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UpdatedNovember 07, 2025

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GenreCrime

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The Dancer Upstairs

The Dancer Upstairs is a 2002 Spanish-American crime thriller film directed by John Malkovich and starring Javier Bardem. It is an adaptation of the 1995 novel The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare, and follows a police detective in a South American country as he endeavors to capture a revolutionary guerilla leader.

The Dancer Upstairs Details

Release Date: Fri, Sep 20, 2002

Box Office: $5,227,348

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