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The Sheldon Kennedy Story (1999)
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The Sheldon Kennedy Story (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Story: Alberta (Canada) rural farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy feels abused by dad when punished for poor performances compared to big brother Troy. being recruited for professional ice-hockey at age 14 seems an ideal way out, straight to a party animal's good life. Yet after a Vegas marriage with Jana and hearing she's pregnant, Sheldon breaks down and tells her what's eating at him for years: coach Graham James, whoa arranged for him to be transferred each time James was, sexually abused Sheldon, who fears to be laughed away as a queer and loose his only career avenue if he goes public
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, biopic, gay, party, homosexual, hockey player, male full rear nudity, male rape, abuse, chore, bare chested male, bare butt, underwear, undressing, boxer shorts, dressing room, butt naked, female director, locker room
Place: canada
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and touching films with plots about hockey, ice hockey, ambition, biopic, athlete's life, coach and dressing room mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like The Sheldon Kennedy Story: Legend No. 17 (2013), Goalie (2019), The Rocket (2005), Net Worth (1995), The Stranger I Married (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Legend No. 17 (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death
Style: sincere, suspense, rough, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: ice hockey, hockey player, biopic, athlete's life, sport team, athlete and trainer, hockey, relationship vs career, competition, career, love of one's life, love and romance ...
Place: soviet union, canada, russia
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95%
 5.9
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Goalie (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Terry Sawchuk biopic.
Plot: hockey, hockey player, ice hockey, anger, drunkenness, vandalism, male protagonist, male female relationship, alcohol, yelling, changing room
Time: 20th century
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94%
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The Rocket (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey player, hockey, factory, discrimination, athlete's life, protest, follow your dream, contests and competitions, human spirit, rise to the top, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1955, year 1937 ...
Place: quebec, montreal, toronto ontario canada, new york, boston ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As a coach and mentor, Walter Gretzky was instrumental in nurturing the talent of his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky. So it came as an ironic tragedy when in 1991, just days after his 53rd birthday, Walter suffered a debilitating stroke that left ...
Style: touching, serious, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, family relations, athlete's life, life turned upside down, stroke, life is a bitch, ambition, hopes, parents and children, healing power, elderly ...
Time: year 1991, year 1992, year 1994, 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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 255
Net Worth (1995)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of the NHL's early years, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, and the owners, over issues of benefits, pensions and the like.
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, ice skater, labor union, intimidation, crooked businessman, retribution, hockey player, sports hero, lawyer, friendship, restaurant ...
Time: 1950s
Place: detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, senior citizen, father, contract, skating, athlete and trainer, hockey player, professional sports, retirement, ambition, sport team ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Stranger I Married (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The life story of Terry Evanshen, a Canadian Football League star who fell into a coma after a fatal car accident. When he wakes up, he has no recollection of his family or anything else in his life.
Plot: autism, biopic, car, husband wife relationship, christmas, flashback, mother daughter relationship, football player, marital rape, domestic violence, rehabilitation, road accident ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
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Story: Chronicles the life of Don Cherry, from playing minor league hockey to coaching the NHL's Boston Bruins.
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, hockey player, award, moving, determination, pet dog, coach, training, car trouble, fight, press conference ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Crazy Canucks (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on the book White Circus by Ken Read, this is the story of the Canadian skiing legends that became the first North Americans to crack the Euro dominated World Cup Circuit in 1975
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating
Plot: skiing, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, underdog, olympics, ski, biopic, bare chested male, coach, religion, sport competition ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1974
Place: canada, europe, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer (1993)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off because of his temper. The film also has a close focus on Spencer's father, and shows how he influenced Brian's life both ...
Style: erotic
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, riches to rags, voice over narration, shootout, sex, violence, death of father, adultery, robbery, gay slur, infidelity ...
Time: 70s
Place: canada, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Paperback Hero (1973)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality, and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.
Style: independent film
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, small town, canuxploitation, town, bare butt, shootout, sports hero, businessman, prairie, egotism, farm ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Winter Comes Early (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles.
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, ambition, aspiring singer, athlete's life, unlikely couple, opposites attract, fall in love, musician's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.7
 2K
The Boys (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Every Monday night The Boys put on skates and leave their troubled lives behind.
Style: semi serious, realistic, not serious, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, friendship, gangster, drug, lawyer, drinking, ice skater, winter olympics, olympics, gambling, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Trudeau (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 208 min.
Story: This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian history. The film explores the many facets of his character and his ...
Plot: election, campaign, politics, constitution, independence movement, ethnic conflict, terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, prime minister, politician
Time: 60s, 70s, 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 8.0
 25
Naked Rose (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Among the millions of victims of the Nazi madness during the Second World War, Pierre Seel was charged with homosexuality and imprisoned in the Schirmeck concentration camp. He survived this terrifying experience of torture and humiliation, and ...
Style: semi documentary, queer cinema
Plot: gay, holocaust, nazism, biopic, gay slur, art, homosexual, crucifix, gay interest, world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: gay, hiv, aids, lgbt, lgbtq, biopic, olympics, olympic athlete, swimming, motivation, glbt, diving ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1984, year 1988, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 59K
Miracle (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, put a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation ...
Style: uplifting, touching, factual, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: ice hockey, olympics, underdog, hockey, mentor, human spirit, coach, sport team, grudge, contests and competitions, athlete's life, opponent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s, year 2004, year 1980
Place: usa, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, new york, colorado ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Skating to New York (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The coming-of-age journey of 5 teenage boys who leave their small, Canadian town behind and risk skating across Lake Ontario to New York on the coldest day of the year.
Style: captivating, light, sincere, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot: lake, skating, friendship, hockey, teenage protagonist, friend, teenage boy, cold the temperature, family relations, coming of age, winter, snow ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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 ⇓
38%
 5.8
 219
Rock Hudson (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Plot: gay, aids, hollywood, celebrity, male homosexuality, biopic, gay subtext, gay interest, homosexual, illness, actor, marriage of convenience ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.7
 2K
Breakaway (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, India, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A hockey enthusiast since 12 years of age, Toronto-based Rajvinder Singh, even went to the extent of trimming his hair, discarding his Pagri/turban, did not complete his education, incurred the wrath of his father, Darvesh, who wanted him to be ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, culture clash, follow your dream, sport team, friends, family problems, society, ambition, family in crisis, parents and children, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 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 ⇓
34%
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durant's mother Wanda and her dedication to raise one of the greatest basketball players in the world. (IMDB)
Plot: basketball, father, agent, grandmother, hairdresser, team, son, chore, shooting, coach, mother, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Movie in collections
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Goon (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, dimwit, underdog, success, fame, bouncer, misfit, love story, relationships, fight scenes, friendship ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: nova scotia, nova scotia, canada, canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 16K
Youngblood (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship ...
Style: exciting, retro, spiritual, epic, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, violence, rivalry, teenage girl, father son relationship, fistfight, bully, farm, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship, revenge ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Terry Fox Story (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
Style: sad, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot: running, physical disability, runner, illness, disability, heroes, cross country, biopic, family problems, family relations, athlete's life, doctors and patients ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place: newfoundland, canada, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The King (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal ...
Style: game show
Plot: controversy, biopic, homosexual, comedian
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.3
 3K
Indian Horse (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Saul is a great native hockey player who overcomes racism in the 1970s then ultimately becomes tempted by alcoholism.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, social, retro ...
Plot: racism, indigenous people, racial prejudice, hockey, social problems, athlete's life, society, social relations, family problems, social misfits, religion, american indian ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, year 1959, year 1968, year 2008
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Swimming Upstream (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.
Style: uplifting, sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: swimming, human spirit, dysfunctional family, olympics, domestic violence, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, self discovery, contests and competitions ...
Time: 60s, year 2003, 1950s, 20th century
Place: australia, melbourne, harvard university, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
 41K
Slap Shot (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Style: humorous, funny, inspirational, cult classic, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, underdog, sport team, violence, competition, mentor, partner, ambition, adaptation, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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