Films and TV shows that feel like Dancing Queen by ABBA
A euphoric, bittersweet rush of youthful abandon on a Friday night dance floor, where being seventeen feels like being royalty.
- Mamma Mia! (2008): ABBA's songs turned into pure sun-soaked, singalong joy and female friendship.
- Muriel's Wedding (1994): ABBA as an escape hatch and a fantasy of reinvention for a dreamer stuck in a dull town.
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): Glitter, drag and defiant dance-floor celebration with ABBA on the soundtrack.
- Saturday Night Fever (1977): Working-class weekend transformation under the disco ball.
- Boogie Nights (1997): The glamour and wistful glow of 70s nightlife.
- POSE (2018): Ballroom and club nights where dancing makes you royalty, full of chosen family.
- The Get Down (2016): Seventies nightlife, disco fever and teens chasing a dream on the dance floor.
- Sing Street (2016): Youthful exuberance and the bittersweet rush of music as escape.