Movies With Memorable Dance Scenes
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) - Rudolph Valentino dancing Tango.
- After Seben (1929) - short film starring George Snowden and featuring Breakaway.
- Flying Down to Rio (1933) - Carioca dance and more.
- A Day at the Races (1937) - featuring lindy hop and Frankie Manning.
- Keep Punching (1939) - featuring Frankie Manning in the Big Apple sequence
- Cottontail aka Hot Chocolates (1941) - Soundie featuring the Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, including Frankie Manning and lindy hop.
- Hellzapoppin' (1941) - a film remembered for its lindy hop scenes and Frankie Manning dance performances.
- Never on Sunday (1960) - scenes of Greek line and solo dancing.
- Zorba the Greek (1964) - the origin of Sirtaki.
- The Sound of Music (1965) - has a scene of Ländler danced; however choreographed in an American ballroom way, rather than in an authentic Austrian folk way.
- El Bolero de Raquel (Raquel's Bolero) (1967) - The movie star Cantinflas featuring a bootblack, who, in one episode, feebly joins a professional dancer during her performance to Ravel's Bolero producing both comical and highly artistic Spanish dance. The title is a pun for Ravel's Bolero.
- Urban Cowboy (1980) - featuring John Travolta.
- Flashdance (1983) - Jennifer Beals' character doing a breakdance routine during a prestigious dance school audition to the Academy Award-winning song "Flashdance... What a Feeling".
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) - Pee-wee goes to a bar and does the "Peewee Dance" while listening to Tequila by The Champs.
- Hairspray (1988) & (2007) - featuring line dance.
- Scent of a Woman (1992) - Al Pacino as blind Colonel dances Argentine Tango.
- Addams Family Values (1993) - featuring Raúl Juliá in a stunning scene of Tango.
- Pulp Fiction (1994) - featuring John Travolta and Uma Thurman in a twist contest.
- Chicago (2002)- There is the most famous Cell Block Tango number.
- The Fighting Temptations (2003)- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Darrin Hill, successfully does a backflip while directing his church choir. He is later seen breakdancing during the end credits.
- Toy Story 3 (2010) - Buzz Lightyear and Jessie (Toy Story) do a dance before the cr
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