# Flashdance (1983)

> A determined Pittsburgh welder and exotic dancer fights to trade industrial labor and nightclub performance for a place in professional dance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/420

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Adrian Lyne
- Cast: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Cynthia Rhodes, Lee Ving, Ron Karabatsos, Lilia Skala
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085549/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Mood: aspirational, energetic, romantic, 1980s nostalgia night, dance movie marathon

## Movies like Flashdance

- [Staying Alive (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/5857)
- [Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/9828)
- [Make It Happen (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/8858)
- [Breakin' (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/9098)
- [Save the Last Dance 2 (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/4971)
- [Footloose (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/1185)
- [Dirty Dancing (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/59)
- [Step Up (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/4921)
- [Honey (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/5149)
- [Saturday Night Fever (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/6038)

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