Movies like I, Tonya
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I, Tonya (2017)
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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:
humorous, rough, ironic, absurd, motivational, touching, serious, sad, satirical, feminist film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abusive mother, figure skating, ice skater, mother daughter relationship, competition, female protagonist, violence, sexism, domestic violence, abuse, battered woman, sex scene, winter olympics, olympics, emotional abuse, sport competition, fbi investigation, media frenzy, female athlete, abusive relationship, skating, rivalry, fondling, sport, bodyguard ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1986, year 1994 ...
Place:
oregon, detroit, portland oregon, minneapolis minnesota
Most similar movies to I, Tonya
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, dramatic, feel good and interesting films with plots about mentor, dialogue, runaway, storytelling, catastrophe, adaptation and redemption mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like I, Tonya: Lovelace (2013), Blades of Glory (2006), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Fighting with My Family (2019), A League of Their Own (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
Style:
sexual, sexy, stylized, erotic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual abuse, porn actress, porn star, sex, porn industry, rough sex, husband wife relationship, rape, sex toy, manipulation, prostitution, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1970
Place:
usa, new jersey, florida, malibu california, miami ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, ridiculous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
skating, sport, figure skating, competition, farce, rivalry, olympics, friendship, championship, life philosophy, coach, satire ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north korea, ukraine, montreal, detroit
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
corruption, money, business, wall street, wealth, greed, stock market, rise and fall, stock broker, rags to riches, addiction, american dream ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983
Place:
new york, geneva switzerland, usa, manhattan new york city, italy ...
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47%

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, exciting, humorous, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
wrestling, sport, women's wrestling, suspense, adaptation, ambition, lifestyle, teenager, friendship, coming of age, mentor, hopes ...
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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, touching, sentimental, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
baseball, world war two, sport, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, friendship, female athlete, women, sibling rivalry, female bonding, underdog, happy ending ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
oregon, chicago illinois, new jersey, usa, colorado ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, factual, talky, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
child abuse, adoption, mother daughter relationship, abusive mother, dysfunctional family, narcissism, bad mother, mansion, hollywood, cult, mother, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
usa, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Style:
uplifting, political, sad, motivational, feminist film ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
scandal, sexual harassment, feminism, propaganda, pervert, conservative, abuse of power, mother daughter relationship, tv news, women, accusation, breaking the fourth wall ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 2000s, year 2006
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his ...
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, bloody, breathtaking, harsh ...
Plot:
character study, boxing, violent, sport, rise and fall, bad temper, tragedy, redemption, jealousy, gangsters, paranoia, fight ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1940s, year 1956 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, italy, detroit, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Style:
disturbing, psychological, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, father son relationship, loneliness, family relations, character study, family problems, couple relations, pedophile, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past, relationships ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new jersey, israel, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, touching, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, graphic violence, sport, mentor, bullying, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, sport, addiction, boxer, athlete's life, underdog, fight, drugs, drug abuse, arrest, white trash, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1993
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new jersey, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
small town, sport, ice hockey, underdog, happy ending, transformation, contests and competitions, ambition, winter, ice skater, snow, championship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, new york, new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%

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, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
sport, baseball, underdog, disney, culture clash, rags to riches, athlete's life, fish out of water, against the odds, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, california, usa, boston, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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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, tense, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car race, sport, rivalry, racecar driver, rise to the top, race, formula 1, race car, world champion, motor sport, car racing, success ...
Time:
70s, year 1986, year 1975, year 1970, year 1976 ...
Place:
europe, sao paulo brazil, mount fuji, japan, vienna ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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, atmospheric, dark, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
sport, mental illness, wrestling, murder, eccentricity, ambition, suspense, character study, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, domination, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, pennsylvania, phoenix arizona, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ...
Style:
factual, inspirational, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
baseball, sport, dark hero, underdog, lone hero, mentor, brutality, adaptation, historical figure, life is a bitch, athlete's life, ghost writer ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1940s
Place:
detroit, california, new jersey, georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, melancholic, social ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
journalism, war, mentor, rescue, soldier, survival, journalist, kidnapping, rescue mission, battles, disguise, culture clash ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, year 2004, year 2006, year 2005 ...
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iraq, new york, glasgow scotland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%

Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries ...
Style:
depressing, realistic, touching, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, child abuse, single parent, abusive stepfather, domestic violence, childhood, husband wife relationship, teenager, dysfunctional family, friendship, writers ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1957
Place:
seattle, washington state, salt lake city utah, washington d.c., california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
soccer, sport, female athlete, human spirit, family problems, rivalry, follow your dream, death in the family, athlete's life, family in crisis, cheerleader, ambition ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%

Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
Style:
intense, stylized, exciting, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
surfing, extreme sport, skateboard, coming of age, friendship, sport, fame, rise and fall, first love, rise to the top, athlete's life, follow your dream ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey, venice beach california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, sentimental, touching, sad ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, single mother, drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, small town, writers, women, parenthood, dysfunctional family, single parent, family relations ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, clever, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, competition, obsession, dark humor, blind ambition, social misfits, loser, fish out of water, rivalry, disorder, opponent, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style:
surreal, bleak, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, suburbs, suicide, kidnapping, youth, dark humor, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, mistaken identity, friendship, teenager, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
chess, poverty, sport, child protagonist, widow, rise to the top, small town, mother daughter relationship, contests and competitions, team, african american, disney ...
Time:
future, 80s, 50s
Place:
africa, uganda
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women's gymnastics team. Today, she's still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life ...
Style:
semi serious, absurd, light, funny, erotic ...
Plot:
sex scene, gymnastics, olympics, rise and fall, rivalry, training, sport, ambition, female protagonist, rudeness, toilet humor, sexual humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
Style:
realistic, clever, sexy, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
american football, sport, football, drug abuse, addiction, suspense, drugs, corruption, business, adaptation, runaway, gangsters ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...
Style:
sweet, feel good, humorous, light, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
figure skating, skating, sport, opposites attract, happy ending, underdog, fall in love, competition, olympics, love, couples, starting over ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey, france, minnesota, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, filmmaking, hollywood, ambition, strange person, aspiring actor, actor, friendship between men, love, promise, director, nothing goes right ...
Time:
2000s, year 1998, year 2003, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%

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, feel good, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
sport, teacher, coach, underdog, track and field, athlete and trainer, human spirit, teenager, mentor, school, high school, dedicated educator ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, texas, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.
Style:
funny, humorous, melancholic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
adoption, small town, contests and competitions, rivalry, mentor, twists and turns, family relations, ambition, infidelity, social relations, championship, blind ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iowa, usa, california
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