The Best '60s Dance Movies

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Dance has long been an important element of any musical, whether you’re talking Broadway or Hollywood. The best '60s dance movies usually include an amazing musical score, in addition to the coolest moves n' grooves of the decade.

This list of the best 1960s dance films highlights the legendary choreography of Bob Fosse (Sweet Charity), Busby Berkeley (Billy Rose’s Jumbo) and Jerome Robbins (West Side Story). Combine those with several films featuring Elvis Presley's gyrating hips (Viva Las Vegas and Girl Happy), and you’ve got the highlights of the sixties dance scene. If you do nothing else today, be sure to check out the dancing waiters in Hello, Dolly! They're pretty phenomenal.

Vote up the best '60s dance movies below, and let us know what you think in the comment section!

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Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke
Released: 1964
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
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Oliver!
Oliver Reed, Leonard Rossiter
Released: 1968
Directed by: Carol Reed
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Can-Can
Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine
Released: 1960
Directed by: Walter Lang
Can-Can is a 1960 musical film made by Suffolk-Cummings productions and distributed by 20th... more on Wikipedia
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My Fair Lady
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Released: 1964
Directed by: George Cukor
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West Side Story
Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno
Released: 1961
Directed by: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
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Sweet Charity
Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis
Released: 1969
Directed by: Bob Fosse
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Bye Bye Birdie
Ann-Margret, Dick Van Dyke
Released: 1963
Directed by: George Sidney
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore
Released: 1967
Directed by: George Roy Hill
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The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Released: 1965
Directed by: Robert Wise
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Pas de deux
Vincent Warren, Margaret Mercier
Released: 1968
Directed by: Norman McLaren
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Hello, Dolly!
Barbra Streisand, Louis Armstrong
Released: 1969
Directed by: Gene Kelly
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Finian's Rainbow
Fred Astaire, Petula Clark
Released: 1968
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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Girl Happy
Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares
Released: 1965
Directed by: Boris Sagal, Jack Aldworth
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G.I. Blues
Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse
Released: 1960
Directed by: Norman Taurog, Mickey Moore
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens
Released: 1962
Directed by: Norman Taurog
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Band of Outsiders
Jean-Luc Godard, Anna Karina
Released: 1964
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
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Fun in Acapulco
Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress
Released: 1963
Directed by: Richard Thorpe, Mickey Moore
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Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Released: 1968
Directed by: William Wyler
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Viva Las Vegas
Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret
Released: 1964
Directed by: George Sidney
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Gumnaam
Mehmood Ali, Madan Puri
Released: 1965
Directed by: Raja Nawathe
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Debbie Reynolds, Ed Begley
Released: 1964
Directed by: Charles Walters
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The Young Girls of Rochefort
Catherine Deneuve, Gene Kelly
Released: 1967
Directed by: Jacques Demy
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Live a Little, Love a Little
Elvis Presley, Dick Sargent
Released: 1968
Directed by: Norman Taurog
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Billy Rose's Jumbo
Doris Day, Stephen Boyd
Released: 1962
Directed by: Charles Walters
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