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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 360 films · Page 3.
Komödie, Sport, association football film, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
In 2001, the American Samoa national football team suffers a 0–31 defeat against Australia. Since then, the team goes through a long period without any notable victories. After yet another humiliating defeat at the 2011 Pacific Games, Tavi…
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Family Drama, Romance Film, drama film, romance film
Tom Wingo, a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York City to help his twin sister Savannah's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein, after Savannah's latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New…
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Action, War Film, action film, war film
In the aftermath of a financial crisis in the European Union and the weakening of NATO, collaborative dealings have occurred between a progressively militant North Korea and an ultranationalist Russia. The American mainland has become larg…
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American football film, Drama, Thriller, biographical film, drama film
In 2002, retired Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster is found dead in his pickup truck, after years of self-mutilation and homelessness. Before his death, fellow former football player Justin Strzelczyk confides in Webster…
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American football film, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film
Brandon Lang is a former college football star based in Las Vegas who, after sustaining a career-ending knee injury, takes a job handicapping football games to support his mother and younger brother. His success at selecting winners catche…
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Action, Drama, Sport, association football film, drama film, prison film, war film
A team of Allied prisoners of war (POWs), coached and led by English Captain John Colby, a professional footballer for West Ham United before the war, agree to play an exhibition match against a German team, only to find themselves involve…
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American football film, Biographical picture, biographical film
The year is 1999 and Marty Burlsworth is awaiting the funeral of his 22-year-old brother, Brandon. While others, including Marty's mother, Barbara, have accepted the loss and put their faith in God, Marty can not do that as he does not und…
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Animalhorror, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, science fiction film
In a remote Venezuelan tepui, British entomologist Dr. James Atherton leads an expedition to discover new insect species. His photographer, Jerry Manley, is bitten by a previously undiscovered, highly venomous spider of prehistoric origin,…
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Drama, association football film
Santiago Muñez, a Mexican undocumented immigrant living in Los Angeles, is a skilled footballer who plays for his local team and works as a gardener with his father, Hernan, and as a busboy in a Chinese restaurant. During one of his matche…
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Family Saga, Marital Tragedy, Melodrama, drama film
thumb|right|265px|Paul Newman (Brick) and Elizabeth Taylor (Maggie) in an early scene from the film thumb|right|265px|Madeleine Sherwood and Jack Carson Late one night on a track field, a drunken Brick Pollitt tries to recapture his high s…
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American football film, Drama, Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, fantasy film, romantic comedy
Joe Pendleton, a backup quarterback for the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams, is looking forward to leading his team to the Super Bowl. While he is riding his bicycle through a tunnel, an overzealous guardian angel on his first …
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American football film, Coming Of Age, Komödie, Romance Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film, romantic comedy film, teen film
Lucas Blye is a 14-year-old high school student in suburban Chicago. While on one of his entomological quests, he meets Maggie, a slightly older girl who just moved into Lucas' town. Becoming friends, Maggie spends time with him during the…
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Action, Martial-Arts, action film, coming-of-age film, drama film, martial arts film, teen film
Jake Tyler has recently moved from Iowa to Orlando, Florida with his mother, Margot, and younger brother, Charlie. The move furthers Charlie's budding tennis career. Jake's father died in a drunk-driving car crash, which classmates have ta…
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American football film, Komödie, Sport, comedy film
Two years after the New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV, head coach Sean Payton is involved in the Bountygate scandal and suspended from the NFL for one year. While he's awaiting the results of his appeal, he returns to his hometown, Ar…
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American football film, Komödie, Sport, comedy film
In the town of Urbania, Ohio, Kevin O'Shea, a Heisman Trophy winner and local sports hero, coaches the "Pee-Wee Cowboys" football team. Despite being the best player, Kevin's niece Becky, nicknamed Icebox, is cut during try outs solely bec…
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American football film, Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film
A young Kurt Warner watches Super Bowl XIX. He then makes a commitment to become a Super Bowl and MVP quarterback. Several years later, Kurt is playing his fifth year for the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Panthers with coach Terry Alle…
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American football film, Crime, Drama, Sport, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Sean Porter works at Kilpatrick Detention Center in Los Angeles. He is frustrated at not being able to help the kids get away from their life problems when they are released from the center, such as street gangs and drug dealings. Porter d…
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American football film, Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film
In South Carolina in the 2000s, Ray McElrathbey is a freshman at Clemson University, having been accepted on a football scholarship for their team, the Tigers. He is quickly thrust into campus life as he tries to balance his school work an…
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American football film, Biographical picture, Drama, Sport
The movie begins as Chicago Bears rookie running back Gale Sayers arrives at team practice as an errant punt lands near him. Fellow rookie running back Brian Piccolo goes to retrieve the ball, and Sayers flips it to him. Before Sayers meet…
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Komödie, Sport, comedy film, sport film
Elderly best friends Lou, Trish, Maura, and Betty have been massive fans of the New England Patriots, particularly the team's star quarterback Tom Brady, since 2001, when Lou successfully completed chemotherapy. In 2017, the four women are…
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Biographical picture, Sport, association football film, comedy drama, drama film
In 1974 Don Revie, the highly successful manager of Leeds United, is appointed manager of England. He is replaced at Leeds by Brian Clough, the former manager of Derby County and a fierce critic of Leeds because of their physical style of …
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Social Drama, association football film, crime film, drama film
Tommy Johnson is a member of a violent Chelsea hooligan firm. His friends and fellow hooligans include Tommy's best friend Rod King, the hot-tempered Billy Bright, and impulsive younger members Zeberdee and Raf. Tommy spends his days drink…
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American football film, Drama, Sport, drama film, family film
Bob Ladouceur, the coach of the De La Salle Spartans, watches his team win the championship of their undefeated 2003 season. Following tradition, the seniors share their stories about what the team means to them. The juniors, including Lad…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Sport, association football film, comedy film
Phil Weston is an average person who had endured his father Buck Weston's over-competitiveness throughout his childhood, an upbringing which has left permanent mental scars. Now middle-aged and married to Barbara, with a young son named Sa…
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