Movies like Over the Top
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Over the Top (1987)
65K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
Style:
inspirational, intense, serious, action packed, weeping, funny, road movie, grindhouse, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
father son relationship, arm wrestling, underdog, truck driver, redemption, truck, athlete's life, road trip, on the road, class differences, death of wife, death of mother, father in law son in law relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody, ambition, contests and competitions, family relations, parents and children, rivalry, boy, contest, tournament, cannon, trucker ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles
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Most similar movies to Over the Top
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and inspirational films with plots about rivalry, ambition, martial arts, fight, contests and competitions, redemption and fighting mostly in Sport, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Over the Top: Creed (2015), Real Steel (2011), The Karate Kid (2010), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), Creed III (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
331K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, brutal, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, boxer, training, fight, mentor, athlete and trainer, coach, legacy, boxing match, gym, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 1998, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, tijuana mexico, mexico, pennsylvania, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
378K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the near-future, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After Charlie's robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Style:
futuristic, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, underdog, robot, androids and robots, technology, against the odds, boy, contests and competitions, giant robot, arena, artificial intelligence ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2011, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, austin texas, iran, north america, brazil ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, sentimental, sincere, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
teachers and students, boy, human spirit, contests and competitions, perseverance, bullying, martial arts, coming of age, coach, underdog, kung fu, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
china, beijing china, america, asia, detroit ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Kreese, his life in tatters after his karate school was defeated by Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, visits Terry, a friend from Vietnam. Terry is a ruthless business man and a martial arts expert, and he vows to help Kreese take revenge on Daniel and Mr. ...
Style:
inspirational, action packed, lighthearted, saga, spiritual ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
martial arts, bullying, karate, teacher, teenager, fight, underdog, ninja, fight scenes, childhood, children, teachers and students ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
tahiti, usa, vietnam, los angeles, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
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106K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damien Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, intense, interesting
Plot:
boxing, boxer, orphan, boxing match, boxing champion, professional sports, champion, boxing training, title bout, boxing trainer, male protagonist, world champion ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
philadelphia, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
4K
Genre: Action, 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, family relations, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, rise to the top, hopes, once promising, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's ...
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, stylized, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
brother brother relationship, rivalry, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, racing, car race, car chase, auto racing, mentor, reconciliation, breakup, car accident ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
sydney australia, long beach california, chicago, rio de janeiro, tokyo ...
Similarity:
60%
243K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Style:
inspirational, saga, tense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, revenge, training, underdog, cold war, christmas, brutality, vengeance, boxing match, fight, mercilessness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, soviet union, las vegas, moscow russia, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
50%
Movie in collections
160K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky's career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
Style:
inspirational, saga, serious, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, betrayal, training, father son relationship, boxing trainer, showdown, street fight, gym, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, russia
Similarity:
50%
168K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Follows Adonis Creed's life inside and outside of the ring as he deals with new found fame, issues with his family, and his continuing quest to become a champion.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, uplifting, motivational, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, african american, boxer, boxing match, revenge, baby, fight, desert, champion, mentor, profanity, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, philadelphia, kiev ukraine, new york, los angeles ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
martial arts, prison, boxing, redemption, accidental death, boxer, martial artist, hand to hand combat, tough heroes, epic battle, widow, religion ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison fight, prison, boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, fistfight, mixed martial arts, hand to hand combat, contests and competitions, capoeira, prison life, fight ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers (White) is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka (Adkins) ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, prison, martial arts, kickboxing, tournament, convict, contests and competitions, fight, prison life, tough heroes, martial artist, fistfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, usa, new jersey, california, tokyo
Similarity:
39%
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:
realistic, serious, rough, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
martial arts, rivalry, hospital, ambition, doctors and patients, fight, mixed martial arts, violence, father son relationship, underdog, sacrifice, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Former champion boxer Orlando Leone (Carmen) is "The Preacher" at an inner-city youth center. Wanting to give something back to the community, he bought a large building for a church youth center. But the cash ran out before he could ...
Style:
serious, realistic, christian film, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, christian, tough heroes, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, athlete's life, against the odds, follow your dream, contests and competitions, lifestyle, relationship vs career ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
39%
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, sincere, intense, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
football, high school, american football, cheerleader, sport team, high school football, underdog, championship, youth, athlete's life, small town, football team ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
texas, usa, houston texas, midwest, austin texas ...
Similarity:
39%
924
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. ...
Style:
exciting, uplifting, serious, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, martial arts, tough heroes, rivalry, ambition, lifestyle, underdog, heroes, athlete's life, contests and competitions, fight, making love ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
15K
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, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, brother brother relationship, training, rivals, boxing, championship, rivalry, against the odds, contests and competitions, determination, haunted by the past, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, tense, gloomy
Audience:
manly
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, boxing, ex athlete, ambition, confined, contests and competitions, athlete's life, society, rivalry, prison life, opponent, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, fight, martial arts, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, prisoner, prison, murder, manslaughter, student athlete, underground fighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ...
Style:
serious, cult classic, captivating, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, martial artist, tough heroes, fight scenes, good versus evil, terrorism, master warrior, heroes, one man army, mortal combat, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, japan, asia, caribbean
Similarity:
39%
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, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, coming of age, wrestling, cheerleader, underdog, male nudity, adolescence, weight loss, training, teen angst, high school wrestling, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
washington state, washington d.c., california, new jersey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for, but Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network.
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
wrestling, professional wrestling, underdog, brutality, fight scenes, battles, athlete's life, rivalry, tough heroes, fistfight, brother brother relationship, african american ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Similarity:
39%
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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:
inspirational, realistic, serious, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, teen drama
Plot:
rugby, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, coach, father son relationship, athlete and trainer, redemption, human spirit, starting over, ambition, teenage life, motivation ...
Similarity:
39%
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, human spirit, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, ego clash, tough heroes, obsession, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico, USA
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:
realistic, serious, rough, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, jail, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, parents and children, once promising, lifestyle, hopes, rivalry, athlete and trainer, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot:
baseball, friendship, terminal illness, baseball player, teammate, male bonding, father son relationship, secret, death of friend, compassion, voice over narration, best friend ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
new york, minnesota, georgia, usa
Similarity:
38%
66K
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless ...
Style:
cult classic, inspirational, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, kickboxer, fight, martial arts tournament, muay thai, heroes, kickboxing, vengeance, kung fu, mentor, combat ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his ...
Style:
sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
boxing, journalism, african american, ex athlete, hopes, american football, boxer, athlete's life, lifestyle, newspaper, introspection, change of luck ...
Time:
year 2007, 1950s, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado, detroit, las vegas ...
Similarity:
38%
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:
exciting, realistic, serious, sincere, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car race, racing, fast car, race car, auto racing, redneck, motor racing, car, hotshot hero, athlete's life, rise to the top, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, southern usa, north carolina
Similarity:
38%
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