Movies like Swimming for Gold

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Swimming for Gold (2020)
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Swimming for Gold (2020)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Young elite swimmer Claire is sent to Australia to coach a boys swimming team, where she must overcome an old rival and a secret fear to save the swimming camp from closing.
Style: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: swimming, competition, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, coach, teenage angst, coping, sport team, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, direction and purpose, female protagonist, ambition, aspiration, championship, professional rivalry, world championship wrestling, water, olympics, bare chested male, romantic relationship, father daughter relationship, overalls
Place: oceania
Keyword: sport

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Most similar movies to Swimming for Gold

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, humorous and light films with plots about rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, friendship, sport team, athlete's life and athlete and trainer mostly in Sport, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Swimming for Gold: D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), Raising the Bar (2016), Cloud 9 (2014), Ready to Run (2000), Full Out 2: You Got This! (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Going for Gold (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Seventeen year old, Emma joins a high school cheerleading team when she moves to Australia with her dad who is a former Air Force Officer.
Style: captivating, feel good, light, sincere
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: cheerleading, gymnastics, cheerleader, female protagonist, champion, father, father daughter relationship, daughter, friendship, rivalry, gymnast, believe in yourself ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame ...
Style: spectacular, epic, hilarious, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, competition, childhood, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer, child ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: minnesota, los angeles, iceland, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Raising the Bar (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 16-year-old Kelly quits an elite gymnastics program and moves to Australia. To help out a new friend and show up an old rival she re-enters competitive gymnastics, she'll have to find a way to move forward while making amends with her past.
Style: visually appealing, captivating, sincere, feel good, light
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: gymnastics, gymnast, teenage girl, rivalry, society, girl, youth, destiny, friendship, friends, teenager, believe in yourself ...
Place: australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 6K
Cloud 9 (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie “Cloud 9″ tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen
Audience: teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: snowboarding, follow your dream, parents and children, couples, opposites attract, athlete's life, contests and competitions, snowboard, ski resort, extreme sport, snow, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.3
 405
Ready to Run (2000)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A 14-year-old girl who works at a racetrack trains a talking racehorse with issues, transforming him into a winner.
Style: feel good, sincere, captivating, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, racehorse, talking horse, teenage girl, talking animal, human animal relationship, horse trainer, rider horse relationship, contests and competitions, ambition, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Full Out 2: You Got This! (2020)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the University of Oklahoma Sooners lose their star gymnast, Brenna Dowell, the rest of the team have to find a way to believe in themselves in order to win their second National Gymnastics Championship. With the help of Riley, a local ...
Style: entertaining, sincere, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: gymnastics, never give up, believe in yourself, gymnast, direction and purpose, sport team, rivalry, championship, competitor, teamwork, university, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Back of the Net (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A new student at a soccer academy is determined to beat her rival's team in the national tournament.
Style: humorous, feel good, sincere, captivating
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: rivalry, fish out of water, underdog, ambition, follow your dream, rivals, contests and competitions, coach, life, soccer, academy, pickle
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.9
 7K
Brink! (1998)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (which means they skate for the fun of it, and not for the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters, Team ...
Style: captivating, feel good, semi serious, exciting, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: friendship, rivalry, underdog, rise to the top, teenage life, dishonesty, rising to stardom, betrayal, hopes, ambition, moral dilemma, youth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.8
 2K
Lady Driver (2020)
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.
Style: realistic, stylized, suspense, exciting, feel good ...
Plot: car race, chases and races, race car, competition, rivalry, contests and competitions, car chase, auto racing, car racing, race, female protagonist, summer
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.1
 219
MaveriX (2022)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Six young motocross riders come together to form a team, to make the national titles, or crash out trying. But the biggest win of all might be the friends they make for life.
Style: disturbing, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: motocross, motorcycle, sport team, motorcyclist, motorcycle race, ambitious, competitor, friends, motorcycle racing, rivalry, friendship, racecar driver ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings ...
Style: inspirational, humorous, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, sport team, happy ending, childhood, athlete and trainer, competition, underdog, foe turned friend, youth, redemption, self discovery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 639
Alex & Me (2018)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: An uplifting story of the passion and drive it takes to succeed and the power of family to help realize your dreams.
Style: inspirational, sincere, captivating, light
Audience: family outing
Plot: football, soccer, contests and competitions, teenager, sport team, rivalry, follow your dream, high school life, friendship, family relations, american football, believe in yourself ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 4K
Fast Girls (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Style: uplifting, feel good, exciting, touching, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot: running, follow your dream, contests and competitions, society, sport team, lifestyle, friendship, athlete's life, ego clash, social differences, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Second Chance (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young girl and her coach overcome adversity to make their way into the National Australian Gymnastics Squad.
Style: realistic, feel good, captivating, inspirational, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot: gymnastics, contests and competitions, rivalry, hopes, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, gymnast, ambition, youth, one more chance, friendship, rise to the top ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.9
 4K
Go Karts (2020)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn ...
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: championship, car, teenager, police officer, friendship, rivalry, mentor, fall in love, parents and children, race, happy ending, racing ...
Time: 2020s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mothers of Champions (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
TV show
Style: captivating
Plot: athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, multiple perspectives, professional rivalry, coach, family relations, parents and children, world championship wrestling, mother son relationship, point of view, swimming ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Second Chance: Rivals! (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: As Maddy takes on coaching a team of young twelve-year-old gymnasts, she faces up to intense city versus country rivalry, racism, cyberbullying and her own self-doubt but eventually takes the challenge head on.
Audience: teens
Plot: gymnastics, gymnast, competition, bully, bullying, team, championship, sport team, cyberbullying, olympian, rivalry, coach ...
Place: south australia, adelaide south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 4K
Go Figure (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: figure skating, ice hockey, skating, rivalry, follow your dream, athlete's life, ambition, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.
Style: teen, feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: car, car race, auto racing, father daughter relationship, college, racing, underdog, teenage girl, friendship, rivalry, family relations, chases and races ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Berlin Kaplani (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A boxer from berlin gets involved in several schemes. When trouble mounts, he relocates to Turkey.
Style: light, captivating, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: boxing, boxer, rivalry, ambition, lifestyle, social problems, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, humour, athlete's life, bodyguard, love ...
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When his wife dies, Carl offers his only son, Janeau, 12, a fresh start. They move to Mont Saint-Hilaire, where Janeau makes friends with Julie, a talented Pee-Wee hockey goalie determined to compete in the annual World Tournament held in Quebec. ...
Style: inspirational, captivating, light, entertaining
Plot: ice hockey, teammate, championship, sport team, friendship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, rise to the top, athlete's life, rivalry, professional rivalry, friends ...
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Final Game (2022)
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: thrilling, captivating
Plot: olympics, athlete, team, coach, competition, sport team, athlete and trainer, direction and purpose, championship, ambitious, aspiration, swimming ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Holly's Heroes (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Holly's Heroes is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the Nine Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.
Style: captivating, light
Audience: kids
Plot: basketball, high school basketball, basketball team, teenager, friendship, coach, teacher student relationship, high school, basketball player, sport team, aspiration, team ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A successful professional baseball player gets his ego in check via an unreality check when he travels back in time to his boyhood sandlot ball-playing days.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, saga
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens
Plot: baseball, youth, friendship, sport team, partner, friends, buddies, hopes, athlete and trainer, underdog, ambition, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, non-linear ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: coach, friendship, ambition, follow your dream, against the odds, sport team, human spirit, society, lifestyle, athlete's life, hopes, family life ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
A Sunday Horse (2016)
Genre: Biography, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the odds to pursue her dreams of winning a national jumping championship.
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, emotional
Audience: family outing
Plot: horse, rider horse relationship, human animal relationship, horse trainer, girl horse relationship, faith, physical therapy, horse race, equestrian, strong female lead, accident, strong female character ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.2
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Girls Got Game (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A local female football team works together to get through hard times and overcome sexual prejudice. Their strength is tested when they lose not only the games, but also their beloved coach who was the core of their team. But they work together to ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: football player, soccer, sport team, contests and competitions, ambitious woman, football, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, soccer match, female protagonist, direction and purpose, ambition, lifestyle ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6 (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: To this very day, kids believe that the stories of "The Wild Soccer Bunch" are the best in the world, and that's why Leo, Elias, Finn, Joshua, Oskar and Matze, replay their heroes’ legendary games every spare minute. One day a ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: soccer, sport team, athlete and trainer, football team, soccer coach, championship, football, aspiration, children, competitor, football player, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Take Off 2 (2016)
Genre: Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In 2003 the year of Aomori Asian Games, Dae-woong, a former ice hockey player receives an offer to be a director of Korean national ice hockey team. Before he enjoys the moment, realizes it is a woman national team with bunch of losers; a figure ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, disturbing
Plot: ice hockey, skating, sport team, athlete's life, direction and purpose, unlikely friendships, rivalry, ambition, professional sports, hockey player, ambitious woman, female protagonist ...
Place: korea, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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