Professional rivalry movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant professional rivalry movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, entertaining, exciting, light, suspenseful and feel good films and TV shows about / with professional rivalry, rivalry, professional sports, ambition, rivals, athlete's life, contests and competitions, champion, sporting event and competition plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as professional rivalry: Re-Animator (1985), Rush (2013), Swagger (2021), Primal Fear (1996), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Night Flier (1997), Bad Teacher (2011), Ace of Diamond (2013), Backflip!! (2021), Liberdade 21 (2008).

List of professional rivalry movies

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 7.2
 71K
Re-Animator (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style: splatter, lovecraft, black comedy, scary, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, mad scientist, guts, hospital, gory, experiment, insanity, mad doctor, overdose, reanimated corpse, female nudity, laboratory ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: zurich switzerland, massachusetts, europe, austria
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 8.1
 510K
Rush (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style: inspirational, realistic, motivational, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: racing, race, car race, race car, racecar driver, rise to the top, motor sport, success, formula 1, car racing, world champion, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1976, year 1970 ...
Place: europe, britain, australia, usa, monte carlo ...
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 7.4
 4K
Swagger (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Explore the world of AAU basketball in the nation’s capital, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption.
Style: disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: basketball, basketball player, direction and purpose, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, professional rivalry, following a dream, basketball team, sport team, family problems, lifestyle, aspiration ...
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 7.7
 245K
Primal Fear (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, tense, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, trial, courtroom drama, psychology, lawyer, murder, courtroom, psychopath, corruption, manipulation ...
Time: 90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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 6.8
 431K
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, light, hilarious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: god, divine intervention, religion, wish come true, supernatural power, deal, selfishness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, miraculous event, chosen one, job promotion, moon ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mount everest
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The Night Flier (1997)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two investigative reporters for a tabloid magazine track down across country "The Night Flier", a serial killer who travels by private plane stalking victims in rural airports. One of the reporters, Richard Dees, begins to suspect that ...
Style: scary, splatter, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot: vampire, reporter, supernatural, monster, airplane, stephen king, professional rivalry, writers, macabre, murder, serial killer, zombie ...
Time: 90s
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 5.7
 212K
Bad Teacher (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
Style: funny, not serious, humorous, hilarious, slapstick ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot: school, selfish woman, bribery, school teacher, workplace romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teacher, female teacher, teachers and students, female protagonist, compulsive liar, sexual humor ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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Ace of Diamond (2013)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Eijun Sawamura is a pitcher who joins an elite school with a brilliant catcher named Kazuya Miyuki. Together with the rest of the team, they strive for Japan's storied Koushien championships through hard work and determination.
Style: anime, humorous, feel good, touching, captivating ...
Plot: baseball, friendship, high school, teamwork, competition, athlete's life, sport team, team, baseball player, professional rivalry, baseball team, professional sports ...
Place: japan
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 7.3
 286
Backflip!! (2021)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The final summer of middle school, Shotaro Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shotaro ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (aka Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating
Plot: discipline, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, slice of life, friends, teamwork, gymnast, professional rivalry, overcoming, sport team, student, rivalry ...
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 7.5
 153
Liberdade 21 (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: In each episode, an apparently lost cause goes to court. However, the various stages of the case show us that not everything is as it seems and that no case is solved until the sentence is read.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, clever, suspense, serious
Plot: lawyer, ambition, justice, workplace, false accusation, testimony, dark secret, female lawyer, employer employee relationship, witness, professional rivalry, friendship ...
Place: portugal
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 6.4
 434
On The Edge (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The film's two main protagonists are Russia's best saber fencers. One of them has long been in the limelight, the other only recently made it into the national team and has been winning almost every tournament since. The two athletes begin ...
Style: motivational, serious, uplifting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: fencing, swordsman, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, professional rivalry, rivalry, rivals, professional sports, ambition, hopes, olympics ...
Place: russia, eastern europe, moscow russia
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Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie ...
Style: dark comedy, ironic, light, feel good, cynical ...
Plot: death wish, writers, hitman, suicide attempt, psychological manipulation, saving a life, criminal, chase, kidnapping, traumatized man, manipulative behavior, killing a pet ...
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The Rack Pack (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The 1980s snooker rivalry between Alex “Hurricane” Higgins and Steve “The Nugget” Davis, two very different personalities who helped popularise the sport on TV.
Style: light, disturbing, captivating, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: snooker, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, professional sports, british, self destructing, professional athlete, family man, manager, rivalry, husband wife relationship, world champion ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 1982
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Official Competition (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent ...
Style: comedy drama, entertaining, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: businessman, filmmaking, filmmaker, eccentric woman, gays and lesbians, professional rivalry, ambition, coworker relationship, teamwork, escapades, understanding, co worker co worker relationship ...
Place: iberian peninsula
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 6.9
 12K
C'est la vie! (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Canada, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper- sensitive singer who thinks he's a Gallic James Brown, and a ...
Style: light, humorous, feel good, tragicomedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: wedding planner, event planner, wedding, wedding party, plan gone awry, coworker relationship, interracial romance, extramarital affair, bride and groom, uninhibited rivalry, rivals, rivalry ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: france, paris france
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If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 304 min.
TV show
Story: This mini-series focuses on two people, Tracy Whitney and Jeff Stevens. In the beginning, Tracy was an innocent, who was in love and pregnant, with the son of an affluent family. Obviously her family did not approve of her. She would sent ot prison ...
Style: romantic, entertaining, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: diamond theft, art thief, romantic rivalry, couples, caper, revenge, possessed human, mentor protege relationship, chess, con artists, women's prison, professional rivalry ...
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A Taste of Summer (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Gabby Ferrar moves to the town of Bright Shore, Massachusetts to open a restaurant after a stint as a sous chef in New York. Upon arrival, she encounters Caleb Delaney, a single father who runs his own restaurant and coaches the girls’ softball ...
Style: romantic, light, touching, realistic
Plot: love, restaurant owner, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, competition, in laws, professional rivalry, male female relationship, chef, fall in love, family relations, contest ...
Place: new york, new england
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WWE Judgment Day (2005)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Judgment Day (2005) was the seventh annual PPV of the same name and took place on May 22, 2005 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was presented by Clearasil. The event featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, captivating
Plot: wrestling, martial arts tournament, sporting event, professional sports, professional wrestler, title bout, professional rivalry, mixed martial arts, martial arts, arena, rivalry, champion ...
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 5.1
 310
Ring Girls (2005)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Based on true events, Ring Girls is a fast paced story about five gorgeous young American women from Las Vegas who train under their mentor, Master Toddy. These five fighters take on the ultimate challenge of fighting the best female Muay Thai ...
Style: thrilling, captivating
Plot: boxing, female fight, boxer, muay thai, martial arts tournament, professional sports, female athlete, female protagonist, martial arts, boxing champion, boxing match, female boxer ...
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 7.5
 129
AEW All Out (2022)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 237 min.
Story: All Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by All Elite Wrestling. It took place on September 4, 2022 in Illinois, and featured fifteen matches, including four on the Zero Hour pre-show. In the main event, CM Punk defeated Jon ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, captivating
Plot: wrestling, professional wrestling, martial arts tournament, martial arts, sporting event, professional wrestler, professional rivalry, professional sports, title bout, fight, champion, competitor ...
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The Basketeers (2011)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Style: captivating, entertaining
Plot: basketball, friend, teenage boy, youth, boy, teenager, high school basketball, sport team, basketball player, basketball team, teamwork, contests and competitions ...
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 6.7
 147
WWF Backlash (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Story: Backlash (2001) was a PPV presented by Castrol GTX. It took place on April 29, 2001 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, and was the third event under the Backlash chronology. The main event was a tag team match for the WWF Championship, ...
Style: captivating, exciting, entertaining
Plot: wrestling, arena, professional rivalry, professional sports, professional wrestler, sporting event, competitor, muscleman, fistfight, wrestler, combat, professional wrestling ...
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WWE Hell in a Cell (2009)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Hell in a Cell (2009) was a PPV presented by Ubisoft's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up, which took place on October 4, 2009 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It was the first Hell in a Cell event. Each of the main event ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, captivating
Plot: wrestling, professional rivalry, fistfight, sporting event, title bout, professional wrestling, contest, champion, rivalry, muscleman, wrestler, fight ...
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Mothers of Champions (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
TV show
Style: captivating
Plot: athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, multiple perspectives, professional rivalry, coach, family relations, parents and children, world championship wrestling, mother son relationship, point of view, swimming ...
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WWE Clash of Champions (2017)
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Story: WWE Clash of Champions comed to TD Garden in Boston, Mass. in this high-stakes SmackDown LIVE pay-per-view stacked with title clashes, including WWE Champion AJ Styles against former titleholder Jinder Mahal, absolutely anything can happen.
Style: exciting, entertaining, captivating
Plot: wrestling, professional rivalry, professional sports, sporting event, female wrestler, muscleman, professional wrestling, champion, combat, rivalry, wrestler, arena ...
Place: boston
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The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When his wife dies, Carl offers his only son, Janeau, 12, a fresh start. They move to Mont Saint-Hilaire, where Janeau makes friends with Julie, a talented Pee-Wee hockey goalie determined to compete in the annual World Tournament held in Quebec. ...
Style: inspirational, captivating, light, entertaining
Plot: ice hockey, teammate, championship, sport team, friendship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, rise to the top, athlete's life, rivalry, professional rivalry, friends ...
Place: quebec
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Born a Champion (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time ...
Style: tense, captivating, inspirational
Plot: jujitsu, fight, professional sports, contests and competitions, combat, rivalry, battles, boxing champion, life is a bitch, athlete's life, martial arts, professional rivalry ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
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 5.7
 496
The Tournament (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Budapest International Chess Tournament. The most likely winner: Cal Fournier (22), French champion, immature genius, socially awkward, compulsive player. But this time, an unusual 9-years-old Hungarian opponent disrupts this smooth-running routine.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, sincere
Audience: teens
Plot: chess, youth, genius, prodigy, competition, ambition, rivalry, misfit, contests and competitions, bet, coach, professional rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hungary, budapest
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Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (2002)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player. Tired of being compared and downgraded at, he abandoned playing soccer until a boy from his new highschool discovered him and ...
Style: anime, captivating, shounen
Audience: kids
Plot: soccer, competition, talent, school, football, professional sports, football player, team, sport competition, professional rivalry, contests and competitions, student ...
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Record of Youth (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: In a cutthroat world where the life you’re born into decides your success, three aspiring youths are determined to change that perception as they fight for their dreams.
Style: dorama, touching, sincere, captivating, light ...
Plot: makeup artist, love triangle, youth, actor, follow your dream, fandom, modeling, professional rivalry, fashion, declaration of love, multiple contestants, entertainment ...
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