| The Rack Pack (2016) | 7.1 | |
| Tomorrow's Game (2022) | 7.7 | |
| Fourth Place (2015) | 6.9 | |
| Once (2017) | 8.2 | |
| Pass The Rock (2022) | 8.3 |
Professional athlete movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant professional athlete movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, entertaining, exciting, serious, realistic and inspirational films and TV shows about / with professional athlete, professional sports, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition, friendship, sporting event, sports man, sport competition and sport team plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as professional athlete: Borg vs. McEnroe (2017), The Racer (2020), The Gymnastics Samurai (2020), Wimbledon (2004), The Rack Pack (2016), A Mile in His Shoes (2011), Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), Getting There (2002), Creed II (2018), Tina & Bobby (2017).
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List of professional athlete movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of the world's greatest tennis icons – Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe – and their legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, exciting, art house ...
Plot:
tennis player, tennis, rivalry, coach, father son relationship, biopic, professional sports, arrogance, professional athlete, sports history, profanity, male objectification ...
Time:
year 1980, year 2017, 80s, year 1978, 70s ...
Place:
monte carlo, new york, stockholm sweden, eastern europe, monaco ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Summer 1998 - the opening stages of Le Tour de France are relocated to Ireland. Belgian rider Dom Chabol (late 30s) has been one of the best “Domestiques” (support riders) on the Tour for the last 20 years. It’s a sacrificial role – setting ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
cycling, tour de france, ambition, professional athlete, cyclist, bicycle race, professional sports, sport team, ambitious man, sporting event, athlete's life, determination ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
In the year 2002, the formerly powerful Japanese men's gymnastics team member Jotaro Aragaki is no longer able to compete. Even though he trained strenuously daily, he is asked about retiring by his coach Amakusa. However, a certain encounter ...
Style:
anime, captivating, suspense, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
rivalry, professional athlete, gymnast, slice of life, tournament, competition, athlete's life, overcoming, team, athlete and trainer, professional rivalry, rivals ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
japan
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69K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
Style:
romantic, sweet, rom com, feel good, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
tennis, tennis player, underdog, secret relationship, love story, happy ending, love, competition, motivation, career, ambition, couple relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, big ben london, new york, brighton ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The 1980s snooker rivalry between Alex “Hurricane” Higgins and Steve “The Nugget” Davis, two very different personalities who helped popularise the sport on TV.
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, sincere, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
snooker, alcohol abuse, professional sports, british, professional athlete, self destructing, manager, rivalry, husband wife relationship, professional rivalry, family man, sports hero ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 70s
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the book “The Legend of Mickey Tussler”, this film follows the story of eighteen-year-old Mickey Tussler, who lives on a farm with his father and mother and who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. But he can throw apples at an ...
Style:
christian film, captivating, disturbing, entertaining, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
baseball, asperger's syndrome, autism, baseball team, baseball player, professional athlete, coach, athlete's life, sport team, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to ...
Style:
serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, inspirational
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
soccer, football, hopes, latinos, athlete's life, dream come true, follow your dream, lifestyle, ambition, underdog, professional athlete, temptation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, spain, madrid
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This film is about Mary-Kate and Ashley turning sixteen years old and going on a road trip without parents. They are headed to Utah for the Olympics and arrive late. There are also scenes in Las Vegas. The twins do not drive alone in this movie, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sweet
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
twins, skiing, on the road, teenage life, love and romance, contests and competitions, teenage love, high school life, high school, friends, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
utah, usa, salt lake city utah, las vegas, los angeles ...
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168K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Follows Adonis Creed's life inside and outside of the ring as he deals with new found fame, issues with his family, and his continuing quest to become a champion.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, uplifting, motivational, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, african american, boxer, boxing match, revenge, baby, fight, desert, champion, mentor, profanity, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, philadelphia, kiev ukraine, new york, los angeles ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Tina & Bobby is an epic love story about an ordinary girl who falls for an ordinary boy only to be swept up in an extraordinary life. Nineteen year-old Tina Dean (Michelle Keegan) married Bobby Moore (Lorne MacFadyen) for love, little ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, period drama
Plot:
marriage, biopic, soccer, relationships, british, professional athlete, love story, media frenzy, national hero, celebrity culture, loyalty, glory ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Style:
suspense, controversial, social, serious, tense ...
Plot:
bicycle, journalism, tour de france, cyclist, cycling, racing, cancer, biopic, investigation, doping, suspicion, race ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
ireland, france, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
deaf, sign language, switched at birth, mute or deaf, relatives, friends, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, family relations, deaf girl, high school student ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, kansas city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An ordinary working class boy, like all his peers, he played football day and night and dreamed of being a striker. But no matter which team he played for - in the yard, at the factory, or in the army - he was inevitably put in goal. Lanky, with ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
goalkeeper, football team, football, sport team, skill, football player, triumph, athlete's life, world cup, popularity, professional athlete, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The Pantani case, a film directed by Domenico Ciolfi, tells the story of the last five years in the life of the cyclist from Romagna, in particular from 5 June 1999, when he was suspended from racing, to 14 February 2004, the day of his death. His ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, professional athlete, sports hero, biopic, cycling, life is a bitch, lifestyle, life, social problems, controversy, mourning, investigation ...
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 300 min.
Story:
Greatest Royal Rumble is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event promoted by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. The event is scheduled to be held on April 27, 2018, at the King Abdullah Sports City's ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, entertaining
Plot:
wrestling, professional sports, martial arts, professional wrestling, professional wrestler, sporting event, professional athlete, competitor, title bout, scuffle, rivalry, battle zone ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marko Stemper, 19 years old, comes from a disadvantaged background and works as a window cleaner. His father, an alcoholic, tyrannizes the whole family, so Marko's only joy in life is boxing. As he is the most promising talent in his club, Gerd ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, ambition, athlete's life, against the odds, youth, life is a bitch, teenage boy, professional athlete, prizefighter, boxing match, sports man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Pro-wrestling action and entertainment from Southern California.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, captivating, feel good, exciting ...
Plot:
hollywood, wrestler, professional wrestler, fight, wrestling, sporting event, battles, rivalry, competitor, sport competition, professional sports, title bout ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Bird Kazami (Robin Kazami), aiming to become a professional, meets former champion Ekusu Kurosu (Jaxon Cross) also known as 'Kamen X' (Blader X), and forms a team so that they can aim for the "top" of the X Tower. But what awaits ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, shounen
Plot:
professional sports, athlete's life, professional athlete, direction and purpose, ambition, sport competition, ambitious man, tower, restaurant, friend, rivals, young boy ...
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Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Story:
The United States Championship is a title that has been a staple of sports entertainment for over four decades. From the inaugural champion Harley Race to the creator of the U.S. Open Challenge, John Cena, this exclusive set features the greatest ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
professional wrestling, rivalry, professional rivalry, wrestling, professional athlete, professional sports, fight, sporting event, rivals, sports man, uninhibited rivalry, sport competition ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, inspirational, absurd ...
Plot:
swimming, lesbian, life, based on real people, career, marathon, female athlete, water, athlete's life, athlete, professional athlete, pedophile ...
Time:
2010s, year 1989, year 2012, year 2010, year 1964 ...
Place:
cuba, key west florida, havana cuba, florida, los angeles ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Story about 1998 Nagano Olympic ski jump team competition, where Japan won a gold medal.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
athlete, olympics, competition, sporting event, professional athlete, team, winter sports, sports man, professional sports, sport competition, ski, sport team ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The companion series for the COVID-19-delayed Aidy Kane (2020) feature film, "Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him" introduces washed-up former Olympic superstar Adrian Kinieki, and the eccentric group of roommates, friends, rivals, and ...
Style:
mockumentary, feel good, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ex athlete, olympian, skiing, flashback, athlete, narcissism, sporting event, athlete and trainer, professional sports, sport competition, professional athlete, athlete's life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Sport
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Soccer Aid is a biennial British charity event that has raised £6.5 million in aid of UNICEF UK through ticket sales and donations. The event is a football match between two teams of celebrities and former professional players, representing England ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating, uplifting, feel good
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
football, charity, soccer, football team, celebrity, playing football, soccer match, sporting event, fund raising, sport team, rivalry, contest ...
Place:
england, manchester
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Vanished genius boxer Kwon-sook and cold-hearted agent Tae-young risk all to defy match-fixing's clutches.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
female boxer, boxer, boxing, female protagonist, sporting event, sport competition, professional athlete, sports man, athlete and trainer, professional sports, female athlete, breaking point ...
Place:
seoul
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Genre: Sport
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Amateur baseball players go up against legendary pros in a championship to determine the ultimate winning team.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, entertaining, serious ...
Plot:
baseball, competition, rivalry, baseball player, teamwork, championship, athlete's life, professional athlete, professional sports, sport competition, sports man, sport team ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, sporting event, prizefighter, sports man, boxing training, sport competition, professional sports, boxer, professional athlete, supernatural ability, second chance, single father ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
football, soccer, playing football, sport team, ambition, football team, rivalry, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, woman, soccer coach ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No sooner is a team at ICAC set up to investigate irregularities/corruption in soccer/football official gaming/betting in Hong Kong before a suspect is assassinated.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
crime solving, investigation, sleuth, corruption, uncover truth, murderer, professional athlete, murder, unsolved crime, crime investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Joon-ho, a 11-year-old swimmer who hopes to become an Olympic medalist, has a problem; he always records 4th place at all the swimming contests that he participates in. His mom who is more enthusiastic than himself in winning is frustrated. Hearing ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot:
bullying, swimming, swimmer, coach, violence, abuse, professional sports, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, insult, professional athlete, humiliation ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
In a world very much like our own, great race horses of the past have a chance to be reborn as "horse girls"—girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these horse girls go to train at ...
Style:
anime, captivating, entertaining, sincere, anthropomorphic
Plot:
contests and competitions, runner, professional athlete, teenage life, rivals, direction and purpose, teenage girl, magical creature, coping, teenager, ambition, aspiration ...
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