42 (2013) | 7.5 | |
Blue Mountain State (2010) | 8.3 | |
The Blind Side (2009) | 7.6 | |
Run Milkha Run (2013) | 8.2 | |
Pain & Gain (2013) | 6.4 |
Athlete's life movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant athlete's life movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, feel good, exciting and touching films and TV shows about / with ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes, athlete and trainer, friends, lifestyle, coach and power relations plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, Germany, Canada and other countries.
athlete's life
TOP 10 movies tagged as athlete's life: Blue Mountain State (2010), Fast Girls (2012), The Blind Side (2009), The Fighter (2010), Make It or Break It (2009), The Miracle of Bern (2003), Fair Play (2014), Kingdom (2014), Pele: Birth of a Legend (2016), Million Dollar Baby (2004).
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Three incoming freshmen attending Midwestern college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing.
Style:
humorous, not serious, sitcom, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
college, american football, youth, athlete's life, sexual activity, college life, teenage life, abuse, disorder, social relations, ambition, looking for sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, exciting, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
running, follow your dream, contests and competitions, society, sport team, lifestyle, friendship, athlete's life, ego clash, social differences, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, human spirit, family drama, christian, interracial relations, football, rising to stardom, racism, interracial adoption ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee, america, boston, mississippi ...
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387K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, realistic, uplifting, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, arrest, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new jersey, america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the world of competitive gymnastics, the series follows a group of teen Olympic hopefuls as they train for their day in the spotlight.
Style:
feel good, serious, captivating, teen, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gymnastics, athlete's life, youth, olympics, friends, follow your dream, female athlete, ambition, social relations, rivalry, gymnast, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, hawaii, colorado
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, feel good, sentimental
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, working class, pow, follow your dream, human spirit, against the odds, contests and competitions, football, hopes, ambition, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 50s, post world war two, 1950s
Place:
west germany, budapest, europe, germany, hungary ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
female athlete, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, family relations, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, contests and competitions, society, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
czechoslovakia, europe, czech republic
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Argentina
TV show
Story:
This gritty dramatization of the life of Carlos Tevez shows his rise to soccer stardom amid the harrowing conditions in Argentina's Fuerte Apache.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, touching, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, football, sport team, soccer coach, football player, football team, playing football, success, ambition, sporting event, prodigy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
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20K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
athlete's life, mixed martial arts, ex convict, brother brother relationship, martial arts, gym, father son relationship, drug addiction, sibling relationship, competition, family problems, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, venice california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
following a dream, soccer, athlete's life, football, rags to riches, rise to the top, contests and competitions, football player, prodigy, ambition, rivalry, youth ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
brazil, latin america, africa, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, depressing, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, human spirit, female athlete, euthanasia, boxing trainer, strong female lead ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, europe, las vegas, london ...
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11K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
Style:
uplifting, independent film, captivating, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, bullying, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, mentor, female fight, lifestyle, human spirit, violent content ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie “Cloud 9″ tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
snowboarding, follow your dream, parents and children, couples, opposites attract, athlete's life, contests and competitions, snowboard, ski resort, extreme sport, snow, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
utah, usa, seattle
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant ...
Style:
inspirational, intense, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
football, high school, american football, sport team, coach, underdog, youth, high school football, championship, athlete's life, career, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, midwest, houston texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, cult classic, meditative, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, olympics, biopic, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, follow your dream, ambition, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 2013, 60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1947 ...
Place:
india, middle east, asia, pakistan
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102K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, emotional, touching, factual ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
racism, baseball, african american, athlete and trainer, civil rights, rise to the top, hopes, human spirit, racial segregation, athlete's life, against the odds, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1947 ...
Place:
africa, new york, usa, new orleans, pittsburgh ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school life, couples, high school, couple relations, girlfriend, friendship, teenage life, youth, teenage love, friends, basketball, family relations ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Leila is released from prison after five years of confinement. She will meet Yannick, a young athlete who became blind after an accident. This last practice race despite his disability, but to run it must be connected by a wire to guide a person ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot:
disability, running, athlete's life, human spirit, ambition, friendship, released from prison, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, hopes, blind character, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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256K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, dramatic, sentimental, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, father daughter relationship, athlete's life, death of wife, tragedy, contests and competitions, down on your luck, grief, parenthood, family relations, rise and fall ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, madison square garden manhattan new york city, usa, new york, las vegas ...
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228K
Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, ...
Style:
stylized, dark comedy, humorous, funny, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
american dream, kidnapping, buddies, athlete's life, money, friends, group of criminals, hot and sexy, stupidity, bodybuilding, dark humor, scam ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 20th century, year 1995, year 1994 ...
Place:
miami, florida, usa, bahamas, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style:
touching, inspirational, motivational, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, biopic, boxer, athlete's life, poverty, depression, motivation, financial problem, family bonds ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, year 2006, 2000s, 1920s ...
Place:
new jersey, netherlands, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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170K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, touching, hood, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
basketball, teacher, high school, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, life philosophy, athlete's life, human spirit, dedicated educator, sport team ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california
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30K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once ...
Style:
feel good, teen, inspirational, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
gymnastics, teenager, rebelliousness, athlete and trainer, rivalry, gymnast, friends, contests and competitions, high school, competition, fighting the system, adolescence ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa, houston texas
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91K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, dimwit, underdog, success, fame, bouncer, misfit, love story, relationships, fight scenes, friendship ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, nova scotia, canada, canada, quebec
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Artem Kolchin was one of many, but he wanted glory. And he has chosen the way: he became the boxer. Now Artem the applicant for a champion title, fighter, known worldwide as Great White Hope. But the main fight in his life has not gone how he ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
boxer, boxing, love affair, athlete's life, ambition, contests and competitions, blindness, rivalry, love and romance, chase, fighting crime, love story ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the ...
Style:
road movie, inspirational, intense, melancholic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, friendship, boxer, unlikely friendships, contests and competitions, athlete's life, hopes, underdog, ambition, road trip, golf, love triangle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, las vegas, los angeles
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231K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder, Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, touching, melancholic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, family outing
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, boxer, athlete's life, life, comeback, training, aging, fight, life philosophy, against the odds, determination ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Ippo, the son of a fishing boat tour owner, takes up boxing to increase his confidence. Through intense training and willpower Ippo claims the Japanese featherweight title.
Style:
anime, captivating, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, youth, ambition, follow your dream, lifestyle, rise to the top, championship, athlete and trainer, tournament, kickass, rags to riches ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
José Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil’s 20th century history. Reminiscent of film noir classics, the biopic tells the glorious and tragic story of the legendary football striker Heleno de ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, stylized, black and white ...
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, couples, womanizer, life is a bitch, rivalry, bad attitude, drug abuse, troublemaker, sport team ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mike Bassett: England Manager is an hilarious British Comedy that stars Ricky Thomlinson. Featuring Cameos from Barry Venison, Gabby Yorath, Atomic Kitten and Pele.When the England manager has a heart attack, footballs' top brass turn to Mike ...
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot:
soccer, football, athlete's life, rise to the top, profanity, ambition, lifestyle, sport team, athlete and trainer, underdog, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, rio de janeiro, brazil, europe, latin america ...
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