Cast: Fred Astaire

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Fred Astaire. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Band Wagon

1953 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Fred Astaire · Cyd Charisse · Oscar Levant · Nanette Fabray

Synopsis Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). The reporters are out for Ava Gardner, not him. But his old friends Lily and Les Martin...

7.7

3K votes

7.7

3K votes

Top Hat

1935 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Helen Broderick

Synopsis In Top Hat (1935), a charming American dancer, Jerry Travers, travels to London to star in a new show. There, he meets the lovely Dale Tremont, and their instant spark leads to a whirlwind of romantic misunderstandings. After Jerry's tap-dancing...

7.4

7K votes

7.4

7K votes

That's Entertainment!

1974 · Documentary · 134 min. · United States

Direction Jack Haley Jr.

Cast Fred Astaire · Bing Crosby · Gene Kelly · Peter Lawford

Synopsis Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favourite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

7.1

347 votes

7.1

347 votes

Funny Face

1957 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Donen

Cast Audrey Hepburn · Fred Astaire · Kay Thompson · Michel Auclair

Synopsis In Funny Face (1957), a shy bookstore clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and swept into the glamorous world of high fashion. Reluctant at first, she agrees to model in Paris, where intellectualism and style collide. As she transforms...

6.9

8K votes

6.9

8K votes

The Gay Divorcee

1934 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Alice Brady

Synopsis Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent. The plot is really...

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

Swing Time

1936 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Betty Furness · Victor Moore

Synopsis Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be allowed to marry her. He and Pop go to New York where they run...

6.8

979 votes

6.8

979 votes

Easter Parade

1948 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Charles Walters

Cast Fred Astaire · Judy Garland · Peter Lawford · Jules Munshin

Synopsis Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. After a while this new team is...

6.8

498 votes

6.8

498 votes

The Towering Inferno

1974 · Movie · 165 min. · United States

Direction John Guillermin · Irwin Allen

Cast Steve McQueen · Paul Newman · William Holden · Faye Dunaway

Synopsis The Towering Inferno (1974) is a gripping disaster film set in a state-of-the-art skyscraper, the tallest in the world. During its grand opening celebration, a catastrophic electrical fire erupts, trapping guests and staff on the upper floors. As the flames...

6.8

16K votes

6.8

16K votes

Shall We Dance?

1937 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Eric Blore

Synopsis Ballet star Pete "Petrov" Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer he's fallen for but barely knows, musical star Linda Keene. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie...

6.8

705 votes

6.8

705 votes

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Documentary · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Fred Astaire · Gene Kelly · Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney

Synopsis Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

6.8

165 votes

6.8

165 votes

Silk Stockings

1957 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Rouben Mamoulian

Cast Fred Astaire · Cyd Charisse · Janis Paige · Peter Lorre

Synopsis Fred Astaire took one of his final musical turns in this delightful 1957 comedy, a cold war update of the classic Ninotchka. Cyd Charisse, having previously wrapped her endless legs around Fred in The Band Wagon, plays the Greta Garbo...

6.7

693 votes

6.7

693 votes

On the Beach

1959 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kramer

Cast Gregory Peck · Ava Gardner · Fred Astaire · Anthony Perkins

Synopsis In 1964, nuclear war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Broadway Melody Of 1940

1940 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Fred Astaire · Eleanor Powell · George Murphy · Frank Morgan

Synopsis Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him...

6.6

244 votes

6.6

244 votes

The Notorious Landlady

1962 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

6.6

743 votes

6.6

743 votes

You Were Never Lovelier

1942 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction William A. Seiter

Cast Fred Astaire · Rita Hayworth · Adolphe Menjou · Isobel Elsom

Synopsis The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put pressure on Maria, sister #2, because they have their husbands...

6.5

618 votes

6.5

618 votes

Royal Wedding

1951 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Donen

Cast Fred Astaire · Jane Powell · Sarah Churchill · Peter Lawford

Synopsis Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Their agent books them in London for the same period as the Royal Wedding. They travel by cruise ship where Ellen meets and...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Ziegfeld Follies

1945 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli · Lemuel Ayers · Roy Del Ruth · Robert Lewis

Cast Fred Astaire · William Powell · Judy Garland · Lucille Ball

Synopsis The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

6.4

313 votes

6.4

313 votes

Dancing Lady

1933 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Joan Crawford · Clark Gable · Franchot Tone · Fred Astaire

Synopsis Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he...

6.4

179 votes

6.4

179 votes

Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Glen A. Larson · Donald P. Bellisario · Richard A. Colla · Vince Edwards

Cast Lorne Greene · Richard Hatch · Dirk Benedict · Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Synopsis TV Series (1978-1979). 24 Episodes. In a distant galaxy, twelve planets bearing tribes of the race known as Man have been at war with an alien cyborg race, the Cylon empire, for a millenium. In the measurements used by the...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes