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Iron Ivan (2014)
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Original name: Поддубный
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
He was called the Champion of Champions. The strength and strong-willed character Poddubniy composed legends. And 50 great fighter effortlessly overcame young athletes, and questions of honor and justice did not know compromises. And only love could put Russian Heroes on both blades
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, exciting, tense, sentimental, uplifting, feel good, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
champion, human spirit, boxing, tough guy, wrestler, strongman, bravery, victory, ambition, husband wife relationship, contests and competitions, endurance, fistfight, rags to riches, against the odds, circus performer, sports hero, opponent, athlete's life, couple relations, tough heroes, village, fight, love at first sight, young man ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and exciting films with plots about athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, boxing, boxer and human spirit mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Iron Ivan: Streltsov (2020), Three Seconds (2017), Legend No. 17 (2013), The Hammer (2010), Hands of Stone (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of three Russian Olympic champions. Ordinary people, who have become the pride of their family and country, and made history of world sports.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, exciting, motivational, meditative ...
Plot:
olympics, gymnastics, rivalry, against the odds, stubbornness, rise to the top, happy ending, reputation, human spirit, champion, determination, victory ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team at the upcoming World Cup where ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, disturbing, factual ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story is set at the 1972 Munich Olympics where the U.S. team lost the basketball championship for the first time in 36 years. The final moments of the final game have become one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With play ...
Style:
inspirational, atmospheric, captivating, motivational, period drama
Plot:
basketball, sport team, athlete, basketball player, olympics, terror, kgb, dedication, handicapped, coach, disability, rise to the top ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, suspenseful, suspense, rough, psychological
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Panama, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, period piece, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, boxing match, sex scene, bare breasts, fight, rags to riches, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, martial arts ...
Time:
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Place:
panama
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, saga, tense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, saga, sincere, rough, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder, Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, touching, melancholic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, family outing
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, comeback, boxer, athlete's life, training, fight, life, life philosophy, restaurant owner, loneliness, against the odds ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter ...
Style:
inspirational, captivating, suspenseful, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, USA, Malta
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, rivalry, fistfight, fight, arena, professional rivalry, boxing champion, wrestler, combat, battles, battle zone ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, suspense
Plot:
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Duration: 105 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 107 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA, Canada
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Artem Kolchin was one of many, but he wanted glory. And he has chosen the way: he became the boxer. Now Artem the applicant for a champion title, fighter, known worldwide as Great White Hope. But the main fight in his life has not gone how he ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
boxer, boxing, love affair, athlete's life, blindness, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, love and romance, chase, relationships, fighting crime ...
Time:
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Place:
russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, emotional, thought provoking, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, exciting, inspirational, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, athlete's life, ambition, boxer, contests and competitions, championship, unfulfillment, self destructing, redemption ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, sexual, serious, realistic, silent ...
Plot:
boxing, biopic, boxer, world champion, violent content, profanity, hopes, power relations, disability, one last chance, unfulfillment, ambition ...
Time:
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Place:
utah
Similarity:
19%
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Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
africa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, f word
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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