Movies like Rad

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Rad (1986)
 6.7
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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, feel good, eighties, cult film
Audience: kids
Plot: bicycle, underdog, teenage protagonist, human spirit, teenage girl, cycling, youth, rivalry, contests and competitions, against the odds, businessman, single mother, brother sister relationship, teenage boy, newspaper, small town, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sabotage, love interest, mother son conflict, bicycle race, bike, athlete and trainer, teenage life, lifestyle ...
Time: 80s
Keyword: sport

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Most similar movies to Rad

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about ambition, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes, athlete's life and athlete and trainer mostly in Drama, Sport and Comedy genres. Some movies like Rad: Madison (2001), Breaking Away (1979), All You've Got (2006), One on One (1977), The Final Season (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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100%
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Breaking Away (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one ...
Style: touching, realistic, inspirational, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, working class, cycling, underdog, bicycle, friendship, small town, teenage life, bicycle race, father son relationship, childhood, teenage boy ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
30%
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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 ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
28%
The Flying Scotsman (2006)
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, serious, realistic, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyclist, bicycle, cycling, human spirit, scotsman, underdog, race, lifestyle, ambition, friendship, rivalry, hopes ...
Time: year 2006
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
American Flyers (1985)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sad, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot: cycling, bicycle, racing, bike, underdog, bicycle race, motivation, interracial, bittersweet, mountain, siblings relations, family life ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: colorado, usa, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
26%
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Street Dreams (2009)
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: exciting, captivating, disturbing, sincere, rough ...
Plot: skateboard, lifestyle, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition, athlete and trainer, misfit, rise to the top, obsession, social misfits, teenage life, skater ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
From the Rough (2013)
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: golf, against the odds, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, once in a lifetime opportunity, lifestyle, social misfits, hopes, ambition, teacher ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Sunset Park (1996)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Style: hood, humorous, grim, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: basketball, high school, hip hop, underdog, black, urban, african american, teacher, student athlete, hip hop culture, danger, blaxploitation ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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, freeze frame ...
Plot: twins, university, ambition, follow your dream, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, youth, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, mistaken identity ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Gold and the Glory (1984)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Steve Lucas is a nineteen year old who is filled with the burning resentment of being forced to live in his brother's shadow. His brother Adam, is burdened by his father's desire for glory, and must win The Coolangatta Gold Tri-Aquathon, ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, independent film
Plot: swimming, running, reflection, motorcycle accident, sibling rivalry, family relations, underdog, domineering father, training, endurance, obsession, plantation ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Hometown Legend (2002)
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: realistic, serious, feel good, touching, independent film ...
Plot: american football, high school, small town, human spirit, leadership, athlete's life, teenage life, against the odds, ambition, society, rivalry, youth ...
Place: alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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Rocky II (1979)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. ...
Style: inspirational, rough, sincere, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: manly, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, bodybuilding, rocky, brutality, violence, training, world champion, championship, comeback ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.3
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Pride (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are ...
Style: inspirational, serious, uplifting, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racism, swimming, life is a bitch, ambition, against the odds, teacher, african american, human spirit, athlete's life, rivalry, youth, black ...
Time: 70s, year 2007, 20th century, 60s
Place: philadelphia, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Supercross (2005)
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, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: human spirit, rivalry, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, relationship vs career, friendship, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ego clash, rising to stardom, racing ...
Time: year 2005
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
21%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Forever Strong (2008)
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, inspirational, motivational, disturbing ...
Audience: manly, family outing
Plot: rugby, coach, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, father son relationship, human spirit, redemption, ambition, starting over, teenage life, motivation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Hockey Night (1984)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 74 min.
Story: When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with resistence, but also gets support, especially from the star forward of the team.
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, hopes, underdog, youth, ambition, lifestyle, fall in love, rivalry, gender, gender bending, small town life ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 5.8
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Underdogs (2013)
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, family friendly, teens
Plot: american football, cheerleader, high school football, high school, underdog, sport team, ambition, human spirit, athlete and trainer, rivalry, youth, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.9
 1K
The Club (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Plot: football, exodus, stoner, sex crime, sport team, politics, power relations, against the odds, high school life, workplace situations, high school, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Vision Quest (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed , trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, wrestling, underdog, cheerleader, rivalry, adolescence, unlikely friendships, teenage boy, high school life, training ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.4
 42K
McFarland, USA (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Style: inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, kids
Plot: teacher, underdog, coach, track and field, high school, athlete and trainer, human spirit, mentor, teenager, school, competition, dedicated educator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, palo alto california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Crooked Arrows (2012)
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, independent film ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: native american, lacrosse, high school, hopes, ambition, contests and competitions, human spirit, rivalry, social relations, against the odds, native, preparatory school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: massachusetts, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Miracle Season (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
Style: touching, teen, rough, serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: volleyball, teenage girl, friend, high school, female athlete, friendship, teenager, mother daughter relationship, dancing, gymnasium, party, unhappiness ...
Time: year 2011, year 2014
Place: iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.0
 3K
Ping Pong (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, uplifting, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: athlete's life, youth, follow your dream, lifestyle, human spirit, ambition, rivalry, friendship, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, underdog, opponent ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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