Square Dance
“Sometimes leaving is the first step to finding home.”
1987 · 1 h 52 min
Daniel PetrieCast
Jason Robards 
Jane Alexander 
Winona Ryder 
Rob Lowe Deborah Richter Guich Koock
Credits
Written by: Alan Hines
Plot
An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.
Sinekatalog’s take
Square Dance (1987) is a Canadian drama directed by Daniel Petrie. It stars Jason Robards, Jane Alexander and Winona Ryder. It runs 112 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.6 / 10 (1,165 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
If you liked this
Picked by director, genre, era and shared cast. Titles only, no spoilers.
- Mansfield Park 1999 · Patricia Rozema · IMDb 7.0 · Viewers also liked
- The Bay Boy 1984 · Daniel Petrie · IMDb 6.4 · Same director
- The Betsy 1978 · Daniel Petrie · IMDb 5.3 · Same director
- Our Souls at Night 2017 · Ritesh Batra · IMDb 6.9 · Viewers also liked
- Wuthering Heights (1992) 1992 · Peter Kosminsky · IMDb 6.6 · Viewers also liked
- The Object of My Affection 1998 · Nicholas Hytner · IMDb 6.0 · Viewers also liked