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Agua (2006)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thirty four year old Goyo, a former open water swimming champion, has been hiding out in the desert. Wrongly accused of doping in the Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, a 57 kilometer river swim, he has abandoned his career and his dreams. Eight years later, Goyo returns to Santa Fe where the marathon will be held again to try to re-gain his title and clear his name. However, long buried emotions come back to haunt him. He meets Chino, a stubborn and disciplined pool swimmer, who tries hard to be selected for the national team, but fails. Identifying with Chino, Goyo asks him to be his guide on the boat that follows him during the marathon.
Style:
psychological, sentimental, serious, stylized, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
swimming, friendship, follow your dream, ambition, starting over, haunted by the past, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, rivalry, false accusation, redemption, contests and competitions, solitude, human nature, hopes, underdog, swimmer, pregnancy, friends, love and romance, life is a bitch, unfulfilled love, dishonesty, unfulfillment, power relations ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
latin america, argentina
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about hopes, ambition, friendship, friends, rivalry, family relations and power relations mostly in Drama, Sport and Romance genres. Some movies like Agua: The Day I Was Not Born (2010), Throw Down (2004), Stretch (2011), A Fine Step (2014), Matchups (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Argentina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, contemplative, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
self discovery, redemption, family relations, protecting from truth, parents and children, uncover truth, adoption, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, hopes, society, monkey ...
Time:
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Place:
argentina, latin america
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot:
self discovery, follow your dream, rivalry, ego clash, redemption, relationship vs career, athlete's life, contests and competitions, underdog, nightclub, martial arts, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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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, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rivalry, contests and competitions, rise to the top, dishonesty, power relations, lifestyle, gambling, ambition, society, chases and races, athlete and trainer, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Fine Step is an uplifting family drama centering on Cal Masterson (Luke Perry, Beverly Hills 90210) an award winning horseman whose relationship with his beloved horse Fandango allows him to achieve multiple championship wins. However tragedy ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
horse, starting over, friendship, contests and competitions, athlete's life, parents and children, ambition, youth, farm, rivalry, family relations, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ian Willams -- who was born blind in one eye -- grew up undaunted to become an elite college basketball player. But his dream of winning a national championship and turning pro was sidetracked when a tragic accident left him completely blind. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Plot:
blindness, prodigy, against the odds, disability, ambition, dedicated educator, human spirit, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, hopes, youth, athlete's life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, starting over, prodigy, haunted by the past, society, ambition, redemption, rivalry, youth, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new york, usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A high-school track star (Scott Jacoby) fools around with his buddy (Dennis Quaid), until a Vietnam War tragedy makes him grow up.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
track and field, running, bittersweet, underdog, athlete and trainer, hopes, youth, coming of age, ambition, athlete's life, human nature, wartime life ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mitri is 15 years old and lives in a village in Senegal. Like all the youngsters of his age, he plays football, dreaming of the Barcelona and Chelsea Football Clubs. When an agent sees him, Mitri believes in his luck. But, in order to go chasing ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
football, follow your dream, immigrant, hopes, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, life is a bitch, youth, ambition, soccer, desire for fame, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, africa, europe, paris france
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Alex, 15, lives alone with his dad, enduring relentless physical violence, rebelling against everyone. To escape from this daily life, Alex rows on the Meuse river, and has only one obsession: to win the Belgian Singles Championships at any cost. ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
abusive father, follow your dream, teenage life, ambition, hopes, teenage love, rivalry, love and romance, obsession, life is a bitch, youth, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
Style:
cynical, realistic, talky, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
starting over, hopes, estate, rich and poor, life is a bitch, dishonesty, society, couples, down on your luck, social differences, marriage, joan of arc ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Maria's family give her a puzzle for her 50th birthday, and she loves it. Not only does the patient housewife have fun solving the puzzle, she's also really good at them. Overflowing with enthusiasm for her new-found passion, she goes back ...
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, gloomy, realistic
Plot:
puzzle, family relations, introspection, contests and competitions, rise to the top, hopes, ambition, family life, bittersweet, midlife crisis, obsession, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
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Story:
Life of boxing in Mexico city, bets, deception, love, crime and courage takes place in the lives of amateur boxers to professional fighters.
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
athlete's life, desire for fame, ambition, hopes, once promising, life is a bitch, redemption, rivalry, disgraced, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, boxing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
50%
234
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A thought-provoking drama about the power that a famous university professor holds over his students and assistants.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, ambition, unfulfillment, friendship, university, college, manipulation, power, mentor, teachers and students ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, medical school, rivalry, contests and competitions, follow your dream, ego clash, underdog, buddies, ambition, college, casino ...
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
46%
332
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A summer vacation in the 70s. Lalo and Bruno are teenagers doing nothing on days full of nothing. But on a hot and humid afternoon, and without asking for permission, Lisa arrives smashing more than the letargy of the town. Thirty years later Lisa ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, teenage love, unfulfillment, haunted by the past, unfulfilled love, sex scene, jealousy, cheating girlfriend, love and romance, youth, midlife crisis ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A successful businessman attempting to resurrect his life buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
starting over, self discovery, friendship, hopes, haunted by the past, small town, redemption, father daughter relationship, death of wife, society, bittersweet, elderly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
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, 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:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, independent film
Plot:
hopes, family relations, friendship, redemption, starting over, love and romance, human nature, parents and children, destiny, small town, chance, single parent ...
Place:
north carolina, new york, usa
Similarity:
43%
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535
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the midst of a midlife crisis of faith, a man finds hope where he least expects it – his hometown. James Moore (Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen) is a former pastor who returns home to discover a family new to the area has been killed in a ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, captivating, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
clergy, amateur detective, self discovery, uncover truth, redemption, religions or cults, family relations, homecoming, social relations, society, friendship, direction and purpose ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
42%
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, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, ambition, lifestyle, friendship, against the odds, football, sport team, athlete and trainer, society ...
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his father encounters insufferable hardship, Dwight Hawkins (real-life gospel singer Deitrick Haddon) is torn between Christian duty and his own desire to pursue his dreams as a gospel singer. But what does God really have planned for him? ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
church, follow your dream, clergy, twists and turns, religions or cults, rivalry, redemption, ambition, family relations, society, african american, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels, Nathalie finds an unlikely protector in Henry, a down and out guardian angel who has followed her thread. But ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
pregnant woman, protective male, drug dealer, hopes, fall in love, pregnancy, love and romance, dishonesty, life is a bitch, introspection, redemption, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
38%
535
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ex footballer embroiled in a scandal returns hometown clear his name and reignite an old flame.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
athlete and trainer, sport team, against the odds, human spirit, homecoming, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, hopes, haunted by the past, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy Columbian politician blinded by his own privilege is forced to walk a mile in the shoes of the people he despises most after falling victim to a violent attack and subsequently losing his memory. Miguel was a man of fine stock, a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, life turned upside down, starting over, social relations, friendship, social differences, memory loss, redemption, society, hopes, life is a bitch, rich and poor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, and loss. And a set of drums. Oh, and the Pope. POPE DREAMS is about a directionless ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
terminal illness, hopes, follow your dream, parents and children, family relations, young lovers, coming of age, teenage life, unfulfillment, human nature, mother son relationship, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the women.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lgbt, female bonding, housekeeper, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, hopes, human nature, couple relations, society, master and servant, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A stock car racer hopes his luck will turn around when he gets a chance to elevate his driving career. Can he pull off the ultimate comeback?
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, exciting, inspirational ...
Plot:
hopes, rivalry, auto racing, follow your dream, ambition, one last chance, contests and competitions, chases and races, family relations, dream, comeback, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Centred around greyhound racing in a Catholic community after the "Troubles" have ended but where their legacy remains strong. Donal is a 14-year old who works in a greyhound racing kennel owned by Good Joe. If Donal's favourite ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
dog, youth, against the odds, friendship, contests and competitions, animal training, family relations, hopes, coming of age, parents and children, animal life, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Orphan Eddie Burton is not bad, but too many screw-ups land him repeatedly in jail, so his 8-year old son Will, simply abandoned by his 'mother', has nobody else then Eddie's granny. When he hears about a program for convicts working ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
horse, redemption, rider horse relationship, rehabilitation, prison, against the odds, follow your dream, parents and children, rivalry, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Moyher's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of gambling paradise Las Vegas. Benny aces his studies, being a mathematical genius, but the one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
gambling, bookies, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, couples, culture clash, college life, follow your dream, youth, fall in love, buddies ...
Place:
usa, nevada, arizona, las vegas, new york
Similarity:
32%
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