Athlete and trainer movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant athlete and trainer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, inspirational, captivating, exciting and sentimental films and TV shows about / with athlete and trainer, power relations, coach, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes, youth and motivation plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, Germany, Russia and other countries.
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athlete and trainer movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as athlete and trainer: 4 Minute Mile (2014), Peaceful Warrior (2006), The Gabby Douglas Story (2014), Coach Carter (2005), Glory Road (2006), Stick It (2006), Never Back Down (2008), McFarland, USA (2015), Creed (2015), When the Game Stands Tall (2014).

List of athlete and trainer movies

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4 Minute Mile (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
Style: realistic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, serious ...
Plot: track and field, single parent, running, training, high school, athlete and trainer, brother brother relationship, family problems, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, teenage life, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style: inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, philosophy, human spirit, life philosophy, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, coach ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: tibet, california, usa
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The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: gymnastics, athlete and trainer, family relations, siblings relations, rivalry, athlete's life, follow your dream, contests and competitions, supportive parent, ambition, rise to the top, single parent ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, year 1995, year 2010, year 2009 ...
Place: usa, iowa, london, new york
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 7.3
 170K
Coach Carter (2005)
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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 7.2
 49K
Glory Road (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style: inspirational, emotional, sincere, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, teens, kids
Plot: basketball, underdog, racism, athlete and trainer, coach, college, racial slur, teamwork, racial segregation, justice, unlikely friendships, civil rights ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place: texas, usa, america, mexico, maryland ...
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 6.4
 30K
Stick It (2006)
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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 6.5
 106K
Never Back Down (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Rebellious Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fight Scene at his new high school, after receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family Jake decides to seek the mentoring of a veteran fighter who trains him for one final ...
Style: inspirational, serious, exciting, intense, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: martial arts, high school, athlete and trainer, youth, fight, teenager, boxing, rivalry, teenage life, streetfighting, lesbian sex, contests and competitions ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, orlando florida, brazil
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 7.4
 42K
McFarland, USA (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Style: inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, kids
Plot: teacher, underdog, coach, track and field, high school, athlete and trainer, human spirit, mentor, teenager, school, competition, dedicated educator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, palo alto california
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 7.6
 309K
Creed (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Style: inspirational, suspense, emotional, brutal, sentimental ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: boxing, underdog, boxer, fight, training, athlete and trainer, coach, legacy, mentor, boxing match, courage, gym ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, year 1998, 90s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa, mexico, pennsylvania, los angeles ...
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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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 8.1
 495K
Warrior (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style: emotional, rough, serious, inspirational, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, boxing, courage, brother brother relationship, fight scenes, underdog, muscleman, teacher, brothers, estrangement, father son relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
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 7.1
 80K
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Style: inspirational, hood, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: american football, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, african american, prison, underdog, youth, redemption, football, competition, life philosophy, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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 6.8
 1K
1000 to 1 (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Cory Weissman is a college basketball player who suffers a devastating stroke. He perseveres to find new meaning in his life both on, and more importantly, off the court.
Style: captivating, emotional, serious, motivational, inspirational ...
Plot: rehabilitation, college, basketball, ambition, basketball player, hopes, against the odds, therapist, recovery, human spirit, disability, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star ...
Style: funny, humorous, sexy, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: tennis, male nudity, teacher, mentor, stereotypes, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, misfit, youth, lifestyle, school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa
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 6.0
 15K
Wildcats (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Style: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, light, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: american football, football, coach, high school football, high school, rivalry, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer, mother daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody battle ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago
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 8.4
 1K
Playmakers (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 491 min.
TV show
Story: Playmakers is an American television series that aired on ESPN from August 26, 2003 to November 11, 2003. It depicted the lives of the Cougars, a fictional professional football team in an unidentified city. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, rough
Plot: american football, deal, athlete's life, against the odds, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, ego clash, coach, slick ...
Time: 21st century
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Friday Night Lights (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. The series takes place in the fictional town of Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas. Particular focus is given to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, football, athlete and trainer, american football, coach, sport team, friendship, contests and competitions, cheerleader, small town, teenage boy, teenager ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, hawaii, southern usa, usa
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 7.2
 23K
The Express (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, emotional, factual, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: american football, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, biopic, mentor, friendship, courage, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, cleveland ohio
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Baggio: The Divine Ponytail (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A chronicle biopic of the 22-year career of soccer star Roberto Baggio, including depictions of his difficult debut as a player, his deep rifts with some of his coaches, his triumph over injuries and personal discovery of Buddism.
Style: thought provoking, captivating
Plot: football, soccer, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, life, football player, soccer coach, playing football, price of fame, career change, rising to stardom, european ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 20th century, year 2000, year 1985 ...
Place: italy
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 7.5
 102K
42 (2013)
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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Chok Dee: The Kickboxer (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dida Diafat plays himself in this story based around his thai boxing career.
Style: sincere, exciting, rough, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, athlete and trainer, rise to the top, going straight, starting over, ambition, rivalry, human spirit, athlete's life, juvenile delinquency, prison life, kickass ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, asia, thailand, france
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Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok -- and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of scandalous behavior. Known as the "Fab ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, teen
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: cheerleader, high school, hardcase students, against the rules, society, teenage life, sport team, athlete and trainer, rebelliousness, youth, rebellion, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austin texas, texas
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 7.1
 11K
Forever Strong (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for his rival, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick ...
Style: realistic, serious, inspirational, motivational, disturbing ...
Audience: manly, family outing
Plot: rugby, coach, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, father son relationship, human spirit, redemption, ambition, starting over, teenage life, motivation ...
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 7.4
 51K
Hoosiers (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
Style: inspirational, realistic, exciting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: basketball, high school, small town, underdog, alcoholic, high school basketball, father son relationship, championship, basketball coach, coach, athlete and trainer, redemption ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1986, 50s
Place: indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana
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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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Believe in Me (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, spiritual, inspirational
Audience: family outing
Plot: basketball, small town, underdog, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, prodigy, hopes, rivalry, against the odds, human spirit, dedicated educator ...
Time: 60s, year 2006
Place: oklahoma, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 134K
King Richard (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
Style: inspirational, thought provoking, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: tennis, athlete and trainer, father daughter relationship, biopic, athlete's life, strict father, black, african american, family relations, coach, rivalry, real life ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
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 5.5
 459
Junior League (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: In the town of Podolsk, The Bears hockey club hires a new coach, Sergei Makeyev, a former National Hockey League player, who sets out to get the club to the Junior Hockey League and make The Bears a successful team.
Style: romantic, captivating, touching, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: ice hockey, sport team, youth, team, friendship, parent child relationship, couples, athlete and trainer, love, coach, first love, betrayal ...
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
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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