Dirty Dancing is the romantic drama dance film that took the world by storm in 1987. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells the story of Frances “Baby” Houseman (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) while vacationing at a resort in the 1963 Borscht Belt.
This unexpected financial juggernaut grossed almost $620 million dollars (when adjusted for inflation) and injected the catch phrase “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” into the public consciousness. Its lasting power led to it being selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” and to becoming the 500th title to be logged one million times on Letterboxd.