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10 Best Movies Like A Dance to Forget

If you loved A Dance to Forget, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
Honey 3: Dare to Dance

Honey 3: Dare to Dance

2016★ 6.7

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

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...

#4
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#5
Ice Castles

Ice Castles

2010★ 6.3

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

Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, an...

#6
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

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