Topic: Ballet

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Claire Bloom · Nigel Bruce · Sydney Chaplin

Synopsis Limelight (1952) is a poignant drama directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film follows Calvero, a once-famous but now washed-up clown, who saves a young ballerina, Terry, from a suicide attempt. As he nurses her back to health, Calvero...

Direction Michael Powell · Emeric Pressburger

Cast Anton Walbrook · Moira Shearer · Marius Goring · Leonid Massine

Synopsis Under the authoritarian rule of charismatic ballet impressario Boris Lermontov, his proteges realize the full promise of their talents, but at a price: utter devotion to their art and complete loyalty to Lermontov himself. Under his near-obsessive guidance, young ballerina...

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Pina Bausch

Synopsis A Wim Wenders documentary about legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch using the testimony of her collaborators.

Direction Darren Aronofsky

Cast Natalie Portman · Mila Kunis · Vincent Cassel · Winona Ryder

Synopsis Black Swan (2010) follows Nina, a dedicated ballet dancer in New York, who lands the coveted dual role of the Swan Queen in "Swan Lake." As she prepares for the performance, Nina struggles to embody both the innocent White Swan...

Direction Dong-Hwa Han

Cast Park In-hwan · Song Kang · Jung Hae-kyun · Jo Bok-rae

Synopsis It is about Shim Deok Chul, who begins ballet at the age of 70, and the 23-year-old ballerino Lee Chae Rok who gets lost while chasing his dreams.

Direction Thierry Demaizière · Alban Teurlai

Cast Benjamin Millepied

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...

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Robert Taylor · Vivien Leigh · Lucile Watson · Virginia Field

Synopsis On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front....

Direction Munehisa Sakai

Synopsis TV Series (2022). 11 Episodes. Junpei Murao is a student who was fascinated with ballet as a child, but in his second year of middle school, his father passed away and he decided he needed to become more "masculine," and...

Direction Stephen Daldry

Cast Jamie Bell · Julie Walters · Gary Lewis · Jamie Draven

Synopsis Billy Elliot (2000) follows an 11-year-old boy from a working-class family in Northern England during the 1984 miners' strike. While his father and brother are consumed by the strike, Billy discovers a passion for ballet after stumbling upon a dance...

Direction Steven Cantor

Cast Sergei Polunin

Synopsis Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Maj-Britt Nilsson · Birger Malmsten · Alf Kjellin · Mimi Pollak

Synopsis While waiting for the night rehearsal of the ballet Swan Lake, the lonely twenty-eight year-old ballerina Marie receives a diary through the mail. She travels by ferry to an island nearby Stockholm, where she recalls her first love Henrik. Thirteen...

Direction Yoshimi Itazu

Synopsis TV Series (2017). 24 Episodes. Feckless high school student Tatara Fujita wants to be good at something - anything. Unfortunately, he's about as average as a slouchy teen can be. The local bullies know this, and make it a habit...

Direction Arantxa Aguirre

Cast Malya Roman · Julien Favreau · Elisabet Ros · Kateryna Shalkina

Direction Bess Kargman

Synopsis A documentary that follows six young dancers as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix. Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world’s most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are...

Direction Frederick Wiseman

Synopsis The film follows the production of seven ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet.

Direction Rainer Hoffmann · Anne Linsel

Cast Pina Bausch

Direction Linda Saffire · Adam Schlesinger

Cast Wendy Whelan

Synopsis Documentary on the great American Ballerina Wendy Whelan, who was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and is a guest artist with The Royal Ballet and the Kirov Ballet and has performed all over the

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Pina Bausch

Synopsis Chantal Akerman followed famous Choreographer Pina Bausch and her company of dancers, The Tanzteater Wuppertal, for five weeks while they were on tour in Germany, Italy and France. Her objective was to capture Pina Bausch's unparalleled art not only on...

Direction Lukas Dhont

Cast Victor Polster · Arieh Worthalter · Valentijn Dhaenens · Oliver Bodart

Synopsis Lara is a 15-year-old girl, born in the body of a boy, who dreams to become a ballerina.