Movies like Why Don't You Dance (2002)
The best movies like Why Don't You Dance (2002) are L'arbitro (2009), La Guerre des Romands (2011) and The Pawnshop (1916). If Why Don't You Dance hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Why Don't You Dance
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCarne (1991)6.8/10 from 257 votes
- NewestThe Nest (2013)Released 2013
L'arbitro (2009)
An Italian referee demoted and exiled to the remote island of Sardinia finds out what it takes to handle a real match
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Pawnshop (1916)
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Count (1916)
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPockets (2012)
A homeless bum, bored of eating the same food every night, promises his girlfriend a special dinner. He plans to take her out with money robbed from a passing stranger. But the bum’s in for a surprise when the man he targets for his mugging turns out to have special – and hilarious – powers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Diarchy (2010)
Giano and Luc are traveling through the woods when a storm breaks, forcing them to take shelter in Luc's villa. Gradually and insidiously, a competition emerges between them, with terrible consequences.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Tin Man (1935)
Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The inventor manipulates the robot's control board from a hidden room. The girls are soon in a panic. Patsy gets into an argument with the robot and loses the match of wits. Blackie Burke, an escaped convict, is using the house as a hideout, and this adds to the problems the girls already have.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience (2004)
A big-screen look into one of America's most successful entertainment industries, NASCAR racing.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (2003)
12,000 feet down, life is erupting. Alvin, a deep-sea mechanized probe, makes a voyage some 12,000 feet underwater to explore the Azores, a constantly-erupting volcanic rift between Europe and North America.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Mystery of the Nile (2005)
Filmed in IMAX, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face seemingly insurmountable challenges as they make their way along all 3,260 miles of the world's longest and deadliest river to become the first in history to complete a full descent of the Blue Nile from source to sea.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Nest (2013)
A doctor must remove a parasite infestation from within a patient's breast.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisEnter Hamlet (1965)
Enter Hamlet is a collage of images in cartoon form of a word put in balloon in each jump-cut scene as that word is said by the narrator Maurice Evans during his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy recording.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Carne (1991)
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRendezvous (1976)
A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRita Ou Rito? (1927)
Peixe-de-Espada (literally, sword-fish), a retired Army colonel, his wife and nubile daughter are spending their holidays at the Palace Hotel, in the company of a lady doctor, Doctor Pilulas (literally, pills). He tells tall-tales of his African adventures, and she finds ways to promote the excellency of the pills of her own fabrication. To spend some time with Gabriela, his girlfriend, Rito appears disguised as a woman, pretending to be the new post-office operator. Desguises will come and go, and all ends well after a turmoil of twisted plots.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Hypnotism at Home (1927)
Sleepwalking and supernatural adventures, inspired by American farces.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Crimes of Diogo Alves (1911)
Diogo Alves is a Spanish fugitive that comes to the Portuguese capital terrorizing the inhabitants by his cut-throat methods against rich and poor people alike. He attacks the women launderers on the Lisbon Aqueduct and throws the bodies over the high wall, and assaults homes with his large band of criminals. Eventually arrested, he, his female companion and his henchmen are condemned to death by the court.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test) (1957)
Mostly dark, rejecting images which are repeated. A stone wall, the chamber of a revolver which is, at first not recognizable, a close-up of a cactus. The duration of the takes emphasises the photographic character of the pictures, simultaneously with a crackling, brutal sound. (Hans Scheugl)
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Why Don't You Dance?
The closest matches to Why Don't You Dance are L'arbitro (2009), La Guerre des Romands (2011) and The Pawnshop (1916). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Why Don't You Dance?
Start with L'arbitro (2009), the closest match to Why Don't You Dance.
What is the highest-rated movie like Why Don't You Dance?
Carne (1991), rated 6.8/10 by 257 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Why Don't You Dance?
The Nest (2013) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Why Don't You Dance?
Yes: The Pawnshop (1916), The Count (1916) and Pockets (2012).
How are movies similar to Why Don't You Dance chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Why Don't You Dance, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.