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The Tournament (2015)
526
Original name: Le tournoi
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Budapest International Chess Tournament. The most likely winner: Cal Fournier (22), French champion, immature genius, socially awkward, compulsive player. But this time, an unusual 9-years-old Hungarian opponent disrupts this smooth-running routine.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, sincere, entertaining
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chess, genius, youth, competition, prodigy, ambition, misfit, rivalry, contests and competitions, coach, bet, sport competition, professional rivalry, direction and purpose, professional sports, rivals, competitor, swimming pool, hotel room, female nudity, internet, hotel, sleeping, sexual abuse, boy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
hungary, budapest, budapest hungary
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Most similar movies to The Tournament
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sincere films with plots about ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, hopes and youth mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like The Tournament: True Blue (1996), The Straight Line (2011), On The Edge (2020), Lane 4 (2019), Glove (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
464
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
campus, athlete, oxford, university, power relations, sport team, athlete's life, rivalry, athlete and trainer, human spirit, ambition, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Leila is released from prison after five years of confinement. She will meet Yannick, a young athlete who became blind after an accident. This last practice race despite his disability, but to run it must be connected by a wire to guide a person ...
Style:
sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
disability, athlete's life, released from prison, ambition, human spirit, friendship, blind character, hopes, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, love, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film's two main protagonists are Russia's best saber fencers. One of them has long been in the limelight, the other only recently made it into the national team and has been winning almost every tournament since. The two athletes begin ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, motivational ...
Plot:
fencing, swordsman, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, professional rivalry, rivalry, rivals, ambition, professional sports, hopes, olympics ...
Place:
russia, eastern europe, moscow russia
Similarity:
28%
115
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Amanda, an introverted 12 year-old swimming athlete, finds safety in her own world: underneath the water. Lacking attention from her parents, she spends most of the time at the swimming pool, training and trying to succeed in maybe the only thing ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
swimming, rivalry, swimmer, teenager, introvert, coming of age, contests and competitions, teenage life, athlete's life, teenage girl, direction and purpose, competitor ...
Similarity:
26%
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408
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Kim Sang-nam (Jeong Jae-yeong), a hot-tempered former professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of hearing-impaired players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Kim ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, emotional
Plot:
baseball, mute or deaf, contests and competitions, social relations, power relations, hopes, human spirit, athlete and trainer, misfit, youth, against the odds, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Style:
inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, intelligent ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
chess, mentor, child prodigy, children, genius, prodigy, teacher, child, competition, childhood, coming of age, tournament ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
200
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jimmy Albright is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. His mentor, Harry Sloan, an aging trainer and former boxer, sees Jimmy's potential, not only as a boxer but as a young man. With Harry's guidance, Jimmy trains and fights his way ...
Style:
independent film, uplifting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
boxing, boxer, youth, family relations, underdog, aging, supportive spouse, athlete and trainer, ambition, follow your dream, hopes, rise to the top ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie is accidentally shot dead by a teenager in an amateur hold-up on their late dad's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, suspense
Plot:
athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, social differences, against the odds, tough heroes, boxing, follow your dream, ambition, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, scenic, independent film ...
Plot:
golf, youth, ambition, prodigy, lifestyle, athlete's life, human spirit, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, social differences, teachers and students, underdog ...
Similarity:
24%
18K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
Style:
realistic, inspirational, captivating, semi serious, light ...
Plot:
cricket, disability, lifestyle, prodigy, ambition, follow your dream, human spirit, against the odds, obsession, rise to the top, rivalry, hopes ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere, historical drama ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
baseball, hopes, high school sports, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, one last chance, youth, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s
Place:
iowa, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, realistic, sincere
Plot:
american football, teachers and students, against the odds, hopes, discrimination, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, underdog, youth, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alabama, texas
Similarity:
22%
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:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, coach, follow your dream, young lovers, youth, ambition, athlete and trainer, coming of age, rivalry, contests and competitions, university, high school ...
Time:
70s
Place:
colorado, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
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, athlete's life, lifestyle, ambition, teenage life, social misfits, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, obsession, misfit, extreme sports ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, florida
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Thomas was once renowned as a young tennis prodigy, but never had the career he hoped for. At 37, despite his declining physical fitness and shattered knee he decides to compete in the intense qualifying rounds of the French Open at Roland-Garros ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, inspirational, tense
Plot:
tennis, tennis player, ambition, athlete's life, desire for fame, direction and purpose, comeback, aspiration, sport competition, professional sports, male protagonist, championship ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two Southern California volleyball teams determined to prove their superiority on the court find out that they're not as different as they previously thought after tragedy strikes close to home in director Neema Barnette's affectionate ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
volleyball, high school, rivalry, teenage life, teenage love, athlete's life, lifestyle, youth, contests and competitions, underdog, high school sports, teenager ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, inspirational, spiritual
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hopes, athlete and trainer, small town, youth, underdog, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, prodigy, against the odds, dedicated educator, human spirit ...
Time:
60s, year 2006
Place:
oklahoma, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, brutality, blood, boxer, competition, fight, martial arts, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, usa
Similarity:
22%
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312
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kostya and his friends are young and love playing street football. Kostya dreams of playing professionally, but cannot bring himself to approach the coach. His girlfriend, Nastya, shares his dream, but street football is Kostya’s life, and the ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, tense, humorous, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
football, fight, athlete's life, ambition, adaptation, rivalry, contests and competitions, couples, athlete and trainer, friendship, youth, society ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gymnastics, athlete's life, self discovery, human spirit, haunted by the past, ambition, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, traumatic childhood, olympics, teacher, journey ...
Time:
80s, 2000s
Place:
hungary, canada, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Defining street basketball as America's new favorite pastime, it is a story driven by passion, faith, and achieving goals. A story capturing the poetic nature of street basketball, highlighting the struggles endured on and off the court by the ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
basketball, lifestyle, ambition, family problems, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, society, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers" is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
basketball, athlete's life, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, athlete, basketball coach, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
22%
576
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Joong-Ang High School was once renowned for its high ranked basketball team, but as the years pass and victories grow fewer, the school's social worker Kang Yang-hyun who was a former minor league baseball player, becomes the head coach. Left ...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, motivational ...
Plot:
basketball, high school sports, rivalry, teamwork, underdog, high school, high school basketball, ambition, athlete and trainer, basketball player, basketball team, competitor ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
busan
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Julien, 17, is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. Despite their love for him, his family is gradually falling apart under the strain of dealing with his disability. In a bid to bond with his father, Julien challenges him to participate with him ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
disability, family relations, contests and competitions, human spirit, redemption, youth, hopes, teenage life, parents and children, father son relationship, mountain, cycling ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
france, nice france, alps
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the ripe old age of 30, Cameron Day has given up his chances at pro-basketball fame and settled into an aimless life. A chance encounter with a beautiful woman lands him smack in the middle of Southern California's pro beach volleyball ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, inspirational
Plot:
teenage love, self discovery, beach volleyball, rivalry, ambition, sport team, youth, contests and competitions, athlete's life, ego clash, prodigy, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, california, southern california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.
Style:
feel good, exciting, uplifting, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
native american, lacrosse, hopes, high school, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, human spirit, social relations, against the odds, native, indians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the book White Circus by Ken Read, this is the story of the Canadian skiing legends that became the first North Americans to crack the Euro dominated World Cup Circuit in 1975
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating
Plot:
skiing, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, underdog, olympics, ski, biopic, bare chested male, athlete, coach, sport competition ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1974
Place:
canada, europe, alps
Similarity:
21%
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, freeze frame ...
Plot:
twins, university, ambition, follow your dream, family relations, contests and competitions, love and romance, lifestyle, youth, rivalry, athlete's life, mistaken identity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
15 year-old Lyz, a high school student in the French Alps, has been accepted to a highly selective ski club whose aim is to train future professional athletes. Taking a chance on his new recruit, Fred, ex-champion turned coach, decides to make Lyz ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, semi autobiographical
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, skiing, sexual assault, female protagonist, coach, mountain, competition, athlete and trainer, teenager, coping, statutory rape, snow skiing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
alps
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
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