What movies end with a dance montage?
March 27, 2011 12:09 PM Subscribe
What movies end with a dance montage?
It's a pretty standard trope so there must be a ton of them. Hitch, The Wedding Crashers are the only two I've got so far. Anyone have particular favourites?
It's a pretty standard trope so there must be a ton of them. Hitch, The Wedding Crashers are the only two I've got so far. Anyone have particular favourites?
IIRC, The 40 Year Old Virgin.
posted by wuzandfuzz at 12:12 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by wuzandfuzz at 12:12 PM on March 27, 2011
The 40 Year Old Virgin, plus just about anything from the 30s/early 40s -- "We're gonna put on a SHOW!"
posted by sweetkid at 12:12 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by sweetkid at 12:12 PM on March 27, 2011
The Imposters (scroll down for the end credits in the Extras section)
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 12:16 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 12:16 PM on March 27, 2011
Explore the Dance Party Ending at TV Tropes.
posted by iconomy at 12:17 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by iconomy at 12:17 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
hal_c_on: Actually, while most Bollywood movies have a dance montage (or two or three or four) in them, they could just as easily end on something else. So a lot would fit, but not most. Just quibbling, of course.
posted by bardophile at 12:20 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by bardophile at 12:20 PM on March 27, 2011
Dirty Dancing. But I only know that because my wife makes me watch it every time it shows up on TBS. Which seems to be weekly.
posted by COD at 12:28 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by COD at 12:28 PM on March 27, 2011
Not a montage, per se, but Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing has a lovely dance at the end.
posted by xingcat at 12:29 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by xingcat at 12:29 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
The Jerk! (The dancing also extends through most of the credits.)
posted by Room 641-A at 12:43 PM on March 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Room 641-A at 12:43 PM on March 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
Bring it On! (only partially available on YouTube)
posted by ausdemfenster at 12:48 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by ausdemfenster at 12:48 PM on March 27, 2011
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi has one of my favorite WTF dance scene endings.
111 minutes of bloody swordfights and then it gets all Gene Kelly?!?
posted by qldaddy at 1:08 PM on March 27, 2011 [4 favorites]
111 minutes of bloody swordfights and then it gets all Gene Kelly?!?
posted by qldaddy at 1:08 PM on March 27, 2011 [4 favorites]
Shrek!
posted by pinksoftsoap at 1:29 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by pinksoftsoap at 1:29 PM on March 27, 2011
Return of the Jedi
posted by BobbyVan at 1:42 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by BobbyVan at 1:42 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
Awesomely enough, the samurai film Zatoichi (2003) ends with a tap dance sequence.
posted by en forme de poire at 1:51 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by en forme de poire at 1:51 PM on March 27, 2011
(god damn it, qldaddy beat me. still, watch it.)
posted by en forme de poire at 1:52 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by en forme de poire at 1:52 PM on March 27, 2011
The Last Days of Disco
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 1:53 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 1:53 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
High School Musical (1 at least - don't know about the others).
posted by clerestory at 2:19 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by clerestory at 2:19 PM on March 27, 2011
The Meaning of Life
posted by a humble nudibranch at 2:36 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by a humble nudibranch at 2:36 PM on March 27, 2011
It is cheating just a little, since there is a slight coda after the dance scene, but the whole last sequence of Fandango is so fantastic it is worth posting the link. Now if only the rest of the movie had been anywhere near as good as the ending ....
posted by gudrun at 4:16 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by gudrun at 4:16 PM on March 27, 2011
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
posted by cardboard at 4:19 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by cardboard at 4:19 PM on March 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
I know it was on the TVTropes list, but I'm so appalled it hasn't been said that I'm going to say it now. GREASE.
posted by SMPA at 4:51 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by SMPA at 4:51 PM on March 27, 2011
This Christmas is my favorite, and not on the TV Tropes list.
posted by Kim Reed at 5:03 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by Kim Reed at 5:03 PM on March 27, 2011
Just to reiterate Last Days of Disco. It's pretty darned charming!
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:15 PM on March 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:15 PM on March 27, 2011 [2 favorites]
Death to Snookie
posted by shortyJBot at 8:20 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by shortyJBot at 8:20 PM on March 27, 2011
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion has an awesomely weird dance number very close to the end. Alan Cumming!
posted by killy willy at 8:30 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by killy willy at 8:30 PM on March 27, 2011
Chicago.
posted by SisterHavana at 9:11 PM on March 27, 2011
posted by SisterHavana at 9:11 PM on March 27, 2011
Strangers With Candy had a montage at the end of every episode, as well as at the end of the movie.
posted by DolorousEdd at 12:41 AM on March 28, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by DolorousEdd at 12:41 AM on March 28, 2011 [2 favorites]
Boy has a great Thriller dance sequence during the end credits.
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets at 2:08 PM on March 28, 2011
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets at 2:08 PM on March 28, 2011
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