The 14 Best Ballet Movies of All Time — Barre None

While Save the Last Dance is admittedly pretty "ballet lite," the main character of the film — played by Julia Stiles, who performed most of her own scenes — is a dancer with her eye on Juilliard. The main story shows Sarah Johnson as she begins to incorporate different styles of dance into her Juilliard audition, based on the new friends she makes when she moves to Chicago and falls in love.