Movies like American Flyers

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American Flyers (1985)
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American Flyers (1985)
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 bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side.
Style: sentimental, touching, sad, sincere, uplifting, serious, realistic, exciting, light, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cycling, bicycle, racing, bike, underdog, bicycle race, motivation, interracial, mountain, family relations, human spirit, parents and children, family life, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, lifestyle, siblings relations, bittersweet, hopes, horse, female nudity, sex scene, male nudity, weightlifting ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: colorado, usa, st. louis missouri
Keyword: sport, short shorts, doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and touching films with plots about ambition, hopes, contests and competitions, athlete's life, human spirit, rivalry and underdog mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like American Flyers: The Flying Scotsman (2006), 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004), Breaking Away (1979), Price of Glory (2000), The Final Season (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Flying Scotsman (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story of amateur cyclist Graeme Obree, who breaks the world one-hour record on a bike he made out of washing machine parts.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyclist, bicycle, cycling, human spirit, scotsman, underdog, race, lifestyle, ambition, friendship, rivalry, hopes ...
Time: year 2006
Place: scotland
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95%
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 ⇓
67%
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Breaking Away (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one ...
Style: touching, realistic, inspirational, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, working class, cycling, underdog, bicycle, friendship, small town, teenage life, bicycle race, father son relationship, childhood, teenage boy ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 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 ⇓
60%
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The Final Season (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental, historical drama ...
Audience: kids
Plot: baseball, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, rivalry, human spirit, athlete's life, youth, contests and competitions, hopes ...
Time: year 2007, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Finishers (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Julien, 17, is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. Despite their love for him, his family is gradually falling apart under the strain of dealing with his disability. In a bid to bond with his father, Julien challenges him to participate with him ...
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, realistic
Plot: disability, family relations, human spirit, contests and competitions, hopes, youth, redemption, parents and children, teenage life, father son relationship, cycling, swimming ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: france, nice france, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Rad (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A BMX racer who lives in a small town with his mother and sister is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SAT's in order to attend college.
Style: semi serious, captivating, touching, disturbing, colorful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: bicycle, underdog, teenage protagonist, human spirit, teenage girl, cycling, contests and competitions, rivalry, youth, against the odds, single mother, businessman ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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The Champ (1979)
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, heartfelt, neo noir ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, boy, coming of age, father, gambling, death, father son relationship, underdog, redemption, bittersweet, fight ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, florida, ireland, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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A Gentleman's Game (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.
Style: sentimental, sincere, serious, scenic, independent film ...
Plot: golf, youth, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, social differences, teachers and students, single parent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Undefeated (2003)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie is accidentally shot dead by a teenager in an amateur hold-up on their late dad's ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, suspense
Plot: athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, against the odds, social differences, tough heroes, boxing, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Madison (2001)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1971, air-conditioner repairman and boat enthusiast Jim McCormick entertains his desire to 'go down' as a legend in the record books when the Gold Cup hydroplane boat race improbably comes to his small town of Madison, Indiana. ...
Style: serious, feel good, realistic, melancholic, anamorphic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, athlete's life, human spirit, follow your dream, against the odds, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, lifestyle, ambition, rising to stardom, hopes ...
Time: year 2001, 70s
Place: usa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
All Things Fall Apart (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, human spirit, terminal illness, athlete's life, bittersweet, ambition, life is a bitch, hopes, black, football, special needs, racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His greatest ambition in life? To become a champion. His greatest ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, fast paced
Plot: cycling, farm, against the odds, lifestyle, ambition, hopes, contests and competitions, underdog, bicycle, bike, victory, farm hand ...
Time: 70s
Place: belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Kid (1997)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jimmy Albright is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. His mentor, Harry Sloan, an aging trainer and former boxer, sees Jimmy's potential, not only as a boxer but as a young man. With Harry's guidance, Jimmy trains and fights his way ...
Style: independent film, uplifting, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: boxing, boxer, youth, family relations, ambition, aging, athlete's life, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, underdog ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
4 Minute Mile (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
Style: realistic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, serious ...
Plot: track and field, single parent, running, training, high school, athlete and trainer, brother brother relationship, family problems, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, teenage life, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
From the Rough (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Style: captivating, uplifting, serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: golf, against the odds, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, once in a lifetime opportunity, lifestyle, social misfits, hopes, ambition, teacher ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Something for Joey (1977)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This is based on the true story about the relationship between Penn State football player John Cappelletti and his younger brother Joey, who has leukemia. John and Joey's bond is a strong one. Joey hangs out with John in the Penn State locker ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental
Plot: american football, youth, siblings, bittersweet, athlete's life, life is a bitch, contests and competitions, unfulfillment, hopes, power relations, sport team, family relations ...
Time: 70s, year 1973
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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True Blue (1996)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot: athlete, oxford, university, sport team, power relations, college life, campus, student life, contests and competitions, human spirit, ambition, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Brian's Song (2001)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: american football, sport team, ambition, athlete's life, human spirit, friendship, lifestyle, life is a bitch, buddies, football, cancer, friendship between men ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.4
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McFarland, USA (2015)
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, uplifting, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, kids
Plot: teacher, underdog, coach, track and field, high school, athlete and trainer, human spirit, mentor, teenager, school, competition, dedicated educator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, palo alto california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Soul of the Game (1996)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are the greatest players in the Colored leagues, and everyone expects that one of them will make the leap to the Major Leagues, now that there is talk of integration. But, unexpectedly, it's the rookie with the ...
Style: touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental, serious ...
Plot: baseball, african american, black, blaxploitation, racial issues, black man, hip hop, friendship, racism, interracial relations, historical figure, injustice ...
Place: new york, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Hammer (2010)
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, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: deaf, wrestler, mute or deaf, underdog, overcoming, athlete's life, human spirit, ambition, against the odds, rivalry, hopes, contests and competitions ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
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 ...
Style: sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, serious, uplifting ...
Plot: friendship, nuclear war, transformation, kids and family, basketball, athlete's life, politics, anti war, sport team, ambition, fighting the system, hopes ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, montana, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Swimming Upstream (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.
Style: uplifting, sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: swimming, human spirit, dysfunctional family, olympics, domestic violence, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, self discovery, contests and competitions ...
Time: 60s, year 2003, 1950s, 20th century
Place: australia, melbourne, harvard university, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Tiger Town (1983)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Alex believed in his baseball hero Billy Young. When Billy's performance struggled, Alex's friends began to doubt Alex; and Billy began to doubt himself. Alex wants to prove to his friends, to Billy, and to himself that believing in ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, exciting, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: baseball, family relations, power relations, sport team, family life, hopes, underdog, athlete and trainer, ambition, athlete's life, aging, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
Style: uplifting, sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golf, wise man, christian, human spirit, teaching the ways of the world, ambition, introspection, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, athlete's life, hopes, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Crooked Arrows (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.
Style: uplifting, exciting, feel good, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: native american, lacrosse, high school, hopes, ambition, contests and competitions, human spirit, rivalry, social relations, against the odds, native, preparatory school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: massachusetts, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.5
 2K
One on One (1977)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, melancholic, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: basketball, college, coach, young lovers, follow your dream, ambition, youth, contests and competitions, coming of age, athlete and trainer, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
35%
Across the Tracks (1990)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him and his buddy Louie tries to make him go astray again. ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: running, runner, poverty, homeless, school, family relations, high school, bare chested male, teenage boy, brother, violent content, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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