Dance & Musical Movies of the 1980s (58)
58 films from the 1980s, with directors, choreographers and plot summaries.
A Chorus Line
1985 film by Richard Attenborough
Aida
1987 film by Claes Fellbom
Ananda Bhairavi
1983 film by Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry
Beat Street
1984 film directed by Stan Lathan
Blood Wedding
1981 Spanish musical film directed by Carlos Saura
Body Rock
1984 film directed by Marcelo Epstein
Breakin'
1984 film by Joel Silberg
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
1984 film directed by Sam Firstenberg
Bumpy
1981 film by Helle Karis
Carmen
1983 film by Carlos Saura
Chandrawal
1984 film
Copacabana
1985 film directed by Waris Hussein
Dance Dance
1987 film by Babbar Subhash
Dance for Modern Times
1987 film
Dance Raja Dance
1987 film by Dwarakish
Dancers
1987 film by Herbert Ross
Dirty Dancing
1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino
Disco Dancer
1982 Indian Hindi film directed by Babbar Subhash
Disco King
1984 film by T L V Prasad
Divine Madness
1980 film directed by Michael Ritchie
El Amor brujo
1986 Spanish musical film directed by Carlos Saura
Fast Forward
1985 film directed by Sidney Poitier
Flashdance
1983 film by Adrian Lyne
Footloose
1984 film directed by Herbert Ross
Fuete
1986 film by Boris Yermolayev and Vladimir Vasilyev
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985 film by Alan Metter
Grease 2
1982 US musical film directed by Patricia Birch
Hairspray
1988 film by John Waters
Heavenly Bodies
1984 film by Lawrence Dane
Karagattakaran
1989 Tamil film directed by Gangai Amaran
La Bailanta
1988 film by Luis Rodrigo
Le Bal
1983 film by Ettore Scola
Love Forever
1983 film by Umetsugu Inoue
Mammame
1986 film by Raúl Ruiz
Mayuri
1984 Telugu film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Moonwalker
1988 film by Jim Blashfield, Jerry Kramer, Will Vinton
Nijinsky
1980 film by Herbert Ross
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
1986 film by Carroll Ballard
Paadum Vaanampadi
1985 film
Pennies from Heaven
1981 film by Herbert Ross
Rappin'
1985 film directed by Joel Silberg
Ratha Sapthami
1986 film by M.S. Rajashekar
Rooftops
1989 film by Robert Wise
Round Midnight
1986 film by Bertrand Tavernier
Saagara Sangamam
1983 Telugu film directed by Kasinathuni Viswanath
Salsa
1988 film by Boaz Davidson
Sign o' the Times
1987 concert film by Prince
Staying Alive
1983 film directed by Sylvester Stallone
Swarnakamalam
1988 popular Telugu film by K. Viswanath
Tango Bar
1987 film by Marcos Zurinaga
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
1985 film by Fernando Solanas
Tap
1989 film by Nick Castle
Tenderfoot
1988 film
That's Dancing!
1985 film by Jack Haley, Jr.
The In Crowd
1988 film by Mark Rosenthal
The Pirates of Penzance
1983 film directed by Wilford Leach
Wild Style
1983 film by Charlie Ahearn
Xanadu
1980 American musical film directed by Robert Greenwald