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Breaking the Limits (2017)
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Original name: Najlepszy
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on true events. In 1980s Poland, Jerzy Górski is a young man who finds the determination to struggle against his drug addiction through athletic training, with the aim of competing in the US Ironman Triathlon.
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
drug addict, competition, winner, sport competition, drug, hospital, accident, interrogation, training, rise to the top, biopic, prison, dancing, escape, pregnancy, female nudity, death, girlfriend, beach, doctor, cemetery, theft, bare breasts, swimming pool, funeral ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1984, year 1988, year 1990
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Most similar movies to Breaking the Limits
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and thought provoking films with plots about biopic, ambition, rivalry, athlete's life, competition, based on real people and coach mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like Breaking the Limits: Stars (2017), Concussion (2015), Gods (2014), Run for Your Life! (2008), Rush (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banas, acclaimed Silesian football player of the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to makes his dreams come true on and off the field. Stars is the story of a great love between young people torn by ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, semi autobiographical, serious
Plot:
football player, love triangle, friendship, infidelity, money, ambition, rise to the top, dream, football, sex scene, biopic, naked breasts ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 70s
Place:
west germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
104K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, captivating, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
american football, doctor, professional sports, autopsy, football, sports injury, research, nfl, brain damage, uncover truth, investigation, biopic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, washington d.c., usa, pennsylvania, california ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
Style:
sexy, captivating, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
surgeon, heart, politics, doctors and patients, ambition, rise to the top, power relations, state affairs, doctor, hospital, nurse, patient ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987, year 1985
Place:
poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record breaking Ironman Andreas Niedrig.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, motivational, emotional
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heroin, drug addict, junkie, running, drug use, lifestyle change, inspiration, redemption, addiction, determination, substance abuse, triathlon ...
Time:
2000s
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36%
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Genre: 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, exciting, clever, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racing, race car, car race, racecar driver, formula 1, success, rise to the top, motor sport, car racing, race, world champion, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1970, year 1976 ...
Place:
europe, britain, vienna, japan, mount fuji ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
Style:
inspirational, teen, intense, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
surfing, extreme sport, coming of age, skateboard, friendship, fame, gang, extreme sports, rise and fall, first love, follow your dream, rise to the top ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, y2k, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, venice beach california, oregon, usa ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Panama, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Style:
realistic, captivating, period piece, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, boxing match, sex scene, bare breasts, fight, rags to riches, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, martial arts ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 70s ...
Place:
panama
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of the world's greatest tennis icons – Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe – and their legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, exciting, art house ...
Plot:
tennis player, tennis, rivalry, coach, father son relationship, biopic, professional sports, arrogance, professional athlete, sports history, profanity, male objectification ...
Time:
year 1980, year 2017, 80s, year 1978, 70s ...
Place:
monte carlo, new york, stockholm sweden, eastern europe, monaco ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A rousing tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, period piece, road movie ...
Plot:
athlete, marathon, running, problem, sport competition, runner, track and field, competition, ambition, professional rivalry, japanese occupation of korea, based on real people ...
Time:
1940s, year 1936, 1930s, 20th century, year 1947
Place:
korea
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Style:
suspense, controversial, social, serious, tense ...
Plot:
bicycle, journalism, tour de france, cyclist, cycling, racing, cancer, biopic, investigation, doping, suspicion, race ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
ireland, france, new jersey
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story about the founders of the famous "Yugoslav Basketball School" and the first gold medal at the Championships in Ljubljana in 1970, is based on real events and is dedicated to personalities who have contributed to the emergence and ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, historical figure, athlete's life, sport team, ambition, teamwork, basketball team, champion, basketball player, athlete and trainer, winner, historical character ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, slovenia, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
31%
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, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
runner, olympics, track and field, running, death of protagonist, car crash, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, athlete, coach, athlete's life, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
year 1998, 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1970 ...
Place:
munich germany, oregon, usa, finland, helsinki finland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Italy, Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Super-talented footballing prodigy Martin is bought by top club Inter Milan, aged just 16. It’s the chance of a lifetime – but at what price?
Style:
disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soccer, football, football player, playing football, football team, depression, professional sports, price of fame, athlete's life, self sacrifice, adulthood, soccer coach ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, italy, milan italy
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Beksiński is a gentle man with arachnophobia, despite his hardcore sexual fantasies and his fondness for painting disturbing dystopian works. Beksiński is a family man who wants only the best for his loving wife Zofia, neurotic son Tomasz and the ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, art house ...
Plot:
painter, dysfunctional family, suicide, father son relationship, murder, family feud, suicidal tendency, art, artist, love letter, art history, biopic ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester (Mass.) High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, motherhood, high school, teenager, mother daughter relationship, investigation, social relations, journalism, society, teenage life, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France, China, Cambodia, USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experience of Billy Moore who survived his Thai prison ordeal by becoming a Muay Thai boxing champion.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, prison, brutality, prison rape, tattoo, violence, male rape, boxing match, friendship, drug addict, muay thai, martial arts ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, year 2010
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, touching, period drama
Plot:
female athlete, athlete's life, hopes, rivalry, ambition, family relations, life is a bitch, youth, contests and competitions, society, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, czech republic
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Spain, Andorra
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A few months before the ’92 Barcelona Olympic Games, it looks like the Spanish water polo team will hardly make a splash during their home field Olympics. The national team is a battleground under attack on two fronts: the harsh techniques of ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling
Plot:
olympics, athlete, team, coach, competition, athlete and trainer, sport team, olympic athlete, professional sports, coping, championship, swimming ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Similarity:
30%
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, sincere, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
poverty, chess, child protagonist, widow, rise to the top, mentor, small town, biopic, mother daughter relationship, contests and competitions, team, african american ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, 1950s, future ...
Place:
uganda, africa, indiana
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, entertaining, f word
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay sex, gay, based on real people, wrestling, lgbt, career, professional wrestling, wrestler, professional sports, fight ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
mexico, texas, el paso texas, mexico city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An inspiring biopic about the legendary skier Elena Vyalbe. Born in a small town in the north of Russia, she had the courage and dedication to overcome a slew of obstacles on her way to becoming the very best in her sport. The film captures a ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, emotional, motivational, period drama
Plot:
skiing, rivalry, biopic, perseverance, winter sports, female athlete, victory, determination, inspiration, contests and competitions, direction and purpose, aspiration ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
30%
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, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, biopic, luxury car, based on real people, life, car, success, rise to the top, follow your dream, rivalry, life philosophy, founder ...
Similarity:
30%
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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:
30%
504K
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, clever, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, business, entrepreneurship, based on real people, biopic, entrepreneur, motivation ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, california, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two brothers start a sportswear company in the 1920s, hoping to make the best shoes in the world. Their relationship deteriorates until they become bitter rivals.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
rise to the top, brother brother relationship, businessman, world war two, family relations, friendship, society, disagreement, startup, business, entrepreneur, monkey ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: New Zealand, Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, emotional, road movie, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
motorcycle, human spirit, against the odds, motorcycle race, follow your dream, car race, racing, auto mechanic, elderly, race, goodhearted, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1914 ...
Place:
new zealand, california, nevada, utah, usa ...
Similarity:
30%
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:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, underdog, mentor, high school, coach, track and field, athlete and trainer, human spirit, football, athlete, dedicated educator, competition ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, palo alto california, usa, new jersey, texas
Similarity:
30%
674
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the biography Ne jamais rien lâcher, the script traces the career of Marinette Pichon over three decades. Born in 1975, she was the pioneer of French women's football and one of the greatest stars of that sport in the world. A prodigy ...
Plot:
soccer, lesbian, women's football (soccer), biopic, autobiography, alcoholic father, billiards, child, bus, female protagonist, boy, lgbt ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Similarity:
30%
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