Best movies like Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story
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Plot Summary:
The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, 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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The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (2016)
Plot Summary:
The inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durant's mother Wanda and her dedication to raise one of the greatest basketball players in the world. (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Shoresy (2022)
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Foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving, fan favourite character, Shoresy, joins the Sudbury Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO) on a quest to never lose again.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Minnesota (2009)
Plot Summary:
A story of two brothers - two young hockey players.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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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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Super-talented footballing prodigy Martin is bought by top club Inter Milan, aged just 16. It’s the chance of a lifetime – but at what price?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Italy, Denmark
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Pee Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (2012)
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When his wife dies, Carl offers his only son, Janeau, 12, a fresh start. They move to Mont Saint-Hilaire, where Janeau makes friends with Julie, a talented Pee-Wee hockey goalie determined to compete in the annual World Tournament held in Quebec. She convinces Janeau to join the team, but he has a hard time being accepted by the rest of the players, including Joey, the star player who has to endure constant pressure from his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: inspirational, light, captivating, entertaining
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Breakaway (2011)
Plot Summary:
A hockey enthusiast since 12 years of age, Toronto-based Rajvinder Singh, even went to the extent of trimming his hair, discarding his Pagri/turban, did not complete his education, incurred the wrath of his father, Darvesh, who wanted him to be involved in the family business as well as confirm and respect Sikh religion principles and values. Hoping to play professional hockey, Rajvinder, along with other fellow Sikh players, instead finds himself treated as the object of ridicule, referred to as a 'joker', by mainstream Caucasian players. Even his friends tease him and ask him to take up 'Guli Danda' and Kabaddi', while his father makes him work for Uncle Sammy as a truck driver. He is attracted to stunning law student Melissa Winters while her brother, Dan, offers to coach Rajvinder and his team. Unable to get themselves included in any team, they form their own.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, India, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, realistic
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Skating to New York (2013)
Plot Summary:
The coming-of-age journey of 5 teenage boys who leave their small, Canadian town behind and risk skating across Lake Ontario to New York on the coldest day of the year.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, light, sincere, feel good, unusual plot structure
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Net Worth (1995)
Plot Summary:
The story of the NHL's early years, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, and the owners, over issues of benefits, pensions and the like.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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The Sheldon Kennedy Story (1999)
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Alberta (Canada) rural farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy feels abused by dad when punished for poor performances compared to big brother Troy. being recruited for professional ice-hockey at age 14 seems an ideal way out, straight to a party animal's good life. Yet after a Vegas marriage with Jana and hearing she's pregnant, Sheldon breaks down and tells her what's eating at him for years: coach Graham James, whoa arranged for him to be transferred each time James was, sexually abused Sheldon, who fears to be laughed away as a queer and loose his only career avenue if he goes public.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Slap Shot (1977)
Plot Summary:
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, inspirational, cult classic, exciting, feel good, cynical, hilarious, clever, realistic
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Amateur (2018)
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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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Street Dreams (2009)
Plot Summary:
Derrick Cabrera, like all skateboarders, dreams of being sponsored one day. He has all the talent in the world to make it happen but some major roadblocks to overcome before he can make the dream a reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, sincere, disturbing, rough, realistic, semi serious
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Legend No. 17 (2013)
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: sincere, rough, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 145
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Country: Canada
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 658
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, realistic, disturbing, feel good
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Terry Sawchuk biopic.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
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The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Australia
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In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, put a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning for a distraction from world events. With the world watching, the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question to the millions viewing at home: "Do you believe in miracles?" Yes!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
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In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
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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
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