Dirty Dancing (1987) Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and ...

Released on Aug. 21, 1987, this classic from director Emile Ardolino and screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein follows sheltered teenager Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) as she falls in love with ...

Mention the greatest hits of the 1980s, and movies like The Breakfast Club, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Back to the Futurecome to mind. One particular title, released in 1987, has a cult ...

Nobody puts baby in a corner, but they’re putting her in the National Film Registry. “Dirty Dancing,” along with another 1980s culture-changer, “Beverly Hills Cop,” are entering the Library of ...