Movies Like Carmencita (1894)

Carmencita is a 1894 documentary film from William K.L. Dickson with a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze and A Trip to the Moon.

Documentary

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

1894

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.

4.8

MagicScore

A Trip to the Moon

1902

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

7.9

MagicScore

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

1895

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of the flowing cloth. She moves to her right and left across an unadorned stage. Many of the prints were distributed in hand-tinted color.

5.9

MagicScore

Billy Elliot: The Musical Live

2014

In County Durham, England, 1984, a talented young dancer, Billy Elliot, stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family’s set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes in a musical that questions masculinity, gender norms and conformity.

8.1

MagicScore

Little Tickles

2018

Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.

7.4

MagicScore

Center Stage

2000

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

6.9

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

Mao’s Last Dancer

2009

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

6.6

MagicScore

Center Stage: On Pointe

2016

Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie, Cooper and Tommy to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be selected to join the Academy. Bella Parker, who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister Kate, finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers recruited for the camp.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

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

#11

Le manoir du diable

1896

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.

6.4

MagicScore

#12

The Merry Widow

1926

When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids him to marry her because Sally is a commoner. Thinking she has been jilted by her prince, Sally marries wealthy Baron Sadoja. When the elderly man dies suddenly, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

Joan of Arc

1900

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Pas de Deux

1968

Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

El amor brujo

1986

In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since he was a boy, is arrested while helping José and unfairly sent to prison. Four years later he is released and declares his love for Candela. However, the woman is cursed by a bewitched love and every night she goes to the place where José died to dance with his ghost.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

The Gold Rush

1925

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

8.0

MagicScore

#17

Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter

1897

Mme. Bob Walter performs the serpentine dance.

5.3

MagicScore

#18

First Position

2011

A documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

The Cook

1918

In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

The Dancing Skeleton

1898

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Carmencita?

The top films similar to Carmencita by MovieMagicScore are Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (4.8), A Trip to the Moon (7.9), Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (5.9). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Carmencita worth watching?

Carmencita holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10 from 76 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Carmencita?

Carmencita (1894) is a documentary film directed by William K.L. Dickson, starring Carmencita.

Where can I find more recommendations like Carmencita?

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