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The Damned United (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous ...
Style: factual, inspirational, tense, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: soccer, football, discipline, biopic, soccer coach, friendship, ambition, mentor, training, rivalry, justice, life philosophy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2009, 60s, year 1974
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, mallorca ...
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 5.3
 2K
Tapped Out (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mixed martial arts, martial arts, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, youth, rivalry, vengeance, young heroes, fight, college, ambition, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Four fighters different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in heir midst.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, martial arts tournament, fight, streetfighting, boxer, kickboxing, kickboxer, cage fighting, athlete and trainer, martial arts training, bully, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
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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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Scorpion in Love (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Julian (Álex González) and his friend Luis (Miguel Angel Silvestre) are two neighborhood boys who are part of a gang of violent neo-Nazis, led by Solis (Javier Bardem). After start training in a gym, Julian is transformed gradually thanks to the ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: racism, boxing, athlete and trainer, fall in love, gang, redemption, starting over, male nudity, society, neo nazi, nazism, nationalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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 6.5
 10K
Gladiator (1992)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to save his fathers life and using the money pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, harsh, hood ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, friendship, underdog, contests and competitions, urban ghetto life, against the odds, human spirit, hopes, athlete and trainer, unlikely friendships, ambition, boxer ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: chicago, cuba, british columbia, usa
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 5.6
 34K
Fighting (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When ...
Style: intense, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: street fighter, boxing, martial arts, boxer, battles, streetfighting, athlete and trainer, mixed martial arts, life philosophy, rags to riches, brutality, hip hop ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, alabama ...
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 6.9
 37K
The Rookie (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: baseball, underdog, father son relationship, high school, human spirit, teacher, rags to riches, following a dream, family relations, baseball coach, against the odds, grownups ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, 90s, 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, orlando florida
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The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings ...
Style: inspirational, humorous, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, sport team, happy ending, childhood, athlete and trainer, competition, underdog, foe turned friend, youth, redemption, self discovery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota
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 5.8
 86K
Semi-Pro (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of ...
Style: funny, inspirational, entertaining, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: basketball, championship, sport team, coach, mentor, competition, basketball team, justice, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: michigan, usa
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The Prize Fighter (2003)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a life of hard knocks and wrong turns, boxer Ed Jones gets a second chance at fulfilling his life long dream of a World Boxing Championship. With the help of veteran promoter, Arliss King and the guidance of a former champ, Ed embarks on the ...
Style: realistic, captivating, exciting, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, athlete and trainer, hopes, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, boxer, championship, contests and competitions, self destructing, death of wife, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 3.6
 491
Motocross Kids (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Evan Reed is the best motocross coach in the country. After leading his daughter Callie to the national championships, he decides to set his sights on a more personal challenge: saving a local dirt track from an evil biker gang. When Evan's ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, light, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: motocross, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, ambition, against the odds, rivalry, athlete's life, family relations, human spirit, lifestyle, rising to stardom, gang ...
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 4.5
 516
Blinder (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ex footballer embroiled in a scandal returns hometown clear his name and reignite an old flame.
Style: realistic, uplifting, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, ambition, human spirit, against the odds, homecoming, sport team, rivalry, haunted by the past, hopes, friendship, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 6.5
 994
Gallants (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, light ...
Plot: martial arts, athlete and trainer, save the day, rivalry, master warrior, hopes, ambition, martial arts tournament, society, friendship, violent content, heroes ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china
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From the Rough (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Style: captivating, uplifting, serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: golf, against the odds, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, once in a lifetime opportunity, lifestyle, social misfits, hopes, ambition, teacher ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
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The Longshots (2008)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, human spirit, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, battle of the sexes, football, rivalry, youth, underdog, gender, black, hip hop ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
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Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
Style: uplifting, sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golf, wise man, christian, human spirit, teaching the ways of the world, ambition, introspection, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, athlete's life, hopes, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
Is relevant ?
 5.3
 45K
Balls of Fury (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: rivalry, redemption, olympics, fbi, ping pong, prodigy, athlete and trainer, ambition, talent, contests and competitions, hopes, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: german democratic republic, latin america, central america, seoul, reno nevada
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Rookie of the Year (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, exciting, epic, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing ...
Plot: baseball, childhood, children, underdog, sport team, contests and competitions, mentor, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
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 7.3
 41K
Slap Shot (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Style: humorous, funny, inspirational, cult classic, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, underdog, sport team, violence, competition, mentor, partner, ambition, adaptation, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, canada
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Against the Ropes (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Style: inspirational, intense, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, fight scenes, rags to riches, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete and trainer, rivalry, lifestyle, human spirit, underdog, boxer ...
Time: year 2004, 70s, year 1972
Place: ohio, usa, michigan, detroit, los angeles ...
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 6.4
 33K
Hardball (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Style: feel good, suspense, emotional, serious, tear jerker ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underdog, baseball, gambling, poverty, children, gang, redemption, brutality, gangster, addiction, urban ghetto life, gambling debt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, detroit, usa, illinois
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The Last Axel (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Figure skater Katya suffers because of her father, who is a real domestic tyrant. After his unexpected death, she comes to Moscow to train with a tough coach and take part in the World Championships. She may have the opportunity to get a grant and ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, uplifting, inspirational
Plot: figure skating, athlete and trainer, ice skater, robot, tyrant, society, tyranny, destiny, following a dream, personal trainer, career, father daughter relationship ...
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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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Shadow Boxing 3. The Final Round (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Champion boxer Artyom Kolchin climbed all conceivable heights and became a national hero. He does not enter the boxing ring any more, rather choosing a coaching job and wild high life, including continuous TV appearances, hanging out and love ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot: boxing, ambition, athlete's life, power relations, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, uncover truth, chases and races, graphic violence, violent content, car chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, hong kong
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The Bronx Is Burning (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Bronx Is Burning is a television drama that debuted on ESPN on July 9, 2007, after the 2007 MLB Home Run Derby. It is an eight-episode mini-series adapted from Jonathan Mahler's best-selling book, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning. ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, clever ...
Plot: major league, self involved, athlete and trainer, rising to stardom, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete's life, coach, manager, championship, campaign, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Football Rules Ok (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, offbeat
Plot: lifestyle, athlete's life, obsession, unlikely partners, athlete and trainer, family problems, abduction, husband wife relationship, fan, bet, hiding place, idol ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: germany
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MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being ousted from his hockey team, the Seattle Simians, and having to hit the road after being falsely accused of league misconduct. Jack ends up in the city, where he's befriended by Ben, a homeless ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: skateboard, youth, friendship, monkey actor, athlete's life, against the odds, contests and competitions, buddies, athlete and trainer, ambition, monkey, ape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
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Mike Bassett: Manager (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Mike Bassett: Manager is a British TV comedy series, which began transmitting from 29 September 2005 on ITV. It is a follow-up to the film Mike Bassett: England Manager, and stars Ricky Tomlinson in the title role, Steve Edge as his assistant, and ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: soccer, athlete and trainer, ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, sport team, manager, football, underdog, couple relations, friends, hypnosis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.
Style: realistic, humorous, black comedy, semi serious
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: basketball, true love, friendship, hopes, rivalry, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, human spirit, athlete and trainer, buddies, ambition ...
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