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Plot Summary:
A film about Rikard, age 30. He is autistic and severely disfigured. He lives in a home for disabled people. He was separated from his mother as a three-year-old, and this continues to torment him today. To deal with life's trials, Rikard escapes into a fantasy world in which he's a 50-meter-tall giant.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, weird
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Koko-di Koko-da (2019)
Plot Summary:
As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, tense, humorous, suspense, psychological thriller, psychedelic, horror comedy, art house, crying, weird
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Why? (1987)
Plot Summary:
Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the fans of football club Sparta from Prague, whose supporters were the pioneers of the football fan riots in Czechoslovakia, starting with hooligan actions already in the 1960s, like breaking the trains in which they travelled when they went on Sparta's away games. The film deals with one of such episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: non-linear, crying
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eHero (2018)
Plot Summary:
An up-and-coming video gamer faces his greatest challenge yet as he and his team must overcome a fiery gaming superstar, as well as their own battling egos, to win the ultimate video game championship.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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I Am Shahid Afridi (2013)
Plot Summary:
Story of a boy (Noman Habib) who dreams to become Shahid Afridi finds himself down on luck when the only club he ever knew goes bankrupt. With no place else to go he discovers one last chance to save his club, his town and his dream. A cricket tournament coming to Sialkot which may be the club's last hope. But are they ready yet? A team of misfits with no facility and no coach, can they even qualify for the cup and face the highly skilled undefeated rivals who were born with a golden spoon in their mouths and every facility in their hands? With that question in mind they decide to take help from an ex cricketer Akbar Deen (Humayun Saeed), but Akbar has a dark past of his own. When fates collide and mysteries unfold, "Main Hoon Shahid Afridi" embarks on a journey of Mistrust, Betrayal, Love, Power and Unfulfilled Dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: islamic
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Salome (1972)
Plot Summary:
A psychedelic re-telling of the biblical story. Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and after she fails to seduce the prophet John (The Baptist) she dances for the King in order to ask for his execution. The story is told in a bizarre way of fast cuts, repetitive dialogue and extreme satire.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, experimental, avant garde, weird
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Christmas Oratorio (1996)
Plot Summary:
The 1930s. Sidner's mother Solveig dies in a very unfortunate bicycle accident involving some cows. Sidner, his sister and his father Aron move to Sunne to work at a hotel. Aron tries hard to leave the sweet memories of his wife behind him but that isn't made easier by the fact that he always meets her ghost. Aron gets himself a pen friend, a young girl in New Zealand called Tessa. He starts to dream of beginning a new life on the other side of the world. Will his dreams come true and can they help him to cure his regret over the death of his wife?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: weird
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Walkover (1965)
Plot Summary:
Walkover, the autobiographical second feature by Polish enfant terrible Jerzy Skolimowski echoes the French nouvelle vague in its extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags:
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Chelsea Girls (1966)
Plot Summary:
Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City, presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: underground film, experimental, avant garde, psychedelic, art house, art film, cult classic, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Hotel (2013)
Plot Summary:
Erika is mentally bruised and starts group therapy with people seeking absolute anonymity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, emotional, touching, serious, gloomy
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Cry (1995)
Plot Summary:
On November 30th (the date when King Karl XII died) there will usually be demonstrations by hyper-national and neo-Nazi groups, and also democratic counter demonstrations. The plot of "West Side Story" is transferred to the Stockholmian suburb Alby where many immigrants live. But the film is no plagiarism, in particular no so because many scenes have the intensive character of live transmission. The boy (Adam) belongs to a Nazi group whose racial attitude is foremost directed against immigrants with 'wrong' colour of hair or skin. The girl (Julia) belongs to a family of political fugitives from Peru. Adam and Julia immediately fall in great and reciprocal love, and there are highly emotional love scenes. Therefore Adam breaks with his group. But when his best friend is killed by Julia's brother, he kills the brother. In turn the couple is hunted by the police and Julia's relatives. Both Adam and Julia are finally murdered. The film takes no step toward reconciliation.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, emotional, realistic
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Forever (2023)
Plot Summary:
Mila and Kia, a pair of teenage best friends and aspiring football professionals. When the girls get a new demanding football coach Lollo, they slowly start to drift apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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On The Edge (2020)
Plot Summary:
The film's two main protagonists are Russia's best saber fencers. One of them has long been in the limelight, the other only recently made it into the national team and has been winning almost every tournament since. The two athletes begin to fight for supremacy both on and off the arena.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: motivational, uplifting, serious, captivating, realistic, exciting
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Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009)
Plot Summary:
Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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She Monkeys (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Emma meets Cassandra, they initiate a relationship filled with physical and psychological challenges. Emma does whatever it takes to master the rules of the game. Lines are crossed and the stakes get higher and higher. Despite this, Emma can't resist the intoxicating feeling of total control.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, touching, teen, tense, sexual, sexy
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Sunday Pranks (1983)
Plot Summary:
Made in 1983, shelved for four years. A chilling tale about kids playing in a bombed-out Warsaw courtyard on the day of Stalin's death, while their parents are away at the church or a memorial procession.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Longshot (1981)
Plot Summary:
When one of the foosball team members is injured, a 14-year-old girl takes the champion's place.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Why me? (1984)
Plot Summary:
An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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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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The Boxer and Death (1963)
Plot Summary:
Concentration camp commander Kraft finds out that prisoner Kominek is a former professional boxer. Overnight, the prisoner is made Kraft's exercise partner and unwillingly rises to a privileged position at the camp. His anger over the death of his friend and co-prisoner leads to open revolt. The film brings a new view of human degradation during fascism by a tragic story of one man whose only chance for survival is to accept the rules of an unequal game.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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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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Tomorrow's Joe (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1960's, Joe Yabuki (Tomohisa Yamashita) lives in a run-down low income ara. There, alcholic ex-boxer Danpei Tange (Teruyuki Kagawa) notices Joe Yabuki's talents as a boxer. But then, Joe gets into trouble and is sentenced into the youth detention center. In the youth detention center, Joe gets into a brawl and then is knocked out by Toru Rikiishi (Yusuke Iseya) who is a champion caliber professional boxer. While incarcerated, Joe gets special training from Danpei Tange through letters. Upon Joe's release, he quickly becomes an elite boxer and famous for a devastating cross counter. Meanwhile, Toru Rikiishi is also released from prison and quickly resumes his boxing career. Toru finally gets his shot at the world championship belt, but before that, Toru wants a match with Joe Yabuki. The two men enter the ring.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Mickey (2004)
Plot Summary:
Best-selling author John Grisham deviates from his usual literary thrillers with this winning film that stars Harry Connick Jr. as Tripp Spence, a widower who goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son, Derrick (Shawn Salinas). They assume new identities and flee to Las Vegas, where Derrick, now known as Mickey, joins a team that makes it to the Little League World Series. But will fame give away his true identity?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating
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Glove (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kim Sang-nam (Jeong Jae-yeong), a hot-tempered former professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of hearing-impaired players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Kim has a difficult time imagining how he can teach baseball to a group of boys who can't hear, but as he spends time with them he starts to believe that they can play the game. Motivated, Kim decides to help them prepare for the nationals. But things don't go the way Kim plans and their difficulties communicating with one another exacerbates the situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, emotional, realistic
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Legendary (2010)
Plot Summary:
A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, rough, exciting, independent film
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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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The Color of Money (1986)
Plot Summary:
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: road movie, clever, realistic, talky, stylized, epic, neo noir, social, cult classic, spectacular
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The Wrestler (2008)
Plot Summary:
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 317000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: depressing, emotional, bleak, touching, serious, melancholic, sad, sincere, heartbreaking, gloomy
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Crooked Arrows (2012)
Plot Summary:
A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, independent film, vintage
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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
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Rocky (1976)
Plot Summary:
When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 617000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: inspirational, uplifting, motivational, touching, cult classic, captivating, dramatic, action packed, saga, action adventure