Movies Like The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)

The Vampire and the Ballerina is a 1960 horror film from Renato Polselli with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Playgirls and the Vampire and Dracula's Daughter.

Horror

The Playgirls and the Vampire

1960

Sexy nightclub dancers get trapped in a dark, creepy castle for the night.

4.9

MagicScore

Dracula's Daughter

1936

A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.

5.9

MagicScore

He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special

1985

In this special Christmas episode of the He-Man and She-Ra cartoons, their sidekick Orko accidentally gets beamed to Earth during a test of a new spy satellite. Orko manages to get back Planet Eternia, but brings along two Earth children, Alisha and Manuel, with him. Since it's Christmastime on Earth, the kids are naturally filled with the holiday spirit, but this overflowing goodwill attracts the unwelcome attention of the Horde Prime and Skeletor. Will the combined power of He-Man, She-Ra and the spirit of Christmas be enough to stop them?

6.6

MagicScore

The Road Home

1999

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

7.5

MagicScore

Black Swan

2010

The story of a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life is completely consumed with dance. Nina lives with her retired ballerina mother who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When the artistic director decides to replace the prima ballerina for the opening production of their new season, Nina is his first choice.

7.7

MagicScore

The Sealed Room

1909

The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes on the court minstrel. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's “The Cask of Amontillado” and Honoré de Balzac's “La Grande Breteche”.

4.9

MagicScore

The American

2023

American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.

6.8

MagicScore

The Dying Swan

1917

After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying Swan,” she enraptures a painter obsessed with portraying death genuinely.

6.4

MagicScore

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

Grand Jete

2022

Dance teacher and mother Nadja left her son Mario with her own mother when he was little. Now she has reappeared on his doorstep, seeking a closeness that knows fewer and fewer boundaries. An uncompromising film about family relationships.

4.9

MagicScore

#11

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...

6.0

MagicScore

#12

Verotika

2019

An anthology in which the erotic and horrific combine to create multiple ghoulish tales of bloodlust, murder, the occult and the forbidden.

3.4

MagicScore

#13

Abigail

2024

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl. After the kidnappers begin to diminish, one by one, they discover, to their increasing horror, that they are locked inside with no normal little girl.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Stoker

2013

After India's father dies in an auto accident, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn. Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

The Castle of the Living Dead

1964

Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!

6.1

MagicScore

#16

Meridian

1990

After her father’s death, Catherine returns to her family’s gothic castle in Italy and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle.

4.6

MagicScore

#17

Demonic Toys: Personal Demons

2010

A group of people on a world wide search for oddities find themselves trapped in a nine hundred year old Italian castle when they accident unleash the Demonic Toys.

3.5

MagicScore

#18

No Reservations

2007

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.

6.7

MagicScore

#19

The Conspiracy of Torture

1969

In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

Dead Men Walk

1943

When a small town doctor buries his twin brother, a practitioner of the black arts, he believes him dead; but subsequent events force him to realize that his brother has, in fact, returned from the dead as a vampire and is seeking revenge on the doctor, who had killed him in self-defense.

4.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Vampire and the Ballerina?

The top films similar to The Vampire and the Ballerina by MovieMagicScore are The Playgirls and the Vampire (4.9), Dracula's Daughter (5.9), He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (6.6). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Vampire and the Ballerina worth watching?

The Vampire and the Ballerina holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 23 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Vampire and the Ballerina?

The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960) is a horror film directed by Renato Polselli, starring Hélène Rémy, Tina Gloriani, Walter Brandi.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Vampire and the Ballerina?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Vampire and the Ballerina

This ranked list pairs The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960), a horror film from Renato Polselli, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Hélène Rémy take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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