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Playmakers (2003)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 491 min.
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Playmakers is an American television series that aired on ESPN from August 26, 2003 to November 11, 2003. It depicted the lives of the Cougars, a fictional professional football team in an unidentified city. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello Thedford, Christopher Wiehl, Jason Matthew Smith, Russell Hornsby, and Tony Denison. The show, which ran eleven episodes, was the first original drama series created by ESPN. Although the ratings were very high for ESPN—Playmakers was the highest-rated show on the network other than its Sunday night NFL and Saturday college football games—ESPN eventually canceled the series under pressure from the National Football League, who thought professional football was being negatively portrayed.
Style:
rough, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
american football, deal, athlete's life, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, sport, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, ego clash, coach, slick, football, running, power relations, interracial relations, protector, soccer coach, gay interest, closeted homosexual, tough heroes, sport team, gay athlete, football practice ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sincere films and TV series with plots about sport, ambition, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer and power relations mostly in Sport, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Playmakers: Friday Night Lights (2006), Any Given Sunday (1999), A Season on the Brink (2002), The Junction Boys (2002), 30 for 30: Soccer Stories (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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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
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100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to ...
Style:
sexy, inspirational, intense, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
sport, american football, football, underdog, coach, sport team, desire for fame, success, ambition, power relations, athlete's life, blind ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
miami, new jersey, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, sport team, contests and competitions, sport, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, basketball, vulgarity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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:
tense, serious, sincere, captivating, realistic
Plot:
american football, sport, discrimination, contests and competitions, hopes, against the odds, teachers and students, tough heroes, human spirit, college, underdog, university ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alabama, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Sport
Country: USA
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ESPN Films, creators of the critically-acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, will premiere a new series in April surrounding the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN. 30 for 30: Soccer Stories will include a mix of standalone feature-length and 30-minute-long ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
soccer, ambition, rivalry, athlete's life, rise to the top, sport, sport team, rising to stardom, contests and competitions, rise and fall, athlete and trainer, society ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Sport
Country: USA
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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 ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
american football, ambition, rise to the top, introspection, athlete's life, hopes, showbiz, contests and competitions, sport, rivalry, celebrity culture, television ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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:
serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
sport, athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, social differences, against the odds, tough heroes, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, follow your dream, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Lucha Underground introduces U.S. audiences to the high-flying, explosive moves of lucha libre. An ancient combat tradition, watch as good and evil wage war in a gritty battleground called “The Temple.”
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, rough, serious
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
athlete's life, ambition, tough heroes, contests and competitions, sport, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, violence, wrestling, fighter, underground, wrestler ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A teenage drifter finds an opportunity to turn his life around when he joins a high-school football program with a hard-nosed coach.
Style:
serious, realistic, feel good, touching, sincere
Plot:
american football, high school, small town, human spirit, athlete's life, leadership, teenage life, against the odds, lifestyle, sport, society, rivalry ...
Place:
alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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. ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, humorous, clever ...
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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 ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, touching, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
running, sport, follow your dream, contests and competitions, sport team, society, lifestyle, ambition, friendship, athlete's life, ego clash, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Champion boxer Artyom Kolchin climbed all conceivable heights and became a national hero. He does not enter the boxing ring any more, rather choosing a coaching job and wild high life, including continuous TV appearances, hanging out and love ...
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realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, inspirational, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sport, soccer, follow your dream, human spirit, athlete's life, underdog, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, friendship, sport team, rivalry ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Series like Ballers
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 ...
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realistic, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
baseball, sport, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, one last chance, hopes, athlete's life, youth, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 50 min.
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When a newly promoted football club lose their trainer just before the start of the league season, a female, Helena Mikkelsen, gets the historic chance to coach the team, even before an ambitious retired professional.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Plot:
coach, new job, football, small town, mother daughter relationship, sexism, contests and competitions, sport, sport team, rivalry, chance, religion ...
Place:
norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, sport, small town, hopes, ambition, prodigy, rivalry, underdog, contests and competitions, youth, against the odds, sport team ...
Time:
60s
Place:
oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Patty Sullivan (Erica Eleniak) is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on ...
Style:
serious, rough, sincere, feminist film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, athlete's life, lifestyle, rise to the top, sport, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
teenage love, self discovery, beach volleyball, rivalry, ambition, sport team, prodigy, sport, athlete's life, contests and competitions, youth, ego clash ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, california, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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:
realistic, serious, touching, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rugby, coach, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, sport, father son relationship, human spirit, ambition, redemption, starting over, teenage life, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, saga
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sport, human spirit, rivalry, against the odds, athlete's life, ambition, friendship, relationship vs career, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ego clash, rising to stardom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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. ...
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, athlete's life, tough heroes, against the odds, lifestyle, contests and competitions, follow your dream, relationship vs career ...
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. A young boxer, Emilio, from the wrong side of the tracks with big dreams of winning the Golden Gloves boxing championship, finds himself at a cross roads after being locked up. As he fights his way back into the winning circle ...
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, realistic, tense
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, athlete's life, one more chance, starting over, contests and competitions, follow your dream, sport, lifestyle, hopes, power relations, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, friendship, basketball, sport, athlete's life, teenage life, love and romance, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Lights Out is an American television boxing drama series from the FX network in the United States. It stars Holt McCallany as Patrick "Lights" Leary, a New Jersey native, and former heavyweight champion boxer who is considering a comeback. ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lifestyle change, machismo, boxing trainer, life is a bitch, debt, family life, boxing, athlete's life, opponent, right and wrong, struggle, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
american football, sport, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, ambition, small town, contests and competitions, rivalry, youth, coach, sport team, christian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
american football, sport, high school sports, sport team, small town, friends, social relations, power relations, high school, against the odds, small town life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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