Movies like Flying
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Flying (1986)
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
TV-generation feel good story about a teenage gymnast aiming for the championship despite an abusive stepfather, an ailing mother, and injury. Reeves is notable as the supportive boyfriend.
Style:
retro
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gymnastics, dancing, teenager, believe in yourself, car accident, car, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, thin, legs, leotard, knee injury, leg
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, realistic, captivating and sexy films with plots about teenager, youth, dancing, sport, teenage girl, rivalry and friendship mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like Flying: Full Out (2015), Raising the Bar (2016), Ice Castles (2010), Going for Gold (2018), Chemical Hearts (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14 year old Ariana Berlin's life took a sharp turn when she was involved in a debilitating car accident. Gaining her confidence and movement ...
Style:
captivating, rough, intense, exciting
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
gymnastics, sport, dancing, family relations, adaptation, hopes, comeback, rivalry, women, student athlete, car accident, perseverance ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
16-year-old Kelly quits an elite gymnastics program and moves to Australia. To help out a new friend and show up an old rival she re-enters competitive gymnastics, she'll have to find a way to move forward while making amends with her past.
Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, visually appealing, light
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
gymnastics, gymnast, sport, rivalry, teenage girl, australian, youth, girl, friendship, destiny, friends, society ...
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Destiny, captain of three-time national champions "The Rebels," is challenged to a global cheer showdown by an edgy new team called "The Truth," the Cheer Goddess organizes a virtual battle for squads from all around the ...
Style:
light, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, feel good
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, dancing, teenager, cheerleading, contests and competitions, rivalry, friendship, youth, female protagonist, society, lifestyle, sexpot ...
Time:
2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Alexis Winston is a young girl who dreams of becoming a champion figure skater. While practicing, Alexis suffers a terrible accident that takes her sight and threatens to destroy her dreams. In the midst of feeling sorry for herself she falls in ...
Style:
uplifting, emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
figure skating, skating, athlete's life, follow your dream, contests and competitions, hopes, human spirit, love and romance, lifestyle, against the odds, disability, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iowa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Seventeen year old, Emma joins a high school cheerleading team when she moves to Australia with her dad who is a former Air Force Officer.
Style:
captivating, feel good, light, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
cheerleading, gymnastics, sport, father, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, champion, australian, daughter, rivalry, friendship, cheerleader ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about love, loss, and most importantly themselves.
Style:
touching, sad, compassionate, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
first sexual experience, teenage love, teenager, first love, tragic love, love and romance, relationships, high school, coming of age, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, car accident, school ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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, romantic, captivating, uplifting, sad
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
runner, student athlete, race, sport team, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, training, competition, coach, running, athlete's life, teenager, sport ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, sex comedy, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
ice hockey, sport, violence, rivalry, teenager, brother brother relationship, revenge, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, fistfight, bully, farm ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, alaska, new jersey, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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139
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Black girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family.
Plot:
interracial romance, blaxploitation, interracial relations, racial tension, teenager, drugs, interracial sex, interracial couple, generation gap, jealousy, runaway, drag racing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a ...
Style:
romantic, light, sweet, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dancing, ballet, dancer's life, violin, performance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, teenager, college, musician, culture clash, competition ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on the Conversion of Paul . Sara is at the top of her game. She has the chance to be chosen for an elite summer tennis program, but her hopes are dashed unexpectedly by the one person no one likes - Colton. Colton is at the bottom of life, ...
Style:
christian film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christian, faith, spirituality, ice hockey, bullying, stuttering, car accident, theft, vandal, running, assault, church ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As Maddy takes on coaching a team of young twelve-year-old gymnasts, she faces up to intense city versus country rivalry, racism, cyberbullying and her own self-doubt but eventually takes the challenge head on.
Plot:
gymnastics, competition, gymnast, gym, bully, championship, team, cyberbullying, sport team, coach, country girl, bulimia ...
Place:
adelaide south australia, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gymnastics, teenager, gymnast, family relations, sport, coming of age, love and romance, hopes, youth, contests and competitions, athlete's life, ambition ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.
Style:
serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
surfing, beach, surfer, friendship, disorder, misfit, love and romance, lifestyle, follow your dream, ambition, hopes, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
beverly hills, south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with ...
Style:
feel good, intense, entertaining, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
surfing, sport, friendship, female athlete, beach, teenager, women, coming of age, sea, cheerleading, ambition, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, new jersey, california, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Amalie is the girl who has everything, good looks, money, a boyfriend and a big talent of dancing. One day, her world falls apart and she moves from everything she knows. Then enter Mikael. He is dancing in the streets and Amalie joins him in ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, uplifting, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
dancing, love, bankrupt, follow your dream, lie, youth, dancer's life, love affair, fall in love, couples, hopes, friendship ...
Place:
oslo norway, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
221
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance, Sport
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This film is the theatrical follow-up to a very popular German TV-series (also called "Anna"), about a young girl who wants to make it as a prima ballerina.
Plot:
dancing, teenage girl, ballerina, ballet, teenager, coming of age, girl, sport, discipline, wheelchair
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to succeed in the dance world.
Style:
light, motivational, funny, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dancer's life, street dance, ballet, performer's life, youth, follow your dream, hopes, ambition, rivalry, lifestyle, teenager ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Another Canadian screwball comedy involving a horny college man who can't decide between his girlfriend and his teacher.
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, teacher student sex, teenager, college life, teacher student relationship, nude, power relations, social relations, youth, love and romance, small town life, city life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Forced to move to a boring backwater town, a teenager embarks on affairs with a teacher and a stoner classmate.
Style:
melancholic, witty, sweet, surreal, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, sexual relations, teenage life, teenage love, teenager, love triangle, coming of age, small town, depression, love, twists and turns, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, new jersey, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Films like Bring It On
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
Style:
funny, feel good, realistic, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, street dance, dancer's life, dance contest, dance school, ballerina, music, ballet, teenager, competition, dream, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young girl and her coach overcome adversity to make their way into the National Australian Gymnastics Squad.
Style:
feel good, realistic, inspirational, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
gymnastics, sport, contests and competitions, rivalry, hopes, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, one more chance, youth, ambition, rise to the top, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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, humorous, funny, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
sport, teenager, gymnastics, rebelliousness, athlete and trainer, rivalry, friends, high school, gymnast, contests and competitions, ambition, fighting the system ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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:
sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
coming of age, high school, sport, love, wrestling, underdog, teenager, cheerleading, cheerleader, rivalry, unlikely friendships, adolescence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington state, california, new jersey, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, talky, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
high school, american football, sport, college, football, friendship, small town, coming of age, student athlete, coach, cheerleader, cheerleading ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
pennsylvania, california, new jersey, usa, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, sad, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, suicide, coming of age, teenager, runaway, death, friendship, grief, redemption, vengeance, stereotypes, childhood ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, oregon, portland oregon, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, teenage girl, teenager, dancing, popular girl, friendship, rivalry, female protagonist, hip hop, believe in yourself ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
florida, california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Zimbabwe
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Thandi finds out the complexities of love, when David, the schoolboy Mister Charming, coolly sweeps her off her feet.
Audience:
teens
Plot:
male female relationship, dying, politics, father daughter relationship, dancing, dancer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, baby, mother daughter relationship, fear, love, death ...
Place:
zimbabwe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, captivating, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, music, dance contest, teenager, rivalry, follow your dream, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, victory, team, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mentor, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, life philosophy, wise man, human spirit, philosophy, enlightenment, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, rehabilitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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