Let’s Tangle With the Tango
Which film has the best dance of the Tango? And to be fair, there must be a video of the dance to each film entry so you can judge them properly.
And if the Tango has you tangled up, untie yourself here. (Yes, that line contained a play on words reference from one of the lines in the movies listed here.) if you want to suggest one, you have to give a link to the dance in that movie in order to be considered.
(WARNING: IMHO, the two Rudolph Valentino ones are going to be hard to beat. That Tango in still holds up today.) Live poll: [link] https://www.imdb.com/poll/Od4vSG5ifFs/
And if the Tango has you tangled up, untie yourself here. (Yes, that line contained a play on words reference from one of the lines in the movies listed here.) if you want to suggest one, you have to give a link to the dance in that movie in order to be considered.
(WARNING: IMHO, the two Rudolph Valentino ones are going to be hard to beat. That Tango in still holds up today.) Live poll: [link] https://www.imdb.com/poll/Od4vSG5ifFs/
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- DirectorRex IngramStarsRudolph ValentinoAlice TerryPomeroy CannonAn extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsEleanor ParkerRichard CarlsonPatricia MedinaItalian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsGeorge RaftPat O'BrienJanet BlairGeorge Raft, playing himself, recalls his days on Broadway, where he acquired a reputation as a great dancer--and also one as a brawler, a ladies man and an associate of some of the city's most notorious gangsters.George Raft can Tango?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96GW0WptYW0 - DirectorMartin BrestStarsAl PacinoChris O'DonnellJames RebhornA prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsAntonio BanderasAnthony HopkinsCatherine Zeta-JonesA young thief seeking revenge for his brother's death is trained by the once-great, aging Zorro, who is pursuing his own vengeance.I think this is a tango infused with the Flamingo and the Pasodoble. It does definitely have the “I hate you, I love you” theme associated with the tango. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaJv6L8vF-Y
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsSean ConneryKim BasingerKlaus Maria BrandauerA S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.Sorry for the bad sound quality on this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZkVAJD6aQ
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydThe Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.
- DirectorBruce ParramoreStarsMateusz DamieckiIzabella MikoVioletta ArlakA brand new journalist goes behind the scene of a dance and music organization. She finds her true love and a suppressed dream of hers.
- DirectorLiz FriedlanderStarsAntonio BanderasRob BrownYaya DaCostaA dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey RushA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsBrad PittAngelina JolieAdam BrodyA bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
- DirectorPeter ChelsomStarsRichard GereJennifer LopezSusan SarandonA romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsMiguel Ángel SoláCecilia NarovaMía MaestroMario Suarez is a forty-something tango artist, whose wife Laura has left him. He leaves his apartment and starts preparing a film about tango.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsMiguel Ángel SoláCecilia NarovaMía MaestroMario Suarez is a forty-something tango artist, whose wife Laura has left him. He leaves his apartment and starts preparing a film about tango.
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsRenée ZellwegerCatherine Zeta-JonesRichard GereTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJamie Lee CurtisTom ArnoldA fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.The tango in the ending credits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ydRwCf9Qyw Wait a moment! Arnold Schwarzenegger can dance?
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJamie Lee CurtisTom ArnoldA fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.The first tango scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DopcrorhSSM
- DirectorStephan ElliottStarsJessica BielBen BarnesKristin Scott ThomasA young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
- DirectorRobert DuvallStarsRobert DuvallLuciana PedrazaRubén BladesAn aging hitman gets a contract to kill a General in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But when his mark becomes unavailable, he becomes involved in Argentinian tango culture.The last tango with Manuela. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sms4grRcCck
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanEwan McGregorJohn LeguizamoA poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.The Tango set to parts of Sting’s “Roxanne” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn0xXo1gwGY
- DirectorJames TinlingStarsWarner BaxterKetti GallianJohn MiljanCesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous Parisian singer on her way to play an engagement in a Buenos Aires cabaret. THe plane she is flying in is forced to land on the Pampas. Campo and his riders take the passengers to a hotel. Yvonne and Campo quickly fall in love, but she had to leave to make her singing engagement in Buenos Aires. Campo follows her and discovers that his horse that was the favorite to win the Big Race has been stolen.The Cobra Tango. The way he tosses her around in some of the dance movies, she is danger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIVKRhKjxE
- DirectorMasayuki SuôStarsKoji YakushoTamiyo KusakariNaoto TakenakaA successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.(Suggested by Stephen Atwood)
- DirectorSally PotterStarsSally PotterPablo VerónMorgane MaugranA scriptwriter comes to Paris to work on her film. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer.
- DirectorSally PotterStarsSally PotterPablo VerónMorgane MaugranA scriptwriter comes to Paris to work on her film. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer.
- DirectorDamon SantostefanoStarsSelena GomezDrew SeeleyJane LynchMary lives with her evil stepmom/sisters and slaves for them. At the high school masquerade ball, she gets to dance with her pop idol, Joey. Running home before midnight, she drops her Zune. Joey tries to find the girl who fits the Zune.
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdna May OliverThe story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRJy84g4C40 suggested by ACT_1
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersVictor MooreRoguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqXwDH1sp80 Suggested by ACT_1.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseOscar LevantA pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.The tango is in the bones club section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8QmkDzD8Sk suggested by ACT_1.