Championship movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant championship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out entertaining, inspirational, humorous, captivating, realistic and feel good films and TV shows about / with championship, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, friendship, mentor, storytelling, competition, redemption and dialogue plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as championship: Touchback (2011), The King's Avatar (2019), eHero (2018), Blades of Glory (2007), Friday Night Lights (2004), Hoosiers (1986), Anderson "The Spider" Silva (2023), Go Karts (2020), Xanda (2004), Lucky Trouble (2011).
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.
Style:
sentimental, uplifting, captivating, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
back in time, american football, small town, high school, high school sports, girlfriend, suicide attempt, championship, coach, one more chance, social relations, sent to the past ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa, ohio
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Ye Xiu is the star player on an esports team that dominates the Chinese leagues of hit multiplayer titled “Glory.” His gaming days appear to have come to an abrupt halt, however, when he is forced out of his team – who are keen to accept a ...
Style:
captivating, anime, scenic, gaming, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
championship, rivalry, fight, friendship, youth, heroes, video game, esports, computers and web, ambition, game playing, fantasy world ...
Place:
china, thailand
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An up-and-coming video gamer faces his greatest challenge yet as he and his team must overcome a fiery gaming superstar, as well as their own battling egos, to win the ultimate video game championship.
Style:
captivating, tense, fast paced, inspirational, comedy drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
championship, video game, superstar, esports, game, competition, team, tournament, world championship wrestling, contests and competitions, computer game, world cup ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
Style:
funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
skating, figure skating, competition, satire, olympics, rivalry, farce, championship, friendship, dumb, sexual humor, life philosophy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2013, year 2002, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, north korea, detroit, montreal, ukraine ...
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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, sincere, intense, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
football, high school, american football, cheerleader, sport team, high school football, underdog, championship, youth, athlete's life, small town, football team ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
texas, usa, houston texas, midwest, austin texas ...
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57K
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, high school basketball, high school sports, father son relationship, teacher, drunkenness, basketball coach, championship, coach ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1986, 50s, 80s
Place:
indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana, california, texas
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Genre: Biography, Sport
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
How many barriers does a champion have to overcome to become the black icon of his generation? Anderson Spider Silva's journey through victories and defeats, in and out of the ring.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional
Plot:
athlete's life, championship, boxing, legacy, martial arts, inspiration, discipline, perseverance, mixed martial arts, sport team, ambitious man, champion ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
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Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, light, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
championship, car, police officer, friendship, mentor, rivalry, fall in love, parents and children, teenager, happy ending, racing, race ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
australia
Is relevant?
302
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rural kung fu whiz Qiang travels to the big city to visit his friend Lung, who's taken up Xanda, a new martial art that fuses multiple styles. When Lung is grievously wounded by the Xanda champ, Qiang trains in the sport to seek revenge in the ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, intense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, championship, militant, fight, master warrior, battles, mixed martial arts, kung fu master, professional sports, hand to hand combat, rivalry ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When his wife dies, Carl offers his only son, Janeau, 12, a fresh start. They move to Mont Saint-Hilaire, where Janeau makes friends with Julie, a talented Pee-Wee hockey goalie determined to compete in the annual World Tournament held in Quebec. ...
Style:
inspirational, light, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
longing, ice hockey, teammate, championship, sport team, friendship, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, rise to the top, rivalry, professional rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Place:
quebec
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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, nothing goes right, mistaken identity, soccer, against the odds, street kid, disorder, race against time, coach, street urchin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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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, depressing, touching, sad, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, female athlete, boxing trainer, strong female character, euthanasia, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, europe, london, las vegas ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.
Style:
period piece, psychological, captivating, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
chess, genius, addiction, coming of age, female protagonist, prodigy, child prodigy, competition, champion, girl power, adoptive mother, girl ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
europe, usa, kentucky, las vegas, paris france ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A pair of horny college guys get summer jobs at a sexy cheerleader camp.
Style:
sexy, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
cheerleader, cheerleading, strip club, stripper, sex, female nudity, masturbation, nymph, camp, peeping tom, voyeur, voyeurism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
Style:
romantic, teen, sweet, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, figure skating, teenage girl, high school, mother daughter relationship, ice skater, happy ending, female protagonist, dancing, coming of age, believe in yourself, athlete's life ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005
Place:
new england, harvard university, new jersey, usa
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63K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, put a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, factual, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family outing, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
olympics, underdog, ice hockey, hockey, mentor, cold war, human spirit, hopes, coach, sport team, sports man, winter olympics ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 2004, year 1980
Place:
usa, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, new york, colorado ...
Is relevant?
247K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. ...
Style:
inspirational, saga, sincere, rough, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, underdog, training, comeback, fight, tough heroes, coma, working class, tough guy, bodybuilding, rocky ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america
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554K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, exciting, clever, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racing, race car, car race, racecar driver, formula 1, success, rise to the top, motor sport, car racing, race, world champion, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1970, year 1976 ...
Place:
europe, britain, vienna, japan, mount fuji ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, an ex-con (White) takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Style:
inspirational, exciting, brutal, harsh, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, lone hero, streetfighting, prison fight, kickboxing, prison, fistfight, revenge, boxing, martial artist, hand to hand combat, gangster ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
73K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, parody ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
competition, beer, food, dumb, drinking, college, ambition, championship, disorder, buddies, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
germany, munich germany, colorado, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Style:
parody, sexy, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
soccer, martial arts, kung fu, underdog, football, silly humor, love story, fight scenes, shaolin, champion, wuxia, fight ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, east asia, asia, hong kong, tokyo ...
Is relevant?
227K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style:
exciting, fast, visually appealing, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, car chase, racing, revenge, violence, car race, murder, betrayal, survival, tough guy, rivalry, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2008, future, year 2012, 2010s, 2020s
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 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, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, youth, follow your dream, rise to the top, lifestyle, championship, ambition, athlete and trainer, tournament, kickass, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
american football, football team, football, bare chested male, coach, championship, american football player, boyfriend, underdog, father son relationship, male nudity, college football ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, austin texas, denver colorado
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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:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, underdog, mentor, high school, coach, track and field, athlete and trainer, human spirit, football, athlete, dedicated educator, competition ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, palo alto california, usa, new jersey, texas
Is relevant?
89K
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, entertaining, stylized, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, championship, cheerleader, hopes, satire, basketball team, sport team, mentor, competition, adaptation, justice, athlete's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, usa
Is relevant?
251K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, Japan, India, UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
car race, racing, car racing, friendship, car, conspiracy, car chase, fantasy world, best friend, secret agent, friends, spy ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, london, tokyo, asia, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, sincere, costume drama, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
golf, rags to riches, underdog, working class, athlete's life, human spirit, prodigy, ambition, lifestyle, social differences, talented, struggle ...
Time:
1910s, year 2005, 20th century, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
massachusetts, usa, boston, new jersey, california ...
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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:
cult classic, inspirational, patriotic, realistic, meditative ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, olympics, biopic, talented, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, army, ambition ...
Time:
year 2013, 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
india, middle east, asia, pakistan, rome italy
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378K
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, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, underdog, robot, androids and robots, technology, against the odds, boy, contests and competitions, giant robot, arena, artificial intelligence ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2011, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, austin texas, iran, north america, brazil ...
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