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10 Best Movies Like Dance Rivals

If you loved Dance Rivals, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Peasants

The Peasants

1939★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dance Rivals for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919....

#2
Nevada

Nevada

2017★ 3.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dance Rivals for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this stop-motion animated comedy, a young couple's romantic weekend getaway is interrupted by a birth control mishap....

#3
Garden of the Dead

Garden of the Dead

1972★ 3.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dance Rivals for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Convicts on a chain gang sniff formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break and are shot down by the guards. After being buried, they rise from the dead, killing all...

#4
Karel Zeman for Children

Karel Zeman for Children

1980★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dance Rivals for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Seventy-year-old filmmaker Karel Zeman recapitulated his thirty years of work in the field of animated and trick films. The film Karel Zeman for Children includes excerpts from Bar...

#5
Work

Work

2022★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dance Rivals for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Unable to move on from a breakup, Gabi, a queer Latina freelance editor, impulsively drops into an old job at an underground lap dance party, where she unexpectedly runs into a fri...

#6
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dance Rivals for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...