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Ted Lasso (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Duration: 1453 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 323000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: soccer, soccer coach, american abroad, male male relationship, football player, football team, football, professional sports, coach, career change, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, professional rivalry, save the day, revenge, divorce, teamwork, ambition, sport team, cultural difference, lifestyle change, rivals, athlete's life, moving
Friday Night Lights (2006)
Plot Summary:
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 team coach Eric Taylor and his family, Tammy and Julie. The show uses this small town backdrop to address many issues facing contemporary American culture, including family values, child development, life lessons, school funding, racism, drugs, abortion and lack of economic opportunities
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: high school, football, athlete and trainer, american football, coach, sport team, friendship, contests and competitions, cheerleader, small town, teenage boy, teenager, career, human spirit, lifestyle, ambitious, leadership, training, championship, small town life, character change, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship, fitness
Haikyu!! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shōyō Hinata began playing volleyball after seeing the "small giants" who played the sport when he was in elementary school. He suffers a crushing defeat in his first and last tournament in middle school at the hands of his rival Tobio Kageyama. So, Hinata joins Kurasuno High School's volleyball team, vowing revenge against Kageyama. However, Kageyama is also on Kurasuno's team. The former rivals form a legendary combo with Hinata's mobility and Kageyama's precision ball-handling. Together, they take on the local tournaments and vow to meet Kurasuno's fated rival school in the nationals
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Plot tags: volleyball, friendship, stubbornness, friends, youth, prodigy, rivalry, against the odds, follow your dream, sport team, athlete's life, contests and competitions, hopes, high school, ambition, power relations, revenge, lgbtq, adaptation, competition, teamwork, tournament, training, slice of life, bromance
Kingdom (2014)
Plot Summary:
A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are taken care of, but all of this responsibility comes at a steep price. He has complicated relationships with both of his sons, Jay and Nate, who are both struggling with their own identities and places within Alvey’s life and gym
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: athlete's life, mixed martial arts, ex convict, brother brother relationship, martial arts, gym, drug addiction, father son relationship, competition, sibling relationship, family problems, training, drug abuse, gay, parents and children, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, brutality, friends, estrangement, blind ambition, lgbt, villain, lgbtq
Cobra Kai (2018)
Plot Summary:
This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 200000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: karate, martial arts, dojo, martial arts training, master apprentice relationship, fight, starting over, middle aged man, teenager, martial artist, father son relationship, father figure, rivalry, bullying, father daughter relationship, coming of age, battles, contests and competitions, showdown, professional rivalry, lgbt, youth, pandemic, love affair, hardship
Blue Mountain State (2010)
Plot Summary:
Three incoming freshmen attending Midwestern college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: college, american football, youth, athlete's life, sexual activity, college life, teenage life, rivalry, social relations, disorder, abuse, ambition, looking for sex, university, cheerleader, friends, strong sexual content, football, party, competition, coach, sport team, stoner, teenager, gay
The League (2009)
Plot Summary:
The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: american football, geek, football, friends, sex talk, family relations, family life, slacker, parenthood, bonding, irresponsible, competition, obsession, suburbs, fan, immature, friendship between men, stoner, nerd, sketch, women in sport, sketch show, badass, friendship, suburban life
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
Plot Summary:
A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court
Duration: 59 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: basketball, basketball player, basketball team, female nudity, breaking the fourth wall, life, coach, career, champion, hollywood, journey, competition, professional, city, tournament, winning, arena, fan, new york times, black, training, trophy, business, team, basketball coach
Yuri!!! on Ice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Yūri Katsuki carried all of Japan's hopes on his shoulders to win at the Gran Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants to continue ice skating. Suddenly the five-time consecutive world championship ice skater Victor Nikiforov appears before him with Yuri Plisetsky, a young Russian figure skater who is already defeating his seniors. Victor and both Yuris take up the challenge on an unprecedented Gran Prix series
Duration: 20 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, figure skating, training, boys love, dream, rise to the top, teenager, rivalry, coach, skating, gay, male nudity, lgbt, competition, lgbtq, tournament, gay relationship, gay subtext, young adult, lgbtqi, dog, gay interest, ballet, slice of life, bisexual
Blue Lock (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: soccer, adaptation, tournament, world cup, bromance, teenager, football, school, student, football player, spirit, academy, teenage boy, high school, football team, training, young boy, little boy, young, stadium, ball
Eastbound & Down (2009)
Plot Summary:
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school
Duration: 28 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: baseball, desire for fame, teacher, ambition, ex athlete, lifestyle, dark humor, obsession, coach, loser, delusion, stupidity, glory, rivals, drinking problem, homecoming, nudity, warrior, stoner, education, nerd, lonely, satire, eccentricity, 40 year old
Kuroko's Basketball (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the story, Kagami Taiga has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Kuroko Tetsuya of the school's basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary Generation of Miracles basketball team. Together, Kagami and Kuroko aim to take their team to the inter-high school championship - against Kuroko's former teammates
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Plot tags: basketball, youth, contests and competitions, friendship, teenager, rivalry, hopes, ambition, lifestyle, sport competition, champion, adaptation, bromance, dishonesty, flashback, show, teenagers, adventure
GLOW (2017)
Plot Summary:
In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Duration: 35 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: misogyny, strong female lead, women, teenage girl, feminist, actress, lgbtq, casting, survival, poverty, lesbian, lgbt, feminism, wrestling, sex, college, overweight man, sisterhood, girl power, strong female character, solidarity, nudity, woman, female protagonist, threesome
Red Oaks (2014)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins. David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: coming of age, teenager, college, nostalgia, teenage sexuality, teenage love, first love, teenage life, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, golf club, teen romance, tennis, teenage girl, teen superhero, parent child relationship, mother son relationship, humour, father son relationship, adolescence, high school, college student, teen angst, teenage son, couple relations
One Tree Hill (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player, Dan Scott, whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb, and their son Nathan. Until now, Dan has managed to keep his two sons far from each other. But the past and present collide sharply when Tree Hill's basketball coach recruits Lucas for his team, much to the chagrin of Nathan and Daddy Dan. And the siblings natural rivalry only intensifies when they set their sights on the same girl, Peyton Sawyer. The residue of the past lingers far into the future for the residents of Tree Hill, even as a new generation is rising. Tree Hill follows the lives and loves of these two brothers, their friends and their family as they navigate high school, marriage, and finally... adulthood
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: high school life, couples, friendship, high school, couple relations, girlfriend, teenage life, youth, teenage love, friends, basketball, family relations, social relations, step siblings, rivalry, favoritism among siblings, teenage pregnancy, suburban life, athlete's life, love and romance, siblings relations, renewed love, ambition, marriage, teenager
Ballers (2015)
Plot Summary:
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: american football, athlete's life, ambition, female nudity, sex, nudity, nfl, football, american football player, business, friendship, party, betrayal, family relations, black, celebrity, rivalry, gambling, champion, urban, sketch, black girl, drug, anti racism, sketch show
All American (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a rising high school football player from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds - Compton and Beverly Hills - begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: american football, high school football, male objectification, high school, coach, father son relationship, rise to the top, stubbornness, teenager, parent child relationship, rivalry, relationship problems, family problems, sport team, black american, high school life, love affair, football team, affair, black, lgbtq, black lives matter, enemies to lovers, rugby player, lesbian
WWE Raw (1993)
Plot Summary:
WWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program that currently airs live on Monday evenings on the USA Network in the United States. The show debuted on January 11, 1993. WWE Raw moved from the USA Network to TNN in September, 2000 and then to Spike TV in August, 2003 when TNN was rebranded. On October 3, 2005 WWE Raw returned to the USA Network. Since its first episode, WWE Raw has broadcast live from 203 different arenas in 169 cities and towns in ten different nations. As of the show's 1,000th episode, airing on July 23, 2012, WWE Raw has become a three-hour broadcast from two-hours, a format that had previously been reserved for special episodes
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: wrestling, beefcake, competition, tournament, strongman, muscleman, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, uninhibited rivalry, fight for supremacy, fight, swindle, entertainment, sketch, sketch show, martial arts, bare chested male, superstar, violent content, sexuality, beefcake martial arts, sports hero, women's wrestling, wrestler
Spinning Out (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kat Baker is an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who is about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life
Duration: 48 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: skating, figure skating, mental health, mental illness, human spirit, athlete, love, enemies to lovers, mother daughter relationship, true love, family problems, couple relations, friendship, sisters, adaptation, relationships, professional sports, athlete's life, ambition, family relations, workout, love affair, pain, social relations, post traumatic stress disorder
The English Game (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever
Duration: 281 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK
Plot tags: soccer, british history, football, tournament, football player, sports history, society, sport team, friendship, family relations, love and romance, follow your dream, social differences, social problems, culture clash, against the rules, traditional versus modern, social change, british aristocracy, tradition, new school, costume, netflix
Make It or Break It (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set in the world of competitive gymnastics, the series follows a group of teen Olympic hopefuls as they train for their day in the spotlight
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: gymnastics, athlete's life, youth, gymnast, olympics, female athlete, friends, follow your dream, ambition, social relations, female protagonist, training, rivalry, hopes, teenage life, competition, family relations, newcomer, underdog, once promising, workout, triumph, obstacle, dancing, gym
Celebrity Deathmatch (1998)
Plot Summary:
Celebrity Deathmatch is a claymation television show that depicts celebrities against each other in a wrestling ring, almost always ending in the loser's gruesome death. It was known for its excessive amount of blood used in every match and exaggerated physical injuries. The series was created by Eric Fogel; with the pilots airing on MTV on January 1 & 25 1998. The initial series ran from May 14, 1998 to October 20, 2002, and lasted for a 75-episode run. There was one special that did not contribute to the final episode total, entitled "Celebrity Deathmatch Hits Germany", which aired on June 21, 2001. Professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin gave voice to his animated form as the guest commentator. Early in 2003, a film based on the series was announced by MTV to be in the making, but the project was canceled by the end of that year. In 2005, MTV2 announced the revival of the show as part of their "Sic 'Em Friday" programming block. Originally set to return in November 2005, the premiere was pushed back to June 10, 2006 as part of a new "Sic'emation" block with two other animated shows, Where My Dogs At and The Adventures of Chico and Guapo. The show's fifth season was produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios and the premiere drew over 2.5 million viewers, becoming MTV2's highest rated season premiere ever
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: wrestling, love, dark humor, army, celebrity, mature, cannibalism, stop motion, supernatural, duel, escapades, rivalry, danger, celebrity culture, robot, macabre, death, dismemberment, blood, blindness, falling from height, gore, broken leg, mutilation, homicide
Rocket Power (1999)
Plot Summary:
Rocket Power is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons. The show mainly revolves around 4 friends and their daily lives of playing extreme sports, surfing, and getting into some crazy situations
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: surfing, extreme sport, obsession, youth, friends, skiing, best friend, adventurer, danger, skating, ambition, mischievous children, punishment, partner, hockey, friendship, snowboard, beach, boy, snowboarding, surfer, girl, nerd, skateboard, brother sister relationship
Racket Boys (2021)
Plot Summary:
A story of a boys' badminton team at a middle school in Haenam as they compete in a junior athletic competition. The 16 year old boys and girls in Haenam grow as people during this time
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 4.5/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: badminton, coach, sport team, athlete's life, training, championship, school, slice of life, team, athlete and trainer, teenage life, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, high school sports, sport competition, high school athlete, family relations, father daughter relationship, little boy, social relations, sporting event, rich and poor, fall in love, strong female character, boarding house