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Plot Summary:
A girl baseball player who is about to graduate from high school will try to enter the professional baseball world forbidden to women.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Take Off 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 2003 the year of Aomori Asian Games, Dae-woong, a former ice hockey player receives an offer to be a director of Korean national ice hockey team. Before he enjoys the moment, realizes it is a woman national team with bunch of losers; a figure skating player who wants to get married by becoming a national team, a former field hockey player, now a fat housewife, and an expelled short track skater. As an ace player, Ji-won, a former national team player of North Korea, joins the team. But they still have hope as only 5 teams participating this year. With the great victory of first match, they feel the medal is closer, yet Ji-won meets her sister left in North Korea alone as a next opponent.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Fourth Place (2015)
Plot Summary:
Joon-ho, a 11-year-old swimmer who hopes to become an Olympic medalist, has a problem; he always records 4th place at all the swimming contests that he participates in. His mom who is more enthusiastic than himself in winning is frustrated. Hearing a rumor about a competent swim coach that other moms hush about, she stalks one of the moms for his contact and manages to hire him as Joon-ho’s personal coach. His records soon start to improve. But the badass coach who once was the most promising athlete on the national team before he had quit trains Joon-ho the only way he knows how; to use violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Phenom (2016)
Plot Summary:
Major-league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson has lost his focus. After choking on the mound, he’s sent down to the minors and prescribed sessions with an unorthodox sports therapist, who pushes him to uncover the origins of his anxiety.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, captivating, cult classic, exciting
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Hot Shot (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hot Shot is a Taiwanese drama starring Jerry Yan, Show Luo, and Wu Chun of Fahrenheit. It was produced by Comic International Productions and directed by Lin He Long. It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television from 27 July 2008 to 9 November 2008, on Sundays at 22:00 to 23:30 and cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28 on 2 August 2008 to 15 November 2008, every Saturday at 21:30 to 23:00. This show was also broadcast in Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Philippines.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Messi (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers fight the odds to make their fathers dream come true and they lose much more in the bargain. The film is on street soccer where every kid dreams to be a Messi and to live the dream they are willing to go beyond the distance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Sport
Country: India, UK
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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As One (2012)
Plot Summary:
A unified team representing the two Koreas competed at the 1991 Chiba International Table Tennis Championships. It was the first such sport team since the division of the Korean peninsula. The unified team won the group competition event, beating the front runner, China.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009)
Plot Summary:
Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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City Without Baseball (2008)
Plot Summary:
The actual members of the Hong Kong Baseball Team all prove themselves to be natural actors by playing themselves in this fictional youth drama set in 2004. In a city where baseball culture is non-existent, these baseball players are a minority by choice. The experience teaches them to be free-thinkers in dealing with love, friendship and their own sexuality. It also enables them to find the will to live in the face of death and the strength to conquer losing in a spectatorless sport.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: intellectual, realistic, witty, disturbing
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Dive!! (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tomoki Sakai (Kento Hayashi) is your average junior-high student. Fascinated by the diving skills of Yoichi Fujitani (Sosuke Ikemaytsu), an elite athlete born into a family of former Olympic divers, Tomoki joins the Mizuki Diving Club (MDC) where Yoichi trains. However, the club is in the red, and its very survival is under question. Beautiful Kayoko Asaki (Asaka Seto) has just returned from the US and joins the club as a new coach, with the mission to save MDC. Her goal is for the club to produce an athlete capable of competing in the Olympics. She brings in Shibuki Okitsu (Junpei Mizobata), a skillful diver with a wild streak from Tsugaru. Meanwhile, Kayoko discovers that Tomoki possesses a unique ability called “diamond eyes” and inspires him to begin serious training. Tomoki, Yoichi and Shibuki have to overcome personal problems, and struggle through conflicts and setbacks in the sport to achieve their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Little Queen (2014)
Plot Summary:
Julie, star cyclist, is two races away from winning the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. Her entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she has been doping since the age of 14. When her doctor denounces her, she manages to hush up the case, but the extent of the mess leads to abuse, lies, and treason. Caught in a gear that goes beyond her, will she succeed in finding a way out?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, semi autobiographical
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Champs (2018)
Plot Summary:
A professional coach has under his wing the team that is expected to qualify and play the FIFA U-17 World Cup. A fictionalized drama inspired by the story of Jesús Ramírez, the mexican coach.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Heart of Champions (2021)
Plot Summary:
During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
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Jersey (2022)
Plot Summary:
An ex-cricketer struggling to make ends meet, wants to fulfill his child's wish of getting an Indian jersey but in the process comes face to face with his heroic past and is forced to decide if he will rise to the occasion and become a symbol of hope or continue to live a life as a loser?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Flight to Victory (2017)
Plot Summary:
Victoria is a free spirited girl from a humble background and an aspirant Sprinter. She was abandoned by her biological mother when she was a child. A woman named Chencha took her in and treated her as her own daughter. Victoria dreams to become a Champion at the Olympics and much determined to fight any obstacle that gets her way. Victoria also finds herself in between two men, Andres and Raul who are willing to fight for her love.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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The Match (2019)
Plot Summary:
One football match on a dirt pitch near Rome becomes a day of reckoning as a young player, his coach and their team's owner wrestle internal demons.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Jump Ashin! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ashin has spent his enitre life training for the national team in gymnastics. His mother believes his work will amount to nothing and asks his high school coach to take him off the team. Ashin then quits the sport entirely. He quickly falls in with wrong crowd and finds himself in a lot of trouble. Ashin leaves his small hometown of Yilan. Will he ever get back to the sport that he loves?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (2018)
Plot Summary:
Based on her book, this World Premiere film follows Simone Biles through the sacrifices and hard work that led her to win 19 Olympic and World Championship medals.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi autobiographical, teen
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Notorious Nick (2021)
Plot Summary:
Nick Newell, a one-armed MMA fighter gets a rare chance to fight for the lightweight championship. He strives to win for himself and all the other people in the world with physical challenges.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Back in the Day (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Tracktown (2016)
Plot Summary:
A bright, talented and lonely long-distance runner twists her ankle as she prepares for the Olympic Trials and must do something she's never done before: take a day off.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film
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Forever the Moment (2008)
Plot Summary:
A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Amateur (2018)
Plot Summary:
14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: inspirational, captivating, semi serious, emotional, disturbing
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The Outfield (2015)
Plot Summary:
The film follows a trio of varsity baseball players as they enter their senior year of high school and navigate difficult choices on and off the field.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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ROOKIES (2008)
Plot Summary:
Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese Literature teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover their dream of going to the Koshien high school baseball tournament. However, the road to Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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100% Coco (2017)
Plot Summary:
13 year old Coco loves fashion and has her own unique style. She dreams of becoming a famous fashion icon. But on her first day of school she is made fun of and everyone calls her 'Coco the Clown'. Devastated, she decides to leave her vintage dresses, panther boots and striped socks at home and to dress herself more unnoticeable. Her anonymously kept fashion vlog as Style Tiger is a huge hit however. Is there still a chance that she will become a style icon? And does Bruno, that quirky boy she knows from school and secretly likes, finally notice her? Slowly Coco learns that she just has to be 100% herself!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Mile in His Shoes (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on the book “The Legend of Mickey Tussler”, this film follows the story of eighteen-year-old Mickey Tussler, who lives on a farm with his father and mother and who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. But he can throw apples at an amazing speed. When a chance meeting occurs with the baseball manager of the semi-pro team the River Rats, from Clayton, Ohio, Mickey gets a chance to pitch for the team and to prove to his father he can do more than live hidden away on the family farm, taking care of his pig Oscar (http://www.christianfilmdatabase.com/).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christian film, sincere, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Glove (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kim Sang-nam (Jeong Jae-yeong), a hot-tempered former professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of hearing-impaired players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Kim has a difficult time imagining how he can teach baseball to a group of boys who can't hear, but as he spends time with them he starts to believe that they can play the game. Motivated, Kim decides to help them prepare for the nationals. But things don't go the way Kim plans and their difficulties communicating with one another exacerbates the situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, emotional, realistic
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Uyare (2019)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring pilot fights for her future -- and justice -- after surviving an acid attack from her abusive boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Season on the Brink (2002)
Plot Summary:
"A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers" is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the team and its practices, meetings, and huddles.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: uplifting, serious, realistic, captivating
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The Final Season (2007)
Plot Summary:
True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill their former coach's shoes and that they can go out winners. In the summer of 1991 Norway High's baseball tradition ended on a triumphant but sombre note.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic, historical drama, serious, captivating, emotional, independent film