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Plot Summary:
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, romantic, exciting, entertaining, intense, inspirational, sincere, serious
Best tv shows and movies like For Love of the Game (1999):
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Bull Durham (1988)
Plot Summary:
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sexy, inspirational, cult classic, funny, humorous, realistic, talky, independent film, romantic comedy, scary
Similar in 88%
Everybody's All-American (1988)
Plot Summary:
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, gloomy, inspirational, romantic
Similar in 86%
The Scout (1994)
Plot Summary:
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks) gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser). Soon, the Bronx Bombers put a $55 million contract on the table -- provided a psychiatrist (Dianne Wiest) can affirm Nebraska's mental stability. Watch for Yankees owner George Steinbrenner's cameo.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, sentimental, melancholic, satirical, feel good, psychological, cynical, funny
Similar in 81%
All the Right Moves (1983)
Plot Summary:
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, talky, melancholic, sentimental, sincere, feel good, touching, serious, inspirational, erotic
Similar in 87%
Mr 3000 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, inspirational, stylized, touching, feel good, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, funny, light
Similar in 90%
American Flyers (1985)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sad, sincere, uplifting, serious, realistic, exciting, light, inspirational
Similar in 78%
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Plot Summary:
Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the forfeit of a Little League game by his team. "Amazing Grace" Smith, a fictional Boston Celtics player, played by NBA star Alex English, decides to join the boy in his protest by resigning from professional basketball. This gives it nationwide coverage, inspiring more pro athletes to join the protest against nuclear weapons. The film reaches a climax when the President of the United States personally meets with Chuck, admiring his resolve but at the same time explaining the practical difficulties of disarmament. Sinister forces, meanwhile, threaten the lives of Amazing Grace and his agent, Lynn.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, uplifting, touching, serious, sincere, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Love & Basketball (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. They've followed the game all their lives and have no small amount of talent on the court. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, sexy, uplifting, romantic, intense, sentimental, hood, tear jerker, cute, teen
Similar in 75%
Vision Quest (1985)
Plot Summary:
High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed , trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the mop-headed student undeterred in his Vision Quest...until a day a sexy drifter threatens to pin Louden and his dreams to the mat of unrequited love.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: inspirational, melancholic, sentimental, serious, realistic, cult classic, intense, romantic, uplifting, romantic drama
Similar in 81%
Tiger Town (1983)
Plot Summary:
Alex believed in his baseball hero Billy Young. When Billy's performance struggled, Alex's friends began to doubt Alex; and Billy began to doubt himself. Alex wants to prove to his friends, to Billy, and to himself that believing in someone can make the difference.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, uplifting, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Summer Catch (2001)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Local boy Ryan Dunne (Freddie Prinze Jr.), now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish (Jessica Biel), the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley fall in love, much to the chagrin of their families, while Ryan clings to one last hope of being discovered and signed to a pro baseball contract.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, sensual, happy, light
Similar in 87%
Talent for the Game (1991)
Plot Summary:
Major League Baseball scout must find promising young player to save his job and his team.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 980
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 81%
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
Plot Summary:
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, entertaining, melancholic, light, sincere, realistic, sentimental, serious, romantic
Similar in 83%
Cobb (1994)
Plot Summary:
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: factual, inspirational, intense, rough, serious, sincere, realistic, cynical, non fiction, anamorphic
Similar in 89%
Bounce (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, romantic, melancholic, touching, talky, sincere, romantic drama, independent film, serious
Similar in 84%
Tin Cup (1996)
Plot Summary:
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sexy, light, entertaining, romantic, inspirational, sweet, melancholic, romantic comedy, feel good, humorous
Similar in 81%
Fever Pitch (2005)
Plot Summary:
When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers Ben's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. She thinks it is perfect until everything goes downhill for them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, sexy, light, entertaining, funny, sweet, feel good, humorous, cute
Similar in 78%
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Plot Summary:
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational, depressing, melancholic, talky, intense, sincere, serious
Similar in 77%
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: feel good, motivational, inspirational, realistic, sentimental, romantic, sincere, touching, romantic comedy, sweet
Similar in 87%
The Rookie (2002)
Plot Summary:
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting, entertaining, light, sweet, realistic, sincere
Similar in 83%
One Day (2011)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, emotional, sad, touching, realistic, heartbreaking, romantic drama, tear jerker, serious
Similar in 86%
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
Similar in 78%
Draft Day (2014)
Plot Summary:
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: inspirational, exciting, suspense, intense, semi serious, talky, tense, social, humorous, serious
Similar in 78%
McFarland, USA (2015)
Plot Summary:
A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, exciting, sentimental, serious, light, emotional, sweet
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The Natural (1984)
Plot Summary:
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: inspirational, romantic, sentimental, atmospheric, touching, realistic, feel good, emotional, sad, serious
Similar in 76%
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Plot Summary:
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, emotional, sincere, sentimental, bad ending, sweet, scenic, semi serious, realistic
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Falling in Love Again (1980)
Plot Summary:
Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both had a fondness for bran muffins. They fell in love, got married, moved to Los Angeles, and had two kids. While struggling with his midlife crisis, Harry receives an invitation for his high school's reunion back so he takes Sue and their teenage kids on a cross-country car trip back to the Big Apple. Will they see in the Bronx what they expected? Will the good memories from their past help rekindle their fading love? Is it too late to dream?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, melancholic, light, entertaining, intense, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Similar in 89%
Moneyball (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 455000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, realistic, captivating, motivational, clever, serious, suspense, intelligent, witty
Similar in 83%
42 (2013)
Plot Summary:
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sentimental, emotional, touching, factual, intense, serious, motivational, period piece, thought provoking
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Forrest Gump (1994)
Plot Summary:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes him. 'Forrest Gump' is the story of a man who rose above his challenges, and who proved that determination, courage, and love are more important than ability.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 22000000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting, dramatic, sincere, philosophical, epic, spiritual