Movies like Peaceful Warrior

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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
 7.2
 30K
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style: inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, thought provoking, sincere, psychological, motivational, existential, compassionate, esoteric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, philosophy, human spirit, life philosophy, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, coach, guru, rehabilitation, existentialism, gymnast, mysterious character, hopes, life lesson, training, life, friendship, self involved, comeback, ambition ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place: tibet, california, usa, new jersey
Keyword: life lessons, dreams, reading, sport

Most similar movies to Peaceful Warrior

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, inspirational and touching films with plots about hopes, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, power relations, coach and athlete's life mostly in Drama, Sport and Romance genres. Some movies like Peaceful Warrior: Good Will Hunting (1997), Seven Days in Utopia (2011), The Express (2008), Glory Road (2006), McFarland, USA (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style: psychological, emotional, philosophical, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: mathematics, professor, genius, prodigy, philosophy, psychology, life philosophy, life, university, psychotherapy, mentor, existentialism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s, 2010s
Place: boston, harvard university, massachusetts, america, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
Style: uplifting, sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golf, wise man, christian, human spirit, teaching the ways of the world, ambition, introspection, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, athlete's life, hopes, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 23K
The Express (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, emotional, factual, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: american football, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, biopic, mentor, friendship, courage, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 49K
Glory Road (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style: inspirational, emotional, sincere, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, teens, kids
Plot: basketball, underdog, racism, athlete and trainer, coach, college, racial slur, teamwork, racial segregation, justice, unlikely friendships, civil rights ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place: texas, usa, america, mexico, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.4
 42K
McFarland, USA (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Style: inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, kids
Plot: teacher, underdog, coach, track and field, high school, athlete and trainer, human spirit, mentor, teenager, school, competition, dedicated educator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, palo alto california
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.3
 170K
Coach Carter (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style: inspirational, motivational, touching, hood, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: basketball, teacher, high school, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, life philosophy, athlete's life, human spirit, dedicated educator, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style: emotional, touching, sad, depressing, bad ending ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, human spirit, female athlete, euthanasia, boxing trainer, strong female lead ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, europe, las vegas, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.6
 10K
Vision Quest (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed , trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, wrestling, underdog, cheerleader, rivalry, adolescence, unlikely friendships, teenage boy, high school life, training ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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We Are Marshall (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Style: sentimental, inspirational, touching, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family outing, adult
Plot: football, college, american football, coach, football team, survivor, university, friendship, underdog, small town, teacher, happy ending ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: usa, west virginia, virginia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 624K
Rocky (1976)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, motivational, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, kids, family outing, teens
Plot: boxing, fight, underdog, boxer, self esteem, rocky, character study, training, love story, pride and honor, violence, fistfight ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Against the Ropes (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Style: inspirational, intense, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, fight scenes, rags to riches, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete and trainer, rivalry, lifestyle, human spirit, underdog, boxer ...
Time: year 2004, 70s, year 1972
Place: ohio, usa, michigan, detroit, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 4K
Ice Castles (1978)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, teen, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids
Plot: figure skating, blindness, love story, olympics, women, disability, ice skater, winter olympics, blind character, tragedy, blind man, small town ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
1 Mile To You (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
Style: exciting, uplifting, captivating, romantic, rom com ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: student athlete, runner, sport team, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, competition, training, running, coach, athlete's life, teenager, grief, school principal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 22K
Annapolis (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard ...
Style: inspirational, intense, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: boxing, military training, u.s. navy, military, military academy, military life, underdog, bully, friendship, ambition, rivalry, relationships ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.4
 30K
Stick It (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once ...
Style: feel good, teen, inspirational, funny, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: gymnastics, teenager, rebelliousness, athlete and trainer, rivalry, gymnast, friends, contests and competitions, high school, competition, fighting the system, adolescence ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: austin texas, texas, usa, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.5
 2K
One on One (1977)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, melancholic, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: basketball, college, coach, young lovers, follow your dream, ambition, youth, contests and competitions, coming of age, athlete and trainer, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Without Limits (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
Style: inspirational, sincere, factual, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: olympics, running, runner, track and field, competition, athlete's life, hopes, contests and competitions, human spirit, ambition, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1998, 70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1970 ...
Place: usa, finland, helsinki finland, munich germany, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 69K
Rudy (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size ...
Style: inspirational, tear jerker, uplifting, emotional, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: underdog, american football, biopic, college, football, aspiration, college life, motivation, american football player, learning disability, education, inspiration ...
Time: 70s, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place: indiana, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 4.3
 5K
Supercross (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: human spirit, rivalry, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, relationship vs career, friendship, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ego clash, rising to stardom, racing ...
Time: year 2005
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Man I Love (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the ...
Style: captivating, serious, touching, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, lifeguard, gays and lesbians, gay wedding, aids, swimming pool, first gay sexual experience, love triangle, gay sex, lgbt, gay love, homosexual ...
Time: 90s
Place: marseille, spain, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 8K
Prefontaine (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a ...
Style: factual, talky, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot: olympics, runner, underdog, running, justice, athlete's life, human spirit, contests and competitions, american football, lifestyle, hopes, track and field ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 70s, 60s, year 1969 ...
Place: usa, seattle, oregon, finland, mexico city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.6
 358K
The Blind Side (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: american football, adoption, life, african american, human spirit, family drama, christian, interracial relations, football, rising to stardom, racism, interracial adoption ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee, america, boston, mississippi ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Ultimate Life (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Despite his best intentions, billionaire Jason Stevens can’t find enough time to keep his beloved Alexia a priority. But when he discovers his late grandfather’s journal, he is transported back to Red Stevens’ incredible world. With everything ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: christian, self discovery, rags to riches, life lesson, introspection, sent to the past, wisdom of life, family relations, teaching the ways of the world, destiny, once in a lifetime opportunity, lawsuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, tibet, haiti
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 122K
Patch Adams (1998)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own ...
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, uplifting, compassionate ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, kids, teen drama
Plot: medical school, human spirit, hospital, compassion, medical profession, doctor, doctors and patients, friendship, dealing with death, mad scientist, stereotypes, medical ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 90s, year 1998, year 1969 ...
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, romantic, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: golf, great depression, childhood, underdog, starting over, world war one, love story, comeback, athlete's life, hopes, follow your dream, contests and competitions ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 1920s
Place: georgia, america, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.8
 615K
The Notebook (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
Style: touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot: love story, love and romance, love, fall in love, true love, youth, memory loss, love of one's life, power of love, love triangle, young lovers, love affair ...
Time: 1940s, year 2004, 50s, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place: south carolina, north carolina, iran, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style: clever, inspirational, touching, sentimental, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, human spirit, hopes, stephen king, life, friendship between men, friendship, plot twist, life philosophy, adaptation ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, 1950s, 2010s, year 1994 ...
Place: usa, america, iran, persia, pacific ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.1
 11K
Forever Strong (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for his rival, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick ...
Style: realistic, serious, inspirational, motivational, disturbing ...
Audience: manly, family outing
Plot: rugby, coach, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, father son relationship, human spirit, redemption, ambition, starting over, teenage life, motivation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.8
 105K
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced ...
Style: inspirational, romantic, touching, road movie, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: self discovery, travel, midlife crisis, lifestyle change, love, female protagonist, journey, starting over, introspection, changing lives, life, fall in love ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: italy, india, indonesia, bali, rome italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant ...
Style: inspirational, intense, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: football, high school, american football, sport team, coach, underdog, youth, high school football, championship, athlete's life, career, small town ...
Time: 80s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, midwest, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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