Movies and TV shows like Kingdom 2014

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Kingdom (2014)
 8.5
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Kingdom (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are taken care of, but all of this responsibility comes at a steep price. He has complicated relationships with both of his sons, Jay and Nate, who are both struggling with their own identities and places within Alvey’s life and gym.
Style: rough, serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, erotic, dramatic, sensual, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mixed martial arts, athlete's life, ex convict, brother brother relationship, martial arts, drug addiction, father son relationship, competition, gym, sibling relationship, family problems, drugs, training, drug abuse, gay, parents and children, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, brutality, friends, estrangement, blind ambition, sport, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, venice california, los angeles, california

Most similar movies to Kingdom

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and exciting films and TV series with plots about rivalry, ambition, sport, athlete's life, contests and competitions, family relations and fight mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like Kingdom: Warrior (2011), Ray Donovan (2013), Blue (2012), Cobra Kai (2018), Southpaw (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Warrior (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style: emotional, serious, inspirational, touching, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, sport, mixed martial arts, courage, boxing, fight scenes, brother brother relationship, muscleman, teacher, brothers, estrangement, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, philadelphia, el paso texas, atlantic city new jersey ...
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Animal Kingdom (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, erotic, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, crime family, heist, dysfunctional family, gay brother, escapades, family conflict, brother brother relationship, twists and turns, friendship, antisocial personality disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, southern california, california
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92%
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Ray Donovan (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style: serious, captivating, clever, tense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: hollywood, identity crisis, family secret, power relations, teamwork, blackmail, relatives, family feud, intrigue, family problems, expert, family relations ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.8
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Blue (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Blue is a mother with a secret life. She'll do anything to keep it from her son. But her past has other plans.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: single parent, double life, parents and children, protecting from truth, family relations, sexuality, financial problem, society, haunted by the past, strong female presence, upscale, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cobra Kai (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the ...
Style: light, exciting, motivational, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: martial arts, karate, dojo, martial arts training, master apprentice relationship, starting over, teenager, fight, middle aged man, father figure, father son relationship, rivalry ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: california, los angeles, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 244K
Southpaw (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and ...
Style: touching, inspirational, serious, sentimental, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, sport, father daughter relationship, death of wife, athlete's life, tragedy, contests and competitions, down on your luck, boxer, rise and fall, family relations, boxing training ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: madison square garden manhattan new york city, usa, las vegas, new york, manhattan new york city
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50%
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Price of Glory (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his three sons. We see them in pee-wee Silver Glove matches ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, tense
Plot: boxing, athlete's life, ambition, lifestyle, human spirit, follow your dream, tough heroes, ego clash, relationship vs career, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
From Mexico with Love (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A washed-up trainer takes a self-destructive young boxer under his wing.
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, contests and competitions, rivalry, family problems, ambition, immigrants, boxer, father son relationship, racism, sport, athlete and trainer, training ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Movie in collections
 7.2
 3K
Unbeatable (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring ...
Style: tense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight, ambition, opponent, boxing, contests and competitions, rivalry, boxing match, loan shark, training, athlete and trainer, ambitious man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Last American Hero (1973)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A backwoods bootlegger decides to put the driving skills he developed evading the law to good use. He becomes a race car driver, and eventually, one of the fastest drivers in history.
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, sincere
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car race, fast car, car, hotshot hero, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, sport, rise to the top, parents and children, auto racing, race ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Friday Night Lights (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. The series takes place in the fictional town of Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas. Particular focus is given to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, athlete and trainer, american football, sport team, football, coach, sport, friendship, contests and competitions, cheerleader, small town, teenage boy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, southern usa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.8
 82K
One Tree Hill (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his ...
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, touching, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school life, high school, friendship, girlfriend, teenage life, couple relations, youth, couples, teenage love, friends, family relations, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.4
 6K
Luck (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A drama set in the world of horse racing focusing on lives of owners, jockeys, trainers and gamblers who are all tied to the same horse track.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: gambling, horse, horse race, horse trainer, contests and competitions, bet, business venture, training, owner, ambition, dishonesty, corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Circle of Pain (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mixed martial arts, martial arts, forced into action, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, ambition, fight, suspense, sport, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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: captivating, exciting, disturbing, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: skateboard, rivalry, ambition, lifestyle, athlete's life, social misfits, teenage life, misfit, athlete and trainer, rise to the top, obsession, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ohio, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 13K
Brothers (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Brothers is an upcoming Hindi film, directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions along with Lionsgate Films and Endemol India.[6] The film is an official remake of the 2011 Hollywood film Warrior.
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, tense, remake of american film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sport, martial arts, brother brother relationship, domestic violence, training, rivals, rivalry, championship, against the odds, contests and competitions, challenge, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
All Things Fall Apart (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.
Style: emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, sport, terminal illness, athlete's life, human spirit, bittersweet, life is a bitch, hopes, ambition, sexual content, black, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
ESPN American Muscle Magazine (1987)
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Weekly bodybuilding magazine program.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious
Plot: magazine, health and fitness, physical appearance, sport, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete, female athlete, female bodybuilder, competition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Harder They Fall (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 20 year old kickboxers from opposite ends of Miami, one rich one poor, battle for triumph in sport and their own identities in this coming-of-age action/drama.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Plot: fight, tough heroes, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, nothing to lose, social differences, self discovery, sport, martial arts tournament, kickboxing, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.3
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Madison (2001)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1971, air-conditioner repairman and boat enthusiast Jim McCormick entertains his desire to 'go down' as a legend in the record books when the Gold Cup hydroplane boat race improbably comes to his small town of Madison, Indiana. ...
Style: serious, feel good, realistic, melancholic
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, athlete's life, human spirit, against the odds, follow your dream, unemployment, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, hopes, ambition, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.4
 618
Clubhouse (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: For the first time, Pete Young takes a risk - perhaps the only risk of his young life - when he applies for and lands his dream job as a batboy for the New York Empires. The problem is that his single mother, Lynne has no idea what he's up to. ...
Style: serious, realistic, feel good, captivating
Audience: teen drama
Plot: baseball, young heroes, family relations, ambition, against the odds, teenage life, wish come true, sport team, sport, lifestyle, rebelliousness, athlete's life ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
My Brother's Keeper (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Identical twin brothers Lou and Eric plan to compete together in the National Rowing Championships. But when Eric leaves their small town to attend an Ivy League University, the brother's bond is torn apart.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting
Plot: twins, university, follow your dream, ambition, family relations, contests and competitions, lifestyle, athlete's life, love and romance, sport, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.1
 3K
Ours (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story: An ex-boxer Baldev Choudhary (Dharmendra) has had a stain in his boxing career. He wanted to wash it with his son Angad's (Sunny Deol) success, but times were hard and a financial crunch kept him from achieving this dream. Though Angad pulled ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, emotional
Plot: boxing, sport, family relations, ambition, rise to the top, follow your dream, athlete's life, hopes, once promising, athlete and trainer, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, punjab
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Bronx Is Burning (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Bronx Is Burning is a television drama that debuted on ESPN on July 9, 2007, after the 2007 MLB Home Run Derby. It is an eight-episode mini-series adapted from Jonathan Mahler's best-selling book, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning. ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, humorous, clever ...
Plot: major league, self involved, manager, rising to stardom, athlete and trainer, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete's life, sport, coach, championship, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, new york yankees, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 3.9
 360
Brawler (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sidelined by an injury incurred while protecting his young brother, underground fighter Charlie Fontaine feels blindsided when he discovers his brother having sex on his couch with his new wife, Kat. Fueled by rage, a determined Charlie makes plans ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, martial arts tournament, rivalry, contests and competitions, siblings relations, strong violent content, family relations, athlete's life, underground tournament, mixed martial arts, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother vs brother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
NBC Sunday Night Football (2006)
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story: NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on Sunday, August 6, 2006 with the pre-season opening Hall of Fame Game. Al Michaels serves as the play-by-play ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american football, contests and competitions, sport, coach, football, ex athlete, sport team, rivalry, championship, expert, talk show, nfl ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Gloves of Stone (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Abner is trapped in the rough life of Mexico City. His escape? Boxing. Dr. Frank Irwin (Martin Sheen) and his son Jimmy, a pro boxer, come together to teach Abner that the heart fuels the punches we throw in life.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, sincere, bilingual
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, jail, athlete's life, rise to the top, ambition, parents and children, once promising, family relations, family problems, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Chavez Cage of Glory (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Barely being able to make ends meet and doing everything he can possibly do to cover his ill son's growing medical bills, Hector Chavez turns to his fighting roots in the underbelly of LA. His amateur Mixed Martial Arts videos go viral grabbing ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough
Plot: martial arts, ambition, rivalry, doctors and patients, hospital, fight, violence, suspense, power relations, female nudity, mixed martial arts, live audience
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 8.0
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Heels (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In a close-knit Georgia community, a family-owned wrestling promotion finds two brothers and rivals war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot: wrestling, sibling rivalry, rivalry, professional wrestler, wrestler, professional sports, athlete's life, family relations, fight, sport, fight for supremacy, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.3
 10K
Fat City (1972)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, neo noir, serious, captivating ...
Audience: manly
Plot: boxing, friendship, alcohol abuse, sport, boxer, comeback, boxing match, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, introspection, unfulfillment ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%