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Breaking Away (1979)
27K
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 day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends and parents annoyance.
Style:
touching, teen, witty, talky, feel good, humorous, captivating, romantic drama, entertaining, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
underdog, working class, cycling, childhood, bicycle, coming of age, friendship, small town, bicycle race, teenage life, father son relationship, teenage boy, college, adolescence vs adulthood, bike, rivalry, contests and competitions, against the odds, summer, melancholy, racing, campus, youth, family relations, teenager ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa, california, new jersey, american
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Most similar movies to Breaking Away
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and feel good films with plots about youth, teenager, coming of age, friendship, friends, hopes and family relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Sport genres. Some movies like Breaking Away: Ping Pong Summer (2014), The Bad News Bears (1976), Airborne (1993), Mystic Pizza (1988), Vision Quest (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, light, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, vacation, friends, contests and competitions, rivalry, friendship, youth, ping pong, society, summer, game, table tennis ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
usa, maryland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Style:
inspirational, intense, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, underdog, baseball coach, coach, youth, childhood, competition, baseball player, unlikely friendships, sport team, motorcycle, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976, 1930s, 80s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade. Yet, his parents, who are two zoologists were given a grant to work in Australia. The only problem was: Mitchell couldn't go with them. So, he ...
Style:
epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
rollerblading, double date, teenager, surfing, rivalry, harassment, high school, cousin cousin relationship, surfer, bully, philosophy, confrontation ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
california, ohio, cincinnati ohio, columbus ohio, australia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
Style:
sentimental, sweet, teen, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, coming of age, pizza, wedding, friendship, food, canceled wedding, adultery, pizzeria, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, heartbreak ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa, london, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed , trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the ...
Style:
inspirational, melancholic, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, coming of age, wrestling, cheerleader, underdog, male nudity, adolescence, weight loss, training, teen angst, high school wrestling, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
washington state, washington d.c., california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style:
touching, teen, sexy, sweet, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer, teenager, coming of age, vacation, friendship, shyness, loneliness, teenage girl, youth, dysfunctional family, teenage boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, teen, sweet, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, friendship, childhood, coming of age, dog, adolescence, boy, bullying, small town, child, children, kids and family ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 90s, 50s ...
Place:
utah, california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
25%
8K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 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, disturbing, touching, colorful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bicycle, underdog, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, sabotage, single mother, love interest, bicycle race, mother son conflict, small town, businessman, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Story revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels, who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary, however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, teen
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
human spirit, friendship, follow your dream, athlete's life, against the odds, lifestyle, ambition, teenage life, teenager, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls' soccer team. He becomes axquanted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
football, sport team, contests and competitions, fall in love, rivalry, social relations, ambition, youth, buddies, gain trust, village, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
22%
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, sad, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
cycling, bicycle, racing, bike, bicycle race, underdog, motivation, interracial, rivalry, bittersweet, mountain, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
colorado, usa, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport team, youth, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, contests and competitions, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Comic melodrama following the day-to-day life of high school senior Will, a promising but naive athlete struggling with choices that could determine his future, romance and family difficulties.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, high school, coming of age, college, graduation, teen angst, partner, performer's life, sport team, friends, couples, power relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame ...
Style:
lighthearted, spectacular, epic, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, childhood, hockey player, competition, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
minnesota, iceland, los angeles, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
74K
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, emotional, uplifting, feel good, tear jerker ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
underdog, american football, college, football, american football player, biopic, aspiration, college football, learning disability, college life, motivation, campus ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
boston, indiana, usa, new jersey, texas
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, ...
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, small town, women, childhood, adolescence vs adulthood, female friendship, youth, teenage life, adolescence, friends, children ...
Time:
90s, year 1970, year 1991, 70s, year 1995 ...
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
soccer, misfit, working class, follow your dream, against the odds, teenage life, bullying, sport team, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, society ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
manchester, europe, england
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head ...
Style:
stylized, semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
baseball, softball, mentor, coming of age, human spirit, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, ambition, against the odds, hopes, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, teen, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, runaway, friendship, summer, lifestyle change, friendship between boys, high school, teenage runaway, rebelliousness, teenager, hospital, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa, california, tokyo
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of ...
Style:
touching, humorous, feel good, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
school, goofy hero, teacher, friends, small town life, high school life, youth, father son relationship, contests and competitions, rivals, high school teacher, family relations ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
20%
24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, food, coming of age, diner, gambling debt, christmas, love and romance, adulthood, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, youth, introspection ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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:
epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, hockey player, competition, olympics, high school, childhood, college, school, coming of age, underdog, winter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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, hopes, contests and competitions, underdog, bicycle, bike, farm hand, victory, television reporter ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia, Mozambique
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new ...
Style:
humorous, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
surfing, youth, contests and competitions, family business, family relations, rivalry, store, friends, ambition, teenager, childhood, occupation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As ...
Style:
inspirational, melancholic, sentimental, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
soccer, school, youth, childhood, underdog, athlete and trainer, football, friendship, against the odds, high school life, teachers and students, small town life ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn ...
Style:
inspirational, entertaining, touching, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
angel, baseball, hopes, childhood, magic, parents and children, ambition, wish come true, rivalry, kids and family, baseball coach, underdog ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
106K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style:
touching, feel good, sweet, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night ...
Plot:
first love, fall in love, childhood, childhood sweetheart, teenage love, love and romance, adolescence, teen romance, young love, love story, teenage life, love ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1957, 2010s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
19%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA, Singapore, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Aruba, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The ...
Style:
light, inspirational, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, pets, basketball, animal, friendship, happy ending, childhood, unlikely friendships, young heroes, human spirit, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington state, seattle, washington d.c., usa, new jersey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style:
clever, sincere, teen, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, high school, debate, nothing goes right, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, misfit, contests and competitions, teacher, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
racing, race, auto racing, classic car, car, motor racing, children, auto mechanic, driving, car chase, redneck, race car ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, birmingham alabama
Similarity:
19%
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