Movies like Honey 2 (2011)
The best movies like Honey 2 (2011) are Center Stage (2000), Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016) and Make Your Move (2013). If Honey 2 hooked you with its music and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedStomp the Yard (2007)7.2/10 from 568 votes
- Newest10DANCE (2025)Released 2025
- Same seriesHoney 3: Dare to Dance (2016)Honey
Center Stage (2000)
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoney 3: Dare to Dance (2016)
While attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin feels constrained by the school's strict policies, and decides to set out on her own. Searching for a way to use her talents as a dancer and inspire the community around her, Melea rents a failing theater in order to put on a Hip-Hop Romeo and Juliet performance. But much like the Capulets and Montagues, conflicts between cast members threaten to bring the whole performance to a halt...
Why it matches: Same series: Honey · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMake Your Move (2013)
A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
SnoozefestMovies like thisStomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010)
Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisYou Got Served (2004)
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers — and their moves — two warring friends have to pull together to represent the street.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Strung (2016)
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStreetDance 3D (2010)
In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTake the Lead (2006)
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 a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDance-Off (2014)
Two cross-town rival dance teams go head to head for the National Nationals Championship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStep Up 2: The Streets (2008)
When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStep Up 3D (2010)
A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip-hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStep Up: Year of the Dance (2019)
Two young people from different social classes put aside their differences and come together to form a dance group and win a championship in China.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFootloose (2011)
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 ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStreetDance 2 (2012)
After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoney (2003)
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
Why it matches: Same series: Honey · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCenter Stage: On Pointe (2016)
Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie, Cooper and Tommy to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be selected to join the Academy. Bella Parker, who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister Kate, finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers recruited for the camp.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoney: Rise Up and Dance (2018)
Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.
Why it matches: Same series: Honey · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet's Dance (2019)
After his crew breaks up, a gifted but insecure hip-hop dancer teaches at a top ballet school in Paris, where he falls for an aspiring ballerina.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDesert Dancer (2014)
Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStep Up (2006)
Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStep Sisters (2018)
Jamilah has her whole life figured out. She's the president of her black sorority, captain of their champion step dance crew, is student liaison to the college dean, and her next move is on to Harvard Law School. She's got it all, right? But when the hard-partying white girls from Sigma Beta Beta embarrass the school, Jamilah is ordered to come to the rescue. Her mission is to not only teach the rhythmically-challenged girls how to step dance, but to win the Steptacular, the most competitive of dance competitions. With the SBBs reputations and charter on the line, and Jamilah's dream of attending Harvard in jeopardy, these outcast screw-ups and their unlikely teacher stumble through one hilarious misstep after another. Cultures clash, romance blossoms, and sisterhood prevails as everyone steps out of their comfort zones.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrumline: A New Beat (2014)
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeat Street (1984)
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like this10DANCE (2025)
Two dancers, opposites in all but their art, agree to train together for a competition. At first, they clash, but soon become drawn to each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStomp the Yard (2007)
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStep Up Revolution (2012)
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrumline (2002)
A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBring It On: In It to Win It (2007)
Fourth 'Bring It On' movie is set at a cheerleader camp in Florida with a 'West Side Story' musical feel has the female captain of the West Side Sharks meeting and romancing a male member of the East Coast Jets amid their different team rivalries.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMake It Happen (2008)
Embarking on a journey to fulfill her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that will prove to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBattle (2018)
Amalie is the girl who has everything, good looks, money, a boyfriend and a big talent of dancing. One day, her world falls apart and she moves from everything she knows. Then enter Mikael. He is dancing in the streets and Amalie joins him in dancing on the streets, dancing Battles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & music
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Honey 2?
The closest matches to Honey 2 are Center Stage (2000), Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016) and Make Your Move (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Honey 2?
People who watched Honey 2 most often go on to Center Stage (2000), Make Your Move (2013) and Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010).
What is the highest-rated movie like Honey 2?
Stomp the Yard (2007), rated 7.2/10 by 568 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Honey 2?
10DANCE (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Honey 2 part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Honey, which includes Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016), Honey (2003) and Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018).
Are there English movies like Honey 2?
Yes: Center Stage (2000), Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016) and Make Your Move (2013).
How are movies similar to Honey 2 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Honey 2, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.