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Plot Summary:
Two men from different backgrounds team up to win a billiards challenge in this underdog sports drama from the Philippines. Pakners stars real-life pool legend Efren "Bata" Reyes as a man who's just been conned out of his savings when he meets up with a Jeepney driver (Fernando Poe Jr.) who has a plan for how the two of them can find riches: billiards. Reyes' character proves a natural at the sport, and the two work their way to the national championships, where it's a do-or-die faceoff with some of the country's best players.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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NXT TakeOver: Rival (2015)
Plot Summary:
The Superstars and Divas of NXT are ready to take over WWE Network once again!.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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WWE Fastlane (2019)
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Fastlane (2019) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown Live brands. It took place on March 10, 2019, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the fifth event promoted under the Fastlane chronology.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 223 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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WWE Backlash (2020)
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This World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) produced PPV event features the self-proclaimed "Greatest Wrestling Match Ever" as Edge faces off against Randy Orton.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Beach Spike (2011)
Plot Summary:
In Hong Kong's Paradise Cove Sharon (Chrissie Chau) and Rachel (Theresa Fu) work at a restaurant of their kung fu master uncle Tao (Lo Mang) while taking on rivals in beach volleyball matches. The wealthy Bu family has plans to have the beach made into a playground for the rich and getting rid of the youth at the beach. Mrs. Bu's two Eurasian daughters, Natalie (Jessica C) and Phoenix (Phoenix Valen) challenge Sharon and Rachel to a volleyball match which Natalie and Phoenix win. Phoenix and Natalie give Rachel and Sharon a challenge: if the two local girls enter and win the upcoming All Hong Kong Women’s Volleyball tournament, Mrs. Bu will revise her plans to further develop the area. Sharon and Rachel feel they don't have a chance to win the tournament. Their uncle then Tao teaches the girls kung fu skills that they apply to volleyball.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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WWE Elimination Chamber (2017)
Plot Summary:
Elimination Chamber (2017) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the SmackDown brand. It takes place on February 12, 2017, at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. This is the seventh event under the Elimination Chamber chronology, the first to be held since 2015, and the first to have three women's matches.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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WWE Hell in a Cell (2020)
Plot Summary:
This hellish structure will see three different championships on the line inside its solid steel walls as Sasha Banks takes on Bayley for the SmackDown Women's Championship, Drew McIntyre fighting for his WWE Championship against Randy Orton, and for the first time ever inside Hell in a Cell, "The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns defends his Universal Championship against Jey Uso in an "I Quit" Match.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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WWE Elimination Chamber (2020)
Plot Summary:
Taking place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this event features a Women's Elimination Chamber match to determine who will face Becky Lynch for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 220 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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WWE Fastlane (2016)
Plot Summary:
Fastlane (2016) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on February 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the second event under the Fastlane chronology.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining
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WWE Elimination Chamber (2011)
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Elimination Chamber (2011) was PPV presented by the National Guard,[5] which took place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. It was the second annual Elimination Chamber event. 2 Elimination Chamber matches took place. the first, for the World heavyweight Championship, featured defending champion Edge against Rey Mysterio, Kane, Drew McIntyre, Big Show, and Wade Barrett. The other was for a WWE Championship match at Wrestlemania XXVII, with CM Punk, John Cena, John Morrison, Sheamus, Randy Orton, and R-Truth competing. Jerry Lawler challenged The Miz for his WWE Championship in a singles match and The Corre challenged Santino and Vladimir Kozlov for the tag team Championships.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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WWE Hell in a Cell (2015)
Plot Summary:
On the final stop on Brock Lesnar's Go to Hell Tour, the Beast sets out to lay his storied rivalry with The Undertaker to rest inside the demonic Hell in a Cell. Plus, Roman Reigns looks to settle a score with Bray Wyatt inside the Cell, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins puts it all on the line against Kane, and much more.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Survivor Series (2003)
Plot Summary:
Survivor Series (2003) was the 17th annual Survivor Series PPV and was presented by Microsoft's Xbox. It took place on November 16, 2003 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas and featured talent from both Raw and SmackDown! The main match on the Raw brand was for the World Heavyweight Championship between Goldberg and Triple H. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was a Buried Alive match between The Undertaker and Vince McMahon. This would also be marked as The Undertaker's last appearance portraying Big Evil/The American Badass, as he would return four months later at WrestleMania XX in his Deadman persona. The predominant match on the Raw brand was a 5 on 5 Traditional Survivor Series match between Team Bischoff (Chris Jericho, Christian, Randy Orton, Scott Steiner and Mark Henry) and Team Austin (Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley, and D-Von Dudley). The main match on the card featured an Ambulance match between Kane and Shane McMahon.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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WWE Super Show-Down (2018)
Plot Summary:
It will take place on October 6, 2018, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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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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NXT TakeOver: London (2015)
Plot Summary:
NXT TakeOver: London is an upcoming major professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that is scheduled to take place on December 16, 2015, produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT brand, and will be streamed live on the WWE Network. The show will be the first NXT TakeOver broadcast from outside the United States as the finale of the first ever NXT tour of the United Kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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All Elite Wrestling: Fyter Fest (2020)
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Fyter Fest is an upcoming series of professional wrestling television special episodes produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is will be the second event in the Fyter Fest chronology. The event will be broadcast as a two-part special edition of AEW's weekly television program, Dynamite.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Sport
Country: USA
Duration:
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Chihayafuru Part II (2016)
Plot Summary:
After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, shoujo, anime
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Spin Kick (2004)
Plot Summary:
A school director is forced to train the 'worst' students of his school to master Taekwondo as the old coach, taking along the best of his athletes, left the school.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Over Drive (2018)
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At the SCRS (Seiko Cup Rally Series), talented young drivers hope to advance to the WRC (World Rally Championship). Atsuhiro Hiyama (Masahiro Higashide) is the chief mechanic and an engineer at Supika Racing Factory. He is well regarded by his peers. His younger brother is Naozumi (Mackenyu Arata). He is an extremely gifted driver for Supika Racing Factory, but he is also a troublemaker. They continually argue because of Naozumi's reckless racing style. One day, Hikaru Endo (Aoi Morikawa) becomes his manager. --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Pegasus (2019)
Plot Summary:
Zhang Chi, a hubris and dominating six-time racing champion, falls from grace following a crisis. After a five-year suspension from the motorsport, the now single-father to a six-year-old boy throws down the gauntlet once again.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Chihayafuru Part I (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, manga, shoujo
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Battle B-Boy (2016)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Frank Lin this movie tells the story of a group of talented but financially struggling B-Boys that join an underground fighting ring in Downtown Los Angeles that uses Hip-Hop music and Break dancing to battle for money. To save the life of one of their friend's father, the B-Boys form a strong bond. They fight for each other, for their families and for a better future.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Slammed (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hilarity ensues when friends Jeff and Derek try to enter the world of back bar wrestling; where the most beautiful girls could beat the tar out of both of them without a second thought. Even with a little help from the notorious Buckle Girls, can Jeff survive a fight against Switchblade Rick for not only the title, but the heart of the girl he loves?.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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Poker King (2009)
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Although Randy's family is involved in the casino business, he has never shared an interest in gaming until he played Texas Hold 'Em on the Internet. Rival Uno is the manager at Randy's casion. These two bitter enemies will now face off in the Asian Poker King Championships.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Tusong Twosome (2001)
Plot Summary:
A comedy movie starred by Andrew E. and Janno Gibbs.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Action, Comedy, Musical
Country: Philippines
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Life Coach (2009)
Plot Summary:
Max Chêne is a life coach who helps to motivate everybody from professional athletes to government ministers to business executives. After his gambling debts get out of control and his wife throws him out, he is approached to take on a unique client.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, light, feel good, captivating, clever, realistic
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Judge! (2014)
Plot Summary:
A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese characters are slightly different) poses as his wife so that he can attend an open party which is held nightly. Knowing that he’ll get fired if his company doesn’t win the Grand Prix, he’s forced to resort to a variety of desperate tactics.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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A.B. Normal College (Todo na 'yan! Kulang pa 'yun!) (2003)
Plot Summary:
Dominic (Ogie Alcasid) and Miguel (Mikey Macapagal Arroyo), the school's most notorious students, are challenged when the school participates in a quiz show to upgrade the image of the school. With the gorgeous Professor Eula Yulo (Rufa Mae Quinto) as their mentor, the three are out to prove to everyone that they are more than just troublemakers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Wedding Pact (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends in college Mitch and Elizabeth make a pact that if in ten years after graduation they are both not married they will marry each other. Ten years later Mitch (still single) finds out Elizabeth never got married so he decides to travel across the country, find her and follow through on their pact. What he soon realizes is it wont be a simple as he thought.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, teen, happy, humorous, realistic, stylized
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Stickmen (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jack, Thomas and Wayne are the Stickmen. They like nothing more than having a beer in one hand, a pool cue in the other, a coin on the table and a sexy bird or two. They play pub pool for fun and money at Dave's bar. Desperate to get out of debt, Dave gets the Stickmen entered into a high stakes pool tournament run by vicious crime boss "Daddy". He also gets them into a whole rack of trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, biting, independent film
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FC Venus (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in Germany. Anna is not excited about Pete's plan to leave her alone for the summer. Therefore Anna decides to present a challenge to Pete: She will form a team from the wives and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players, and then the women's team (FC Venus) would play against FC HeMan. If the women's team wins, the men will have to give up football, and if the men's team wins, the women will never complain about their hobby.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, captivating, entertaining, realistic