Get ready to swoon as we count down the most electrifying dance scenes in cinema history! From ballroom elegance to steamy salsa, these unforgettable moments showcase couples with undeniable chemistry. Watch as our favorite on-screen pairs set the dance floor ablaze with their passion and synchronicity.
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00:00Dance?
00:04Oh, no. Tingle?
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the cinematic dance moments that burned up the screen.
00:12Beware of potential spoilers.
00:14I can't do this.
00:15We're gonna have to get a little bit closer. Like this.
00:19Number 10. The Ball. Pride and Prejudice.
00:23So what do you recommend to encourage affection?
00:26Dancing.
00:29Even if one's partner is barely tolerable.
00:31Jane Austen's most famous heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, is determined to shirk social conventions and marry for love.
00:37She agrees, for some reason she doesn't understand, to dance with Mr. Darcy at a society ball.
00:43I dare say you will find him very angry about it.
00:45Is he?
00:46It would be most inconvenient, since I've sworn to loathe him for all eternity.
00:49Darcy is a man she swears she can't stand, but once they get on the dance floor,
00:53they trade cordially awkward quips and cryptic criticisms that are really just a heightened form of flirting.
00:59Why do you ask such a question?
01:00To make out your character, Mr. Darcy.
01:02And what have you discovered?
01:03Very little.
01:04I hear such different accounts of you as puzzlingly exceedingly.
01:09I hope to afford you more clarity in the future.
01:12Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadyen let the piercing glances and poignant silences between them do just as much talking.
01:18The dance may be slow and respectable, but the chemistry between this pair is undeniable.
01:27Brian Gosling and Emma Stone had tried and true chemistry going into La La Land.
01:31Their scenes in Crazy Stupid Love are hilarious.
01:34Here, they play Sebastian and Mia, two artists who reunite at a party months after they meet.
01:39Can I borrow what you're wearing?
01:40Why?
01:41Because I have an audition next week.
01:42I'm playing a serious firefighter.
01:44So you're an actress.
01:45I thought you looked familiar.
01:46Have I seen you in anything?
01:47Uh, the coffee shop on the Warner Brothers lot.
01:51That's a classic.
01:52Oh, I see.
01:53You're a barista.
01:54Their connection isn't immediate.
01:56At least, not to them.
01:57It's only when they stop being sarcastic and start being genuine that they realize how hot and bothered they are for each other.
02:04This scene from La La Land had to be filmed against a real sunset, which allowed for a minimal margin of error.
02:10You wouldn't know it by watching them move together, though.
02:12They make it look like they were born to perform together.
02:21Number 8.
02:22Moving together.
02:23This is the scene from La La Land.
02:25They make it look like they were born to perform together.
02:32Number 8.
02:33Moonglow.
02:34Picnic.
02:35The romance between a drifter named Hal and a small-town girl named Madge is dripping with sexual tension.
02:41But at first, it's all under the surface.
02:43It isn't until they dance together that we see the extent of their passion.
02:47Seeing that the film came out in 1955, when eroticism was much more restrained,
02:52this sequence is pretty hot stuff.
02:54Actors William Holden and Kim Novak have a whole conversation without saying a word.
03:07As the scene goes on, they become closer and closer until they're finally slow-dancing.
03:12Eyes locked and bodies pressed tight against each other, framed by lanterns in the dark of the water.
03:27Why can't you dance that way?
03:29Number 7.
03:30You Were Meant for Me.
03:31Singing in the Rain.
03:32This is the proper setting.
03:35Why, it's just an empty stage.
03:37At first glance, yes.
03:40But wait a second.
03:41One couldn't ask for a better dance partner than Gene Kelly.
03:44His extended number with Sid Charisse is a highlight of the 1952 musical masterpiece,
03:49Singing in the Rain,
03:50but it's his chemistry with co-lead Debbie Reynolds that sells the whole movie.
03:54You're like a plaintive melody
04:05That never lets me free
04:13They provide a masterclass in synchronicity as they twirl around the set of the studio
04:18during You Were Meant for Me.
04:19With blowing fans, soft lighting, and longing looks,
04:23it's already hard not to get swept up in the romance of it all.
04:26The scene is classic Hollywood,
04:28and Kelly and Reynolds are a particularly great pairing because they make it look effortless.
04:33Lime content
04:38The angels must have sent you
04:43Number 6.
04:44Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps.
04:46Strictly Ballroom.
04:47Baz Luhrmann's romantic comedy set in the competitive ballroom scene
04:50has plenty of high-energy, charmingly sexy dances.
04:54There's electricity between Scott and Fran right away.
04:57Where did that come from?
04:58It's a step I've been working on at home.
05:08Show me.
05:09They have noticeable gaps in ballroom experience.
05:12He's a seasoned pro while she's a rookie,
05:14but there's no denying that they're a match in every way that counts.
05:18Their most scintillating duet is set to Doris Day's Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps.
05:22You won't admit you love me
05:26And so, how am I ever
05:31To know you always tell me
05:36Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps.
05:39A misunderstanding threatens to end this partnership before it begins.
05:43But Scott chases Fran down backstage,
05:45and the two share an intimate dance as onlookers gradually start watching.
05:49Because what says I'm sorry better than a slinky routine with intense eye contact?
05:56Look, look! What's going on?
05:59Did you see? Let's go.
06:06Flirt-lapse, flirt-lapse, flirt-lapse.
06:14Would you care to try something more, uh, robust?
06:17Or do you feel unequal to the task?
06:19No, on the contrary, Don Alejandro.
06:21I think only of your distasteful perspiration.
06:24Taking up the mantle of Zorro, the masked vigilante,
06:27Alejandro is already a fleet-footed swordsman.
06:30It's no wonder he's so light on his feet when it comes to dancing.
06:33Elena is the beautiful and volatile daughter of a sadistic governor.
06:37Together, they make magic as the throbbing music plays on.
06:40With all the ferocious grabbing and dips,
06:42it's a wonder someone didn't get whiplash.
06:44If you want passion, Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have it.
06:48She's wild and free, he's suave and totally in control,
06:52and they're both glistening with just the right amount of sweat.
06:56Excuse me, Don Rafael. I need to catch my breath.
06:59Your daughter is a very spiritual woman.
07:01She's got a great sense of humor.
07:03She's got a great sense of humor.
07:05She's got a great sense of humor.
07:07She's got a great sense of humor.
07:09She's a very spirited dancer.
07:10Number 4. Irish Dance, Titanic
07:16So you want to go to a real party?
07:18Jack Dawson takes Rose DeWitt Bucator out of the stuffy
07:21but respectable first-class lounges and into the bowels of the RMS Titanic.
07:25They join a spirited party already in progress.
07:28As a band prepares to play an Irish tune, Jack pulls Rose up.
07:32Neither of them know the steps, but it doesn't matter.
07:35Neither do I. Just go with it.
07:37Don't think.
07:40Their reckless abandon as they fly across the room
07:43is like nothing the highborn Rose has ever done in public.
07:46And for all he's seen and done, Jack seems equally surprised at himself.
07:50She may be engaged to someone else,
07:52but with longing glances like this, she won't be for long.
08:02Number 3. The Lendler, The Sound of Music
08:06This way. Hop, step, hop, and under.
08:10Good. We'll have to practice.
08:12Do allow me, will you?
08:16When Maria arrives to be the von Trapp's new governess,
08:19the captain's welcome is less than friendly.
08:22But recognizing her talent with children and gift for music,
08:25his ice starts to thaw.
08:27You brought music back into the house?
08:32I'd forgotten.
08:36Fraulein.
08:40I want you to stay.
08:41One of the biggest moments of connection between them
08:43is this charged dance scene,
08:45where von Trapp leads Maria in a traditional Austrian folk dance
08:48called the Lendler.
08:49Their eyes lock, and they move in perfect harmony,
08:52seemingly forgetting they aren't alone.
08:54Their bond is so palpable, we forget it too.
08:57She gets so flustered, she has to stop.
08:59Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer play the whole thing beautifully.
09:03Your face is all red, is it?
09:05I don't suppose I'm used to dancing.
09:10Number two.
09:11You're the one that I want.
09:12Grease.
09:13John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
09:15are a match made in movie heaven.
09:17Once good girl Sandy goes bad
09:19and trades in her pinks and pastels for black leather,
09:22it's all over.
09:23Sandy!
09:26Tell me about it.
09:27Step.
09:28All that explosive chemistry threatens to set the screen on fire
09:31during You're the One That I Want.
09:33These two manage to make a musical number
09:35set at a fairground seem like the height of romance.
09:38Meditate my direction.
09:43Feel your way.
09:45Newton-John is strutting her stuff
09:47in a way the movie hasn't let her before,
09:49and Travolta looks like he's about to start panting.
09:52Don't even get us started on the Shake Shack.
09:54You're the one that I want.
09:55You're the one that I want.
09:57Ooh, ooh, ooh, honey.
09:59You're the one that I want.
10:00You're the one that I want.
10:01Ooh, ooh, ooh, honey.
10:03Before we unveil our top pick,
10:05here are a few honorable mentions.
10:07Cheek to Cheek.
10:08Top Hat.
10:09Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire danced so well together,
10:12they put them in ten movies together.
10:26The Chase.
10:27The Thomas Crown Affair.
10:30The Cat and Mouse Game takes a sexy turn on the dance floor.
10:38Do you want to dance?
10:40Or do you want to dance?
10:42Be This Alive, Shall We Dance.
10:44Ballroom dancing gets slinky and sweaty.
10:46Be this alive.
10:52Be this alive tomorrow.
10:54A Sharp Routine.
10:55Adam's Family Values.
10:56Because no one else can match their freak.
11:00Oh.
11:15More Than a Woman.
11:16Saturday Night Fever.
11:17Tony Manero meets his match in Disco Heat.
11:20If I lose your love, I know I would die.
11:24Oh, say you'll always be my baby.
11:27We can make it shine.
11:29We can take forever just a minute at a time.
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11:51Number 1.
11:52I've Had the Time of My Life.
11:54Dirty Dancing.
11:55Nobody puts baby in a barn.
11:57It's fine, crazy.
11:59Part of what makes Baby and Johnny's romance irresistible
12:02is how dissimilar they are.
12:04She's the inexperienced daughter of a doctor.
12:06He's a bad boy who's barely hanging on to a job
12:09as a dance instructor at a ritzy Catskills resort.
12:11Together, they're electric.
12:14So I'll tell you something.
12:19This could be love.
12:21Cry to Me is one of the steamiest dance duets on film.
12:24We have to give it to the climactic celebration
12:26set to Dirty Dancing's most famous song.
12:28After all they've been through as dance and romantic partners,
12:32they fully trust each other.
12:34Patrick Swayze is at his most charming,
12:36and Jennifer Grey looks like she might melt in his arms.
12:50Which of these dance scenes had you kicking your feet?
12:54Let us know in the comments.
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