Contests and competitions movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant contests and competitions movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, exciting, serious, humorous, feel good and entertaining films and TV shows about / with contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, friendship, fight, competition, youth, dancing, teenager and survival plots mostly in Drama, Action and Comedy genres shot in USA, Japan, Canada and other countries.
contests and competitions
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contests and competitions movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as contests and competitions: Battle Royale (2000), The Starving Games (2013), Battle of the Year (2013), Here Comes the Boom (2012), The Karate Kid (2010), Gamer (2009), Real Steel (2011), She's the Man (2006), Pitch Perfect (2012), Million Dollar Baby (2004).

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 7.5
 194K
Battle Royale (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: game of death, survival, death, dystopia, suicide, gory, desperation, cruelty, social commentary, school class, dystopian future, contests and competitions ...
Time: future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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The Starving Games (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In this Hunger Games spoof, Kantmiss Evershot must fight for her life in the 75th annual Starving Games, where she could also win an old ham, a coupon for a foot-long sub, and a partially eaten pickle.
Style: parody, not serious, spoof, humorous, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: contests and competitions, danger, disorder, survival, cheerleader, fight, female protagonist, toilet humor, struggle for survival, satire, dystopia, food ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Battle of the Year (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
Style: realistic, exciting, captivating, serious, vintage
Audience: teens
Plot: dancing, contests and competitions, underdog, lifestyle, dancer's life, power relations, artists and showbiz, athlete and trainer, dance, music, street dance, hip hop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, france
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Here Comes the Boom (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.
Style: inspirational, funny, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: underdog, teacher, martial arts, contests and competitions, mixed martial arts, against the odds, dedicated educator, teachers and students, boxing, lifestyle change, ambition, coach ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa, las vegas
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 6.2
 204K
The Karate Kid (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: 12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, feel good, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: teachers and students, kung fu, martial arts, human spirit, boy, bullying, contests and competitions, perseverance, coach, underdog, coming of age, teacher ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: china, beijing china, america, asia, michigan ...
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 5.7
 139K
Gamer (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, action packed, cyber, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mind control, distopia, virtual reality, cyberspace, dystopian future, cyberpunk, danger, contests and competitions, computers and web, chases and races, technology, hacker ...
Time: year 2009, near future, 2000s, 2030s, future ...
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 7.1
 353K
Real Steel (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the near-future, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After Charlie's robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Style: futuristic, feel good, exciting, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: boxing, robot, father son relationship, underdog, androids and robots, technology, against the odds, parents and children, boy, contests and competitions, artificial intelligence, arena ...
Time: future, year 2011, 2010s, near future, 2020s ...
Place: usa, iran, detroit, austin texas, brazil
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 6.4
 174K
She's the Man (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Viola Johnson is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, soccer, cross dressing, tomboy, roommate, teenage love, teen romance, high school life, teenage life, hidden identity, gender disguise ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, london
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 7.1
 329K
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, teen, funny ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: music, youth, competition, female friendship, college life, teenager, college, rivalry, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, friends ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)
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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Lucky Trouble (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Who said you have to win to be a champion? Slava Kolotiloff, a schoolteacher from a sleepy seaside town by the name of "Fingers" comes to conquer Moscow with the manuscript to his first novel in hand. But instead, quite by accident, he ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: wedding, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, soccer, street kid, against the odds, disorder, mistaken identity, race against time, coach, street urchin, sport team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, moscow russia
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 6.8
 155K
Glee (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition ...
Style: feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, gay, coach, teenage life, youth, cheerleader, friendship, contests and competitions, outcast, teenage girl, gay teenager, music band ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, idaho, usa
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The Hunger Games (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style: exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing
Plot: survival, female protagonist, distopia, death, game of death, contests and competitions, competition, youth, danger, heroine, society, rivalry ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
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The Future Diary (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Yukiteru Amano (Yuki) is a loner who never really interact with people and prefers writing a diary on his cell phone with his only companion being an imaginary friend named Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: danger, survival, teenage life, contests and competitions, battles, foreknowledge, supernatural, loner, social misfits, diary, misfit, predicting the future ...
Time: future
Place: japan, asia
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Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style: romantic, teen, inspirational, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, youth, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, music, dance contest, street dance, contests and competitions, competition ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: maryland, usa, baltimore
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Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2015)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to ...
Style: anime, captivating, feel good, shounen, ecchi ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: food, cooking, contests and competitions, rivalry, chef, friends, twists and turns, school, recipe, adaptation, longing, direction and purpose ...
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 7.3
 256K
Southpaw (2015)
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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 5.1
 5K
Snow Buddies (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Dylan Sprouse, Jim Belushi and Kris Kristofferson lend their voices to this family-friendly tale about a feisty pack of golden retriever puppies that embarks on an Alaskan adventure. When they find themselves stranded in the northern wilderness, the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, offbeat
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, pets, golden retriever, getting home, animal life, contests and competitions, against the odds, snow, friends, friendship, rescue, dog sled ...
Time: 2000s
Place: alaska, usa
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 8.0
 532K
Squid Game (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: "Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style: suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: survival, game of death, prize, brutality, violence, cruelty, game, most dangerous game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, poverty, graphic violence ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place: south korea
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Deadman Wonderland (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Death is the main attraction in Deadman Wonderland, from the studio that brought you Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy. Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. Heā€™s framed for the carnage, ...
Style: anime, rough, exciting, manga, sad ...
Plot: prison, contests and competitions, young heroes, uncover truth, life turned upside down, false accusation, frame up, dystopian future, society, survival, good versus evil, darkness ...
Time: future
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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Total Drama Island (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Total Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which premiered in Canada on Teletoon on July 8, 2007 and on June 5, 2008 in the U.S. on Cartoon Network. This is the first season of the Total Drama series and has 27 episodes, each 22 ...
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, adult animation, parody ...
Audience: teens, kids, preschool
Plot: reward, group of strangers, youth, contests and competitions, competition, rivalry, island, survival, elimination, friends, self involved, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: fictional island, canada, ontario canada
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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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Kuroko's Basketball (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In the story, Kagami Taiga has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Kuroko Tetsuya of the school's basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary Generation of Miracles basketball team. Together, ...
Style: anime, captivating, exciting, uplifting, tense ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: basketball, youth, contests and competitions, friendship, teenager, rivalry, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, sport competition, champion, adaptation ...
Place: japan
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When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Style: uplifting, captivating, exciting, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, coach, ambition, small town, high school football, youth, football, sport team, christian ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 5.6
 35K
Death Race 2 (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to ...
Style: bloody, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: car chase, contests and competitions, car race, racing, survival, street racing, brutality, car, warden, heroes, rivalry, prison ...
Time: year 2011, future
Place: south africa, iran
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 8.5
 255K
Spartacus (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
Style: epic, sexy, exciting, stylized, sexual ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ancient rome, ancient history, roman empire, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, ambition, battles, sex, slavery, swords and armor, rebel ...
Time: 1st century b.c., ancient times, 1st century, 2000s
Place: ancient greece
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Shall We Dance? (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Style: touching, feel good, inspirational, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: dancing, friendship, couple relations, contests and competitions, couples, follow your dream, marriage, dancer's life, hopes, rags to riches, teachers and students, dance school ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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 6.7
 11K
Girlfight (2000)
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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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers (White) is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka (Adkins) ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: boxing, martial arts, prison, kickboxing, tournament, jail, contests and competitions, prison life, martial artist, tough heroes, heroes, convict ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, usa
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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A small-town girl wins a date with a Hollywood star through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the celebrity, and the girl's best friend.
Style: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: celebrity, love triangle, fall in love, artists and showbiz, hollywood, love and romance, actor's life, social relations, contests and competitions, rivalry, love, movie star ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: virginia, west virginia, los angeles, usa
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