Best Dance movies of 1980s

Actors : Tom Sierchio, Jim Soriero, Josh Marcano, Nelson Vasquez,
Directors : Ken Handler,

A gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys, hence they call themselves the "Delivery Boys". They form a ...

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 : Patrick Perrot, Christiane Coppé, Marianne Valiot, Laurence Dubas,
Directors : Jean Rollin,

On the run from an asylum for the insane, a feisty young girl and a forlorn female companion embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers. Wandering from the fantastic to the farcical and back again,

Actors : David Margulies, George Kranz, Kelly Curtis, Chico Hamilton,
Directors : Peter Keglevic,

Felix is a down-and-out young drummer who obtains a pair of magic drumsticks from a street vendor. He soon finds out the sticks are able to make native New Yorkers dance uncontrollably.

Actors : Hans-Jürgen Schatz, Michele Placido, Anne Bennent, Jean-Jacques Delbo,
Directors : Walerian Borowczyk,

The story of a sexually enticing young dancer who rises up in society through her relationships with wealthy men, but later falls into poverty and prostitution, culminating in an encounter with Jack 'the Ripper'.

Actors : Vladislava Milosavljevic, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mladen Budiscak, Zijah Sokolovic,
Directors : Rajko Grlic,

Tomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police. He meets and falls in love with a ballet dancer from a bourgeois family...

Actors : Hamdi Al Wazir, Said Abdel Ghani, Tawfik El Deken, Nabila Ebeid,
Directors : Ashraf Fahmy,

A drummer coaches a low-class dancer to stardom.

Actors : Yuet Sang Chin, Meng Lo, Pan Pan Yeung, Yue Wong,

The traditional lion dance never looked so good as in Lion vs. Lion which captures the most impressive sequences of lion dancing on film. Lo Mang teams up with Wong Yu, as they ...

Actors : Kari Väänänen, Sanna Fransman, Siiri Nordin, Matti Pellonpää,
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 : Xavier Deluc, Corinne Brodbeck, Silvia Aguilar, Philippe Klébert,
Directors : Max Pécas,

Mistaken for bank robbers, two friends stumble into a group of beautiful girls and follow them to Morocco for a dance show.

Actors : Pascale Ogier, Robbie Coltrane, Dominique Pinon, Leonie Mellinger,
Directors : Ken McMullen,

Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers a stunning analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts memory and the past.

Actors : Nobuyuki Inoue, Erina Miyai, Rei Asô, Ayako Ôta,
Directors : Toshiharu Ikeda,

A beautiful young ballet dancer is accepted into a prestigious and exclusive dance academy. Overjoyed at the opportunity to further her career and repair her relationship with her boyfriend...

Actors : Nedumudi Venu, Shanker, Maniyanpilla Raju, Lizy,
Directors : Priyadarshan,

The movie narrates the day-to-day funny incidents happening and a romance blooming in the background of a ballet troupe.

Actors : Barbara Dziekan, Maria Czubasiewicz, Krzysztof Gosztyla, Hanna Mikuc,
Directors : Stanislaw Rózewicz,

A psychological portrait of a young Polish theatre actress, searching for her own way in life. She plays a mechanical dancer in a play "Dance of the Marionette", a complete opposite of her ...

Actors : Sauncy LeSueur, Max von Sydow, Kyra Nijinsky, Patrick Dupond,
Directors : Robert Dornhelm,

A drama documentary about the daughter of the Russian dancer Nijinsky. Along the way it sheds light on the woman, then 60 years old, who had tried to pursue her own career as a dancer, with...

Actors : Anita Mui, Charlie Cho, Kong Chu, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Louie (Leslie Cheung), spoiled pop star has a one night stand with beautiful dancer Anita (Anita Mui). Then Anita tells Louie that she dreamed of being a singer and later he brings her to ...

Actors : Merih Akalin, Yasar Alptekin, Arzu Aydin, Ümit Belen,
Directors : Yücel Uçanoglu,

A successful student decides to be a male dancer at the nightclubs instead of going to the collage.

Actors : Russell Wong, Anita Mui, On Kei Chan, Chi Wing Chan,
Directors : Dennis Yu,

Entertainment manager James Wong loses his lead singer Jannie Fong when she breaks her contract. Angered, he turns his efforts to making a young dancer named Russell, who has no singing ...

Actors : Yeong-il Shin, Dong-ryong Park, Yeon-jeong Woo, Myeong-sun Seon,
Directors : Won-se Lee,

Ballet star Woo Yeon-jeong becomes a movie star, but she gives up acting when she falls in love with Min Hyeon-jun. She learns that she has bone cancer on the same day that she learns that she is pregnant and her lover proposes marriage.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Sarika, Tina Ambani,
Directors : Bhappi Sonie,

Amrit's generosity and kindness initially lands him in the bad books of a dancer; then in prison; and then as false son-in-law of a very wealthy man.