Movies like Amazing Grace and Chuck
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Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the forfeit of a Little League game by his team. "Amazing Grace" Smith, a fictional Boston Celtics player, played by NBA star Alex English, decides to join the boy in his protest by resigning from professional basketball. This gives it nationwide coverage, inspiring more pro athletes to join the protest against nuclear weapons. The film reaches a climax when the President of the United States personally meets with Chuck, admiring his resolve but at the same time explaining the practical difficulties of disarmament. Sinister forces, meanwhile, threaten the lives of Amazing Grace and his agent, Lynn.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, uplifting, touching, serious, sincere, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, sport, nuclear war, kids and family, transformation, politics, anti war, sport team, athlete's life, family relations, fighting the system, ambition, hopes, nuclear, father son relationship, basketball, baseball, catastrophe, end of the world, teenager, submarine, school, children, natural disaster, loneliness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new jersey, montana, boston, california, san francisco
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Most similar movies to Amazing Grace and Chuck
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, feel good, inspirational and sentimental films with plots about redemption, catastrophe, dialogue, mentor, storytelling, culture clash and destiny mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Amazing Grace and Chuck: Hoosiers (1986), Sunset Park (1996), Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), The Babe (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, emotional, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
basketball, high school, small town, sport, underdog, high school basketball, alcoholic, father son relationship, championship, basketball coach, athlete and trainer, redemption ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
indiana, usa, california, texas
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100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Style:
humorous, clever, funny, bad ending, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, sport, high school, hip hop, gangsters, underdog, african american, nude, computer game, farce, sexualized violence, life & death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, usa
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53%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot:
baseball, sport, friendship, character study, mentor, adaptation, ambition, athlete's life, human spirit, terminal illness, sport team, underdog ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, minnesota, new york yankees, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, touching, sentimental, campy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, americana, love triangle, friendship, human nature, youth, society, family relations, fall in love, working class, teenager ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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11K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game. His amazing career included seven American League ...
Style:
intense, melancholic, scary, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
baseball, brutality, redemption, weapons, violence, vengeance, suspense, police investigation, loneliness, life philosophy, lone hero, mentor ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1910s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york yankees, boston, california, usa, bronx new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The more you love, the harder you fight.The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, emotional, sexy, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, fight, coming of age, boy, gambling, death, father son relationship, father, underdog, sport, redemption, bittersweet ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, florida, miami, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
7K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are ...
Style:
inspirational, serious, uplifting, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
racism, sport, swimming, ambition, life is a bitch, against the odds, african american, teacher, rivalry, human spirit, athlete's life, youth ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
africa, new jersey, new orleans, philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
65K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, emotional, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
american football, sport, underdog, college, motivation, aspiration, ambition, american football player, mentor, high school, football, youth ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
indiana, boston, new jersey, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his ...
Style:
sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
sport, boxing, journalism, african american, ex athlete, lifestyle, athlete's life, human spirit, newspaper, introspection, parents and children, change of luck ...
Time:
50s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, los angeles, usa, detroit, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, sad, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
bicycle, sport, underdog, riding a bicycle, bicycle race, adaptation, twists and turns, nude, sacrifice, honest, mars, lone hero ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colorado, usa, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, inspirational, touching, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
sport, football, college, american football, air disaster, coach, football team, survivor, university, friendship, small town, teacher ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey, california, west virginia, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Style:
inspirational, harsh, serious, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
surfing, coming of age, friendship, cult, adolescence, extreme sport, youth, follow your dream, americana, adolescence vs adulthood, ocean, vietnam war ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, vietnam, hawaii, texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
sport, baseball, underdog, disney, culture clash, rags to riches, athlete's life, fish out of water, against the odds, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, california, usa, boston, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
sport, teacher, coach, underdog, track and field, athlete and trainer, human spirit, teenager, mentor, school, high school, dedicated educator ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, texas, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
156K
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:
motivational, inspirational, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
basketball, sport, high school, teacher, teachers and students, athlete and trainer, underdog, teenager, life philosophy, athlete's life, human spirit, dedicated educator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new jersey, texas, usa, sacramento california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
horse, horse race, sport, family relations, redemption, animal training, children, honest, secrets, betrayal, racehorse, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Billy Wyatt (Harmon), a former high school and minor-league baseball baseball player receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his first love, Katie Chandler (Foster), has died. Wyatt ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sexy, romantic, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, baseball, friendship, life, love, aging, bittersweet, flashback, memory, teenager, vengeance, childhood ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 50s
Place:
new jersey, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, sincere, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, racism, underdog, athlete and trainer, coach, sport, college, racial slur, teamwork, racial segregation, justice, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
texas, usa, el paso texas, indiana, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks) gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser). Soon, the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport, father son relationship, mentor, adaptation, power relations, friendship, self discovery, lifestyle, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new york yankees, san francisco, usa, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team aren't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete ...
Style:
intense, serious, tense, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot:
basketball, sport, suspense, underdog, college, sport team, contests and competitions, workplace situations, against the odds, blind ambition, self discovery, follow your dream ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
california, boston, texas, indiana, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant ...
Style:
inspirational, intense, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
football, sport, high school, sport team, american football, coach, underdog, youth, championship, athlete's life, career, cheerleading ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, canada, austin texas, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, uplifting, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
basketball, high school, sport, friendship, true love, college, relationships, coming of age, teenager, love, love story, women ...
Time:
80s, year 1993, year 1981, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place:
california, africa, los angeles, usa, barcelona ...
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48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, factual, uplifting, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american football, sport, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, friendship, mentor, courage, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa, new york, texas, new jersey, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Style:
motivational, inspirational, captivating, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
golf, sport, rags to riches, underdog, working class, athlete's life, prodigy, human spirit, disney, ambition, lifestyle, social differences ...
Time:
1910s, 60s, 1930s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, new jersey, boston, scotland, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
11K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, touching, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, graphic violence, sport, mentor, bullying, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, feel good, touching, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot:
baseball, sport, father son relationship, high school, underdog, human spirit, teacher, rags to riches, following a dream, family relations, fight, baseball coach ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
texas, austin texas, latin america, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Australia, France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. ...
Style:
emotional, touching, intense, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
boxing, bullying, friendship, youth, racism, world war two, discrimination, injustice, orphan, hopes, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.
Style:
humorous, feel good, unusual plot structure, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ice hockey, sport, disney, cheerleading, high school, teenager, childhood, college, school, underdog, coming of age, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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, feel good, touching, sentimental, christian film ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night, kids, chick flick
Plot:
underdog, christian, football, american football, sport, faith, religious, high school football, human spirit, athlete and trainer, christianity, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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, feel good, sweet, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, sport team, happy ending, sport, athlete and trainer, childhood, disney, foe turned friend, youth, redemption, competition, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
minnesota, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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