Most Similar Movies to Mao's Last Dancer (2009)


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Hairspray (2007)

Hairspray (2007)

6.6/10 Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

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Step Up (2006)

Step Up (2006)

6.5/10 Crime, Drama, Music, Romance

Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

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Step Up Revolution (2012)

Step Up Revolution (2012)

6.4/10 Drama, Music, Romance

Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

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Bootmen (2000)

Bootmen (2000)

6.2/10 Drama

Charismatic tap dancing Sean tries to find a way out of working at the steel mill. When failure brings him home he starts his own dance group wearing hardhats. He must then find inspiration in the steel mill he once tried to escape.

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Shall We Dance (2004)

Shall We Dance (2004)

6.1/10 Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

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Flashdance (1983)

Flashdance (1983)

6.2/10 Drama, Music, Romance

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.

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StreetDance 2 (2012)

StreetDance 2 (2012)

5.7/10 Romance, Drama

After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash (Hentschel) looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.

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Breaking Brooklyn (2017)

Breaking Brooklyn (2017)

5.3/10 Drama

A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.

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Dare to Be Wild (2015)

Dare to Be Wild (2015)

6.5/10 Romance, Biography, Drama

Irishwoman Mary Reynold's journey from rank outsider to winner of a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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Center Stage (2000)

Center Stage (2000)

6.7/10 Drama, Music, Romance

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

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My Left Foot (1989)

My Left Foot (1989)

7.9/10 Drama, Biography

Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.

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Pappu Can't Dance Saala (2010)

Pappu Can't Dance Saala (2010)

6.5/10 Comedy, Romance, Drama

One time bickering neighbors are forced to share the same apartment.

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The Theory of Everything (2014)

The Theory of Everything (2014)

7.7/10 Romance, Drama, Biography

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

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Men of Honor (2000)

Men of Honor (2000)

7.2/10 Biography, Drama

The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him.

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Make It Happen (2008)

Make It Happen (2008)

5.5/10 Drama

Embarking on a journey to fulfill her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that will prove to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery.

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The Postman (1994)

The Postman (1994)

9.3/10 Biography, Romance, Drama, Comedy

A Mediterranean fisherman's son (Massimo Troisi) slowly gains the confidence of an exiled Chilean poet (Philippe Noiret), who helps him woo a local barmaid (Maria Grazia Cucinotta).

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Cyclo (1995)

Cyclo (1995)

7.3/10 Crime, Drama

When a poor bicycle-taxi driver has his cyclo stolen, he is forced into a life of crime. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a sex worker.

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Isadora (1968)

Isadora (1968)

7.0/10 Biography

A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.

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