Movies like Battle of the Sexes

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Battle of the Sexes (2017)
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Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Style: captivating, semi serious, uplifting, exciting, retro, sexy, social, art house, informative, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: tennis, battle of the sexes, sexism, tennis player, gender equality, lesbian love, woman, lesbianism, lgbtq, hotel, winning, lgbt, wager, feminism, friendship, homosexuality, equality, sponsor, man with glasses, lesbian lead character, women, strong female character, strong female lead, competition, feminist ...
Time: year 1973, year 1972, year 2017, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, united states
Keyword: sport, feminist film, challenge, poster, salute

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, inspirational, touching and realistic films with plots about biopic, women, feminist, woman, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead and based on real people mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Battle of the Sexes: When Billie Beat Bobby (2001), The Big Short (2015), A Room with a View (1985), Made in Dagenham (2010), Foxcatcher (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: .The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
Style: uplifting, semi serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot: battle of the sexes, fighting the system, rise to the top, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, underdog, ego clash, society, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, year 1972
Place: austin texas, texas, usa, denver colorado, detroit ...
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Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.
Style: erotic, factual, sexy, historical drama, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: polyamory, lgbt, lesbian, bdsm, lesbianism, husband wife relationship, lesbian love, harvard, superheroine, sadomasochism, college professor, orgasm ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, 70s, 1930s ...
Place: louisiana, england, boston, connecticut, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
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The Big Short (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style: intellectual, realistic, tense, intelligent, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot: finance, wall street, business, economics, stock market, money, financial crisis, greed, economic crisis, fraud, loan, analysis ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2007, year 2015, future ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Room with a View (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once ...
Style: scenic, touching, period piece, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: self discovery, couples, hotel, travel, love, passion, female protagonist, fall in love, looking for love, piano, male nudity, happy ending ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, year 1985 ...
Place: italy, england, europe, britain, london ...
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100%
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Made in Dagenham (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Style: inspirational, touching, factual, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: working class, gender, revolution, politics, discrimination, women, fighting the system, workplace, idealism, injustice, protest, underdog ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1966, year 1968, year 1970
Place: england, london, europe, united kingdom, michigan ...
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25%
 7.0
 149K
Foxcatcher (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Style: thought provoking, psychological, bleak, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: mental illness, murder, wrestling, olympics, eccentricity, ambition, biopic, character study, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, wrestler, domination ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, year 1988 ...
Place: usa, pennsylvania, seoul, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Freeheld (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Style: uplifting, touching, sad, romantic, detective ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, cancer, older woman younger woman relationship, lgbtq, love, lgbtqi, equality, gay, gay bar ...
Place: new jersey, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
Style: clever, inspirational, captivating, political, retro ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: courtroom, women's rights, supreme court, human rights, lawyer, female lawyer, marriage, equality, husband wife relationship, teacher, misogyny, feminism ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 70s, 20th century, year 1963 ...
Place: usa, denver colorado, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Pride (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style: touching, political, witty, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, working class, protest, culture clash, homosexuality, friendship, prejudice, gay relationship, mining town, lesbian, lgbtq ...
Time: year 1985, 20th century, year 1984, year 2014, 80s ...
Place: england, wales, united kingdom, britain, europe ...
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Colette (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
Duration: 111 min.
Story: French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Style: captivating, costume drama, intellectual, inspirational, lyrical ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: writers, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian, woman, female writer, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, bisexuality, ghost writer, publisher, lgbt ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1890s, year 1900 ...
Place: paris france, france, marseille, louisiana, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story of the world's greatest tennis icons – Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe – and their legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, exciting, art house ...
Plot: tennis player, tennis, rivalry, coach, father son relationship, biopic, professional sports, arrogance, male objectification, nightclub, fiance fiancee relationship, american abroad ...
Time: year 1980, year 2017, 80s, year 1978, year 1979 ...
Place: monte carlo, eastern europe, stockholm sweden, new york, monaco
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22%
 7.2
 161K
Vice (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House ...
Style: political, serious, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: politics, u.s. president, usa politics, u.s. vice president, u.s. government, american politics, iraq war, war on terror, politician, heart attack, vice president, political campaign ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2010s, year 1963, 80s, 70s ...
Place: washington d.c., wyoming, cambodia, usa, pentagon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.8
 253K
Hidden Figures (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.3
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Misbehaviour (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
Style: captivating, stylized, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: feminist, feminism, beauty pageant, society, protest, rehearsal, sexism, women's liberation, farce, against the odds, contests and competitions, woman ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1970, 20th century
Place: europe, england, los angeles, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.5
 241K
I, Tonya (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, rough, twisted ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: competition, abusive mother, figure skating, ice skater, female protagonist, violence, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence, abuse, winter olympics, sport competition, fbi investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2017, year 1992, 80s ...
Place: oregon, detroit, portland oregon, minneapolis minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.3
 100K
Eddie the Eagle (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, motivational, emotional, art house ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly
Plot: skiing, life, athlete, olympics, following a dream, underdog, winter olympics, determination, biopic, coach, winter, snow ...
Time: 20th century, year 2015, 80s, year 1988, 70s
Place: england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Suffragette (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style: inspirational, political, factual, educational, bleak ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: feminism, women, feminist, sexism, girl power, activism, women's suffrage, human rights, rebelliousness, women's rights, sexual harassment, women's liberation ...
Time: 1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.5
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Ammonite (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: 1840s England, an infamous fossil hunter and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Style: psychological, intellectual, realistic, contemplative, disturbing ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbianism, lesbian couple, female scientist, older woman younger woman sex, female protagonist, scientist ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, victorian era, 2020s, ancient times ...
Place: london
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20%
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 1993: after being caught having sex with the prom queen, a girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center.
Style: thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lgbt teen, lgbtq, teenager, teenage sexuality, religion, lesbian teen, lesbian love, conversion therapy, female sexuality, sex education ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, year 1993
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
A League of Their Own (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, sweet, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: baseball, world war two, sister sister relationship, friendship, female friendship, female athlete, alcoholic, feminist, female protagonist, sibling rivalry, underdog, coach ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 90s
Place: oregon, chicago, indiana, usa, midwest ...
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19%
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and ...
Style: feel good, sexual, surreal, funny, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, gay, lesbian love, sapphic, gays and lesbians, conversion therapy, cheerleading, lesbian relationship, cheerleader, lesbianism ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Fighting with My Family (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: date night, teens, kids
Plot: wrestling, women's wrestling, biopic, ambition, adaptation, lifestyle, friendship, coming of age, parents and children, mentor, hopes, strong female character ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.5
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Milk (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and ...
Style: thought provoking, political, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, politics, homosexuality, protest, homosexual, murder, gays and lesbians, discrimination, male homosexuality, politician, biopic, gender ...
Time: 70s, 2000s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1973 ...
Place: san francisco, california, new york, america, bay area ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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 7.3
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Invictus (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby ...
Style: uplifting, political, inspirational, sincere, factual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, rugby, human spirit, president, apartheid, politics, leadership, underdog, biopic, politician, idealism, historical character ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Style: costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, stylized, touching ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: servant, british history, queen of england, queen victoria, royalty, muslim, biopic, british empire, friendship, hindu, royal court, british monarchy ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2017, 2010s ...
Place: britain, america, buckingham palace, florence, india ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.5
 134K
King Richard (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
Style: inspirational, thought provoking, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: tennis, athlete and trainer, father daughter relationship, biopic, athlete's life, strict father, black, african american, family relations, coach, rivalry, real life ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
Style: tense, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: atheist, single mother, religion, activist, dysfunctional family, biopic, investigation, woman, reporter, women, mother son relationship, life philosophy ...
Time: year 1969, year 1960, year 1955, year 1991, year 1963 ...
Place: texas, new zealand, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Style: sentimental, touching, factual, compassionate, sad ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: childhood, filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, writer's life, family drama, love, family relations, showbiz, success, parents and children, writers ...
Time: year 2013, edwardian era, 60s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place: california, los angeles, australia, usa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Girl King (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Finland, Canada, Germany, Sweden, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Style: period piece, realistic, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian interest, royal family, lesbian love, love interest, lesbian sex, unrequited love, female nudity, lgbt, queen, biopic, forbidden love ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
Style: historical drama, costume drama, period piece, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, writers, poet, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, gay, poetry, infidelity, woman, women, feminist ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: massachusetts
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