Professional athlete movies and TV shows – page 2

List of professional athlete movies

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Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him) (2021)
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, light, exciting, funny, captivating ...
Plot: olympian, athlete, skiing, flashback, ex athlete, athlete and trainer, sport competition, athlete's life, sporting event, sports man, professional sports, professional athlete
Place: las vegas
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 5.6
 191
Warrior Strong (2023)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Bilal Irving, a professional basketball player returns to his small, Northern Ontario town of Dumont. He re-connects with his former coach, and conflict ensues as they both struggle to put their egos and complicated pasts aside to mentor the ...
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating
Plot: coach, high school, basketball, basketball player, basketball coach, professional athlete, sport team, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, sporting event, sports man, sport competition ...
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 7.4
 92
Soccer Aid (2006)
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: captivating, exciting, entertaining
Plot: soccer, football, charity, soccer match, playing football, football team, professional athlete, contest, rivalry, professional sports, sport team, football player ...
Place: england, manchester
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My Lovely Boxer (2023)
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: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting
Plot: boxer, female boxer, sport competition, breaking point, female athlete, professional athlete, sporting event, athlete and trainer, sports man, professional sports, women in sport, athlete's life ...
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A Clean Sweep (2022)
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: entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating
Plot: baseball player, baseball, sport team, sport competition, sports man, professional athlete, athlete's life, competition, professional sports, rivalry
Place: korea
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Ultimate Rush (2011)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: Austria
TV show
Story: Ultimate Rush is a 2011/2012 documentary television series produced by the Red Bull Media House in association with Matchstick Productions, and marketed as a combination of stupendous action sports endeavour, coupled with a cinematic-approach to ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful
Plot: extreme sports, base jumping, skiing, kayaking, sports man, professional athlete, sporting event, extreme sport, professional sports
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Tofu Pro-Wrestling (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Miyawaki Yohei was a professional wrestler, who opened his own tofu shop after his retirement. He always tried to get his daughter Sakura interested in Pro Wrestling, but she never cared for it. Then the day came when he unexpectedly died, and ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, funny, humorous, exciting
Plot: wrestling, women's wrestling, sport competition, athlete and trainer, professional athlete, professional wrestling, sporting event, professional sports, female athlete, death of mother, school, student
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 6.7
 619
Fifteen-Love (2023)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A former tennis prodigy makes an explosive allegation against her former coach. After the allegation, everyone is forced to reconsider what they thought they knew about their past success.
Style: suspenseful, entertaining, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: tennis, sport competition, sporting event, professional sports, female athlete, professional athlete, sports man, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, narcissist, flashback, frenchwoman
Time: 2020s
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Eleven Silent Men (2022)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Tells about the events of November 1945 when the first Post War championship of the USSR winners, Dynamo-Moscow, went on the historic tour of Britain. Soviet football players won not only on the football fields of England. They managed to win the ...
Style: period piece, captivating, exciting, witty
Plot: russian abroad, sport team, football, professional athlete, sports man, football team, sports fan, sporting event, football player, playing football, soccer match, professional sports ...
Place: ussr
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ROH: Unauthorized (2019)
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Story: Ring of Honor presents ROH Unauthorized on November 3rd at Express Live! in Columbus, OH! Unauthorized is the wildest show of the year in ROH. Anyone can show up and anything can happen when ROH flips the script for one night only!
Style: entertaining, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Plot: professional wrestling, fighter, sports man, combat, rivalry, sport competition, rivals, professional sports, professional athlete, professional rivalry, wrestling, sporting event
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 5.5
 2K
FC Venus (2005)
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: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot: football, soccer, sport team, ambition, rivalry, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, playing football, woman, husband wife relationship, football team ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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 6.9
 152
Fourth Place (2015)
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, suspense, disturbing
Plot: swimming, bullying, swimmer, coach, violence, professional sports, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, professional athlete, insult, boy, violent man ...
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 5.9
 5K
Amateur (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.
Style: inspirational, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, emotional
Audience: teens
Plot: basketball, sport competition, basketball player, sport team, teenager, professional sports, direction and purpose, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambitious man, professional rivalry, aspiration ...
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Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2018)
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
Plot: contests and competitions, runner, teenager, magical creature, professional athlete, teenage girl, ambition, teenage life, rivals, rivalry, aspiration, coping ...
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 7.5
 5K
Big Shot (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story: After getting ousted from his job in the NCAA for throwing a chair at a referee, a hothead men’s basketball coach Marvyn Korn must take a job at Westbrook School for Girls, a private all-girls high school, in an effort to redeem what's left ...
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, funny ...
Plot: basketball coach, high school basketball, basketball team, sport competition, basketball, elite, basketball player, coach, athlete's life, female athlete, athlete and trainer, sport team ...
Place: california
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Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (2002)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player. Tired of being compared and downgraded at, he abandoned playing soccer until a boy from his new highschool discovered him and ...
Style: anime, captivating, shounen
Audience: kids
Plot: soccer, competition, talent, school, football, professional sports, football player, team, sport competition, professional rivalry, contests and competitions, student ...
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 6.2
 2K
Tyson (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sincere
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, boxing, rags to riches, biopic, athlete's life, entrepreneur, athlete, fight, martial arts, black, death of mother, funeral ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
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Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: With the help of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, NBA superstar LeBron James must rescue his missing son Bronny by navigating through movies in the Warner Bros. catalogue as they challenge against the villainous Al-G's plot to win a basketball ...
Style: funny, captivating, tense, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: basketball, looney tunes, coyote, bugs bunny, game, african american, evil computer, monster, villain, duck, cartoon dog, rabbit ...
Time: 2020s, future, year 1998, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 7.4
 5K
Mario (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Two young gay soccer players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love. In Swiss German.
Style: lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating, touching, psychological ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay relationship, gay athlete, male homosexuality, forbidden love, gay romance, homoeroticism, gay sex, soccer, gay interest, homosexual ...
Time: 2000s
Place: hamburg germany, switzerland, germany, central europe
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 6.3
 66K
Wimbledon (2004)
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: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, inspirational, light ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: tennis, tennis player, underdog, ambition, love, competition, love story, couple relations, motivation, secret relationship, career, fall in love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, big ben london, new york, brighton ...
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 7.6
 461K
Moneyball (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style: inspirational, feel good, realistic, captivating, motivational ...
Plot: baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, biopic, motivation, entrepreneur, business, leadership, entrepreneurship ...
Time: 80s, year 2011, 2010s, 70s, 2000s ...
Place: california, boston, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
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 7.8
 387K
The Fighter (2010)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, realistic, uplifting, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, arrest, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 90s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, new jersey, america, usa ...
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 6.9
 225K
Rocky IV (1985)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Style: inspirational, tense, suspenseful, action packed, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot: boxing, boxer, training, underdog, christmas, victory, rocky, tough heroes, endurance, workout, machismo, martial arts ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: philadelphia, las vegas, pennsylvania, nevada, moscow russia ...
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 6.2
 220
Dempsey (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and ...
Style: serious, uplifting, sexual, realistic, silent
Plot: boxing, biopic, boxer, world champion, violent content, profanity, power relations, crumbling marriage, uncover truth, crime gone awry, ambition, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 1920s
Place: utah
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The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A female skiing champion is paralyzed in a tragic skiing accident. Her girlfriend is taken out of competition when she contracts polio.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot: quadriplegic, disability, skiing, physical disability, love, psychopath, winter olympics, illness, grief, paralysis, polio, accident ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 1950s
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Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The film is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid relationship in modern times. Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long ...
Style: melancholic, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, talky ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, friendship, black, crumbling marriage, introspection, couple relations, family problems, couples, battle of the sexes, intrigue, human nature, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: colorado, indiana, georgia, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 319K
The Wrestler (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with ...
Style: depressing, emotional, bleak, touching, serious ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: wrestling, loneliness, aging, life is a bitch, fame, father daughter relationship, self destructing, professional wrestling, stripper, ambition, character study, father daughter estrangement ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, iran, bolivia, usa, north america
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 8K
Prefontaine (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a ...
Style: factual, talky, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot: olympics, runner, underdog, running, justice, athlete's life, human spirit, contests and competitions, american football, lifestyle, hopes, track and field ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 70s, 60s, year 1969 ...
Place: usa, seattle, oregon, finland, mexico city ...
Is relevant ?
 5.4
 257
The Opponent (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Patty Sullivan (Erica Eleniak) is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on ...
Style: serious, rough, sincere, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: boxing, female boxer, against the odds, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, human spirit, rise to the top, lifestyle, life is a bitch, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 357K
Due Date (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey ...
Style: road movie, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: road trip, weed, hitchhiker, getting home, buddy, stupidity, marijuana, screwball, odd couple, bonding, bromance, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, dallas texas, birmingham alabama, los angeles, texas ...
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