

Dirty Dancing
First dance. First love. The time of your life.
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
TMDB
7.3/10
6,714 votes
IMDb
Not rated yet
View on IMDb
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $214.6M
- Language
- English
- hotel
- daughter
- dancing
- secret love
- robbery
- sibling relationship
- summer camp
- dancing master
- mambo
- dance performance
- coming of age
- teenage crush
Top billed cast

















Behind the camera
Where to watch
All optionsAvailability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
Gallery












Videos
Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremierePG-13New York City, New York17 Aug 1987
- TheatricalPG-1321 Aug 1987
- PhysicalPG-13DVD8 Sept 1997
- PhysicalPG-13Blu-ray8 May 2007
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1214 Oct 1987
- Theatrical (limited)1 Night Only14 Feb 2017
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM7 Jan 1988
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A6 Feb 2011
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1225 Sept 1987
- Theatrical (limited)14UCI Day10 Nov 2025
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical181 Aug 1989
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1526 Dec 1987
Dominican RepublicDO
- Theatrical (limited)21 Jul 2025
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival12 May 1987
- Theatrical1223 Dec 1987
- TVTMC13 Nov 2025
- TVTF111 Jun 2026
- TVTMC22 Jun 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical126 Oct 1987
- TheatricalRe-release1 May 2026
GreeceGR
- TheatricalPG20 Nov 1987
HungaryHU
- Theatrical126 Jul 1989
Frequently asked questions
Dirty Dancing was released on 21 August 1987.
Audience reviews
5- T7/10
talisencrw
8/14/2016
This was schmaltzy but decent and could have been a lot worse. Normally I run from this sort of film like the plague but Patrick Swayze's recent death and me greatly enjoying 'Point Break' recently made me want to check out another one of his finest roles ('Ghost' and 'Road House' will have to wait, methinks.). When I got my first DJ-ing job, working the night shift at the now-defunct K-102 FM in Woodstock as a teena…
- W6/10
Wuchak
7/28/2018
Entertaining hit with lush Appalachian locations, but the writing doesn't respect the intelligence of the viewer RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Emile Ardolino, "Dirty Dancing" stars Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle, a working-class dance instructor at a mountain resort in the Catskills in 1963. Jennifer Grey costars as "Baby," the 17-year-old daughter of an affluent Jewish doctor vacationing at the resort. She …
- T7/10
testr
7/12/2022
A pretty simplistic film with a plot that's more of an excuse to show dance scenes and an extremely surface level handling of the issues of gender and class that it raises, but it's pretty cute and also I'm bisexual so I like it anyway.
- A6/10
Andre Gonzales
6/25/2023
An ok movie. A lot of cheesy parts that I didn't like. I did like the dancing and the love story. I guess it was better at that time.
- R9/10
r96sk
1/28/2024
Pretty iconic. Not sure how I hadn't logged this until now, given it's a film I watched quite a bit growing up due to it being my mum's favourite movie. Better late than never! <em>'Dirty Dancing'</em> is entertaining - cheesy, but entertaining. What helps is the ace soundtrack, which culminates with the classic <em>'(I've Had) The Time of My Life'</em> scene. The film flies through its 100-minute run time and …
Member reviews
Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign inMember comments
0Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign in











