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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
Plot tags:
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Sea People (1999)
Plot Summary:
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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Flip Turn (2022)
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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June R (2005)
Plot Summary:
June R is a 2006 Tamil drama film directed by Revathy Varmha. The film stars Jyothika in the title role with Kushboo, Saritha and Biju Menon in supporting roles. The film's soundtrack are composed by Malayalam composer Sharreth, while Madhu Ambat was the cinematographer. The film opened in February 2006 and received good reviews from critics and good at the box office.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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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
Plot tags:
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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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The Mighty Pawns (1987)
Plot Summary:
Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: learning
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The Swimmer (2021)
Plot Summary:
Erez, a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp held in a boarding school. The winner of the competition held there wins one ticket to the Olympics. There he meets Nevo, beautiful, gifted, who awakens subconscious desires in him. However, their swimming coach does not believe in friendships between competitors. Warned to stay away from Nevo, Erez is still too attracted to him. In between practices, he attempts to act upon his feelings….
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Israel
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
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Goal (2018)
Plot Summary:
Goal is the story of bunch of ordinary village children who challenge the impossible with the help of a teacher who refuses to see them fail.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, sinhala, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
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My Brother... Nikhil (2005)
Plot Summary:
Famous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing the fact that he has HIV/AIDS.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, sexual, sexy, queer cinema, cult film
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Alex (1992)
Plot Summary:
It is New Zealand 1959. Teen swimmer Alex Archer has to battle set backs, intense rivalry and personal tragedy in her bid to win selection for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, crying, independent film
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Catching Faith 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
Everything seems to be going wrong for the Taylor family right now. Just as Alexa is starting work at her dream job, she's overwhelmed by caring for her mother suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Her son, Beau, has just lost his professional football career to an injury and her daughter, Ravyn, needs help planning her last-minute wedding. Only with the support of friends and the guiding grace of their faith can the Taylors find the strength to cope with the tidal wave of drama and tragedy that is rolling over their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: christian film
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The New Classmate (2015)
Plot Summary:
Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her 14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate. When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will herself go back to school, and even join the class of her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, avant garde
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In Orange (2004)
Plot Summary:
An 11 year old talented soccer player, Remco, has one big dream: to be selected for the national team under 12 years. His father Erik coaches him and everything seems to work out fine, until Erik suddenly dies. Remco and mother Sylvia are shocked. Remco keeps working to fulfil his dream, being helped by his friends Anne and Winston.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, uplifting, captivating, realistic
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Lantern Hill (1989)
Plot Summary:
In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is verbally abused and her mother bullied. Jane is forced into a private academy, in which the other girls tell her that her father, whom Jane believes to be dead, is actually alive. Soon after, Andrew Stuart sends word that he would like to meet his long-lost daughter, so Jane is sent by train to Bright River to stay with him, where she encounters an old mystery that she must help her father overcome, new friends, and the chance to bring her father and mother back together again.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: crying
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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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Dawn! (1979)
Plot Summary:
Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Catching Faith (2015)
Plot Summary:
From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high school football star, daughter a straight A student and her husband is CFO of a booming start-up company. The sudden death.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: christian film, light, uplifting, feel good, captivating, entertaining, contemplative, disgusting, crying, independent film
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Chang Can Dunk (2023)
Plot Summary:
Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the respect of his high school peers too. But before he can rise up and truly throw one down, he'll have to reexamine everything he knows about himself, his friendships and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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The Investigator (2013)
Plot Summary:
A veteran police detective becomes a criminal justice teacher and baseball coach at a local high school, leading him to the most important investigation of his life. Inspired by true events.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, christian film, thought provoking, contemplative, detective
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Cool Kids Don't Cry (2012)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. On the verge of going to high school, Akkie has to allow love to enter her life, and thus gain courage to accept the inevitable.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere, psychological, captivating, sad, crying
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The Dark Horse (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Dark Horse is a story of struggle and redemption. Dana, a ballet teacher, reluctantly returns to her childhood home to discover it is about to be sold. To save the farm, and the family, she must tame her mother's dangerous black horse, and ride him to victory in the year's biggest dressage competition.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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Run the Race (2018)
Plot Summary:
Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and his dreams—on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, christian film, sentimental, captivating, realistic, inspirational, touching, sad
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Going to the Mat (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jace Newfield has a problem. Besides being blind and being the new kid at school, his problem is that the kids at his new school thinks he's a jerk. Jace has to find a way to be accepted into his new school. Joining the wrestling team just might work.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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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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Opal Dream (2006)
Plot Summary:
Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11 years old brother Ashmol.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, semi serious, humorous, sad
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An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009)
Plot Summary:
A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic
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An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young girl (Jade Pettyjohn) struggles to maintain her school grades while competing as a gymnast.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Children of Heaven (1997)
Plot Summary:
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental, compassionate, sad, inspirational, feel good, dramatic
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Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: motivational, touching, inspirational, captivating, emotional, educational, sad, realistic, feel good, entertaining