Movies like Crazy Canucks
If you like "Crazy Canucks" you are looking for serious, realistic and uplifting movies about / with skiing, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, underdog, olympics and ski themes of Biography, Drama and Sport genre shot in Canada.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Crazy Canucks (2004)
137
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, religion, coach, athlete, sport competition, winter olympics, bare chested male, volkswagen bus, knee injury
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1974
Place:
canada, europe, alps
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Crazy Canucks
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and uplifting films with plots about ambition, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, hopes, biopic and human spirit mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Crazy Canucks: M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008), Risen (2010), A Season on the Brink (2002), Jappeloup (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
captivating, serious, realistic, inspirational, feel good ...
Plot:
cricket, rags to riches, biopic, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, sport team, rising to stardom, rivalry, contests and competitions, captain, patriot ...
Time:
2000s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
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:
touching, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
boxer, hopes, boxing, athlete's life, follow your dream, against the odds, ambition, rise to the top, contests and competitions, prodigy, underdog, biopic ...
Time:
1930s, 21st century
Place:
italy, new york, europe
Similarity:
100%
239
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 113 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:
serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting
Plot:
human spirit, rise to the top, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, boxing, lifestyle, hopes, rivalry, disability, contests and competitions, violent content ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of three Russian Olympic champions. Ordinary people, who have become the pride of their family and country, and made history of world sports.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, exciting, motivational, meditative ...
Plot:
olympics, gymnastics, rivalry, against the odds, stubbornness, rise to the top, happy ending, reputation, human spirit, champion, determination, victory ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers" is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
basketball, athlete's life, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, athlete, basketball coach, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Canada, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star Jappeloup and his troubled rider, locked in a tense relationship with his horseman father and ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious
Plot:
horse, against the odds, animal training, contests and competitions, rivalry, underdog, passionate interest, horse riding, biopic, olympics, horseman, human animal relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, year 1984, year 1982, year 1985 ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
25%
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, power relations, disability, unfulfillment, athlete's life, human spirit, hopes, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
barcelona, seoul
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Austria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Barely 22, Franz Klammer finds himself at the “eye of the storm” when he shows up for the men’s downhill competition at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Since the previous season the charismatic newcomer has won virtually every race. The ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating
Plot:
skiing, winter sports, athlete, winter olympics, biopic, ski, medal, olympics, snow, winter, skier, snow skiing ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
24%
Movie in collections
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:
period piece, inspirational, captivating, uplifting, serious ...
Plot:
running, olympics, track and field, runner, campus, male objectification, motivation, native, society, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
usa, kansas, south dakota
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
deaf, wrestler, mute or deaf, underdog, overcoming, hopes, athlete's life, ambition, against the odds, contests and competitions, rivalry, opponent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 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, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
running, physical disability, disability, illness, runner, cross country, heroes, child illness, homecoming, terminal illness, on the road, athlete's life ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
newfoundland, canada, british columbia
Similarity:
22%
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, realistic, serious, exciting
Plot:
competition, athlete's life, human spirit, against the odds, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, lifestyle, olympics, teamwork, motivation, partner ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1948
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true story of the first U.S. men's skiing gold medal winner. Bill Johnson is a cocky young adult who dreams of being on the U.S. Olympic Ski Team as a downhill racer. Trouble with the law and a rebellious attitude almost cost him the 1984 ...
Plot:
olympics, skiing, winter sports, biopic, victory, underdog, ambition, inspiration, mountain, determination, perseverance, redemption ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
oregon, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
22%
535
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czech and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating, rough
Plot:
running, olympics, track and field, contests and competitions, politics, human spirit, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer, hopes, culture clash ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, australia
Similarity:
22%
3K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
Style:
sincere, captivating, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
baseball, hopes, rivalry, ambition, against the odds, athlete's life, society, youth, sport team, contests and competitions, asian, friends ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
japan, taiwan, china, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, realistic, serious, motivational ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
bodybuilder, bodybuilding, fitness, muscleman, rivalry, athlete's life, rise to the top, inspiration, biopic, coworker relationship, male female relationship, ambition ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
los angeles, canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game.
Style:
exciting, serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
golf, biopic, rise to the top, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, underdog, rags to riches, legacy, inspiration, perseverance, charisma ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
21%
232
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and ...
Style:
uplifting, sexual, serious, realistic, silent ...
Plot:
boxing, biopic, boxer, world champion, violent content, profanity, hopes, power relations, disability, one last chance, unfulfillment, ambition ...
Time:
80s, 1920s
Place:
utah
Similarity:
21%
Movie in collections
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, gay athlete, olympic athlete, swimming, glbt, swimmer ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1984, 80s, year 1988
Similarity:
21%
864
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
football player, athlete's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rivalry, life is a bitch, sport team, celebrity culture, professional sports, football, football team, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, europe, northern england, manchester
Similarity:
21%
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, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxer, boxing, black american, infidelity, prison, rise and fall, discrimination, racism, prison life, lifestyle, downfall, athlete's life ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s, 70s
Place:
usa, missouri
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Biographical story of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. The movie starts with his young life and growing up with his father, Ralph, who raced for a living, but initially wanted more for his son. When Dale quits high school to start driving full time, his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, sentimental
Plot:
rivalry, rising to stardom, lifestyle, auto racing, family relations, parents and children, family life, contests and competitions, hopes, racing, nascar, car ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Story about 1998 Nagano Olympic ski jump team competition, where Japan won a gold medal.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
athlete, olympics, competition, sporting event, professional athlete, team, winter sports, sports man, professional sports, sport competition, ski, sport team ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Similarity:
20%
Movie in collections
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, realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
hockey player, ice hockey, hockey, factory, discrimination, athlete's life, protest, working class, contests and competitions, rise to the top, human spirit, underdog ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1955, year 1937 ...
Place:
quebec, montreal, toronto ontario canada, boston, new york ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female skiing champion is paralyzed in a tragic skiing accident. Her girlfriend is taken out of competition when she contracts polio.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot:
quadriplegic, disability, skiing, physical disability, love, winter olympics, polio, accident, illness, psychopath, grief, paralysis ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, year 1975, 50s
Similarity:
20%
464
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
campus, athlete, oxford, university, power relations, sport team, athlete's life, rivalry, athlete and trainer, human spirit, ambition, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gymnastics, athlete's life, self discovery, human spirit, haunted by the past, ambition, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, traumatic childhood, olympics, teacher, journey ...
Time:
80s, 2000s
Place:
hungary, canada, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
american football, ambition, rise to the top, introspection, contests and competitions, rivalry, celebrity culture, athlete's life, hopes, showbiz, gambling, american football player ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Style:
captivating, sincere, uplifting, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, football, athlete and trainer, ambition, small town, high school sports, youth, coach, high school football, sport team ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, oakland california
Similarity:
20%
3K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxer, boxing, rags to riches, athlete's life, biopic, african american, professional sports, strength, muscleman, bare chested male, world champion, professional athlete ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Related movie lists
