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10 Best Movies Like Dirty Dancing

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

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#1
Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

1987★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Dancing for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a...

#2
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

2016★ 7.2

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

A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead....

#3
Footloose

Footloose

2011★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Dancing for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ba...

#4
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Dancing for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#5
Endless Love

Endless Love

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Dancing for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart....

#6
Little Women

Little Women

2019★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Dancing for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War....

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