Movies like My Brother's Keeper 2004

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My Brother's Keeper (2004)
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My Brother's Keeper (2004)
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, crying, freeze frame
Plot: twins, university, follow your dream, ambition, youth, family relations, love and romance, rivalry, contests and competitions, lifestyle, mistaken identity, athlete's life, dishonesty, friendship, brother brother relationship, championship, fraud, coming of age, siblings relations, hopes, dog, race, dancing, teacher, student ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sincere films with plots about ambition, athlete's life, hopes, rivalry, lifestyle, contests and competitions and athlete and trainer mostly in Drama, Sport and Romance genres. Some movies like My Brother's Keeper: Blue Crush 2 (2011), Madison (2001), One on One (1977), A Season on the Brink (2002), Believe in Me (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blue Crush 2 (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, sentimental, teen
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: surfing, beach, surfer, friendship, hopes, rivalry, misfit, lifestyle, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: beverly hills, south africa, africa
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Madison (2001)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1971, air-conditioner repairman and boat enthusiast Jim McCormick entertains his desire to 'go down' as a legend in the record books when the Gold Cup hydroplane boat race improbably comes to his small town of Madison, Indiana. ...
Style: serious, feel good, realistic, melancholic, anamorphic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, athlete's life, human spirit, follow your dream, against the odds, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, lifestyle, ambition, rising to stardom, hopes ...
Time: year 2001, 70s
Place: usa, indiana
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57%
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One on One (1977)
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: serious, realistic, touching, melancholic, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: basketball, college, coach, young lovers, follow your dream, ambition, youth, contests and competitions, coming of age, athlete and trainer, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
A Season on the Brink (2002)
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, rivalry, athlete's life, sport team, lifestyle, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, underdog, hopes, athlete, power relations, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Believe in Me (2006)
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, spiritual, inspirational
Audience: family outing
Plot: basketball, small town, underdog, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, prodigy, hopes, rivalry, against the odds, human spirit, dedicated educator ...
Time: 60s, year 2006
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Across the Tracks (1990)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him and his buddy Louie tries to make him go astray again. ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: running, runner, poverty, homeless, school, family relations, high school, bare chested male, teenage boy, brother, violent content, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Home of the Giants (2007)
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: captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, basketball, cheerleader, friendship, athlete's life, teenage life, ambition, love and romance, lifestyle, rivalry, danger, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Mickey (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Best-selling author John Grisham deviates from his usual literary thrillers with this winning film that stars Harry Connick Jr. as Tripp Spence, a widower who goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son, Derrick (Shawn ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: baseball, single parent, athlete's life, hidden identity, dishonesty, parents and children, cons and scams, sport team, family relations, investigation, father son relationship, championship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Final Season (2007)
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, sincere, touching, sentimental, historical drama ...
Audience: kids
Plot: baseball, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, rivalry, human spirit, athlete's life, youth, contests and competitions, hopes ...
Time: year 2007, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
All You've Got (2006)
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: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: volleyball, high school, rivalry, teenage life, ambition, teenage love, athlete's life, lifestyle, youth, contests and competitions, underdog, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Price of Glory (2000)
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, ego clash, tough heroes, athlete and trainer, obsession, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Prize Fighter (2003)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a life of hard knocks and wrong turns, boxer Ed Jones gets a second chance at fulfilling his life long dream of a World Boxing Championship. With the help of veteran promoter, Arliss King and the guidance of a former champ, Ed embarks on the ...
Style: realistic, captivating, exciting, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, athlete and trainer, hopes, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, boxer, championship, contests and competitions, self destructing, death of wife, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Kid (1997)
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, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: boxing, boxer, youth, family relations, ambition, aging, athlete's life, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, underdog ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Junction Boys (2002)
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, realistic, sincere, captivating
Plot: american football, against the odds, hopes, teachers and students, discrimination, contests and competitions, college, university, athlete and trainer, human spirit, college life, hardcase students ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Gracie (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: soccer, female athlete, human spirit, family problems, follow your dream, death in the family, athlete's life, football, family in crisis, cheerleader, society, ambition ...
Time: year 2007, 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
American Anthem (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While ...
Style: independent film, captivating, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gymnastics, gymnast, olympics, teenager, family relations, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, couple relations, love and romance, coming of age, athlete's life, hopes ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
We Are Marshall (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Style: sentimental, inspirational, touching, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family outing, adult
Plot: football, college, american football, coach, football team, survivor, university, friendship, underdog, small town, teacher, happy ending ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: usa, west virginia, virginia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.4
 51K
Hoosiers (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
Style: inspirational, realistic, exciting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: basketball, high school, small town, underdog, alcoholic, high school basketball, father son relationship, championship, basketball coach, coach, athlete and trainer, redemption ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1986, 50s
Place: indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Without Limits (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
Style: inspirational, sincere, factual, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: olympics, running, runner, track and field, competition, athlete's life, hopes, contests and competitions, human spirit, ambition, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1998, 70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1970 ...
Place: usa, finland, helsinki finland, munich germany, oregon
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37%
My Brother... Nikhil (2005)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Famous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing the fact that he has HIV/AIDS.
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: swimming, hopes, gay, family relations, lgbt, society, athlete's life, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance, against the odds, hiv positive ...
Time: year 1989, year 1987, year 1994, 21st century
Place: india, goa india, bombay india
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35%
4 Minute Mile (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
Style: realistic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, serious ...
Plot: track and field, single parent, running, training, high school, athlete and trainer, brother brother relationship, family problems, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, teenage life, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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34%
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The Way Back (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Style: realistic, touching, inspirational, serious, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: basketball, basketball coach, prodigy, coach, sport team, alcoholism, basketball team, ambition, underdog, beer, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: future, year 1998
Place: usa, los angeles
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34%
A Gentleman's Game (2002)
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: sentimental, sincere, serious, scenic, independent film ...
Plot: golf, youth, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, social differences, teachers and students, single parent ...
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34%
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Believe (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.
Style: realistic, uplifting, captivating, inspirational, serious ...
Plot: boy, sport team, contests and competitions, hopes, follow your dream, rivalry, human spirit, ambition, orphan, athlete and trainer, coming of age, football ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place: england
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34%
A Shot at Glory (2000)
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, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: soccer, follow your dream, athlete's life, human spirit, underdog, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, against the odds, football, sport team, society ...
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
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34%
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Rad (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A BMX racer who lives in a small town with his mother and sister is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SAT's in order to attend college.
Style: semi serious, captivating, touching, disturbing, colorful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: bicycle, underdog, teenage protagonist, human spirit, teenage girl, cycling, contests and competitions, rivalry, youth, against the odds, single mother, businessman ...
Time: 80s
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33%
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Brink! (1998)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (which means they skate for the fun of it, and not for the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters, Team ...
Style: captivating, feel good, semi serious, exciting, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: friendship, rivalry, underdog, rise to the top, teenage life, dishonesty, rising to stardom, betrayal, hopes, ambition, moral dilemma, youth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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33%
 6.7
 66K
Goal! (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer...However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that--a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him ...
Style: inspirational, harsh, serious, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: soccer, football, coach, sport team, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, human spirit, lifestyle, dream come true, against the odds, rivalry ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, england, europe, london, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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White Palms (2006)
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: realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: gymnastics, athlete's life, self discovery, human spirit, haunted by the past, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, ambition, traumatic childhood, olympics, teacher, cold war ...
Time: 80s, 2000s
Place: hungary, canada, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Undefeated (2003)
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, suspense
Plot: athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, against the odds, social differences, tough heroes, boxing, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
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32%
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