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Plot Summary:
An autistic high school boy emulates the swim style of his Olympic gold medalist grandfather to become a swimming champion himself.
IMDB Rating: 9.4
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration:
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Walking on Air (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young paraplegic wants to escape the bonds of gravity by going into outer space.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: inspirational
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Yellow (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story explores a mother daughter relationship and developmental disability and behavior of a child.Film is about Gauri Gadgil, a special needs child, who also plays herself in the film.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: India, Thailand
Duration: 130 min
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Sea People (1999)
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At 14, Amanda is a perfect swimmer and a great student. When the factory where his father works closes and he must go to work in another city, she feels very sad. One morning she meets the McRea, a very nice elderly couple who, like her, cannot live without the sea, although in another sense.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Diving In (1990)
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A high school diver fights his fear of heights and diving to get onto the team. He gets onto the team, only to find that he must dive the high platform in order to compete. His problems are further compounded by social issues out of the pool. His sister is being taken advantage of by the local tough-guy, and his coach writes him off as a loser. To aid in his overcoming of his phobia, he enlists in a previous women's olympic coach, whom he falls for and crosses the line between business and pleasure. During his training with the new coach, he experiences a bad diving accident and is warned not to dive in the championship. He ignores these warnings, and enters the competition.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Fimpen (1974)
Plot Summary:
Six year old Johan, a.k.a. Fimpen, loves football. One day his talents are discovered. It doesn't take long before Fimpen gets to travel around with the national team. Fimpen becomes an idol and media wants a piece of him all the time. It gets hard to catch up in school.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Family, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min
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The Last Island (2012)
Plot Summary:
Alicia is a selfish brat who is crazy about video games. As her parents work and nobody cares about her, her mother decides to send her to an island where old Aunt Belinda lives. No running water or electricity, by the sea and at the foot of volcano, Alicia fears that the holidays are a bore. In addition, it is rumored that her aunt is a witch, there is a man chasing dragons and two very strange. Something mysterious and magnetic fields emanating from the mountain.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
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Johnny Tiger (1966)
Plot Summary:
Teacher George Dean (Robert Taylor) packs up his children to accept a job instructing Native American children on a Seminole reservation in Florida.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
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The First of May (1999)
Plot Summary:
Cory (Dan Byrd) is a foster child nobody wants. Carlotta (Academy Award-nominee Julie Harris) is an elderly woman the world has forgotten. Together, they find friendship and family when they join a traveling circus. Also features Mickey Rooney and Joe DiMaggio, in his last screen appearance.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Lamb (2015)
Plot Summary:
When an Ethiopian boy moves in with distant relatives he takes his pet sheep with him but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his beloved friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar, Côte d'Ivoire
Duration: 94 min
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A Moment Decides Everything (1979)
Plot Summary:
A story of a Russian girl Nadya Privalova, a record-braking swimmer. She grew up by the sea, and learned swimming with a dolphin named "Fregat". Her first coach encouraged Nadya, and she took swimming professionally. She could beat the world record during her practice routine. But in public she suffered a classic "stage fright" syndrome, and she could not win any international competition. Now her participation in the Olympic games is at stake... . Can she overcome..?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min
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Taking the Plunge (2007)
Plot Summary:
A quiet and introverted high school senior by the name of Gaby is asked by the school's principal to welcome and supervise the integration of a new student, Sandrine. Outgoing and cheerful Sandrine is the complete opposite of Gaby; yet, the two girls soon develop a bond and Gaby slowly comes out of her shell. Pent up emotions about a past accident and old friendships comes back to hunt Gaby after she learns that she will have to tutor Frédérick, the swim team's champion and school hunk.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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The Longest Swim (2014)
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Best buds since childhood, Ben and Matt have grown apart with age. Even when Ben is diagnosed with diabetes, Matt struggles to support his friend like he should. Then, while vacationing at the lake, Matt is awakened by screams and groans coming from Ben's bedroom. The situation is desperate: Ben is convulsing, shaking and gagging. He's gone into a diabetic seizure and with no phone or hospital nearby, Matt's only hope of saving his friend is making the swim to the closest inhabited house--on the other side of the lake.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
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Under Water (2003)
Plot Summary:
Yonatan, Michal's dad, turned orthodox and left her family when she was very yang. 7 years later, when he appears at her mother's funeral, all the anger and tensions in the family are brought up again. Michal on the other hand, is very curious, and tries to find a way to communicate with her father. They find common interest in competitive swimming, a hobby that Michal picked up, and which her father, as it turn out, used to be a serious contestant in.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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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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Dive (2022)
Plot Summary:
Mariel is a veteran elite diver who has one last chance at the Olympic Games. However, when a terrible truth comes to light, Mariel faces her biggest personal question: Is winning her true dream?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Argentina, Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Golden Shoes (2015)
Plot Summary:
With his father MIA at war and his mother critical in hospital, a young boy consoles himself with dreams of playing in the youth soccer league. To do so, he must overcome the adult deception, the bullying and his solitude.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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James the Second (2023)
Plot Summary:
The story of a teenage boy who suffers from a rare disorder that prevents him from feeling. We follow the journey of a single mother going through her son's physical and emotional changes.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Pretty Princess (1993)
Plot Summary:
A princess from a Nordic European country(Snellenburgh) is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escapes and discovers love in the arms of a beautiful swimming teacher(Bova).
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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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 Girl and the Echo (1964)
Plot Summary:
The movie, based on a story by Yuri Nagibin, depicts a young girl Vika enjoying the last days of summer vacations in a sea resort somewhere in the south.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Audrey's Rain (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jean Smart and Richard Gilliland star in "Audrey's Rain" for Hallmark. Jean plays Aunt Audrey, who took in her sister's two kids after her sister's recent suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Swimming for Gold (2020)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 613
Genere: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sincere
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Robby (1968)
Plot Summary:
Shipwrecked on a tropical island, a young boy befriends an abandoned native youth, forcing him to reevaluate societal prejudice about race, religion and nudity.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)
Plot Summary:
When a stolen white stallion escapes his captors, young Stephanie Ward gives him a new home and a new name: Lightning. As she grooms the horse for show-jumping competition, the pair forms an unbreakable bond. But when Stephanie finds herself in need of an expensive operation, and Lightning's original owner tracks him down, Stephanie sets all her hopes on first prize at the Nationals - and on the horse who's become her best friend!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Contest (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bullied high school student Tommy is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor, Matt, the school's most popular student and star athlete. Tommy is suspicious, but is forced to accept the awkward friendship in order to enter a cooking contest with a big prize. And besides, it's so much easier to impress his crush, Sarah, when he's not getting beat up by Matt and his team. As the cooking contest heats up, Sarah sniffs out a conspiracy, but nobody wants to hear about it. Can Tommy trust his budding friendship with Matt or is it all a huge joke on him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, teen, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Winning Season (2004)
Plot Summary:
THE WINNING SEASON tells the story of a legendary baseball player's struggle to choose between the love of his life and his love of the game. In the film, 12 year-old baseball fanatic Joe Soshack finds a mint condition Honus Wagner baseball card that magically takes him back to the 1909 World Series.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, touching
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All the Wilderness (2014)
Plot Summary:
Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new friend and a quirky young woman begin to draw him out of his shell.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, independent film, teen, stylized, interesting
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Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Plot Summary:
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, uplifting, realistic, non-linear, semi serious
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The Swimmers (2022)
Plot Summary:
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, beautiful, extraordinary
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The Champ (1979)
Plot Summary:
The more you love, the harder you fight.The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. He knows his flawed but loving father is, was and always will be The Champ.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sad, emotional, heartbreaking, neo noir, tear jerker, heartfelt, weeping, sincere, uplifting