Movies like Lords of Dogtown

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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
Style: intense, inspirational, stylized, teen, exciting, sentimental, cult classic, erotic, retro, epic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: surfing, skateboard, extreme sport, coming of age, friendship, fame, extreme sports, rise and fall, first love, rise to the top, follow your dream, athlete's life, underdog, teenage life, ambition, teenager, surf, youth, rivalry, contests and competitions, buddies, art, punk rock, motivation, punk ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, y2k, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, venice beach california, usa, oregon, new jersey
Keyword: sport, challenge, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, inspirational and sincere films with plots about ambition, rivalry, hopes, motivation, biopic, coach and friendship mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Lords of Dogtown: Chasing Mavericks (2012), Blue Crush (2002), The World's Fastest Indian (2005), Jobs (2013), The Blind Side (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Chasing Mavericks (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Style: inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: surfing, mentor protege relationship, coach, progress, lifestyle, drowning, surfer, friends, surf, dedication, escapades, obsessive quest ...
Time: year 2012, year 1987, 21st century
Place: bay area, usa, los angeles, california, monterey california
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100%
 5.7
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Blue Crush (2002)
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, teen, entertaining, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: surfing, friendship, female athlete, beach, teenager, women, coming of age, surf, sea, lifestyle, young lovers, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
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100%
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: New Zealand, Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Style: inspirational, realistic, road movie, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: motorcycle, human spirit, against the odds, follow your dream, motorcycle race, racing, race, car race, elderly, auto mechanic, goodhearted, ambition ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, 60s, year 1914 ...
Place: new zealand, california, utah, nevada, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jobs (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Style: inspirational, serious, factual, realistic, intense ...
Plot: entrepreneur, business, creativity, rise to the top, inventor, computer, entrepreneurship, biopic, inventions and discoveries, prodigy, believe in yourself, business venture ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s, year 2013, 90s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
 7.3
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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 ⇓
41%
Big Wednesday (1978)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Style: harsh, inspirational, exciting, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: surfing, coming of age, friendship, surfer, adolescence, vietnam war, surf, youth, follow your dream, adolescence vs adulthood, ocean, teenage boy ...
Time: 60s, year 1978, 70s, 20th century, year 1974 ...
Place: california, vietnam, usa, tijuana mexico, pacific ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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
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40%
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Gridiron Gang (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Style: inspirational, hood, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: american football, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, african american, prison, underdog, youth, redemption, football, competition, life philosophy, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Style: motivational, inspirational, captivating, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: golf, rags to riches, underdog, working class, athlete's life, prodigy, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, social differences, struggle, talented ...
Time: 1910s, year 2005, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.5
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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
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39%
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Gracie (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: soccer, female athlete, human spirit, family problems, follow your dream, death in the family, athlete's life, football, family in crisis, cheerleader, society, ambition ...
Time: year 2007, 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.0
 53K
Soul Surfer (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.Bethany ...
Style: christian film, touching, uplifting, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: surfing, christian, disability, human spirit, shark, teenager, against the odds, surfer, shark attack, survivor, volunteer, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2011, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Remember the Titans (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: racism, african american, civil rights, american football, high school, racial tension, racial prejudice, football, against the odds, racial slur, prejudice, friendship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place: virginia, boston, america, africa, usa ...
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38%
 7.2
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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 ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
37%
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style: emotional, rough, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, life is a bitch, teenage life, junkie, drug addiction, drug overdose, teenager, adolescence ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995, near future, 60s
Place: new york, seattle, boston, usa, manhattan new york city
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37%
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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 ⇓
37%
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Swimming Upstream (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.
Style: uplifting, sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: swimming, human spirit, dysfunctional family, olympics, domestic violence, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, self discovery, contests and competitions ...
Time: 60s, year 2003, 1950s, 20th century
Place: australia, melbourne, harvard university, sydney australia
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37%
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 ⇓
36%
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Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the ...
Style: inspirational, realistic, captivating, exciting, motivational ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: racing, car, racecar driver, car racing, car race, talented, auto mechanic, rise to the top, race, race car, friendship, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2019, year 1959, 20th century ...
Place: france, los angeles, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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 ⇓
36%
When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Style: uplifting, captivating, exciting, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, coach, ambition, small town, high school football, youth, football, sport team, christian ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Bronx Bull (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, rise and fall, follow your dream, athlete's life, boxing, hopes, youth, tough heroes, family relations, parents and children, competition, fight ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: gymnastics, athlete and trainer, family relations, siblings relations, rivalry, athlete's life, follow your dream, contests and competitions, supportive parent, ambition, rise to the top, single parent ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, year 1995, year 2010, year 2009 ...
Place: usa, iowa, london, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.8
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October Sky (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style: inspirational, touching, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: small town, teacher, follow your dream, teenage life, against the odds, friendship, biopic, generation gap, mathematics, mining, space program, scientist ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: west virginia, virginia, usa, appalachia, indianapolis indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Blue Crush 2 (2011)
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: realistic, serious, feel good, sentimental, teen
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: surfing, beach, surfer, friendship, hopes, rivalry, misfit, lifestyle, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: beverly hills, south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 8.0
 197K
Cinderella Man (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style: touching, inspirational, motivational, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, biopic, boxer, athlete's life, poverty, depression, motivation, financial problem, family bonds ...
Time: 1930s, year 2005, year 2006, 2000s, 1920s ...
Place: new jersey, netherlands, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Street Dreams (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Derrick Cabrera, like all skateboarders, dreams of being sponsored one day. He has all the talent in the world to make it happen but some major roadblocks to overcome before he can make the dream a reality.
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, sincere, rough ...
Plot: skateboard, lifestyle, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition, athlete and trainer, misfit, rise to the top, obsession, social misfits, teenage life, skater ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.4
 3K
Bigger (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.
Style: captivating, realistic, inspirational, serious
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: bodybuilding, bodybuilder, rivalry, athlete's life, rise to the top, fitness, coworker relationship, male female relationship, bare chested male, brother brother relationship, manager
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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