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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 1,150 films · Page 10.
Psychological Thriller, psychological thriller, sports drama
Determined to win a championship title after coming out of retirement, an Irish fighter begins a grueling training and weight loss regimen under a demanding, unorthodox boxing coach.
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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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Komödie, Sport, buddy film, comedy film
Milwaukee slackers and lifelong best friends Joseph R. "Coop" Cooper and Douglas "Doug" Remer gate crash the college graduation party of a high-school friend and are shunned by their classmates. They find themselves outside drinking beer a…
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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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Komödie, comedy film, martial arts film
Eleven-year-old Randy Daytona becomes anxious when he learns that his father Peter has bet on his performance in the 1988 Summer Olympics table tennis tournament finals. During his semi-final game against Karl Wolfschtagg of the German Dem…
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Drama, Sport, drama film, sport film
American downhill skiers David Chappellet and D.K. Bryan are summoned to Wengen, Switzerland, by U.S. ski team coach Eugene Claire.
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Komödie, Sport, comedy film
Morris Buttermaker is a washed-up alcoholic baseball player who was a pitcher for the Seattle Mariners before getting kicked out of professional baseball for attacking an umpire. He works as an exterminator and is a crude womanizer. He is …
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Animated Film, Cartoon, Coming Of Age, Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, sport film
After Max Goof leaves for college with his friends P.J. and Bobby Zimuruski, Goofy falters at work due to his empty nest syndrome, resulting in his dismissal. At the unemployment office, Goofy is told that he needs a college degree to get …
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American football film, Drama, Romance Film, Sport, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film, teen film
Stefan "Stef" Djordjevic is a Serbian American high school defensive back who is gifted in sports and is a "B" student academically. He is seeking a college football scholarship to escape the economically depressed small Western Pennsylvan…
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Action, action film, boxing film, drama film, martial arts film, prison film, thriller film
Heavyweight boxing champion George 'The Iceman' Chambers is convicted of rape and sentenced to six to eight years at Sweetwater, a new prison in the Mojave desert. The high-security facility is populated by hardened criminals. Unaware of t…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, action film, musical film, romantic comedy film
Leslie "The Great Leslie" Gallant III and Professor Fate are competing daredevils at the turn of the 20th century. Leslie is an archetypically handsome, kind, skillful. and successful hero always dressed in white, often with an American Fl…
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Documentation, documentary film
In 1987, William Gates and Arthur Agee, two African-American teenagers, are recruited by a scout from St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominantly White high school with an outstanding basketball program. The team is le…
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Drama, Komödie, Sport, comedy film, drama film, teen film
Haley Graham is a rebellious 17-year-old who has a run-in with the law when she and two friends stage an illegal bike-race through a residential construction site in Plano, Texas. Arrested and brought before a judge, Haley is forced to ret…
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Marital Tragedy, Melodrama, Romance Film, drama film
Paul Javal, a young French playwright who has achieved commercial success in Rome, accepts an offer from Jerry Prokosch, a vulgar American producer, to rework the script for Austrian director Fritz Lang's screen adaptation of the Odyssey. …
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Silly Movie, romantic comedy
Guru Pitka is the self-proclaimed "number-two guru in the world", after Deepak Chopra. A flashback shows Pitka was an orphan, taught by Guru Tugginmypudha. When the twelve-year-old Pitka announces he wants to become a guru so that girls wi…
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Sport, comedy film, coming-of-age film, sport film
In a flashback to 1962, Benny becomes Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez. The story shifts to 1972, a decade after the events of The Sandlot. A new crop of five kids now reside in San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and play baseball at the Sandlot.
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Drama, Sport, action film, drama film, sport film
The story follows four Formula One drivers through a fictionalized version of the 1966 Formula One season: Jean-Pierre Sarti (Ferrari) – A Frenchman who has been World Champion twice, is nearing the end of his career and is feeling increas…
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Biographical picture, Sport
In Akron, Ohio, LeBron James, Dru Joyce III, Willie McGee and Sian Cotton have been friends and basketball teammates for the Shooting Stars since they were ten. Coach Joyce, Dru's father, is their coach. The four boys, who work well togeth…
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Drama, Sport, boxing film, drama film, romance film
Irish boxer and former Provisional IRA member Danny Flynn returns home to Belfast after a 14-year stint in prison at the age of 32. Disillusioned by the unbroken cycle of violence in Northern Ireland, he attempts to settle down and live a …
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Action, Sport, action film, drama film
Halfway through the alternate world of 2000 Champ Car Season, rookie sensation Jimmy Bly has already won five races. His success has drawn the ire of the defending champion and current points leader Beau Brandenburg, who believes he is not…
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Drama, Sport, coming-of-age film, drama film, hood film, sport film, teen film
Kyle-Lee Watson is a talented basketball player who is about to graduate from high school. While he waits to find out if he will receive a scholarship to Georgetown University, he finds himself in a difficult dilemma over a playground bask…
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Komödie, Sport, comedy film
In 1976, Jackie Moon is a singer who used the profits from his one-hit wonder, "Love Me Sexy", to buy a basketball team in the American Basketball Association (ABA), the Flint Tropics, becoming the owner, head coach, starting power forward…
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Action, Crime, Dark Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, action comedy film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, sexploitation film
Three wild, uninhibited go-go dancers—Varla, Rosie, and Billie—dance at a club before racing their sports cars across the California desert. They play a high-speed game of chicken on the salt flats and encounter a young couple, Tommy and L…
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