Bust A Move: Our Favorite Sci-Fi Dance Scenes

By Allie Townsend | @Allie_Townsend | April 24, 2010 | +

In honor of National Dance Week, we decided to bring you a list of some of our favorite sci-fi dance scenes because the only thing better than a monster, is one with the inclination to shake what its mama gave it.

Teen Wolf (1985)

As werewolf Scott Howard, Michael J. Fox did what few geeks had done before: start a dance craze at a high school prom.

Young Frankenstein (1974)

A hilarious dance scene worthy of this amazing film. Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle are spectacular.

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (2005)

Ahh, first dances. I love the way the Yule Tide Ball brings out the hormones and awkward adolescence in the group.

Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1983)

I firmly believe this will never be outdone. Unless you’ve seen the Bollywood parody, but that’s another matter…

Casper (1995)

This is an entirely sweet moment in a film that was surprisingly good.

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These robots aren’t just some animatronic dance troupe from an amusement park; no, these machines can actually judge if they’re a step or two behind the rest of the dancers and catch up.

noconfusion

Harry Potter isn’t science fiction!
mannymel

lol the only “science fiction” movie on here is Young Frankenstein and that’s a stretch.
richardsrussell

Well, you missed the best one of all, probably because you were thinking of dancing as something only humans engage in. But this scene from 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpvOUnz4T7Q
completely redefined the waltz.
tereglith

And what about EVE and WALL*E’s space dance? Geez guys, get it together.
spoonmerlin

All are Fantasy or monster movies. Thriller is hardly a movie, Michael Jackson in Moonwalker would even have been better at least a few things were a bit scifi.

How about
Star Wars Return of the Jedi in Jabba’s palace.
Star Trek 5 (bad movie) Uhura fan dance

Or as a stretch austin powers.
Kristin

The scene from ST:TNG where Crusher teaches Data to tap dance. Classic.
tereglith

Or the Back to the Future Romance Under the Sea Ball, with Marty’s waveform disappating and the rock’n'roll creation paradox!

I have a feeling this post was thrown together pretty quickly and without much thought…