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The Road Home (2003)
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Original name: Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Growing up in Las Vegas, Danny and Melissa meet at age eight and are destined to become life long friends. During their teen years they cling to each other for love and security but as they grow older their lives take different paths. Danny fills the void in his heart with his passion and love for America's favorite pastime. While Melissa, filled with the insecurities of her youth, struggles to find the strength to pursue her childhood dreams. Although apart, their lives are forever connected. Like a glorious seven game world series, "The Road Home" is a story of imperishable hope, courage, faith, love and coming home.
Style:
touching, humorous, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
baseball, destiny, americana, follow your dream, looking for love, athlete's life, youth, love and romance, rivalry, ambition, lifestyle, major league, hopes, sport, family relations, sport team, coming of age, power relations, love, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and feel good films with plots about ambition, hopes, athlete's life, rivalry, power relations, sport and lifestyle mostly in Drama, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like The Road Home: Finding Buck McHenry (2000), Safe at Home! (1962), Virginia's Run (2002), Calvin Marshall (2009), Hometown Legend (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
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Duration: 84 min.
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90%
Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
All his life, teenager Daniel Huffman and his grandma have dreamed of Daniel playing college football. After Daniel is cut from his high school team, his grandmother's encouragement and coaching get him a second chance at that dream. He works ...
Style:
emotional, uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
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Time:
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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:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, emotional, realistic, tense
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
JB suffers from a heart malformation .He falsifies his medical file ,so that he can enter a top athlete training center.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
rivalry, friendship, sport, teenage life, follow your dream, ambition, hopes, youth, social relations, lifestyle, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Major League Baseball scout must find promising young player to save his job and his team.
Style:
realistic, serious, feel good
Plot:
baseball, scout, power relations, sport team, major league, countryside, relationship vs career, against the odds, americana, underdog, sport, lifestyle ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: India
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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