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 6.8
 380
Four Minutes (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the history of sports.
Plot: running, runner, track and field, cambridge university, male female relationship, twenty something, jazz, new year, boat, pianist, race, patient ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1952, year 1947 ...
Place: helsinki finland, oxford university, mount everest
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 5.8
 39K
The Ringer (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, hilarious, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mentally challenged, rivalry, running, friendship, love and romance, lie, gambling, pretense, track and field, disability, down syndrome, mental disorder ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
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 7.4
 70K
Marathon Man (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, dentist, revenge, nazi, paranoia, espionage, kidnapping, violence, chase, brother brother relationship, murder, torture ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, persia, uruguay, paris france ...
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 5.7
 380
The Long Run (2001)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Africa
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but ...
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: runner, interracial relations, obsession, running, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, contests and competitions, society, athlete and trainer, track and field, female athlete ...
Time: 90s
Place: south africa, africa
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 7.5
 7K
The Marathon (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 107 min.
Story: ‘The Marathon’ is a feature film which contains humour in combination with impressive drama. The garage of four jass playing, smoking and beer drinking mechanics is threatened to be closed. The ‘genius’ idea to run the marathon of Rotterdam ...
Style: realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating, semi serious
Plot: marathon, friendship, against the odds, running, hospital, friends, personal growth, buddies, ambition, mechanic, happiness, birthday party ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, netherlands
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch ...
Style: bleak, tense, harsh, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: survival, native american, revenge, betrayal, wilderness, native, jealousy, dog sled, love triangle, running, tragic love, intrigue ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, middle ages
Place: canada
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 7.5
 22K
Free Fall (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style: emotional, sexual, atmospheric, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay interest, gays and lesbians, forbidden love, gay slur, male male relationship, infidelity, love affair ...
Time: 2000s
Place: germany
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Never Hike Alone (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story: A hiker's survival skills is put to the test when he stumbles upon the remains of an old abandoned camp and discovers its long dark secrets.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough, spooky ...
Plot: homicidal maniac, serial killer, psychopath, masked man, murder, danger, running, survival horror, murderer, summer camp, violence, fight ...
Place: new jersey
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Across the Tracks (1990)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him and his buddy Louie tries to make him go astray again. ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: running, runner, poverty, homeless, school, family relations, high school, bare chested male, teenage boy, brother, violent content, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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 7.1
 139K
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Set in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, the film follows a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Style: period piece, captivating, comedy drama, teen, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, actor, first love, teenage boy, jealousy, closeted homosexual, political campaign, age difference, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, friendship, wrongful arrest ...
Time: year 1973, 2020s, 70s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, pasadena california, new york
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A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Style: entertaining, colorful, profound, mysterious, philosophical ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teen fantasy ...
Plot: time travel, teenager, rage, evil, journey, fear, courage, parents and children, good versus evil, siblings relations, magic, love ...
Time: future
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 7.1
 14K
Lean on Pete (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Charley, a teen living with his single father, finds work caring for an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete. When he learns Pete is bound for slaughter, the two embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier in search of a place to call home.
Style: road movie, sad, exciting, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: horse, coming of age, racehorse, teenager, teenage boy, single father, runaway, father son relationship, on the road, horse trainer, doctor, orphan ...
Time: year 2017, 90s
Place: portland oregon
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 7.5
 551K
The Conjuring (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, witch, paranormal investigation, fear, possession, psychic, paranormal, haunting, supernatural horror ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 70s, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
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Charlotte's Web (1973)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style: colorful, light, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, pig, rescue, farm, children, friends who live together, compassion, animal human communication, misunderstanding, love, rat, broom ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place: new england, usa, maine
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Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A female aerobic instructor is possessed by an evil spirit of a fallen ninja when coming to his aid. The spirit seeks revenge on those who killed him and uses the female instructor's body to carry out his mission. The only way the spirit will ...
Style: independent film, light, grindhouse, fast, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, female ninja, revenge, supernatural, ninja master, kung fu, danger, ninja magic, curse, temple, brutality ...
Time: 80s
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona
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Out of Nature (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Out of Nature is a journey inside Martins head. A family father in his 30s living in a small town of Norway. He feels alienated in his own life and longs to get away. Away from his job, away from his family, into the woods, up to the mountains. ...
Style: contemplative, semi serious, existential, psychological, humorous ...
Plot: male nudity, male masturbation, male pubic hair, hiking, masturbation, mountain, self discovery, introspection, imagination, nature, midlife crisis, running ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
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 7.9
 1.3M
Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, ocean, love and romance, survival, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, 90s, edwardian era ...
Place: britain, iran, los angeles, america, nova scotia ...
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 7.3
 21K
The Son's Room (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Style: touching, sincere, sad, depressing, meditative ...
Audience: teens
Plot: psychoanalysis, regret, loss of son, psychology, grief, parents and children, family problems, redemption, hopes, family in crisis, overcoming, running ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: italy, europe
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 7.3
 148K
Labyrinth (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, ...
Style: gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: puppet, surrealism, good versus evil, danger, rescue, fantasy world, maze, friendship, castle, beast, imaginary kingdom, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
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Lady Chatterley (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story: French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
Style: sexy, romantic, sexual, touching, sincere ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, sex, lady, sensuality, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, passion, erection, female nudity, female pubic hair, dysfunctional marriage, class differences ...
Time: year 2006, 1920s, 20th century
Place: riviera, mediterranean sea, europe, france
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the ...
Style: scary, parody, horror comedy, surprise ending, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, adult ...
Plot: monster, creature, mad scientist, skyscraper, gremlin, science runs amok, creature feature, electrocution, giant spider, satire, laboratory, scientist ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and ...
Style: touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, friendship, reconciliation, hunting, animal life, childhood, fox, chase, rescue, animal, friends, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: canada
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The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: lawyer, devil, supernatural, satan, deal with the devil, law firm, courtroom, greed, demon, law, courtroom drama, ambition ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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 6.6
 261
The Athlete (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ethiopia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first ...
Style: uplifting, touching, exciting, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: runner, disability, rehabilitation, starting over, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, against the odds, marathon, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: africa, ethiopia, rome italy
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The Terry Fox Story (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
Style: sad, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot: running, physical disability, runner, illness, disability, heroes, cross country, biopic, family problems, family relations, athlete's life, doctors and patients ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place: newfoundland, canada, british columbia
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 6.2
 503
The Games (1970)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czech and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting, rough
Plot: running, olympics, track and field, bookies, culture clash, destiny, love affair, athlete's life, rivalry, human spirit, athlete and trainer, hopes ...
Time: 60s
Place: rome italy, europe, italy, australia
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 4.8
 506
Goldengirl (1979)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A neo-Nazi Doctor tries to make a superwoman of his daughter who has been specially fed, exercised & Conditioned since she was a child to run in the Olympics.
Style: spooky, independent film
Plot: olympics, running, women, track and field, competition, exploitation, daughter, doctor
Time: year 1979
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Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting
Plot: running, olympics, track and field, radiation, disability, power relations, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, human spirit, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seoul, barcelona
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The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: With the support of her parents (Sharon Gless & Frank Converse), an Arizona adolescent (Helen Hunt) overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.
Plot: running, perseverance, finding yourself, believe in yourself, waking up from a coma, car accident, teenage girl, teenager, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, accident ...
Place: arizona
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 7.4
 42K
Gallipoli (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank, both agile runners, become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli ...
Style: touching, atmospheric, harsh, emotional, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war one, military, anti war, friendship, war, idealism, human spirit, wartime, great war, social commentary, politics, british army ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1915, year 1981, 1920s
Place: australia, ottoman empire, egypt, gallipoli, turkey ...
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