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Run Milkha Run (2013)
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Run Milkha Run (2013)
Original name: भाग मिल्खा भाग
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story: The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Style: inspirational, realistic, meditative, cult classic, uplifting, captivating, patriotic, entertaining, sad, independent film ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: rise to the top, olympics, biopic, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, follow your dream, ambition, overcoming, rivalry, fame, determination, contests and competitions, championship, fight, training, loss of family member, patriot, motivation, hindu, love, rape ...
Time: year 2013, 60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1947, 1940s, year 1960 ...
Place: india, middle east, asia, pakistan, rome italy
Keyword: sport, life lessons, punjab

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and inspirational films with plots about ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, biopic, hopes, athlete's life and motivation mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Run Milkha Run: M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Mary Kom (2014), Dangal (2016), Moneyball (2011), Sultan (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story: The film is based on the life of Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, patriotic ...
Plot: cricket, rags to riches, biopic, athlete's life, rise to the top, ambition, sport team, rivalry, contests and competitions, rising to stardom, patriot, meaning of life ...
Time: year 2011, 2000s, 21st century
Place: india
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 6.8
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Mary Kom (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
Style: realistic, exciting, captivating, serious, motivational ...
Plot: female boxer, boxing, biopic, training, contests and competitions, women, ambition, athlete's life, hopes, rivalry, boxer, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
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Dangal (2016)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Style: inspirational, intense, atmospheric, lyrical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wrestler, small town, female empowerment, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, olympics, biopic, indians, great ending, mentor, life philosophy, determination ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 2000s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 7.6
 461K
Moneyball (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style: inspirational, feel good, realistic, captivating, motivational ...
Plot: baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, biopic, motivation, entrepreneur, business, leadership, entrepreneurship ...
Time: 80s, year 2011, 2010s, 70s, 2000s ...
Place: california, boston, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sultan (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A biographical drama based on the life of fictional Haryana based wrestler & mixed martial arts specialist Sultan Ali Khan.
Style: uplifting, disturbing, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: wrestler, mixed martial arts, wrestling, male objectification, hand to hand combat, rivalry, ambition, training, contests and competitions, fight, follow your dream, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pele: Birth of a Legend (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Style: inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, factual ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: following a dream, soccer, athlete's life, football, rags to riches, rise to the top, contests and competitions, football player, prodigy, ambition, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: brazil, latin america, africa, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
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Rush (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style: inspirational, realistic, motivational, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: racing, race, car race, race car, racecar driver, rise to the top, motor sport, success, formula 1, car racing, world champion, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1976, year 1970 ...
Place: europe, britain, australia, usa, monte carlo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 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 ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 8.1
 85K
Chak De! India (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: India, USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 153 min.
Story: A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in ...
Style: feel good, realistic, inspirational, patriotic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: underdog, coach, contests and competitions, rivalry, sport team, determination, against the odds, bonding, glory, power relations, patriotism, media coverage ...
Time: year 2007, y2k, 21st century
Place: india, middle east, australia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.7
 762
Running Brave (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.
Style: inspirational, period piece, uplifting, captivating, serious ...
Plot: running, olympics, track and field, runner, native american, motivation, native, male objectification, society, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition ...
Time: year 1983, 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: kansas, south dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.
Style: dramatic, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: biopic, entrepreneur, luxury car, based on real people, car, life, business, follow your dream, success, rise to the top, life philosophy, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 8.1
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Iqbal (2005)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
Style: realistic, uplifting, inspirational, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: cricket, disability, ambition, human spirit, lifestyle, prodigy, follow your dream, against the odds, struggle, hopes, rise to the top, obsession ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
 223
Risen (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: As one of the rising talents of amateur boxing, Howard Winstone, a young Welsh boy from Merthyr Tydfil, was fast making a name for himself with his knock out right hand. A long professional fighting career surely beckoned? Then disaster strikes. An ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, captivating, serious
Plot: human spirit, athlete's life, ambition, against the odds, rise to the top, boxing, rivalry, hopes, disability, lifestyle, contests and competitions, blind ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.0
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Invincible (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: underdog, american football, football, teacher, follow your dream, team, biopic, against the odds, determination, teamwork, motivation, rookie ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: philadelphia, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting
Plot: running, olympics, track and field, radiation, disability, power relations, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, human spirit, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seoul, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Maradona, the Hand of God (2007)
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: athlete's life, rise to the top, rise and fall, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, hopes, folk hero, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: argentina, naples italy, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: boxer, boxing, follow your dream, ambition, against the odds, athlete's life, contests and competitions, hopes, prodigy, rise to the top, underdog, biopic ...
Time: 1930s, 21st century
Place: italy, new york, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 7.8
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Kai Po Che! (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Style: inspirational, emotional, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: cricket, friendship, talented, business venture, hopes, success, athlete and trainer, follow your dream, sport team, ambition, business, politics ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.5
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Phantom Punch (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively ended his career, the movie spans the years from 1950 to Liston's mysterious and ...
Style: realistic, captivating, rough, serious, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, boxing, infidelity, prison, black american, rise and fall, lifestyle, rise to the top, athlete's life, tragic hero, contests and competitions, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, 70s, 1950s
Place: usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.6
 261
The Athlete (2009)
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, independent film ...
Plot: runner, disability, rehabilitation, starting over, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, against the odds, marathon, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: africa, ethiopia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.2
 23K
The Express (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, emotional, factual, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: american football, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, biopic, mentor, friendship, courage, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Style: motivational, inspirational, captivating, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: golf, rags to riches, underdog, working class, athlete's life, prodigy, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, social differences, struggle, talented ...
Time: 1910s, year 2005, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, ...
Style: realistic, inspirational, psychological, captivating, art film ...
Plot: mountain, love, determination, poverty, caste system, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, family tragedy, mining, struggle for survival, tragic event, biopic ...
Time: year 2015, 70s, 60s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.1
 4K
Ours (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story: An ex-boxer Baldev Choudhary (Dharmendra) has had a stain in his boxing career. He wanted to wash it with his son Angad's (Sunny Deol) success, but times were hard and a financial crunch kept him from achieving this dream. Though Angad pulled ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, emotional
Plot: boxing, family relations, rise to the top, follow your dream, ambition, athlete's life, hopes, once promising, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, parents and children ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.5
 379
Bert & Dickie (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) defied all the odds and made history in the double sculls. This is the story of how they did it ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, exciting
Plot: competition, athlete's life, human spirit, against the odds, contests and competitions, rivalry, hopes, lifestyle, olympics, teamwork, motivation, partner ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1948
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: baseball, underdog, culture clash, biopic, cricket, rags to riches, athlete's life, fish out of water, against the odds, rivalry, contests and competitions, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.6
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The Cup (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching
Plot: horse, horse race, jockey, rivalry, ambition, athlete's life, rise to the top, human spirit, death of father, lifestyle, hopes, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 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 ⇓
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%
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