Movies and TV shows like Pitch

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Pitch (2016)
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Pitch (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, captivating, suspense, slang, cliffhanger, multicultural
Plot: baseball, woman, lifestyle, friendship, father daughter relationship, rivalry, ambition, dishonesty, destiny, adaptation, black cast, urban, black, athlete, baseball player, baseball team, age difference, black woman, women, baseball movie, family
Time: contemporary
Place: usa
Keyword: sport, black women

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films and TV series with plots about ambition, athlete's life, baseball, lifestyle, rivalry, sport team and hopes mostly in Drama, Sport and Comedy genres. Some movies like Pitch: Eight Men Out (1988), The Scout (1994), Make It or Break It (2009), Trouble with the Curve (2012), The Rookie (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Eight Men Out (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles Comiskey, and at their own teammates. Gamblers take advantage of this opportunity to offer some players $ to ...
Style: realistic, factual, atmospheric, talky, intense ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: baseball, gambling, friendship, major league, scandal, historical figure, sport team, ambition, contests and competitions, society, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1988, edwardian era, 1920s
Place: chicago, usa, cincinnati ohio
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The Scout (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks) gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser). Soon, the ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, satirical, sentimental ...
Plot: baseball, father son relationship, adaptation, mentor, storytelling, power relations, friendship, lifestyle, athlete's life, self discovery, ambition, nothing goes right ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, latin america, mexico, nebraska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Make It or Break It (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the world of competitive gymnastics, the series follows a group of teen Olympic hopefuls as they train for their day in the spotlight.
Style: feel good, serious, captivating, teen, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gymnastics, athlete's life, youth, olympics, friends, follow your dream, female athlete, ambition, social relations, rivalry, gymnast, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, hawaii, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Style: inspirational, touching, melancholic, entertaining, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, baseball, aging, blind character, lawyer, pitcher, kids and family, good versus evil, parents and children, ambitious, accident, career ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Rookie (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: baseball, underdog, father son relationship, high school, human spirit, teacher, rags to riches, following a dream, family relations, baseball coach, against the odds, grownups ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, 90s, 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, orlando florida
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100%
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 ⇓
100%
A League of Their Own (1992)
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, sentimental, touching, sweet, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: baseball, world war two, sister sister relationship, friendship, female friendship, female athlete, alcoholic, feminist, female protagonist, sibling rivalry, underdog, coach ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 90s
Place: oregon, chicago, indiana, usa, midwest ...
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100%
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Girlfight (2000)
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, independent film, captivating, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, bullying, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, mentor, female fight, lifestyle, human spirit, violent content ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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100%
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Full Count (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An unfortunate chain of events forces Milton Young to give up his dream of playing professional baseball and return home to the town he fought hard to escape. Once home, Milton faces insurmountable economic and personal hardships, only to be faced ...
Style: captivating, inspirational, sincere, uplifting, christian film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, society, fight, ambition, strongman, adaptation, hopes, friendship, human spirit, athlete's life, courage, life ...
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39%
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Stove League (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She's highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although ...
Style: dorama, intellectual, witty, inspirational, clever ...
Plot: sport team, teamwork, baseball, manager, target, success, rise to the top, determination, hopes, rivalry, friendship, ambition ...
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Clubhouse (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: For the first time, Pete Young takes a risk - perhaps the only risk of his young life - when he applies for and lands his dream job as a batboy for the New York Empires. The problem is that his single mother, Lynne has no idea what he's up to. ...
Style: serious, realistic, feel good, captivating
Audience: teen drama
Plot: baseball, young heroes, family relations, ambition, against the odds, wish come true, teenage life, sport team, youth, rebelliousness, lifestyle, athlete's life ...
Place: new york, usa
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35%
All American: Homecoming (2022)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and an elite baseball player from Chicago as they contend with the high stakes of college sports.
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot: college, tennis, baseball, black american, athlete's life, black people, social issues, race issues, lifestyle, society, teenager, female protagonist ...
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33%
The Bronx Is Burning (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Bronx Is Burning is a television drama that debuted on ESPN on July 9, 2007, after the 2007 MLB Home Run Derby. It is an eight-episode mini-series adapted from Jonathan Mahler's best-selling book, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning. ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, clever ...
Plot: major league, self involved, athlete and trainer, rising to stardom, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete's life, coach, manager, championship, campaign, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
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32%
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Home Run (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
Style: realistic, uplifting, emotional, christian film, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: baseball, homecoming, addiction, christian, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, starting over, athlete's life, hopes, redemption, support group, sport team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
From the Rough (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Style: captivating, uplifting, serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: golf, against the odds, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, once in a lifetime opportunity, lifestyle, social misfits, hopes, ambition, teacher ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Survivor's Remorse (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Cam Calloway is about to find out the price he'll pay for stardom, love and loyalty. A basketball star in his early 20s, Calloway's life changes after he signs a multimillion-dollar contract with a team in Atlanta. He arrives in Georgia ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, sitcom ...
Plot: athlete's life, rising to stardom, friendship, celebrity culture, black, glory, price of fame, wealthy family, family life, family problems, rise to the top, relationship problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
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32%
H2: The Days with You (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Drama series based on manga H2 by Adachi Mitsuru about two rival high school baseball games. The stars of each team, Hideo and Hiro, happen to be childhood friends.
Style: thrilling, semi serious, satirical, psychological, captivating
Plot: baseball, baseball player, friendship, lifestyle, athlete's life, professional sports, female protagonist, competitor, satire, ambition, sports injury, childhood friend ...
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32%
City Without Baseball (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The actual members of the Hong Kong Baseball Team all prove themselves to be natural actors by playing themselves in this fictional youth drama set in 2004. In a city where baseball culture is non-existent, these baseball players are a minority by ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, witty, intellectual
Plot: baseball, male pubic hair, gay interest, teamwork, lifestyle, sport team, lgbt, gay, passion, rivalry, baseball player, down on your luck ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Ballers (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: american football, athlete's life, ambition, female nudity, nudity, sex, nfl, football, american football player, black, friendship, party ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, miami, florida
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Baseball Girl (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A girl baseball player who is about to graduate from high school will try to enter the professional baseball world forbidden to women.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: baseball, high school sports, social problems, sport team, female protagonist, ambitious woman, baseball player, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, coping, direction and purpose, ambition ...
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First Match (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
Style: inspirational, realistic, uplifting, touching, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: human spirit, martial arts, coming of age, fight, black, teenager, rivalry, perseverance, contests and competitions, ambition, mentor, friendship ...
Place: brooklyn new york city
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31%
The Final Season (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental, historical drama ...
Audience: kids
Plot: baseball, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, rivalry, human spirit, athlete's life, youth, contests and competitions, hopes ...
Time: year 2007, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
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30%
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the ...
Style: sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, serious, uplifting ...
Plot: friendship, nuclear war, transformation, kids and family, basketball, athlete's life, politics, anti war, sport team, ambition, fighting the system, hopes ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, montana, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Made in Jersey (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan colleagues at a prestigious New York law firm.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, talky
Plot: lawyer, law firm, lawsuit, workplace, workplace situations, ambition, legal, jury, rivalry, society, strong female presence, unsupportive coworkers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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30%
Talent for the Game (1991)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Major League Baseball scout must find promising young player to save his job and his team.
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, independent film
Plot: baseball, career, obsessive quest, underdog, follow your dream, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, redemption, ambition, prodigy, society, rivalry ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: washington state, idaho, california, usa
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29%
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Queen Sugar (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: black, sugarcane, farm, family relations, parents and children, power relations, life turned upside down, social relations, society, single parent, ambition, rivalry ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, indiana, southern usa
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29%
The Prize Fighter (2003)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a life of hard knocks and wrong turns, boxer Ed Jones gets a second chance at fulfilling his life long dream of a World Boxing Championship. With the help of veteran promoter, Arliss King and the guidance of a former champ, Ed embarks on the ...
Style: realistic, captivating, exciting, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, athlete and trainer, hopes, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, boxer, championship, contests and competitions, self destructing, death of wife, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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29%
Soul of the Game (1996)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are the greatest players in the Colored leagues, and everyone expects that one of them will make the leap to the Major Leagues, now that there is talk of integration. But, unexpectedly, it's the rookie with the ...
Style: touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental, serious ...
Plot: baseball, african american, black, blaxploitation, racial issues, black man, hip hop, friendship, racism, interracial relations, historical figure, injustice ...
Place: new york, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Boy Hood (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: China
TV show
Story: The story revolves around three students, Wu Tong (Karry Wang), Ban Xiao Song (Roy Wang), and Yin Ke (Jackson Yee), their lives at home and at school, and their shared interest of baseball.
Style: captivating, semi serious, feel good, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: baseball, competition, friendship, sport team, baseball player, baseball coach, baseball team, teenager, athlete's life, ambition, teenage life, children ...
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29%
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Smile Again (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Smile Again is a 2006 South Korea television series starring Lee Dong-gun, Kim Hee-sun, Lee Jin-wook and Yoon Se-ah. It aired on SBS from May 17 to July 6, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: softball, female athlete, baseball, relationships, ex couple relations, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, lifestyle, ambition ...
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29%
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