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A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999)
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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 hard and becomes so good his coach believes he has a shot at making a top-ranked college team. But now Daniel faces a heart-wrenching choice that could force him to forever give up his dream.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
american football, family relations, mentor protege relationship, ambition, high school, high school football, challenge, sport, youth, friends, family life, rivalry, sport team, lifestyle, transplant, hopes, athlete's life, power relations, teenager, coach, teenage boy, small town, organ donation, grandfather grandson relationship, student athlete ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about hopes, ambition, youth, sport, power relations, rivalry and athlete's life mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story: A Painted House (2003), When the Game Stands Tall (2014), America Brown (2004), Hometown Legend (2002), The 5th Quarter (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, lifestyle, family relations, self discovery, hopes, farm, poverty, nature, survival, farmer, flood ...
Time:
50s
Place:
arkansas, usa
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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.
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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:
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Place:
usa, california, oakland california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, prodigy, starting over, haunted by the past, lifestyle, rivalry, sport, hopes, on the run, redemption, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
35%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the wake of a car crash that killed his brother, football player Jon Abbate leads his school's struggling team to its most successful season ever.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sad ...
Plot:
american football, car accident, coach, family relations, athlete's life, ambition, sport, family in crisis, social relations, lifestyle, contests and competitions, christian ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Biographical story of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. The movie starts with his young life and growing up with his father, Ralph, who raced for a living, but initially wanted more for his son. When Dale quits high school to start driving full time, his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental
Plot:
lifestyle, human spirit, ambition, rising to stardom, rivalry, family relations, hopes, sport, contests and competitions, family life, parents and children, auto racing ...
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31%
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 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, humorous, sincere
Plot:
baseball, americana, destiny, follow your dream, athlete's life, looking for love, major league, lifestyle, hopes, ambition, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in rural Ohio, the birthplace of football, UNDERDOGS is the story of a small-town high school football team destined to play their cross-town rival, a perennial powerhouse, while standing up for an entire community.
Style:
feel good, realistic, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
american football, cheerleader, high school football, high school, underdog, sport team, sport, athlete and trainer, youth, human spirit, ambition, follow your dream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are discovered by the basketball ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
twins, basketball, high school, sport, disney, against the odds, ambition, contests and competitions, human spirit, siblings relations, family life, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, feel good, non-linear ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coach, ambition, follow your dream, against the odds, friendship, sport team, sport, human spirit, athlete's life, society, hopes, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A high-school track star (Scott Jacoby) fools around with his buddy (Dennis Quaid), until a Vietnam War tragedy makes him grow up.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
track and field, hopes, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, best friends, human nature, underdog, coming of age, sport, ambition, youth, vietnam war ...
Time:
60s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease
Style:
sentimental, uplifting, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
american football, sport, sport team, athlete's life, human spirit, ambition, friendship, buddies, life is a bitch, lifestyle, friendship between men, cancer ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
Style:
feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american football, sport, human spirit, athlete's life, ambition, athlete and trainer, battle of the sexes, youth, rivalry, underdog, gender, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Films like Remember the Titans
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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 ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
american football, sport, small town, teenage life, ambition, athlete's life, friendship, sport team, hopes, youth, love and romance, human nature ...
Place:
usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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 ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This is based on the true story about the relationship between Penn State football player John Cappelletti and his younger brother Joey, who has leukemia. John and Joey's bond is a strong one. Joey hangs out with John in the Penn State locker ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching
Plot:
american football, youth, contests and competitions, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, sport, athlete's life, hopes, sport team, family relations, power relations, terminal illness ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rendered a quadriplegic since a child from a near-fatal neck injury, a young girl fights against all odds to succeed in life from grade school to her acceptance into college under the assistance of her loyal and dedicated mother.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, touching, sentimental, saga ...
Plot:
disability, quadriplegic, college, against the odds, hospital, teenage love, human spirit, ambition, lifestyle, parents and children, family problems, survival ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With his father coaching him and his mother providing a strong spiritual influence, Tiger Woods rose to fame and fortune. But his success came at a price, as he endured personal struggles with racism, self-doubt and cultural identity.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot:
golf, family relations, interracial relations, racism, youth, rising to stardom, ambition, rise to the top, rivalry, athlete's life, society, hotshot hero ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenage boy fights to save the Spirit Bear.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, nature, environmentalism, bear, wilderness, fighting the system, human spirit, heroic mission, society, politics, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style:
inspirational, touching, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, date night
Plot:
small town, friendship, teacher, follow your dream, mathematics, against the odds, generation gap, teenage life, life philosophy, space program, scientist, dedicated educator ...
Time:
50s, future, 20th century, year 1957
Place:
west virginia, usa, appalachia, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Reggie White stars as Reggie Knox, a pro football player who retires, frustrated because he hasn't won a championship. Knox begins coaching a Portland, Ore., high school football program, where he befriends a troubled student. Reggie fights ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
american football, black man, family relations, gang, school, high school, power relations, religions or cults, social relations, society, ambition, sport ...
Time:
90s
Place:
portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Dramatizing of the many shocking highs and lows of Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona, an extraordinary athlete and arguably the greatest player in the history of the sport.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, serious, sentimental, sincere
Plot:
rise and fall, rise to the top, ambition, athlete's life, lifestyle, prodigy, sport, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, rivalry, folk hero, society ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
argentina, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
homeless teenager, homeless, youth, life is a bitch, aids, against the odds, human spirit, starting over, university, street kid, kids in trouble, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young tween Justin Yoder, who's known for his outgoing demeanor and wit despite being confined to a wheelchair, dreams to be like his athletic older brother and propels himself into the world of soapbox derby racing. It's a field he's ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, captivating, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
disability, ambition, disney, rivalry, contests and competitions, sport, misfit, hopes, family life, isolation, miraculous event, race ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ethiopia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, exciting, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
runner, sport, disability, rehabilitation, olympic gold medalist, human spirit, starting over, ambition, athlete's life, follow your dream, against the odds, marathon ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, rome italy, ethiopia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
TV film that was to be Katherine Hepburn's last performance. Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known in New Orleans in the 1930s..
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, youth, holiday, family relations, estrangement, family problems, child as adult, family life, parents and children, road not taken, dysfunctional family, eccentric family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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