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True Spirit (2023)
12K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents, Jessica is determined to accomplish what was thought to be impossible, navigating some of the world’s most challenging stretches of ocean over the course of 210 days.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, thrilling, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
sea voyage, sailboat, sea, ocean, sea adventure, sailing, life, storm, journey, boat, swimming, seafaring, travel, dream, coping, follow your dream, teenage life, ambition, ambitious woman, travelogue, ocean voyage, water, biopic, survival, parents ...
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Most similar movies to True Spirit
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, inspirational, realistic and serious films with plots about biopic, sea, ocean, survival, water, ambition and escapades mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like True Spirit: Soul Surfer (2011), Young Woman and the Sea (2024), Adrift (2018), Blue Miracle (2021), Kon-Tiki (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
touching, christian film, inspirational, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
surfing, human spirit, christian, disability, shark, teenager, hospital, surfer, volunteer, shark attack, survivor, against the odds ...
Time:
year 2011, 20th century, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, thailand, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal ...
Style:
motivational, powerful, inspirational
Plot:
sister, swimming, skinny dipping, competition, male nudity, based on real people, swimmer, women in sport, biopic, pride, wedding, new york yankees ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
english channel, new jersey, paris france, england, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman and her fiancé find themselves caught in a hurricane after departing Tahiti by boat. She wakes up after being knocked out, only to discover him missing, and the elements threatening.
Style:
sincere, sad, suspenseful, romantic drama, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, water, sailboat, sea adventure, power of love, death, storm, sea, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
tahiti, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, sincere
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
sea, fisherman, fishing, orphanage, rivalry, social problems, financial problem, escapades, contests and competitions, workplace situations, sea adventure, contest ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
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54K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style:
harsh, visually stunning, epic, sexy, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, sea voyage, boat, raft, expedition, shark, adventurer, sailing, lost at sea, fish, travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, peru, polynesia, usa, south america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Yann Madec, long-time best mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Frank at the last minute for the start of the Vendée Globe. Nine days into the race and leading, ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, suspenseful
Plot:
sea, ocean, sailing, once in a lifetime opportunity, follow your dream, contests and competitions, rivalry, escapades, adventurer, human spirit, ship, navigator ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, inspirational, absurd ...
Plot:
swimming, lesbian, life, based on real people, career, marathon, female athlete, water, athlete's life, athlete, professional athlete, pedophile ...
Time:
2010s, year 1989, year 2012, year 2010, year 1964 ...
Place:
cuba, key west florida, havana cuba, florida, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.
Style:
inspirational, touching, heartfelt, beautiful, extraordinary
Plot:
boat, biopic, swimming, survival, hardcore, olympics, motivation, journey, boy, career, city, swimmer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, year 2016, year 2011
Place:
syria, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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507
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The true story of a 16 year old (Robin Lee Graham, played by Joseph Bottoms) who aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23 foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey he meets and falls in love with a young woman ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
sailing, ocean, boy, sea, nature, little boy, survival, sea voyage, coming of age, friends, love and romance, escapades ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia, south africa, panama, madagascar, atlantic ocean ...
Similarity:
27%
10K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.
Style:
scenic, captivating, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sea voyage, yacht, inventor, sailing, lost at sea, survival, wilderness, wilderness survival, against the odds, escapades, ambition, boat ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
england, argentina
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man and a woman and 3 children start to sail around the world. They are shipwrecked near an uninhabited isle. This island is full of wild animals and it is very dangerous for them in the begining. They live through a lot of wonderful adventure ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
ocean, sailing, stowaway, sea, castaway, sea voyage, pelican, shipwreck, survival, wilderness, island, sailboat ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, seattle
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, biopic, luxury car, based on real people, life, car, success, rise to the top, follow your dream, rivalry, life philosophy, founder ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, world war two, military, human spirit, danger, ocean, soldier, disaster, human nature, getting home, isolation, wilderness ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Style:
inspirational, suspense, touching, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, teen drama
Plot:
sailing, ocean, coming of age, disaster, friendship, storm at sea, male bonding, boat, teacher, survival, mentor, life & death ...
Time:
60s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1961, year 1960
Place:
jamaica, south america, west indies, cuba, connecticut ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Style:
psychological, captivating, inspirational, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
skateboarder, longing, skater, girl, teenage life, female protagonist, direction and purpose, social relations, strong female lead, athlete's life, aspiration, coping ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It's 1990 and an Indonesian fishing boat abandons Iraqi and Cambodian refugees in a remote part of the Western Australia. Although most are quickly caught by officials, three men with nothing in common but their misfortune and determination to ...
Style:
thought provoking, feel good, humorous, entertaining, sentimental ...
Plot:
journey, desert, immigration, refugee, survival, security, family relations, australian outback, father son relationship, survivor, trapped, migration ...
Place:
australia, iraq, cambodia, indonesia
Similarity:
19%
33K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.
Style:
touching, uplifting, sexy, scenic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
desert, wilderness, solitude, camel, photographer, human spirit, survival, independent woman, dog, explorer, obsessive quest, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1977, 20th century, 2010s, year 1976, year 1973 ...
Place:
australia, africa, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, rough, suspense, sentimental ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, snow, snowboarding, snowboard, amputee, rescue attempt, lost, winter, rocky mountains, police officer, hockey ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are discovered by the basketball ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
twins, basketball, high school, against the odds, contests and competitions, ambition, family life, siblings relations, family relations, underdog, youth, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
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:
captivating, sincere, uplifting, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, football, athlete and trainer, ambition, small town, high school sports, youth, coach, high school football, sport team ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, oakland california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, thought provoking, thrilling ...
Plot:
money, bank, business, investment banker, satire, bank clerk, ambition, banker, wall street, finance, thoughtful, biopic ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
18%
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:
captivating, thrilling
Plot:
olympics, athlete, team, coach, competition, athlete and trainer, sport team, olympic athlete, professional sports, coping, championship, swimming ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Similarity:
18%
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:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, light, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
swimming, competition, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, coach, teenage angst, sport team, athlete's life, coping, athlete and trainer, professional rivalry ...
Place:
oceania
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style:
scenic, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story about the founders of the famous "Yugoslav Basketball School" and the first gold medal at the Championships in Ljubljana in 1970, is based on real events and is dedicated to personalities who have contributed to the emergence and ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, historical figure, athlete's life, sport team, ambition, teamwork, basketball team, champion, basketball player, athlete and trainer, winner, historical character ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, slovenia, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chasing his dream to join an elite K-9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. Based on a true story.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, sincere
Audience:
family friendly, kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
dog, dog training, animal, human animal relationship, state trooper, search and rescue, dream, puppy, animal human communication, owner dog relationship, police officer, animal training ...
Place:
rhode island
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and ...
Style:
harsh, reflective, touching, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, storm, loneliness, isolation, ocean, ship, desperation, human spirit, sea, forces of nature ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based on her book, this World Premiere film follows Simone Biles through the sacrifices and hard work that led her to win 19 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Style:
semi autobiographical, captivating, disturbing, psychological, teen
Plot:
female athlete, gymnastics, athlete, olympic athlete, female protagonist, athlete's life, rise to the top, aspiration, coping, champion, success, life ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
missing dog, father and son, hiking, lost, father, dog, family relations, human dog relationship, family problems, owner dog relationship, father son relationship, family reunited ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a highly successful retired businessman, Michael Kingley, starts to see things he at first can't explain, his life takes a dramatic turn. And when his grand-daughter rebels against her father, he is forced to re-evaluate his life and to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, sincere, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
boy, childhood, bird, pelican, sea, ocean, storm, youth, friendship, son, boyhood, family relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
south australia, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
18%
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