Movies like Dangal
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Dangal (2016)
239K
Original name: दंगल
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Style:
inspirational, atmospheric, intense, lyrical, thought provoking, captivating, patriotic, disturbing, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, wrestler, female empowerment, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, indians, great ending, olympics, biopic, mentor, life philosophy, determination, training, autobiography, wrestling, sister sister relationship, coach, female friendship, motivation, patriot, martial arts, teenager, combat, father, morality ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 2000s, 1990s
Place:
india, delhi, israel
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Most similar movies to Dangal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out inspirational, captivating, realistic and serious films with plots about biopic, ambition, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, motivation and mentor mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Dangal: M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Coach Carter (2005), Sultan (2016), Queen of Katwe (2016), McFarland, USA (2015). 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%
190K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, hood, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
basketball, teacher, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, high school, athlete's life, dedicated educator, sport team, life philosophy, college ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biographical drama based on the life of fictional Haryana based wrestler & mixed martial arts specialist Sultan Ali Khan.
Style:
sincere, tense, captivating, touching, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
wrestler, mixed martial arts, wrestling, male objectification, hand to hand combat, follow your dream, contests and competitions, rivalry, training, tough guy, fight, ambition ...
Place:
delhi, india
Similarity:
77%
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:
100%
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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:
100%
15K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Brothers is an upcoming Hindi film, directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions along with Lionsgate Films and Endemol India.[6] The film is an official remake of the 2011 Hollywood film Warrior.
Style:
captivating, exciting, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, brother brother relationship, training, rivals, boxing, championship, rivalry, against the odds, contests and competitions, determination, haunted by the past, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Style:
cult classic, inspirational, patriotic, realistic, meditative ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, olympics, biopic, talented, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, army, ambition ...
Time:
year 2013, 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
india, middle east, asia, pakistan, rome italy
Similarity:
71%
81K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his ...
Style:
inspirational, intense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, master warrior, redemption, qing dynasty, childhood, medieval, friendship, mentor, biopic, exile ...
Time:
year 2006, ancient times, 1800s, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
asia, china, japan, shanghai, east asia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, motivational, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night
Plot:
skiing, life, athlete, olympics, following a dream, winter olympics, underdog, biopic, winter sports, athletic training, winter, life lesson ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 2015, 70s, year 1988
Place:
england, britain, london
Similarity:
70%
406K
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, realistic, sincere, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, change of luck, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, new jersey, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
154K
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:
tense, sexy, psychological, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mental illness, murder, homoeroticism, wrestling, olympics, eccentricity, domination, biopic, character study, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, destructive relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, year 1987 ...
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, seoul, phoenix arizona, california
Similarity:
100%
57K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, exciting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
basketball, high school, small town, underdog, high school basketball, high school sports, father son relationship, teacher, drunkenness, basketball coach, championship, coach ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1986, 50s, 80s
Place:
indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana, california, texas
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
72K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Style:
feel good, cute, teen, exciting, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, strong female lead, teenage girl, contests and competitions, roller derby, small town, tomboy, female athlete, relationships, skating, roller skater ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, usa, texas, detroit, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India, UK
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, sentimental, touching, motivational, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
baseball, underdog, culture clash, cricket, biopic, rags to riches, athlete's life, fish out of water, against the odds, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, usa, new jersey, california, boston
Similarity:
100%
102K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Frank Dux has entered the "kumite", an illegal underground martial-arts competition where serious injury and even death are not unknown. Chong Li, a particularly ruthless and vicious fighter is the favorite, but then again Dux has not ...
Style:
exciting, grindhouse, intense, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, mixed martial arts, heroes, martial arts tournament, mentor, tournament, underground fighting, kung fu, hand to hand combat, underdog, master warrior, airport ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia, china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Style:
inspirational, serious, realistic, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
following a dream, soccer, athlete's life, rags to riches, football player, rise to the top, contests and competitions, prodigy, rivalry, soccer match, youth, father son relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
brazil, latin america, africa, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
100%
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9K
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, intense, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
baseball, brutality, ghost writer, storytelling, biopic, underdog, dark hero, adaptation, lone hero, mentor, historical figure, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 50s, 1940s
Place:
detroit, georgia, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: India, USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, exciting, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
underdog, coach, contests and competitions, rivalry, sport team, determination, against the odds, ambition, patriotism, hopes, bonding, power relations ...
Time:
year 2007, y2k, 21st century
Place:
india, middle east, delhi, asia, australia
Similarity:
50%
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:
24%
74K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, uplifting, feel good, tear jerker ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
underdog, american football, college, football, american football player, biopic, aspiration, college football, learning disability, college life, motivation, campus ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
boston, indiana, usa, new jersey, texas
Similarity:
23%
169K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, thought provoking, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
tennis, athlete and trainer, father daughter relationship, athlete's life, strict father, biopic, black, african american, family relations, coach, rivalry, real life ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, ...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, psychological, captivating, art film ...
Plot:
mountain, caste system, love, determination, poverty, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, struggle for survival, family tragedy, mining, tragic event, travel ...
Time:
year 2015, 60s, 70s
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, captivating, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
racing, car, car racing, racecar driver, car race, talented, auto mechanic, race car, rise to the top, race, desire for fame, auto racing ...
Time:
60s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1959, 2010s ...
Place:
france, los angeles, italy
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The 16-year-old Ukrainian figure skater (Monica Keena) overcomes personal tragedies to become the 1994 Olympic gold medalist.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, emotional, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
figure skating, olympics, competition, female athlete, biopic, resilience, perseverance, underdog, coming of age, skating, winter olympics, sacrifice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of a former boxer who quits boxing following a fallout with the authorities over the underlying politics but goes on to coach a fisherwoman to fulfill his dream through her. Thisi is a simultaneously shot Hindi version of the Tamil film ...
Style:
feel good, suspenseful, exciting, thought provoking, sentimental ...
Plot:
boxing, boxing trainer, corruption, ex boxer, politics, temper, game, gym, coach, anger, feminist, strong female character ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
63K
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:
inspirational, touching, factual, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family outing, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
olympics, underdog, ice hockey, hockey, mentor, cold war, human spirit, hopes, coach, sport team, sports man, winter olympics ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 2004, year 1980
Place:
usa, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, new york, colorado ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sincere, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, underdog, athlete and trainer, racism, college, racial discrimination, teamwork, coach, racial segregation, basketball coach, racial prejudice, civil rights ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
texas, usa, el paso texas, indiana, mexico ...
Similarity:
22%
152K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Style:
inspirational, intense, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, strong female lead, businesswoman, career woman, entrepreneurship, inventor, marketing, divorce, career, women, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa, new jersey, california, new york state ...
Similarity:
22%
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