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Rock the Paint (2005)
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story ignites when teenager Josh Sendler has to pack up his hoop dreams and move from the lush cornfields of Indiana to the harsh inner-city playgrounds of Newark, N.J.. He meets and befriends basketball phenom, Antwon Jackson, on the local court and together they make a run for the high school state championship. Their friendship is tested along the way and ultimately must prove itself in the face of the explosive n-word.
Style:
f word
Plot:
youth, city life, teenager, gang, racism, racial discrimination, priest, job, church, african american, catholic church, profanity, interracial relations, blood, racist, father son relationship, catholic priest, caucasian, coming of age, sign language, brother brother relationship, racial slur, high school athlete, racial issues, employee ...
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Most similar movies to Rock the Paint
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about coming of age, youth, african american, ambition, hopes, father son relationship and basketball mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Rock the Paint: Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Tournament of Dreams (2007), He Got Game (1998), The Way Back (2020), The Tiger Woods Story (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, basketball, blaxploitation, black, urban, african american, black history, racial issues, african, courtroom, basketball player, police brutality ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Lady Cavaliers high school girls' basketball team is on the verge of extinction because of school budget cuts. The school's principal (Debbie Allen) is just about consign the Cavs to oblivion when the team and certain faculty members ...
Style:
rough, exciting, suspense, touching, surprise ending ...
Plot:
interracial friendship, basketball, racial slur, interracial relations, school, friendship, african american, gay slur, revenge, father daughter relationship, first love, teen angst ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
Style:
inspirational, hood, captivating, touching, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
basketball, redemption, prison, college, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, hip hop, hopes, forgiveness, ghetto, black, released from prison ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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72%
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, spiritual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, basketball coach, prodigy, sport team, alcoholism, basketball team, coach, underdog, beer, lifestyle, youth, teenager ...
Time:
future, year 1998
Place:
usa, los angeles
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63%
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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, realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Plot:
golf, family relations, racism, interracial relations, biopic, profanity, hopes, ambition, hotshot hero, society, rising to stardom, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 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, kids
Plot:
racism, swimming, life is a bitch, against the odds, teacher, african american, human spirit, rivalry, athlete's life, youth, swimmer, black ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, 20th century, 60s
Place:
philadelphia, africa, usa, new jersey, new orleans
Similarity:
51%
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:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, coach, follow your dream, young lovers, youth, ambition, athlete and trainer, coming of age, rivalry, contests and competitions, university, high school ...
Time:
70s
Place:
colorado, los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sincere, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, underdog, athlete and trainer, racism, college, racial discrimination, teamwork, coach, racial segregation, basketball coach, racial prejudice, civil rights ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
texas, usa, el paso texas, indiana, mexico ...
Similarity:
47%
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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, realistic, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, high school, hip hop, underdog, high school sports, urban, black, african american, teacher, ghetto, discrimination, education ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Gus van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
mentor, literature, dedicated educator, coming of age, prejudice, genius, basketball, writers, teacher, african american, prodigy, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, scotland, usa, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
44%
5K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Dominican Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sugar is a 2008 sports drama film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It follows the story of Miguel Santos, a. k. a. Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sentimental, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, immigrant, athlete, culture clash, follow your dream, rags to riches, fish out of water, american dream, against the odds, character study, rookie, hopes ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
iowa, africa, new york, puerto rico, kansas ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, ...
Style:
independent film, aesthetic, existential, semi autobiographical, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, racism, teenager, black, small town, murder, racial issues, black american, segregation, african american, courtroom, racial segregation ...
Time:
1920s, year 1969
Place:
kansas, usa, africa
Similarity:
43%
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:
serious, sentimental, sincere, scenic, independent film ...
Plot:
golf, youth, ambition, prodigy, lifestyle, athlete's life, human spirit, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, social differences, teachers and students, underdog ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
Style:
realistic, touching, uplifting, serious, hood ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
human spirit, martial arts, coming of age, fight, black, teenager, perseverance, mentor, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, culture clash ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Finland, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Style:
dark comedy, period drama, f word
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ping pong, table tennis, jewish man, male nudity, bare chested male, hustler, coming of age, self discovery, sacrifice, isolation, supernatural, identity crisis ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952
Place:
tokyo, paris france, cairo egypt, sarajevo, brussels ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
Style:
crying, realistic, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
track and field, brother brother relationship, single parent, training, high school, athlete and trainer, swimming pool, runner, family problems, death in the family, teenage life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
39%
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, friend, teenage girl, female athlete, friendship, high school, teenager, party, dancing, gymnasium, mother daughter relationship, unhappiness ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2011
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the day of his first fight since his release from prison, a once-renowned boxer embarks on a redemptive journey through his past and present.
Style:
ambiguous ending, black and white
Plot:
handsome man, boxer, boxing, young man, redemption, boxing champion, domestic abuse, dead boy, woman, booing, saxophonist, black woman ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery. ...
Style:
gothic, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, racial issues, racial discrimination, martin luther king, blaxploitation, black, interracial relations, social decay, discrimination, youth ...
Time:
60s, year 1965
Place:
alabama, america, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Defining street basketball as America's new favorite pastime, it is a story driven by passion, faith, and achieving goals. A story capturing the poetic nature of street basketball, highlighting the struggles endured on and off the court by the ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
basketball, lifestyle, ambition, family problems, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, society, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to ...
Style:
suspenseful, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
basketball, coach, student athlete, father son relationship, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, coming of age, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, interracial friendship, basketball player, teen romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal their true identity, to be honest with each other for the ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious
Plot:
basketball, coach, friends, sport team, ambition, contests and competitions, introspection, buddies, haunted by the past, friendship, basketball coach, father figure ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins(Forest Whitaker), gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually ...
Style:
emotional, touching, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hurricane katrina, high school sports, cheerleader, rivalry, sport team, high school, basketball coach, starting over, contests and competitions, human spirit, athlete and trainer, hopes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alfred “Boogie” Chin is a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
basketball, coming of age, athlete's life, basketball player, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, problem solving, family relations, parents and children, coping, lifestyle, family problems, high school ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
33%
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, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bare chested male, runner, teenage boy, poverty, homeless, school, high school, family relations, brother, violent content, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After a black man's daughter is killed by the KKK, he seeks revenge by becoming a Klansman.
Style:
psychotronic, black and white, grindhouse, political, entertaining ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, racism, revenge, ku klux klan, racial issues, interracial, chaos, african, racial discrimination, brother brother relationship, false identity, deputy ...
Place:
los angeles, alabama, africa
Similarity:
32%
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, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gymnastics, gymnast, olympics, teenager, family relations, parents and children, family life, workplace romance, athlete's life, couple relations, contests and competitions, youth ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mysterious drifter lures two boys into uncovering the secrets of a sleepy southern town.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, touching, offbeat ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, small town, small town life, social relations, childhood, friendship, friendship between boys, father son relationship, male female relationship, boy, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young woman who has bad hearing tries to play basketball.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, female athlete, determination, triumph, resilience, inspiration, perseverance, disability, underdog, coming of age, identity, acceptance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Interracial love story set in Detroit.
Style:
multicultural, independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
interracial relations, forbidden love, hip hop, interracial romance, urban, high school, interracial love relationship, racism, interracial, young lovers, school, love ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, new york, california
Similarity:
31%
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