Contest movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant contest movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, captivating, cult classic, exciting, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with contest, rivalry, competition, contests and competitions, ambition, family relations, father son relationship, tournament, husband wife relationship and love plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Adventure genres shot in USA, Japan, Canada and other countries.
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contest movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as contest: SK8 the Infinity (2021), One Man and His Cow (2016), Brave (2012), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Would You Rather (2012), The Saddest Music in the World (2003), Pumpkin Pie Wars (2016), Paper Planes (2014), I, Tonya (2017), Cars (2006).

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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Iceland, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two small-town aspiring musicians chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.
Style: feel good, romantic, funny, touching, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: musician, contest, father son relationship, small town, rivalry, competition, love, seaside town, ethnic stereotype, underdog, fisherman, ambition ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: iceland, edinburgh scotland, reykjavik iceland
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SK8 the Infinity (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: "S" is a dangerous, top secret, no-holds-barred downhill skateboarding race down an abandoned mine. When avid skateboarder Reki takes Langa to the mountain where "S" is held, Langa, who's never been on a skateboard in his ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining, light
Plot: skateboard, rivals, competition, high school student, contests and competitions, rivalry, friendship, contest, battles, rookie, snowboard, ambition ...
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One Man and His Cow (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.
Style: road movie
Plot: humility, contest, drunk, customs, butcher, stage magician, magic show, solidarity, muslim, jailed, cow, school ...
Time: year 2016
Place: algeria, france, marseille, paris france
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 7.1
 439K
Brave (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, bear, heroine, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, archer ...
Time: middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place: scotland, scottish highlands, europe
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak, talky ...
Plot: depression, dancing, great depression, social commentary, competition, contest, survival, mental breakdown, cynicism, exhaustion, culture clash, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1969, 1920s
Place: california, usa, los angeles, chicago, dallas texas ...
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, surreal, visual ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: chocolate, children, teacher, overweight child, mischievous children, childhood, tour guide, child protagonist, surrealism, factory, grandfather grandson relationship, inventor ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 1900s, 90s, 70s
Place: germany, west germany, paraguay, europe, arizona ...
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Would You Rather (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
Style: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: game of death, survival, game, group of strangers, psychopath, danger, torture, deathtrap, mind game, moral dilemma, confinement indoors, choice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000. Contestants flock in from around the globe. Representing America is Chester Kent, a theatre producer who ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, breathtaking, black and white, visual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: beer, music, surrealism, dysfunctional family, contest, great depression, baroness, couple relations, tragic hero, rivalry, family problems, jazz ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2003, year 1933
Place: canada, winnipeg, sarajevo, new york, belgrade serbia ...
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Pumpkin Pie Wars (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Competing bakery owners, Faye McKenzie and Lydia Harper have been feuding for years with the Lake Shore County Harvest Festival’s annual pumpkin pie bake-off at the center of it all. The winner not only gets bragging rights and a trophy, but a ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, culinary, light, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, family outing
Plot: cooking and food, cooking, contest, romantic relationship, baker, happy ending, family relations, cook-off, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, shakespeare's romeo and juliet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ohio
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 6.2
 5K
Paper Planes (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film tells the story of 11-year-old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould), who is brought up by his father (Sam Worthington) in a remote town in the country of Australia. Dylan’s life is changed forever when he wins a place in the regional Paper Plane ...
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: boy, competition, contest, coming of age, ambition, family relations, contests and competitions, parents and children, championship, youth, winner, tournament ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: japan, australia, tokyo, asia
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 7.5
 241K
I, Tonya (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, rough, twisted ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: competition, abusive mother, figure skating, ice skater, female protagonist, violence, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence, abuse, winter olympics, sport competition, fbi investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2017, year 1992, 80s ...
Place: oregon, detroit, portland oregon, minneapolis minnesota
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 7.2
 464K
Cars (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country ...
Style: exciting, feel good, light, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: car, friendship, car race, road trip, small town, happy ending, social relations, mentor, auto racing, on the road, racing, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2006, year 2016, 1950s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: arizona, california, madagascar, los angeles, usa
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A Sweet Christmas Romance (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When food stylist Holly returns home for Christmas, she learns that the elderly owner of her favorite childhood bakery is retiring and has started a contest to give the bakery away to whoever can recreate her famous 12 Days of Christmas recipes. ...
Style: feel good, funny, light, sweet, romantic comedy
Plot: christmas, contest, christmas romance, rivalry, happy ending, male female relationship, love, promise, love and romance, adaptation, society, couples ...
Place: maine
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Just Desserts (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Marco Poloni's family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Marco then decides to enter a baking competition hoping that the money and publicity will help ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, sex comedy
Audience: date night
Plot: restaurant, food, cooking and food, cooking, contest, ambition, lifestyle, relationship vs career, workplace, rivalry, love affair, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Christmas Contest (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Exes Lara and Ben compete in a Christmas contest to win money for the charity of their choosing. The city watches them battle and choose what is more important, victory or love.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: christmas, contest, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, fund raising, christmas romance, christmas present, ex couple relations, money, rivalry, xmas, christmas spirit, competitor ...
Place: denver colorado
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real ...
Style: horror comedy, slasher, suspense, dark, minimal cast ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: mansion, party, rain, whodunit, paranoia, drug addict, infidelity, sword, contest, jealousy, handgun, cocaine ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.5
 123K
Rat Race (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for ...
Style: funny, road movie, humorous, hilarious, light ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, date night
Plot: treasure hunt, road trip, on the road, chase, bet, mother daughter reunion, escapades, casino, gambling, rivalry, chases and races, race ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, new mexico, cuba, nevada
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Please Stand By (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on ...
Style: road movie, sentimental, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot: autism, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, pet dog, manuscript, asperger's syndrome, on the road, contest, writers, road trip, self discovery, police officer ...
Place: usa, los angeles, san francisco, california, oakland california
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 6.3
 69K
Guns Akimbo (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, funny, action comedy ...
Plot: game of death, survival, hacker, game, struggle for survival, violence, one against many, chase, female warrior, drug, fight, heroes ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
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 5.8
 59K
Over the Top (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life ...
Style: intense, inspirational, serious, action packed, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: father son relationship, arm wrestling, truck driver, underdog, truck, athlete's life, road trip, on the road, custody, contests and competitions, ambition, death of mother ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, los angeles
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 6.0
 36K
The Tournament (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, chase, martial arts, hitman, tournament, competition, game of death, female fighter, female martial artist, fight, fight to the death, assassin ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: england, britain, miami, united kingdom, brazil
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 6.1
 16K
The Wizard (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Corey (Fred Savage) refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy (Luke Edwards) be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis), who notices that Jimmy has a special ...
Style: road movie, touching, melancholic, intense, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, video game, competition, on the road, child, children, teenager, kids and family, underdog, computer game, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: california, nevada, utah, usa, reno nevada
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Mix Up in the Mediterranean (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Malta
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A small-town cook impersonates his big city chef twin to compete in a culinary contest and falls for the woman in charge of the event, who thinks he is the brother who is married.
Style: culinary, emotional, entertaining, inspirational, sweet ...
Plot: gay, dual role, contest, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, life philosophy, contests and competitions, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, career, cooking show, lie ...
Place: alaska, new york, malta
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Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Boruto is the son of the 7th Hokage Naruto who completely rejects his father. Behind this, he has feelings of wanting to surpass Naruto, who is respected as a hero. He ends up meeting his father's friend Sasuke, and requests to become... his ...
Style: anime, manga, exciting, humorous, captivating
Plot: friendship, father son relationship, teamwork, naruto, training, heroes, battles, competition, trap, teacher, interview, contest ...
Place: japan
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New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min.
Story: The first movie in a trilogy, focusing on the battle against the Takahashi brothers. High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop during late nights. Little ...
Style: anime, stylized, exciting, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: street racing, car race, contest, rivalry, auto racing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, car chase, contests and competitions, father son relationship, youth, master ...
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Sexy American Idle (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: This ultra-sexy spoof of the hit TV show "American Idol" finds a small town putting on a splashy talent competition that features an endless parade of inept performers, bizarre personalities, talentless hacks and a quartet of eccentric ...
Style: parody, sex comedy, satirical, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: sex spoof, talent show, contest, silly humor, humour, seduction, sexploitation, attempted seduction, absurd humor, sexual humor, sexual fantasy, satire ...
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 695
Le Grand Chef (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young, incredibly talented chef quits the profession after a contest to head a world-class restaurant ends in tragedy. Retiring to a small rural town with his grandfather, he finds a new and more peaceful existence, working as a farmer and selling ...
Style: humorous, serious, sincere, suspenseful
Plot: chef, food, cooking competition, childhood, ambition, competition, culinary arts, father son relationship, love, family secret, orphan, descendant ...
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 52
Vibe (2012)
Country: USA
Duration: 1 min.
TV show
Story: Shorts about the DC superhero Vibe competing in a break-dancing competition with his sidekick Daniel. Vibe must defeat the robot Extreme-O, created by Professor Ivo , who is disguised as the judge of the break dancing competition.
Style: suspense, captivating, humorous, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: superhero, super powers, supernatural power, contest, hip hop, adaptation, dancing, rivalry, superpower, society, friendship, super villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Once in a Lifetime (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on a true story. In Léon Blum high school in Créteil (France), a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class take a national history competition. This will change them.
Style: realistic, sincere, semi serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot: high school, ambition, dedicated educator, teachers and students, teenage life, contests and competitions, youth, shoah, school, contest, humanity, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, brussels, brussels belgium
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Asylum Seekers (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.
Style: semi serious, realistic, surreal, humorous, surprise ending ...
Plot: dark humor, contests and competitions, mental institution, surrealism, art, eccentricity, mental breakdown, contest, alternate reality
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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