8 Greatest Dance Offs

Rydel High's dance off had everything: the simmering tension, the magical moves of the hand-jive and John Travolta in a pink shirt. Thus, dance off can be added to the list of things Grease has set the standard for in my life, along with summer flings and disco pants.

In which, someone loses their afro mid dance battle. It is very difficult to top that in a dance off.

The Step Up films did so much more than bring us Channing Tatum in a variety of white vests (although they did also do that to utter perfection); they also brought us an endless number of dance battles, including this one:

It may be more of a cheer off than a dance off, but no list about dance battles would be complete without this scene from Bring It On. The entire film is basically based on dance offs, whilst still avoiding becoming anything like Battle of the Year. The sass means it makes the list.

Getting married? Unless your first dance involves a musical face off between the groomsmen and bridesmaids that will go viral the second it's uploaded to the internet, well, you might as well just sit it out.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's walk off in Zoolander might not technically qualify for this list, but the Starsky vs. Dancin Rick dance off makes up for it.

There's probably no real need to watch the whole of American Pie 3, just make sure you watch this scene. It's all you need. "What is this, a dance off?" A thousand times, yes.

Britney plus bullet bra equals dance battle gold.