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The Turning Point (1977)

  • Drama
  • Other
  • 119 min
  • 12 age guide
  • ★ 6.6/10 from 71 ratings

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Directed byHerbert Ross

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  1. 01

    The Goodbye Girl

    Same director

    1977 · 111 min · Comedy · Drama · Other

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    After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  2. 02

    A Chorus Line

    Strong story similarity

    1985 · 118 min · Drama · Music

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    A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  3. 03

    Dance

    Strong story similarity

    1990 · 88 min · Drama · Other

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    A choreographer from New York upsets the balance of ballet-duo lovers (Johan Renvall, Ellen Troy) in competition.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: ballet and new york city
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  4. 04

    Sweet Charity

    Shared cast

    1969 · 153 min · Comedy · Drama · Other

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    Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
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  5. 05

    Carnal Knowledge

    Strong story similarity

    1971 · 98 min · Comedy · Drama · Other

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    Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: infidelity and new york city
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  6. 06

    Pretty in Pink

    Strong story similarity

    1986 · 97 min · Drama · Other

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    Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  7. 07

    The Graduate

    Shared cast

    1967 · 107 min · Comedy · Drama · Other

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    A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
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  8. 08

    Suddenly, Love

    Strong story similarity

    1978 · 100 min · Drama · TV Movie

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    Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  9. 09

    Anna Pavlova

    Strong story similarity

    1983 · 155 min · Drama

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    The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna’s performance and determination does not go unnoticed by the celebrated choreographer Marius Petipa, who helps to stage Pavlova's examination performance. Such a gift becomes a starting point for Ani in the world of big ballet, her fast-paced career, position in high society and world fame make her forget about close friends and especially her faithful Michel Fokine, who invested a lot of energy in the formation of a ballerina.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: ballet and prima ballerina
    • substantial genre overlap
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