| Big Shot (2021) | 7.4 | |
| The Goonies (1985) | 7.7 | |
| Rudy (1993) | 7.5 | |
| Greater (2016) | 7.3 | |
| Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) | 6.9 |
Student athlete movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant student athlete movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, entertaining, realistic, inspirational, feel good and sincere films and TV shows about / with student athlete, sport team, teenager, coach, athlete's life, ambition, college, friendship, high school and youth plots mostly in Drama, Sport and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as student athlete: 1 Mile To You (2017), 23 Blast (2014), Greater (2016), Big Shot (2021), Wolves (2016), All the Right Moves (1983), Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), Zero Chill (2021), Sex Education (2019), Grease (1978).
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List of student athlete movies
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
Style:
rom com, uplifting, romantic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
runner, student athlete, sport team, training, competition, coach, running, athlete's life, teenager, grief, cross country running, school principal ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, christian film, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
blindness, american football, high school football, high school, sport team, student athlete, friendship, self pity, athlete's life, disability, american football player, football ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
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10K
Genre: Biography, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Greater – The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.
Style:
light, psychological, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
american football, college football, student athlete, football, christian, american football player, religion, faith, athlete, student, athlete and trainer, sport team ...
Place:
arkansas
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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, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
basketball coach, high school basketball, elite, basketball team, sport competition, basketball player, coach, basketball, high school sports, athlete and trainer, sport team, athlete's life ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to ...
Style:
suspenseful, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
basketball, coach, student athlete, father son relationship, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, coming of age, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, interracial friendship, basketball player, teen romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, inspirational, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
american football, high school, football, college, cheerleader, small town, coming of age, high school football, student athlete, friendship, coach, male pubic hair ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, future
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, north america, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Style:
sexy, teen, independent film, homoerotic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, college, friendship between men, coming of age, college life, party, male objectification, male nudity, mean girl, male friendship, relationships, youth ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1980, 70s ...
Place:
texas, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Talented teen figure skater Kayla is forced to leave everything behind when her family follows her twin brother, Mac, to a prestigious hockey academy.
Style:
humorous, sincere, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hockey player, figure skating, female athlete, teenage girl, skating, athlete's life, ice hockey, brother sister relationship, rivalry, direction and purpose, ice skater, family problems ...
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393K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, coming of age, teenage sexuality, lgbt teen, youth, classmate, sex education, teenage life, couples, love triangle ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england
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324K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, coming of age, dancing, dance, makeover, summer romance, teenage love, love story, first love, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, australia, los angeles, bronx new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms -- and the school itself is in danger of being sold -- Coach Rush looks to steer her girls to their ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, emotional, sincere, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, college, mother superior, catholic, human spirit, against the odds, catholic school, hopes, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, ambition, campus ...
Time:
70s, year 2009, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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191K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
bullying, college, social outcast, football, underdog, american football, cheerleader, sarcasm, foul language, dumb, water, coach ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa, new jersey
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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 ...
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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:
inspirational, realistic, serious, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, teen drama
Plot:
rugby, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, coach, father son relationship, athlete and trainer, redemption, human spirit, starting over, ambition, teenage life, motivation ...
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2.5M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
life philosophy, philosophy, life, mentally challenged, destiny, storytelling, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, vietnam war, life & death ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
china, alabama, vietnam, america, savannah georgia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, coach, follow your dream, young lovers, youth, ambition, athlete and trainer, coming of age, rivalry, contests and competitions, university, high school ...
Time:
70s
Place:
colorado, los angeles
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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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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style:
inspirational, factual, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
american football, african american, athlete and trainer, college, racism, biopic, friendship, courage, mentor, ambition, success, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
new york, usa, cleveland ohio, new jersey, texas
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190K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, hood, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
basketball, teacher, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, high school, athlete's life, dedicated educator, sport team, life philosophy, college ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california ...
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119K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our ...
Style:
mecha, psychotronic, colorful, super sentai, dutch angle ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
power rangers, superhero, superpower, teenager, superhero team, giant robot, mission, transformation, good versus evil, supernatural power, student athlete, teenage superhero ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, prehistory, prehistoric times
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
Style:
slapstick, exciting, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, preschool
Plot:
student athlete, college, college football, aviation, monkey, animal, chimpanzee, college life, down on your luck, school, sport team, disorder ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, realistic, sincere
Plot:
american football, teachers and students, against the odds, hopes, discrimination, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, underdog, youth, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alabama, texas
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A female athlete at a small Christian college works hard to overcome long odds in trying to win a national title in the 800 meter run. "The Perfect Race" is a follow up movie to "Remember The Goal".
Style:
thrilling, captivating, christian film
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, christian, runner, student athlete, race, faith, track and field, athlete, ambition, ambitious woman, athletics, coping ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high school football star, daughter a straight A student and her husband is CFO of a booming start-up company. The sudden death ...
Style:
christian film, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
american football, high school student, christian, faith, football, high school football, high school athlete, religion, christianity, belief in god, high school, school ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, wisconsin
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A couple's adulterous affair leads to an unexpected pregnancy. They leave their spouses to begin a new life together, but their daughter Katelyn is born with a birth defect: only one fully developed arm. Although her dad believes Katelyn's ...
Style:
touching, sincere, entertaining, exciting, light ...
Plot:
resilience, women in sport, young girl, student athlete, teenage girl, family life, athlete and trainer, high school sports, girl, family relations, sport team, young woman ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows teenager Xu Xingze, a passionate basketball player who aspires to join the Basketball Team of the regions top school after seeing their Star Player win the Final Four Tournament. When his sister accidentally enrolls him into a lesser school ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
basketball team, basketball, youth, high school life, male protagonist, sports man, guy, love, middle school, relationships, student athlete, athlete's life ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Chloé, a star hockey player, wants to make her place on a men's AAA team. Between budding loves, friendships and betrayals, she tries to find her place on the ice and in life.
Style:
entertaining, serious, captivating, exciting, emotional ...
Plot:
hockey, friendship, betrayal, ice hockey, female protagonist, teamwork, female empowerment, student athlete, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, sport team, love ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
What was once a superlative varsity baseball coach is now a jaded middle-aged man. He and a former student meet and the older man discovers that his now married pupil is afflicted with terminal cancer. Full of regrets of how he once treated the ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
baseball, terminal illness, cancer, japanese man, redemption, mortality, bittersweet, fighting illness, guilty conscience, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, problem ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Kai Hyuga/Sharivan uncovers the existence of a spy from the Neo Madou organization. In addition to that Kai's friend, Seigi, becomes the new Space Sheriff Estevan. They must find the spy and stop a drug ring from shipping a pain suppressing ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot:
superhero, heisei era, chase, good versus evil, heroes, student athlete, super villain, monster, murder, martial arts, courage, robot ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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