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Plot Summary:
In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, serious, realistic
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Sarah Prefers to Run (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah has a chance to go to a first class university and to join its premiere athletic club, her suburban mother is fearful of the change and refuses to help financially. But Sarah's roommate knows that they will get a grant if they marry. Sarah agrees but only to discover that her true heart lies elsewhere. Sarah prefers to run.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, serious, gloomy, queer cinema
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American Anthem (1986)
Plot Summary:
Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While dealing with the conflicts in their personal lives and the stress of training, they prepare for the US Olympic Trials.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, touching, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Finishers (2013)
Plot Summary:
Julien, 17, is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. Despite their love for him, his family is gradually falling apart under the strain of dealing with his disability. In a bid to bond with his father, Julien challenges him to participate with him in the Ironman race in Nice (French Riviera), a triathlon in which his father has previously competed.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, serious, realistic
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Junior League (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the town of Podolsk, The Bears hockey club hires a new coach, Sergei Makeyev, a former National Hockey League player, who sets out to get the club to the Junior Hockey League and make The Bears a successful team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, touching, exciting, entertaining, light, visually appealing, tense, feel good
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The Games (1970)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, uplifting, serious, captivating, realistic
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White Palms (2006)
Plot Summary:
Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: uplifting, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, touching, gloomy
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Road to Victory (2007)
Plot Summary:
A star athlete on the verge of turning pro must decide which dream to pursue while he battles his own body.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Goalkeeper (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ramiro Forteza is a Premier League goalkeeper whom the Civil War and the rigors of the war led to make a living visiting villages and challenging locals to mark him penalty goals. One evening he arrives to a town in Asturias and meets Manuela, a young widow with a son, who survives sewing for Ursula, Andrade's wife, the Civil Guard sergeant.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Freestyle (2010)
Plot Summary:
A romance set in the world of freestyle basketball.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, realistic, semi serious, exciting
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Dans les cordes (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspense
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The Miracle of Bern (2003)
Plot Summary:
The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, feel good, serious, realistic
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My Brother's Keeper (2004)
Plot Summary:
Identical twin brothers Lou and Eric plan to compete together in the National Rowing Championships. But when Eric leaves their small town to attend an Ivy League University, the brother's bond is torn apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, crying, freeze frame
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4 Minute Mile (2014)
Plot Summary:
A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, realistic, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, crying, motivational, gloomy
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A Fighting Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, disturbing, exciting, sincere, touching
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The Kid (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy Albright is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. His mentor, Harry Sloan, an aging trainer and former boxer, sees Jimmy's potential, not only as a boxer but as a young man. With Harry's guidance, Jimmy trains and fights his way to the top of his division. All things appear to be on track, except for one small twist: Jimmy's parents, Don and Doreen, don't know he's a boxer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, sincere, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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A Gentleman's Game (2002)
Plot Summary:
A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, serious, scenic, independent film, realistic
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Personal Best (1982)
Plot Summary:
This film chronicles the relationship of two female world-class athletes. Mariel Hemingway and real-life Olympian pentathlete Patrice Donnelly play runners who train together, compete against each other and eventually become lovers. Scott Glenn plays their coach in this film that culminates with the trials for the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, tense, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, realistic, crying
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Madison (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 1971, air-conditioner repairman and boat enthusiast Jim McCormick entertains his desire to 'go down' as a legend in the record books when the Gold Cup hydroplane boat race improbably comes to his small town of Madison, Indiana. Immediately, Jim seizes his opportunity to enter the contest. With a motley crew of fellow mechanics and friends at his side, Jim fixes up his old boat and brings hope to the blighted industrial city. Written by Sujit R. Varma.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, realistic, melancholic, anamorphic, independent film
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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.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, captivating, teen, sentimental, realistic
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Mary Kom (2014)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: realistic, exciting, serious, captivating, motivational, inspirational, poignant, patriotic
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Fast Girls (2012)
Plot Summary:
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: uplifting, feel good, exciting, touching, realistic, serious
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The Long Run (2001)
Plot Summary:
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 when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Africa
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sincere, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, independent film
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Bert & Dickie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) defied all the odds and made history in the double sculls. This is the story of how they did it - not only by pushing physical and emotional limits, but also by overcoming their vast professional and personal differences.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: uplifting, serious, realistic, exciting
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The Bronx Bull (2016)
Plot Summary:
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating
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Price of Glory (2000)
Plot Summary:
An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his three sons. We see them in pee-wee Silver Glove matches with dad constantly pushing them. Ten years later, they're young men, with dad as both father and manager. A professional promoter, Nick Everson, wants to sign the boys, but dad rejects those offers. Then, in expressions of their varied relationships with their father, each son makes his own decisions. Can dad ever step aside, and can the family hold together?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sincere, realistic, serious, tense
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The Last American Hero (1973)
Plot Summary:
A backwoods bootlegger decides to put the driving skills he developed evading the law to good use. He becomes a race car driver, and eventually, one of the fastest drivers in history.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, sincere, fast
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Streetballers (2009)
Plot Summary:
Defining street basketball as America's new favorite pastime, it is a story driven by passion, faith, and achieving goals. A story capturing the poetic nature of street basketball, highlighting the struggles endured on and off the court by the purest of athletes. Constantly searching for sanity in the midst of alcoholism, racism, and drugs, John Hogan and Jacob Whitmore, two junior college basketball players, find release and therapy while competing at one of the most competitive and poetic street courts in the U.S. Both men must spend an entire summer helping one another overcome their adversities. Their dedication and love for the game of basketball transcends from the playground courts into each of their dysfunctional households where the two boys play the constant role of the father figure. Together, the two boys paint a sad and delightful portrait with their innocence, concerns, and faith in the unknown.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film, spiritual
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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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Believe in Me (2006)
Plot Summary:
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, inspirational, spiritual
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Pride (2007)
Plot Summary:
In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: inspirational, uplifting, serious, emotional, realistic, sincere, touching, crying, exciting, road movie