Rugby movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant rugby movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, independent film, touching, humorous and entertaining films and TV shows about / with rugby, rugby player, athlete's life, gay, high school, father son relationship, school, ambition, sport team and teenager plots mostly in Drama, Sport and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rugby: Forever Strong (2008), Invictus (2009), Jo's Boy (2011), In from the Side (2022), Handsome Devil (2016), Prep School (2015), 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005), Up 'n' Under (1998), Society of the Snow (2023), Bakgat 2 (2010).

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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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 7.3
 167K
Invictus (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby ...
Style: uplifting, political, inspirational, sincere, factual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, rugby, human spirit, president, apartheid, politics, leadership, underdog, biopic, politician, idealism, historical character ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa, cape town south africa
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 5.7
 611
Jo's Boy (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Grandson of a legendary rugby player, son of a legendary rugby player, and he himself a legendary rugby player, Jo Canavero raises his only son, Tom, in a small village in the Tarn region. To the great displeasure of Jo, thirteen-year-old Tom is as ...
Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, serious, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: rugby, family relations, follow your dream, parent child relationship, single parent, youth, hopes, parents and children, small town, father son relationship, new beginning, small town life ...
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In from the Side (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two men in a gay men's rugby club must conceal an adulterous affair they unwittingly fall into before it leads to the collapse of the delicate social and political fabric of the club.
Style: psychological, captivating, art house, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot: gay interest, gay, gay romance, rugby, gay crush, lgbt, affair, gay sex, lgbt athlete, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbtq ...
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 7.0
 17K
Handsome Devil (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
Style: touching, captivating, disturbing, teen, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, rugby, school, outcast, friendship between men, friendship, gay teenager, gay slur, rivalry, coming of age, gay crush, humiliation ...
Time: 2000s
Place: ireland
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 5.4
 563
Prep School (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Upon learning of his girlfriend's infidelity, Greg, the star player of his elite private school’s rugby team, suffers an emotional breakdown, leaving his friends and teammates to pick up the pieces and deal with the crisis in their own ways, ...
Style: surprise ending, independent film, ambiguous ending
Plot: rugby, revenge, private school, school, high school, preparatory school, betrayal, controversy, exploitation, gay slur, violence, student ...
Place: california, san francisco
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50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shot in and around the central Otago communities of Omakau, Ophir and Alexandra, A coming-of-age film that centers on overweight 12-year old Billy who is not interested in being a farmer and doesn't care for Rugby. His escape is the fantasy ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, teen fantasy
Plot: friendship, youth, bullying, lgbt, childhood, gay, rugby, teenage love, teenage life, social misfits, lifestyle, misfit ...
Time: 70s, year 1975
Place: new zealand
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 5.6
 963
Up 'n' Under (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten years. Ex-pro Arthur bets their boss that he could train a bunch of deadbeats to defeat them in a local rugby sevens tournament. But to do so he must ...
Style: independent film
Plot: rugby, underdog, fitness, visual impairment, night, bad weather, rugby player, marital argument, aerobics, against the odds, referee, vendetta ...
Time: 90s
Place: yorkshire, northern england
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Society of the Snow (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Chile, Uruguay, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
Style: historical drama, period piece, period drama
Plot: snow, rugby, airplane crash, survival, airplane accident, desperation, crash, mountain, corpse, disaster, male nudity, rescue ...
Time: 70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place: uruguay, chile, andes mountains, south america, latin america
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 5.0
 137
Bakgat 2 (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Unitas u/21 rugby team hero, Wimpie Koekemoer, is offered a contract to play rugby in England. Katrien rehearses a play with autistic children, while doing everything in her power to keep Wimpie in the country. Fanie is struggling to get used to ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, entertaining, humorous, light
Plot: rugby, high school, nerd, college campus, domineering mother, teenage life, teenage love, afrikaans, college, university, rugby player, world
Place: africa
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 6.8
 218
ALL OUT!! (2016)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In rugby, there is no ace striker, there is no number four batter, so who is the star of the team? The story begins at school entrance ceremony of Kanagawa High School where Kenji Gion, a small but gutsy go-getter joins the rugby club. He joins ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, seinen
Plot: rugby, high school, championship, athlete's life, sport team, rugby player, school club, bromance, club, training
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 6.4
 439
Bakgat! (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Katrien (Cherié van der Merwe) is dumped by her boyfriend, high school rugby star Werner (Altus Theart), so he can focus his energy on the sport. To get even, she makes a bet with her friends that she can make a star out of the school's ...
Plot: rugby, high school, geek, spoiled brat, sports star, domineering mother, teenage girl, father son relationship, teenage boy, betrayal, masturbation, teenager ...
Place: africa, south africa
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 6.0
 39
No Side Game (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Mr Kimijima's star at the conglomerate is on the rise until he objects to his manager's pet project. Consequently, he is transferred to a manufacturing factory out in the provinces. Moreover, he is given the reins of the company's ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, entertaining, captivating
Plot: rugby, manager, management, sport team, competitor, workplace, professional sports, ambition, co worker co worker relationship
Place: japan
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 8.2
 104
A Season With (2015)
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story: From the classroom to the locker room to the kick-off each week, viewers are transported behind-the-scenes, beyond the field and into the lives of these student athletes as they compete throughout the season. Go deep inside the world of a Division ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: american football, college football, sport team, athlete and trainer, american football player, rugby player, rugby, soccer coach, ambition, direction and purpose, athlete's life, playing football ...
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 5.5
 16
Try Knights (2019)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Riku Haruma enters high school without a future in sight. He sees people playing like monsters on the ground, jumping higher than anyone else, running fast, deciding to try their best. There, he sees Akira Kariya playing rugby, a sport he was once ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining
Plot: rugby, rugby player, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, sport team, ambition, desire for fame, school, schoolgirl, professional sports, high school life
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 6.5
 769
Mercenary (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Odyssey Saône, a young Wallisian of Caledonian origin, leaves everything behind to try his luck in France as a rugby player. Soane is thirsty for freedom, fighting for recognition that it lacks.
Plot: male nudity, black, male objectification, rugby, male pubic hair, nudity, photography, tattoo, sea, church, cemetery, singing ...
Place: oceania
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 7.1
 157
Head High (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
TV show
Story: This drama charts the rise of high school rugby stars, Mana and Tai. Under the guidance of their step-father coach Vince and police officer mum Renee, the brothers fight to achieve the Kiwi dream of the black jersey.
Style: captivating, disturbing
Plot: athlete and trainer, athlete's life, rugby player, mother son relationship, father son relationship, brothers, teenage life, aspiration, family relations, desire for fame, parents and children, direction and purpose ...
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 8.1
 271
Grand Slam (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story: A group of Welsh rugby fans go over to see Wales play France in the final match of the Six Nations rugby tournament. Caradog Evans goes there also to seek an old flame from his wartime combat in the 1940s. His son, finds a love in Paris too. Written ...
Plot: rugby, jail, female nudity, television, gendarme, camp, old love, stadium
Place: france
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Asterix in Britain (1986)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Denmark
Duration: 79 min.
Story: One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's ...
Style: stylized, humorous, feel good, exciting, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, warrior, roman empire, peplum, ancient, ancient rome, superhero, wild boar, tower, sea, druid, ship ...
Time: 1st century, year 1986, 1st century b.c.
Place: britain, rome italy, europe, england
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This Sporting Life (1963)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: rugby, kitchen sink realism, widow, couples, ambition, human nature, rise to the top, introspection, christmas, male objectification, miner, boxing ...
Time: year 1963
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, northern england, europe
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Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him ...
Style: sex comedy, independent film, sexy, hot
Plot: erotica, amor, taxi, driver, rugby, sexual humor, exploitation, school, female pubic hair, cheating wife, bare butt, brother in law brother in law relationship ...
Time: 70s
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Saving Christmas Spirit (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When brilliant and sharp-witted archaeologist Lucy Stewart decides to spend her Christmas break in the Scottish Highlands, she goes on a quest to find the ruins of a shrine to ancient goddess Beira the Queen of Winter.
Style: romantic, thrilling, psychological, satirical, captivating
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, couple relations, romantic relationship, love affair, fall in love, in love, love interest, love and romance, love story, couples, archaeologist ...
Place: scotland
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Fantasy Football (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Callie A. Coleman discovers she can magically control her father, Bobby’s performance on the football field. When Callie plays as her dad, Bobby is transformed from a fumblitis-plagued journeyman to a star running back bound for superstardom ...
Style: gaming
Plot: american football, young girl, gamer, football player, father daughter relationship, football, teenage girl, father, american football player, teenager, boy, girl ...
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 6.5
 957
The Harvesters (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, France, Greece, Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, ...
Style: melancholic, unusual plot structure, touching, sexy, psychological ...
Plot: lgbt, religion, gay, lgbtq, prostitution, coming of age, gay love, gay interest, afrikaans, gay couple, lovers, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cannes, south africa, africa
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All the Queen's Men (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA, Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, spy comedy, art house ...
Plot: undercover, military life, heroic mission, secret agent, government agency, rescue, against the rules, military, danger, transvestism, behind enemy lines, man dressed as woman ...
Time: year 2001
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, england
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From Miyamoto To You (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Following the manga series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and sparks fly.
Style: crying
Plot: making love, fat man, knocked up, loose woman, premarital sex, pregnant woman, thunderstorm, fight, rape and revenge, rain, female nudity, oral sex ...
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 5.4
 16K
Sorority Boys (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three friends who head the Social Committee in a frat house, called KOK (Kappa Omicron Kappa), are charged with stealing money their fraternity has been saving for a cocktail cruise at the end of the semester, the one that guarantees them a spot at ...
Style: humorous, funny, not serious, slapstick, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cross dressing, college, student life, farce, hidden identity, high school, sorority, stereotypes, stupidity, fish out of water, transvestite, comedy of errors ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.9
 591
Footy Legends (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An unemployed sports fan enters an amateur rugby league tournament where losing just isn't an option if he's to keep his family together.
Plot: identity, friendship, football, game, rugby, nerd, coach, community, asian, team, competition, death of mother ...
Place: sydney australia
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Whatever It Takes (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete Chris Campbell has his eye on Ryan's brainy and beautiful friend, Maggie Carter. The two agree ...
Style: romantic, teen, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenage love, high school life, high school, teenager, couples, friendship, teenage life, best friends in love, lifestyle, love and romance, youth, disorder ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, 90s
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Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Style: emotional, light, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: family relations, dancing, siblings relations, parents and children, family life, human nature, sibling relationship, love and romance, life is a bitch, sisters, brother sister relationship, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 1930s, year 1998, year 1936, 20th century
Place: ireland, africa, europe, england, spain
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