directors : Frans Weisz,

Sien is raised by her grandparents after her mother, a singer/prostitute is strangled by her father. She becomes enamored by song and dance man Jan Meier and the two form a successful ...

Actors : Prem Nath, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Dharmendra,
Directors : Mohan Segal,

A queen is fooled into believing that a street-dancer is her grand-daughter.

Actors : Jan Lindell, Anders Granström, Henric Holmberg, Eva Remaeus,
Directors : Stellan Olsson,

Sweden 1958. In a small provincial town there is a band who plays dance music twice every week. All decisions are made by Sven Klang, the undisputed leader of the band. A new member joins ...

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Tony Curtis, Ivan Dixon, Brian Keith,
Directors : Hy Averback,

Tensions grow between the small army base and people from the nearby town. Despite well intentions of people from both sides it all escalates after the big dance in town.

Actors : Leslie Uggams, Claudia McNeil, Brock Peters, Louise Stubbs,
Directors : Ossie Davis,

An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

Actors : Tomokazu Miura, Momoe Yamaguchi,
Directors : Katsumi Nishikawa,

"The Izu dancer" describes Young solo to Izu peninsula, and close to an entertainer troupe, in particular with the dancer named Kaoru,but to that brief love is just a featuring lyrical and pale memories by their sad waves farewell.