Movies like Landspeed

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Landspeed (2002)
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Landspeed (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two teams are in a heated race for the money and the honor that comes with breaking the land speed world record.
Style: semi serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: rivalry, ambition, obsessive quest, car chase, family relations, family life, chases and races, escapades, danger, contests and competitions, risk, money, speed, empire, world, adventure
Time: contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, semi serious and serious films with plots about rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, family relations, athlete's life, hopes and athlete and trainer mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like Landspeed: In God's Hands (1998), All You've Got (2006), Running Wild (1998), Ned Rifle (2014), Snake & Mongoose (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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In God's Hands (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Three pro surfers - gifted Shane, once-great Mickey and rising young star Keoni travel to Madagascar, Bali and Hawaii in search for the ultimate wave.
Style: semi serious, captivating, disturbing, sincere, humorous
Plot: surfing, travel, friendship, surfer, surf, ambition, danger, escapades, rivalry, love and romance, extreme sport, friends ...
Time: year 1998
Place: latin america, usa, hawaii, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
All You've Got (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two Southern California volleyball teams determined to prove their superiority on the court find out that they're not as different as they previously thought after tragedy strikes close to home in director Neema Barnette's affectionate ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: volleyball, high school, rivalry, teenage life, ambition, teenage love, athlete's life, lifestyle, youth, contests and competitions, underdog, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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Running Wild (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A drama directed by Timothy Bond.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, atmospheric
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, family life, animal life, family relations, danger, obsessive quest, heroes, escapades, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, poaching, helicopter ...
Time: 90s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 6.2
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Ned Rifle (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Henry and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.
Style: realistic, semi serious, clever, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, murder, escapades, obsessive quest, chases and races, parents and children, search for father, coming of age, religion, art, politics ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Snake & Mongoose (2013)
Genre: Biography, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The untold story of how Southern California drag racers, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen combined with corporate giants to change the face of sports and ultimately became the most famous rivalry in racing ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ambition, desire for fame, friendship, relationship vs career, contests and competitions, family relations, ego clash, rising to stardom, danger, chases and races, auto racing, racing ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Biographical story of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. The movie starts with his young life and growing up with his father, Ralph, who raced for a living, but initially wanted more for his son. When Dale quits high school to start driving full time, his ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental
Plot: human spirit, rising to stardom, ambition, rivalry, lifestyle, auto racing, family relations, hopes, contests and competitions, family life, parents and children, racing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
A Shot at Glory (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.
Style: realistic, sentimental, inspirational, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: soccer, follow your dream, athlete's life, human spirit, underdog, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, against the odds, football, sport team, society ...
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Home of the Giants (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, basketball, cheerleader, friendship, athlete's life, teenage life, ambition, love and romance, lifestyle, rivalry, danger, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Shadow Boxing 3. The Final Round (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Champion boxer Artyom Kolchin climbed all conceivable heights and became a national hero. He does not enter the boxing ring any more, rather choosing a coaching job and wild high life, including continuous TV appearances, hanging out and love ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot: boxing, ambition, athlete's life, power relations, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, uncover truth, chases and races, graphic violence, violent content, car chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
High Flying Bird (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke, presents his rookie client, Erick Scott, with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity.
Style: realistic, captivating, thought provoking, talky, inspirational
Audience: boys' night
Plot: business, success, escapades, young man, basketball, african american, rivalry, money, society, economics, lesbian, rookie ...
Time: year 2019
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.0
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Fix (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: FIX takes you from Beverly Hills to Watts, and places in between, in one day, as documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo race to get Milo's brother Leo from jail to rehab before 8pm, or Leo goes to prison for three years.
Style: uplifting, captivating, semi serious, witty, independent film ...
Plot: filmmaking, obsessive quest, on the road, family relations, escapades, life is a bitch, drug abuse, club, clubbing, drug dealing, chases and races, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
American Anthem (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While ...
Style: independent film, captivating, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gymnastics, gymnast, olympics, teenager, family relations, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, couple relations, love and romance, coming of age, athlete's life, hopes ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.1
 583
The Circuit (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Al Shines, former king of the US race car track circuit, has a hard time starting his own team, once he's fired by his sponsor Robin Cates. Robin hired Al's immature daughter Kylie Shines instead. She resents Al's inevitable ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racing, contests and competitions, rivalry, family relations, parents and children, youth, athlete's life, love, teenager, auto racing, race, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.9
 669
Tour de Force (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Family man François Nouel (Clovis Cornillac) is the number one fan of the Tour de France – an obsession that costs him his wife and his job. At a loose end, François meets a former sports manager, Rémi (Bouli Lanners) who encourages him to take ...
Style: humorous, realistic, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: cycling, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, human spirit, escapades, hopes, bicycle, tour de france, lifestyle, underdog, obsessive quest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Street Dreams (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Derrick Cabrera, like all skateboarders, dreams of being sponsored one day. He has all the talent in the world to make it happen but some major roadblocks to overcome before he can make the dream a reality.
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, sincere, rough ...
Plot: skateboard, lifestyle, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition, athlete and trainer, misfit, rise to the top, obsession, social misfits, teenage life, skater ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 4.7
 82
Stretch (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Thailand, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Christophe, a young horse racing jockey from Paris, is filled with hope and ambition. Yet after a race, he tests positive for illegal substances and is subsequently suspended from racing. He decides to move to Macau, in Asia. There his circumstances ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: rivalry, contests and competitions, gambling, rise to the top, power relations, dishonesty, lifestyle, ambition, society, gangster, athlete's life, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.1
 903
Price of Glory (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his three sons. We see them in pee-wee Silver Glove matches ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, tense
Plot: boxing, athlete's life, ambition, lifestyle, human spirit, follow your dream, ego clash, tough heroes, athlete and trainer, obsession, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Goalkeeper (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ramiro Forteza is a Premier League goalkeeper whom the Civil War and the rigors of the war led to make a living visiting villages and challenging locals to mark him penalty goals. One evening he arrives to a town in Asturias and meets Manuela, a ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sexual
Plot: soccer, nationalism, fall in love, rivalry, life is a bitch, hopes, ambition, social decay, single parent, family life, politics, football ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 ⇓
46%
A Season on the Brink (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers" is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: basketball, rivalry, athlete's life, sport team, lifestyle, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, underdog, hopes, athlete, power relations, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 8.1
 18K
Iqbal (2005)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
Style: realistic, uplifting, inspirational, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: cricket, disability, ambition, human spirit, lifestyle, prodigy, follow your dream, against the odds, struggle, hopes, rise to the top, obsession ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.1
 4K
The Reunion (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Cleary brothers, Sam (John Cena), Leo (Ethan Embry) and Douglas (Boyd Holbrook) took dysfunctional families to a new level: Sam and Leo have grown up hating each other and neither likes their juvenile delinquent kid brother, Douglas, to whom ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, captivating, fast, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: siblings relations, rivalry, death of father, escapades, danger, estranged brother, tough heroes, chases and races, desert, ransom, released from prison, wrestling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 5.4
 3K
Fast Company (1979)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An early departure from director David Cronenberg's canon of visceral horror, 1979's Fast Company profiles one of his personal passions, racecars, in a gritty melodrama that also features exciting racetrack footage. Veteran toughguy ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, independent film
Plot: racing, auto racing, car chase, drag racing, classic car, underground, road trip, motor racing, revenge, motor sport, contests and competitions, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: american football, ambition, rise to the top, hopes, celebrity culture, rivalry, introspection, athlete's life, showbiz, contests and competitions, television, gambling ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Miracle in Lane 2 (2000)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Young tween Justin Yoder, who's known for his outgoing demeanor and wit despite being confined to a wheelchair, dreams to be like his athletic older brother and propels himself into the world of soapbox derby racing. It's a field he's ...
Style: sincere, realistic, captivating, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: disability, rivalry, misfit, contests and competitions, hopes, family life, miraculous event, isolation, race, youth, childhood, friends ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Dead Solid Perfect (1988)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A second-string pro golfer desprate for his shot at success tours the country.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: golf, lifestyle, underdog, rivalry, ambition, alcohol abuse, female nudity, nudity, female full frontal nudity, bikini
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Last American Hero (1973)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A backwoods bootlegger decides to put the driving skills he developed evading the law to good use. He becomes a race car driver, and eventually, one of the fastest drivers in history.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, sincere, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car race, racing, fast car, race car, redneck, auto racing, car, motor racing, hotshot hero, athlete's life, rise to the top, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Shooting for Socrates (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: SHOOTING FOR SOCRATES is a David Vs. Goliath set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup. It tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Plot: soccer, hopes, rivalry, ambition, family relations, sport team, youth, contests and competitions, parents and children, soccer fan, football, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place: ireland, belfast, brazil, northern ireland, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Fast Girl (2008)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Racing is in Alex Johnstone's (Mircea Monroe) blood. It was her father s life and it ultimately caused his death so her uncle Bill (Dwier Brown), who runs the local speedway, is determined not to lose his niece the way he lost his brother. But ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous
Plot: family relations, family life, ambition, athlete's life, lifestyle, car chase, family business, teenage life, against the odds, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, underdog ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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