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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 174 films.
Destiny, Komödie, Melodrama
In 1981, a feather lands at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia; Forrest Gump collects it, then recounts his life story to strangers on a bus bench. In 1950s Alabama, Forrest is fitted with leg braces to correct a curved spine. His mother runs…
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American football film, Coming Of Age, Destiny, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film
In the spring of 1981, a group of former football coaches and players attend a funeral for a former football player. Ten years earlier, during the summer of 1971, head coach Bill Yoast of the newly consolidated T. C.
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American football film, Drama, Komödie, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, Sport, comedy film, drama film, romance film, sport film
Jerry Maguire is a slick 35-year-old sports agent working for Sports Management International (SMI). Criticism from an injured player's son triggers an epiphany, so he writes a mission statement about perceived dishonesty in business and h…
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American football film, Family Drama, Social Drama, Sport, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, white savior film
17-year-old Michael "Big Mike" Oher has been in foster care with different families in Tennessee, due to his biological mother's drug addiction, but every time he is placed in a new home, he runs back to her. His friend's father, on whose …
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American football film, Christmas film, Psychodrama, Romantic Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy film
After 8 months' treatment in a mental health facility for bipolar disorder, Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. is released into the care of his parents, Patrizio Sr. and Dolores, at his childhood home in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania.
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Silly Movie
Product inventor Elijah DeBell reveals to company executives his newly developed condom, the 'The Testicle Sentinel', which goes over the balls. Salesman Brad Lewison and Elijah, who do not respect one another, are tasked with pitching thi…
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American football film, Coming Of Age, Sport, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In the small town of West Canaan, Texas, Jonathan "Mox" Moxon is an academically gifted backup quarterback for the 3A high school Varsity football team, the West Canaan Coyotes. Despite his relative popularity at school, easy friendships w…
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American football film, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, action film, comedy film
Ace Ventura, an eccentric private investigator in Miami, specializes in rescuing animals and is frequently mocked by the Miami Police Department. After the Miami Dolphins' mascot, a bottlenose dolphin named Snowflake, is stolen from the te…
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American football film, Biographical picture, Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film
In the 1960s in Joliet, Illinois, Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger dreams of playing football at Notre Dame. However, he lacks the grades and money to attend the university along with the talent and physical stature to play major college foo…
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LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
Florist Reed Bennett wakes up and proposes to his girlfriend Morley Clarkson, who accepts. However, Reed's closest friends, Alfonso Rodriguez and Julia Fitzpatrick, are not surprised when Morley suddenly changes her mind and leaves Reed a …
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American football film, Drama, Komödie, Sport, action comedy film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film, prison film, sport film
Paul Crewe is a former National Football League (NFL) quarterback who was accused of shaving points. Though he was never convicted, he was placed on federal probation for five years. One night, dissatisfied with his life, he gets drunk dur…
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American football film, Drama, Sport, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
In the 1970s, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, a 23-year-old intellectually disabled man, lives alone with his mother, who, as a nurse, spends much of the day at work. Radio spends much of his day roaming the town and pushing a shopping cart,…
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American football film, Anti-War Film, Satire On War, black comedy film, comedy drama, drama film, war film
In 1951, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea is assigned two new surgeons, "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Duke" Forrest, who arrive in a stolen Jeep. They are insubordinate, womanizing, mischievous rule-breakers, but they prove …
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American football film, Drama, Sport, action film, drama film
As preseason practice begins for the Permian High School football team in August 1988, the football-crazed town of Odessa, Texas, has high expectations for the players and their coach Gary Gaines to win a state championship with their blue…
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Action Comedy, American football film, Buddy Film, action comedy film, action film, buddy film, crime film
During halftime at a football game, Los Angeles Stallions running back Billy Cole receives a call from Milo, a man who warns him to win the game or he will be killed. Cole ingests PCP and in a drug-induced rage, carries a gun onto the fiel…
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American football film, Drama, Sport, drama film
On the morning of the 2014 NFL draft, Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. must decide how to use the seventh overall pick to improve the team, but he has other problems on his mind. His semi-secret girlfriend Ali Parker, the …
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American football film, Komödie, comedy film
Bobby Boucher is a socially inept, stuttering, 31-year-old man serving as the water boy for the University of Louisiana football program. He lives with his protective and extremely religious mother, Helen, and believes his father, Robert S…
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American football film, Drama, drama film
On the evening of November 14, 1970, Southern Airways Flight 932, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 chartered by Marshall University to transport the Thundering Herd football team back to Huntington, West Virginia following their 17–14 defeat to th…
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American football film, Komödie, Sitcom, Sport, comedy film
A professional football league is hit with a players' strike with four games left in the season. Washington Sentinels owner Edward O'Neil calls a former coach of his, Jimmy McGinty, telling him that the league's going to finish the regular…
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American football film, Destiny, Psychodrama, Sport, drama film
The Miami Sharks, a once-great American football team, are struggling to make the 2001 Affiliated Football Franchises of America (AFFA) playoffs. The team is coached by thirty-year veteran Tony D'Amato, who has fallen out of favor with you…
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American football film, Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In September 1955, working-class 17-year-old David Greene receives a scholarship to exclusive prep school St. Matthew's Academy because of his grades and football prowess. Before arriving at school, David gets into a fight with a motorcycl…
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American football film, Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, historical drama
In 1976, Philadelphia is in chaos as portions of the city protest the shutdown of several job sites while their NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles, endure a string of losing seasons. Vince Papale, a 30-year-old substitute teacher, comes hom…
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American football film, Komödie, Sport, children's film, comedy film
In the last game of the American Football Federation's regular season between the Boston Rebels and the New York Dukes, Rebels quarterback Joe Kingman scores a touchdown after ignoring an open wide receiver, Travis Sanders. The next mornin…
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American football film, Drama, Komödie, action film, comedy drama, prison film
Former star pro football quarterback Paul "Wrecking" Crewe walks out on his wealthy girlfriend Melissa in Palm Beach, Florida. After taking her Citroën SM without permission and leading police on a car chase, and subsequent attack of two p…
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