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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
In 1933, Jesse Owens, urged by his high school coach, attends Ohio State University; the first in his family to attend college. He faces racial discrimination from some white athletes. Coach Larry Snyder, a former Olympic-level athlete, be…
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Action, Martial-Arts, Sport, action film, drama film, martial arts film
Alexander Grady, an auto plant welder and a widowed father from Portland, Oregon, is chosen to represent the United States of America in an international martial arts tournament against Team South Korea. Once a rising star in the martial a…
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Action, Sport, action film, drama film, martial arts film, prison film, thriller film
Years after his defeat by George "Iceman" Chambers, Yuri Boyka, now a prison janitor, hears about the Prison Spetz Competition (PSC), an inter-prison fighting tournament offering a chance at early release. Boyka trains privately to recover…
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Komödie, comedy film
After high school graduation, skateboarder friends, Eric Rivers, Dustin Knight, and, Matt Jensen, take one last Summer road trip together, with the goal of getting noticed by pro skater legend, Jimmy Wilson, on his demo tour. Following the…
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Drama, children's film, docudrama, drama film, sport film
César Faz moves to Monterrey, Mexico, after he is let go by the St. Louis Cardinals from his job as a clubhouse attendant. There he meets local children being led by Padre Esteban, enjoying baseball; he takes pitcher Ángel Macías under his…
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Drama, Historie, Sport, association football film, drama film
In 1905, after the English football federation rejects an offer to join the formation of an international governing body for football, Robert Guérin forms FIFA, and makes himself the first president. Years after its formation, it is all bu…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Bobby "Gator" McKlusky is incarcerated in an Arkansas state prison for running "white lightning." When he learns that his younger brother, Donny, was killed by Bogan County Sheriff J. C. Connors, he attempts to escape but is quickly re-cap…
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American football film, Komödie, comedy film
The Texas State University Fighting Armadillos were once one of the most powerful teams in college football. After winning consecutive conference and national championships, massive NCAA violations resulted in the program having to forfeit…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Romantic Drama, comedy film, drama film, melodrama, romantic comedy film, sport film
Beginning in medias res, the opening scene presents Terry Wolfmeyer and a friend, Denny Davies, attending a funeral. The film flashes back to three years earlier, when a heavily intoxicated Terry announces to her daughters Hadley, Andy, Em…
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Film Noir, Melodrama, Thriller, boxing film, drama film, film noir
In New York, veteran welterweight boxer Davey Gordon lives in the same building as taxi dancer Gloria Price. Their windows face each other, and they steal glances at one another. The two leave their building at the same time to report to t…
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High School Comedy Film, comedy film, teen film
Nick Brady and Shawn Colfax are popular high school football players who con their way into cheerleading camp in order to meet girls. While attending the cheer camp, not only do Nick and Shawn hook up with girls, but they realize that they…
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Drama, Sport, teen film
Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating best friends—Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella—who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (they skate for the fun of it, not for the money), clash with a semi-professional skating team, Team X-Bladz—led by Va…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Sport, biographical film, buddy film, drama film, sport film
In 1987, an 8-year-old boy in Santa Cruz, California, named Jay Moriarity is saved from drowning by his next door neighbor, surfer Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler). This ignites his passion for the sport. One morning, Jay (Jonny Weston), now …
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Komödie, Sport, comedy film
In Harlem, Dax Winslow is the underappreciated basketball coach of the Harlem Money and their star player, Casper Jones. Dax spends lavishly to keep both his girlfriend, Jess, and Casper happy, despite being a clerk at Foot Locker. During …
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Komödie, comedy film, teen film
Kenny Dantley (Hamill) is a car-loving high school senior from Newhall, California. For a project in his shop class, Kenny rescues a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray from inside an operating car crusher in a scrapyard and helps rebuild it …
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Coming Of Age, Sport, sport film
Cru Jones is a teenage BMX racer who lives in a small town with his younger sister Wesley and their mother. Cru faces a tough decision: try to qualify for Helltrack or take the SAT, which is on the same day as the qualifying races. Winning…
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Drama, Sport, association football film, drama film, sport film
Former youth football trainer Mal Bradley saves Vinny from an angry parent when he interrupts a youth training session. Introducing him to his "dream team", the squad he is training for a global annual football tournament in Rome, Vinny is…
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comedy film, slapstick, sport film
Kate Hartounian is the teenage daughter of Jack, a wealthy and widowed real estate developer of Armenian and Jewish descent who made his fortune from humble means and in spite of his wealth, is kind to his employees and pays them well. Eag…
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biographical film, sport film
Drama, Sport, sports drama
For the first time in years, the Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation, starts the season to compete for the state championship title. The team's former captain, Naat'á…
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, heist film, prison film, science fiction film
A gang robs a bank on behalf of crime boss Markus Kane. When two police officers unexpectedly enter the building, getaway driver Carl "Luke" Lucas urges his accomplices to abort the robbery, but they refuse. Luke intervenes, resulting in t…
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Dance Film, Drama, Komödie, boxing film, comedy drama, drama film, family drama, romance film, romantic comedy film, sport film, teen film
Isadore "Izzy" Daniels is a star boxer in Brooklyn training to win the Golden Gloves, like his widowed father and coach Kenneth. His neighbor, Mary Thomas, is a competitive Double Dutch player on a team called the Joy Jumpers. Despite thei…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, independent film, sport film
Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton is the main attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters team, under the guidance of their owner and coach, Abe Saperstein. As Ned Irish, a New York Knicks executive, and their coach, Joe Lapchick, take the initiative to…
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Action, Motor-Bike Film, action film, crime film, thriller film
Biker Cary Ford stops at a diner owned by his ex-girlfriend Shane. Later, Ford meets up with his best friends Dalton and Val. En route to a motorcycle party, they encounter the Reapers, a biker gang consisting of leader Trey and his brothe…
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