Competition movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant competition movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good, entertaining, semi serious and light films and TV shows about / with competition, rivalry, contests and competitions, contest, ambition, tournament, friendship, teenager, love and dancing plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Sport genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as competition: Black Swan (2010), The Tournament (2009), DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), Bad Words (2013), Beerfest (2006), I, Tonya (2017), Bring It on Again (2004), The Hunger Games (2012), The Queen's Gambit (2020), Pitch Perfect (2012).
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819K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, suspense, cerebral, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, insanity, dancing, character study, surrealism, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, paranoia, showbiz ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, martial arts, hitman, tournament, competition, game of death, female fighter, female martial artist, fight, fight to the death, assassin ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, miami, united kingdom, brazil
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas is an ...
Style:
exciting, action packed, action adventure, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, female martial artist, female protagonist, competition, female fighter, kick-butt women, tournament, master warrior, runaway, friendship, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
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55K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
competition, children, obsession, dark humor, blind ambition, fish out of water, loser, social misfits, rivalry, revenge, opponent, dialogue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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71K
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:
funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
competition, beer, college, ambition, championship, disorder, buddies, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, underdog, training, stoner ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
germany, colorado, munich germany, europe, usa ...
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241K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, rough, twisted ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
competition, abusive mother, figure skating, ice skater, female protagonist, violence, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence, abuse, winter olympics, sport competition, fbi investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, year 2017, year 1992, 80s ...
Place:
oregon, detroit, portland oregon, minneapolis minnesota
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When new students can't get onto their college cheerleading team, they form their own squad and prepare for a cheer off.
Style:
teen, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, competition, dancing, high school, teenager, sport team, college, hip hop, dance, teenage life, against the odds ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, distopia, death, game of death, contests and competitions, competition, youth, danger, heroine, society, rivalry ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 397 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:
captivating, psychological, period piece, historical drama, suspense ...
Plot:
chess, addiction, genius, female protagonist, competition, child prodigy, prodigy, champion, coming of age, girl, girl power, adoptive mother ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
europe, usa, kentucky, las vegas, mexico city ...
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329K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, teen, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
music, youth, competition, female friendship, college life, teenager, college, rivalry, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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, humorous, feel good, hilarious, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
skating, competition, olympics, figure skating, farce, rivalry, championship, friendship, life philosophy, coach, satire, ambition ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2013, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit, montreal, north korea, ukraine
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Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Young elite swimmer Claire is sent to Australia to coach a boys swimming team, where she must overcome an old rival and a secret fear to save the swimming camp from closing.
Style:
light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
swimming, competition, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, coach, teenage angst, athlete's life, coping, sport team, world championship wrestling, direction and purpose ...
Place:
oceania
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style:
romantic, teen, inspirational, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, youth, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, music, dance contest, street dance, contests and competitions, competition ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
maryland, usa, baltimore
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
Style:
funny, satirical, surreal, mockumentary, absurd ...
Plot:
mascot, competition, eccentricity, stupidity, mentor, existentialism, loneliness, brutality, satire, dancing, stoner, hedgehog ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
obsession, bird, competition, friendship, father son relationship, eccentricity, camp, family drama, marital problem, rivalry, midlife crisis, storm ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, china
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Style:
feel good, light, funny, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
college, monster, friendship, underdog, unlikely friendships, university, competition, foe turned friend, creativity, fraternity, student life, odd couple ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 90s, 2000s
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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: 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, inspirational, sweet, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, figure skating, high school, ice skater, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, happy ending, competition, dancing, coming of age, love, school ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s
Place:
new england
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Corey (Fred Savage) refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy (Luke Edwards) be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis), who notices that Jimmy has a special ...
Style:
road movie, touching, melancholic, intense, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, video game, competition, on the road, child, children, teenager, kids and family, underdog, computer game, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
california, nevada, utah, usa, reno nevada
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, not serious, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
summer camp, competition, mischievous children, father son relationship, children, childhood, happy ending, colonel, family relations, buddies, escapades, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two hapless youths lead their burger joint in a fight against the giant fast-food chain across the street.
Style:
funny, humorous, stylized, black comedy, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
fast food restaurant, competition, black romance, friendship, food, buddies, childhood, stupidity, high school, teacher, african american protagonist, black ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant ?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the ...
Style:
intense, stylized, humorous, hood, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
hip hop, dancing, dance, street dance, breakdance, competition, friendship, music, betrayal, rivalry, follow your dream, dance performance ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant ?
105K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, ...
Style:
feel good, teen, entertaining, romantic, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, teenage girl, teenager, popular girl, friendship, adolescence, female protagonist, competition, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 1900s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
florida, california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
Style:
mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wedding, tennis, wedding planner, competition, nudist camp, contests and competitions, couple relations, magazine, dancer, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
london, wales
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings ...
Style:
inspirational, humorous, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, sport team, happy ending, childhood, athlete and trainer, competition, underdog, foe turned friend, youth, redemption, self discovery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota
Is relevant ?
90K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cody is a surfing penguin from Shiverpool who dreams of making it big and being like his idol Big Z. On his journey he discovers his talents are not all he thinks they are and he must learn to accept that their is more to surfing than fame and ...
Style:
mockumentary, entertaining, humorous, inspirational, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
surfing, competition, talking animal, penguins, world champion, surf, sea, friendship, storytelling, catastrophe, island, athlete's life ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica, fictional island
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As Maddy takes on coaching a team of young twelve-year-old gymnasts, she faces up to intense city versus country rivalry, racism, cyberbullying and her own self-doubt but eventually takes the challenge head on.
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gymnastics, gymnast, competition, bully, bullying, team, championship, sport team, cyberbullying, olympian, rivalry, coach ...
Place:
south australia, adelaide south australia
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33K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Style:
controversial, independent film, sad, crying, disgusting
Plot:
coming of age, 11 year old girl, competition, friendship, child, dancer, dancing, teenage sex, twerking, dancehall girl, brother sister relationship, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france, paris france
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115K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, funny, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, wedding preparations and rituals, women, couple relations, friendship, couples, fiancee, wedding ceremony, rivalry, female friendship, love and romance, wedding planning ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style:
romantic, feel good, entertaining, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenager, teenage life, revolution, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, miami, florida
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