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10 Best Movies Like Themes and Variations

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

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#1
Take the Lead

Take the Lead

2006★ 6.9

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

A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create ...

#2
Dance with Me

Dance with Me

1998★ 6.9

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

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John...

#3
Ritual in Transfigured Time

Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Themes and Variations for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek legend; one of filmmaker Maya Deren's most intriguing works....

#4
Polina

Polina

2016★ 6.6

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

Polina is a young dancer from a modest family. After years of ballet academy, she is accepted by the Bolshoi; still, she decides to try and audition of a modern dance company in Fr...

#5
I Believe in Unicorns

I Believe in Unicorns

2015★ 6.3

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

Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter....

#6
Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

1995★ 6.3

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

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. Th...

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