Movies like A Season on the Brink
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A Season on the Brink (2002)
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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 team and its practices, meetings, and huddles.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, athlete's life, sport, athlete and trainer, sport team, contests and competitions, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, basketball, vulgarity, college, university, power relations, coach, profanity, basketball movie
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
indiana
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Most similar movies to A Season on the Brink
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and captivating films with plots about ambition, sport, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes and athlete's life mostly in Drama, Sport and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Season on the Brink: The Junction Boys (2002), The Minis (2007), Believe in Me (2006), The Final Season (2007), True Blue (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Dwarfs playing basketball... with Dennis Rodman.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic
Plot:
friends, sport team, hotshot hero, sport, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes, ambition, athlete's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, venice beach california
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100%
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 ⇓
55%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story about the great basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich when he was in the eighth grade. He plays on the varsity basketball team at Daniel High School but has some very difficult obstacles standing in his way of playing. The only ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
basketball, sport, youth, power relations, sport team, human spirit, life is a bitch, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, prodigy, tragic hero, ambition ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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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, 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 ⇓
54%
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Films like Coach Carter
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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:
realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
oxford, university, power relations, sport team, hopes, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, sport, underdog, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms -- and the school itself is in danger of being sold -- Coach Rush looks to steer her girls to their ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, emotional, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, college, mother superior, catholic school, sport, human spirit, against the odds, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, ambition, hopes, catholic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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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:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true story of amateur cyclist Graeme Obree, who breaks the world one-hour record on a bike he made out of washing machine parts.
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, inspirational
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bicycle, sport, human spirit, cyclist, scot, underdog, race, ambition, lifestyle, hopes, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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, realistic ...
Plot:
basketball, lifestyle, ambition, family problems, hopes, contests and competitions, society, life is a bitch, rivalry, athlete's life, sport, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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, college, coach, young lovers, ambition, follow your dream, sport, youth, coming of age, athlete and trainer, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Lionel Waddems (Bob Newhart), a golf fanatic. is put on trial for killing his golf partner (Played by Kelsey Grammer). The movie follows the trial in the news and features interviews by people who knew the men. It is based on 2 short stories ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
athlete's life, human spirit, journalism, lifestyle, ambition, sport, odd couple, hopes, contests and competitions, buddies, athlete and trainer, nothing goes right ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot:
against the odds, golf, sport, athlete's life, human spirit, once in a lifetime opportunity, athlete and trainer, follow your dream, lifestyle, ambition, social misfits, hopes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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 ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Full-Court Miracle is a 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie. It premiered on November 23, 2003. Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
miraculous event, college, human spirit, athlete's life, ambition, against the odds, disney, sport team, rivalry, athlete and trainer, underdog, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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:
uplifting, serious, psychological, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
boxing, youth, family relations, human spirit, athlete's life, lifestyle, hopes, rise to the top, underdog, aging, athlete and trainer, supportive spouse ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ian Willams -- who was born blind in one eye -- grew up undaunted to become an elite college basketball player. But his dream of winning a national championship and turning pro was sidetracked when a tragic accident left him completely blind. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
blindness, against the odds, prodigy, disability, human spirit, ambition, follow your dream, dedicated educator, sport, life is a bitch, athlete's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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 ⇓
51%
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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:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, california, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, sincere, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
sport, baseball, against the odds, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition, sport team, hopes, society, contests and competitions, youth, power relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
japan, taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.
Style:
uplifting, exciting, feel good, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
native american, lacrosse, sport, high school, contests and competitions, hopes, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, social relations, against the odds, preparatory school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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 ⇓
50%
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:
captivating, serious, uplifting, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
fencing, swordsman, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, rivalry, professional rivalry, sport, ambition, professional sports, rivals, hopes ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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 ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Story:
After suffering a career ending knee injury, pro-baseball superstar Jimmy Easton (Dave Stone) returns to a place he has not been in a very long time....home. Here, Jimmy confronts dark memories from a tragic past as he tries to make peace with a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, uplifting
Plot:
baseball, ambition, rivalry, follow your dream, sport, hopes, contests and competitions, athlete's life, youth, haunted by the past, underdog, sport team ...
Time:
21st century
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50%
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:
uplifting, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gymnastics, rivalry, athlete's life, self discovery, human spirit, haunted by the past, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, ambition, traumatic childhood, journey, childhood trauma ...
Time:
80s, 2000s
Place:
hungary, canada, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
507
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ex footballer embroiled in a scandal returns hometown clear his name and reignite an old flame.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
athlete and trainer, sport, sport team, homecoming, against the odds, rivalry, human spirit, contests and competitions, ambition, hopes, small town, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
481
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czech and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting, rough
Plot:
running, track and field, culture clash, love affair, bookies, destiny, ambition, rivalry, hopes, human spirit, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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