Cast: Fred Astaire
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Fred Astaire. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 57
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
It Takes a Thief (TV Series)
1968 · Series · 51 min. · United States
Direction Roland Kibbee · Don Weis · Jack Arnold · Michael Caffey
Cast Robert Wagner · Malachi Throne · Edward Binns · Fred Astaire
6.6
70 votes
6.6
70 votes
The Notorious Landlady
1962 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Richard Quine
Cast Kim Novak · Jack Lemmon · Fred Astaire · Estelle Winwood
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