Best Dance movies of 1980s

Actors : Mandakini, Mithun Chakraborty, Shakti Kapoor, Smita Patil,
Directors : Babbar Subhash,

Orphaned as kids, Radha and her brother Ramu make their living by dancing and singing in small functions. Ramu makes it big in the music world.

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 : David Sluga, Kaja Stiglic, Primoz Longyka, Vera Per,
Directors : Tugo Stiglic,

Three years later, Tomaz meets Milena in Ljubljana where she practices dancing. In order to spend more time with her, Tomaz enrolls at the dance club where he finds many new friends. As the...

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Cassie Stuart, Bill Paterson, Charles Dance,
Directors : Stephen Poliakoff,

Sharon Newton (Cassie Stuart) leads the uncooperative James Richards (Charles Dance) into a world of misplaced government secrets, capitalistic artists and bungling secret agents. Will the ...

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 : Eric Gurry, Mary Tanner Bailey, Patty Duke, Pamela Adlon,
Directors : Paul Schneider,

Milly is annoyed whenever her mom tells her to behave more appropriate for a girl. She's just not interested in fancy dresses or prom dances. Some day her best friend's little brother ...

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 : Claude Brasseur, Tonya Kinzinger, Patrick Dupond, Alain Delon,
Directors : Gilles Béhat,

Police Inspector Michel Eparvier investigates a crime tied to a dance class held by charismatic handicapped dance instructor Alan Wolf, who seems to be involved with some of his students, despite his disability.

Actors : Deven Verma, Mithun Chakraborty, Beena Banerjee, Sujit Kumar,
Directors : K. Viswanath,

Mahant Chaturvedi did not approve of his daughter marrying outside of their caste to Gopi, and as such breaks off all relations with them. Years later, Gopi attempts to make amends by ...

Actors : Robin Cleaver, Robin Antin, Rhonda Aldrich, Valerie Richards,
Directors : Phillip Schuman,

A young dancer protecting her mother from her abusive stepfather is forced to shoot him. She is convicted and sent to prison. The inmates hatch an escape plan, part of which is to put on a musical show to cover the attempted breakout.

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.

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Poonam Dhillon, Vinod Khanna, Sridevi,
Directors : Shomu Mukherjee,

Asha Rai wants to establish herself as a dancer, while her sister, Lata, wants to establish herself as a singer par excellence. Both compete openly in front of a crowd, and Asha wins this ...

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 : Atanass Atanassov, Lilia Ignatova, Maria Statulova, Ivaylo Hristov,
Directors : Georgi Djulgerov,

Two eternal opposing theses - play is our life or life is our play - are the base of music, dance and verse which fit together in this film.

Actors : Ui-sang Kim, Sang-mi Lee, Ha-won Jeong, Sang-a Lee,
Directors : Mi-rye Lee,

Hae-ri has trouble being accepted at her new school until she befriends the handsome Chang-ha. However she soon drops out to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer. Chang-ha tries to ...

Actors : Mustafa Metwalli, Salah Kabil, Farouk Falawkas, Nabila Ebeid,
Directors : Samir Seif,

A dancer asks a politician with whom she once had an affair to use his influence on her behalf.

Actors : Shekhar Suman, Aruna Irani, Sudha Chandran, Dina Pathak,
Directors : Rama Rao Tatineni,

Classical dancer Sudha Chandran lost her leg in an accident but her spirit of being a dancer never died.

Actors : Stefan Aust, Stefan Blaich, Achmed Akcicek, Winfried Bornemann,
Directors : Christel Buschmann,

A study of the alienated people who frequent the Ballhaus Barmbek dance hall, including an obese El groupie, an old man reciting poetry, two young women and a regular dance employee.

Actors : Colleen Keegan, Tammy Stones, Edwin Neal, Dennis Worthington,
Directors : John Woodward,

A writer needs funds to make a film based on her screenplay. She will stop at nothing to get the bucks including dancing at a nude bar, stealing cash and hijacking snakes.