Peaceful Warrior (2006) | 7.2 | |
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017) | 6.9 | |
Woodlawn (2015) | 6.4 | |
The Natural (1984) | 7.4 | |
Wildcats (1986) | 6.0 |
Coach movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant coach movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, inspirational, feel good, serious, captivating and touching films and TV shows about / with coach, ambition, youth, contests and competitions, rivalry, sport team, high school, hopes, power relations and athlete and trainer plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, Germany, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as coach: Forever Strong (2008), McFarland, USA (2015), Glory Road (2006), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Win Win (2011), Wildcats (1986), Friday Night Lights (2006), Friday Night Lights (2004), When the Game Stands Tall (2014), Stick It (2006).
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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:
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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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:
inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, kids
Plot:
teacher, underdog, coach, track and field, high school, athlete and trainer, human spirit, mentor, teenager, school, competition, dedicated educator ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, palo alto california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sincere, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, kids
Plot:
basketball, underdog, racism, athlete and trainer, coach, college, racial slur, teamwork, racial segregation, justice, unlikely friendships, civil rights ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
texas, usa, america, mexico, maryland ...
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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, touching, sad, depressing, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, human spirit, female athlete, euthanasia, boxing trainer, strong female lead ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, europe, las vegas, london ...
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55K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother ...
Style:
touching, emotional, feel good, humorous, comedy drama ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coach, lawyer, parenthood, wrestling, adolescence, dysfunctional family, responsibility, coming of age, character study, changing lives, bonding, contests and competitions ...
Time:
y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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15K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, inspirational, light, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, football, coach, high school football, high school, rivalry, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer, mother daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody battle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. The series takes place in the fictional town of Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas. Particular focus is given to ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, football, athlete and trainer, american football, coach, sport team, friendship, contests and competitions, cheerleader, small town, teenage boy, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, hawaii, southern usa, usa
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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, intense, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
football, high school, american football, sport team, coach, underdog, youth, high school football, championship, athlete's life, career, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, midwest, houston texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, exciting, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, coach, ambition, small town, high school football, youth, football, sport team, christian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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30K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once ...
Style:
feel good, teen, inspirational, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
gymnastics, teenager, rebelliousness, athlete and trainer, rivalry, gymnast, friends, contests and competitions, high school, competition, fighting the system, adolescence ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa, houston texas
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When a newly promoted football club lose their trainer just before the start of the league season, a female, Helena Mikkelsen, gets the historic chance to coach the team, even before an ambitious retired professional.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Plot:
football, coach, soccer, new job, mother daughter relationship, sexism, small town, contests and competitions, sport team, rivalry, chance, religion ...
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1K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team
Style:
semi serious, humorous, entertaining, light, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
coach, ambition, lifestyle, hopes, direction and purpose, slacker, misfit, football, soccer, buddies, athlete and trainer, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, american football, high school, racial tension, racial prejudice, football, against the odds, racial slur, prejudice, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place:
virginia, boston, america, africa, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team.
Style:
uplifting, exciting, captivating, motivational
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
football player, soccer coach, coach, football, football team, athlete and trainer, playing football, professional sports, soccer match, athlete, sporting event, athlete's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, mentor protege relationship, coach, progress, lifestyle, drowning, surfer, friends, surf, dedication, escapades, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 2012, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
bay area, usa, los angeles, california, monterey california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the wake of a car crash that killed his brother, football player Jon Abbate leads his school's struggling team to its most successful season ever.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
american football, car accident, coach, family relations, athlete's life, ambition, football, family in crisis, social relations, lifestyle, contests and competitions, christian ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style:
inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, philosophy, human spirit, life philosophy, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, coach ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
tibet, california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s.A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.
Style:
christian film, realistic, sincere, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
american football, racism, faith, coach, christianity, team, motivational speaker, christian, african american, church, high school, religion ...
Time:
70s
Place:
alabama, birmingham alabama
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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, talky, melancholic, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
american football, high school, friendship, football, college, coach, small town, father son relationship, coming of age, student athlete, high school football, cheerleader ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
football, college, american football, coach, football team, survivor, university, friendship, underdog, small town, teacher, happy ending ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
usa, west virginia, virginia, california
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Style:
realistic, touching, inspirational, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, basketball coach, prodigy, coach, sport team, alcoholism, basketball team, ambition, underdog, beer, youth, lifestyle ...
Time:
future, year 1998
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
Style:
motivational, christian film, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
running, asthma, asthmatic, christian, coach, faith, christianity, mentor, escapades, ambition, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school life, couples, high school, couple relations, girlfriend, friendship, teenage life, youth, teenage love, friends, basketball, family relations ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style:
feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
soccer, football, culture clash, friendship, hinduism, wedding, feminism, immigrant, tradition, stereotypes, coach, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany
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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, male objectification, nightclub, fiance fiancee relationship, american abroad ...
Time:
year 1980, year 2017, 80s, year 1978, year 1979 ...
Place:
monte carlo, eastern europe, stockholm sweden, new york, monaco
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155K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition ...
Style:
feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, gay, coach, teenage life, youth, cheerleader, friendship, contests and competitions, outcast, teenage girl, gay teenager, music band ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, idaho, usa
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70K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, teen, cute, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, contests and competitions, strong female lead, teenager, small town, teenage girl, female athlete, roller derby, relationships, high school, feminism ...
Time:
2000s, y2k, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, austin texas, detroit, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Style:
inspirational, intense, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, underdog, youth, baseball coach, coach, childhood, competition, unlikely friendships, sport team, motorcycle, human spirit, contests and competitions ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, los angeles
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59K
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:
uplifting, touching, factual, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
ice hockey, olympics, underdog, hockey, mentor, human spirit, coach, sport team, grudge, contests and competitions, athlete's life, opponent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 2004, year 1980
Place:
usa, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, new york, colorado ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a ...
Style:
humorous, funny, hilarious, slapstick, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
underdog, against the odds, dumb, coach, tournament, competition, cheerleader, pirate, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions, gym ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, california, los angeles
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