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Overcomer (2019)
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Overcomer (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
Style: motivational, christian film, sincere, captivating, disturbing, light, inspirational, sad
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: running, asthma, asthmatic, christian, coach, faith, christianity, mentor, escapades, ambition, love, fight, friendship, life is a bitch, society, adaptation, hopes, god, foster parent, black history, cross country, bike, school, basketball, thief ...
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out christian film, realistic, serious and uplifting films with plots about christian, faith, hopes, religious, christianity, belief in god and youth mostly in Drama, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like Overcomer: War Room (2015), Facing the Giants (2006), Woodlawn (2015), Courageous (2011), Run the Race (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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War Room (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But ...
Style: christian film, inspirational, biblical, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, propaganda, life, religion, beautiful scenery, christianity, jesus, marriage, family relations, faith, christian faith, troubled marriage ...
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80%
Facing the Giants (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: christian, underdog, religious, faith, football, american football, high school football, human spirit, athlete and trainer, christianity, ambition, athlete's life ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
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Woodlawn (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s.A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.
Style: christian film, realistic, sincere, captivating, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing
Plot: american football, racism, faith, coach, christianity, team, motivational speaker, christian, african american, church, high school, religion ...
Time: 70s
Place: alabama, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 22K
Courageous (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly ...
Style: christian film, uplifting, inspirational, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christian, faith, christianity, fatherhood, religion, family relations, god, religious, father son relationship, church, idealism, courage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Run the Race (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and ...
Style: christian film, psychological, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, christian, brother brother relationship, teenage boy, party, high school football, family bonds, friendship, coming of age, society, rivalry, riding in the back of a pickup truck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, florida
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100%
When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
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: uplifting, captivating, exciting, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, coach, ambition, small town, high school football, youth, football, sport team, christian ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Champion (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the supercharged world of dirt track racing, a single mistake causes the lives of two men to change forever. One must fight for his family, the other must fight to forgive.
Style: christian film
Plot: christian, forgiveness, racing, faith, grief, gospel, parent child relationship, father daughter relationship, prayer
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Underdogs (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set in rural Ohio, the birthplace of football, UNDERDOGS is the story of a small-town high school football team destined to play their cross-town rival, a perennial powerhouse, while standing up for an entire community.
Style: feel good, realistic, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: american football, cheerleader, high school football, high school, underdog, sport team, ambition, human spirit, athlete and trainer, rivalry, youth, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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If I Had Wings (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father, a probation officer, finds a running partner who spends his time 'running' from the law.
Style: touching, uplifting, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: blind man, blind boy, disability, asthma, blindness, hopes, against the odds, friendship, unlikely partners, ambition, human spirit, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
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Coach Carter (2005)
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, motivational, touching, hood, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: basketball, teacher, high school, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, life philosophy, athlete's life, human spirit, dedicated educator, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california
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67%
 6.7
 5K
Flywheel (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Jay Austin wants to sell you a used car, but watch out! Many victims have fallen prey to his smiling face and hasty promises. Austin does everything his way until his dishonesty and manipulation are exposed. Like many men, he becomes disgusted by ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, christian film ...
Plot: change of heart, christian, faith, starting over, moral dilemma, introspection, hopes, ambition, redemption, society, cons and scams, parent child relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Christmas for a Dollar (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: America is in the midst of the Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially after Mrs. Kamp's untimely death. Now little Ruthie, with her mother gone and her father overwhelmed by doctor bills resulting from her ...
Style: sincere, feel good, touching, disturbing, christian film
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, father daughter relationship, family relations, horse, youth, father son relationship, poor family, love, siblings, poverty, teaching the ways of the world, family values ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles (2021)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Sara hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. Suddenly people in her town are mysteriously healed! But fame soon takes its toll – can Sara’s family save her before it’s too late?
Style: disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, psychological
Audience: family outing
Plot: christian, faith, belief in god, father daughter relationship, girl, religion, price of fame, faith healing, religious, miraculous event, family relations, social problems ...
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41%
 4.7
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Catching Faith (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high school football star, daughter a straight A student and her husband is CFO of a booming start-up company. The sudden death ...
Style: christian film, light, feel good, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: high school student, american football, christian, faith, football, religion, high school athlete, high school football, christianity, belief in god, high school, mockery ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, america, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
A Mile in His Shoes (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the book “The Legend of Mickey Tussler”, this film follows the story of eighteen-year-old Mickey Tussler, who lives on a farm with his father and mother and who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. But he can throw apples at an ...
Style: christian film, disturbing, captivating, sincere, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: baseball, asperger's syndrome, autism, baseball player, baseball team, professional athlete, coach, athlete's life, sport team, athlete and trainer, rivalry, ambition ...
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40%
One Hit from Home (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Story: After suffering a career ending knee injury, pro-baseball superstar Jimmy Easton (Dave Stone) returns to a place he has not been in a very long time....home. Here, Jimmy confronts dark memories from a tragic past as he tries to make peace with a ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating, christian film, uplifting
Audience: family friendly
Plot: baseball, college, ambition, follow your dream, rivalry, contests and competitions, youth, hopes, athlete's life, haunted by the past, sport team, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The lives of three 12-year-old buddies -- sharing a carefree existence in the summer of 1970 -- suddenly change when one of them, Dustin, makes an unexpected friend after cutting the lawn of 75-year-old Jonathan Sperry. As Jonathan shares lessons in ...
Style: christian film, serious, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christian, faith, boy, friendship, religious, friends, buddies, elderly, small town, christianity, religion, youth ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.
Style: sincere, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, feel good ...
Plot: weight loss, running, marathon, friends, dream, transformation, female protagonist, escapades, society, direction and purpose, runner, ambitious woman ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Fireproof (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In Albany, the marriage of Caleb and Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love ...
Style: inspirational, christian film, uplifting, melancholic, touching ...
Audience: family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: christian, religious, self discovery, marriage, couple relations, faith, firefighter, couples, husband wife relationship, renewed love, relationships, god ...
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Letters to God (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's ...
Style: christian film, sincere, sentimental, sad, spiritual ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: god, faith, letter, cancer, pastor, hopes, terminal illness, brain tumor, christian, friendship, salvation, child illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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39%
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Soul Surfer (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.Bethany ...
Style: christian film, touching, uplifting, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: surfing, christian, disability, human spirit, shark, teenager, against the odds, surfer, shark attack, survivor, volunteer, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2011, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
Style: uplifting, sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golf, wise man, christian, human spirit, teaching the ways of the world, ambition, introspection, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, athlete's life, hopes, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Investigator (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A veteran police detective becomes a criminal justice teacher and baseball coach at a local high school, leading him to the most important investigation of his life. Inspired by true events.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, christian film, contemplative ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: high school, self discovery, career change, investigation, law enforcement, youth, social relations, teachers and students, teacher, faith, christian, baseball ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Hoosiers (1986)
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, alcoholic, high school basketball, father son relationship, championship, basketball coach, coach, athlete and trainer, redemption ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1986, 50s
Place: indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana
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39%
Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu ...
Style: christian film, uplifting, sincere, serious, emotional ...
Audience: date night
Plot: farm, christian, faith, starting over, human spirit, political unrest, friendship, religions or cults, hopes, social differences, christianity, religious ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.9
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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 ⇓
39%
 5.6
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I Believe (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
Style: sincere, serious, atmospheric, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: christian, god, faith, christianity, church, childhood, religion, father son relationship, mistrust, belief in god, life philosophy, confession ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.4
 2K
23 Blast (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, realistic, serious, christian film ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: blindness, american football, disability, high school football, high school, sport team, human spirit, friendship, athlete's life, ambition, self pity, football ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Hometown Legend (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teenage drifter finds an opportunity to turn his life around when he joins a high-school football program with a hard-nosed coach.
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching, independent film ...
Plot: american football, high school, small town, human spirit, leadership, athlete's life, teenage life, against the odds, ambition, society, rivalry, youth ...
Place: alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
Style: christian film, disturbing, scenic, disgusting, biblical ...
Plot: christian, christianity, faith, bible, manipulation, christian propaganda, religion, religious fanatic, religious persecution, religious, alternate universe, church ...
Place: phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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