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Poster for movie "Strictly Ballroom" - woman with dark brown hair in shiny red dance dress is in ballroom dance embrace with a man with dark hair in a shiny yellow bolero jacket and black pants.

Strictly Ballroom

Recommended by: Jen Howell

Release Year: 1992

Runtime: 94 min

Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance

The Pitch: Maybe the ultimate feel-good movie, this feature debut from Baz Luhrmann is also one of the best dance movies, one of the most romantic romances, a hilarious comedy, and a visual feast. If you've always wanted Luhrmann with all his beauty and sentiment, but with the volume slightly turned down, the deeper characterizations and (slightly) slower pace here should hit the spot!

Ratings

Funny: Pretty Funny

Scary: Not Scary

Sadness: Not sad

Pacing: Fast

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The Secret of Roan Inish

Movie poster for The Company of Wolves. Full moon in background. A girl dressed as Red Riding Hood. In the foreground a shirtless man is transforming into a wolf, the wolf's head emerging from his mouth.

The Company of Wolves

Poster for movie "Torso" red background, with terrified girl in nightgown descending stairs, inside the image of a saw held by a gloved man.

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