Matthew Bourne's Romeo + Juliet

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that h...

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Stephen Daldry

Cast

Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis

In the seaside town of Rochefort, twin sisters Delphine and Solange dream of love and artistic fulfillment beyond their quiet lives. As sailors, artists, musicians, and chance visitors pass through town during a weekend fair, a web of near-misses and romantic longing brings ideal partners tantalizingly close—without their realizing it.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Jacques Demy

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Thomas Carter

Cast

Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington

Sara joins Julliard in New York to fulfill her and her mother's dream of becoming the Prima ballerina of the school. She befriends her roommates, Zoe and Miles, who teach hip-hop classes. She has ballet classes with the rigid and famous Monique Delacroix that she idolizes - Monique requires full commitment, discipline and hard work fro...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

David Petrarca

Cast

Izabella Miko, Columbus Short, Jacqueline Bisset

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.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Nicholas Hytner

Cast

Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldaña, Peter Gallagher