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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 1,150 films · Page 35.
comedy drama
Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Ka…
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biographical film
This film follows the life of basketball legend Eric "Hank" Gathers, from his growing up in the ghettos of Philadelphia to his freshman year at USC through his brief career playing basketball for Loyola Marymount University, where he colla…
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Sport
Action, Adventure, Sport
Drama, Social Drama, drama film, sport film
documentary film, sport film
biographical film, boxing film, drama film
In the 1930s, boxer Barney Ross wins the welterweight championship, then meets chorus girl Cathy Holland as he celebrates. Sam Pian, his trainer, learns that Barney placed a $10,000 bet on himself to win the fight. Barney's love interest i…
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drama film, sport film
The film is set in North Preston, Nova Scotia where Mattie (Stephan James), a black hockey player, is being considered for a professional career. However, his hopes are threatened by growing racial strife at his school while his brother Ca…
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Action, action film
When the older brother (Tommy Nash) he idolizes is run off the road by a ruthless drug dealer (Darren Thomas) during a nighttime street race, Rick Merchant (Jaz Martin) channels his grief into getting revenge behind the wheel of his modifi…
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drama film, sport film
Florence Farley, a tennis prodigy from Santa Monica, California, is torn between fulfilling the dreams of her ambitious mother Millie, who has planned her tennis career, or her own dreams of being with the man whom she loves. Florence has …
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comedy film, drama film
thumb|Actress Torrey DeVitto portrayed Mia Fonseca in the film At age thirty, Cameron Day has given up his chances at pro-basketball fame and settled into an aimless life. The mental demands of being a professional athlete were just too mu…
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Drama, Sport
documentary film
The film explores the times, travels and experiences of a tribe of surfers who search for the spark of life and look to pass it on to the younger generation. Surfing on all sorts of boards, the stoked tribe finds plentiful, insanely good w…
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Drama, Sport, drama film
In 1957, a California low-level minor-league baseball team called the Steamers has a pitcher way beyond his prime, 41-year-old Roy Dean Bream, who reminisces about his brief "cup of coffee" in the Major Leagues and how the great Stan Musia…
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sport film
Apple, a student at the prestigious Greene University, has a business editing other students' papers. Her main goal is to marry her rugby-playing, idiotic boyfriend Todd. However, the rugby team is disbanded because of the Title IX rule, a…
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crime film, drama film
Alan York is stunned when his dear friend, skilled jockey Bill Davidson, is killed during a simple steeplechase. Convinced Davidson's death was no accident, York begins an investigation with a suspicion that Davidson's racehorse, Admiral, …
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sport film
Hutch Lawton is a young boy living on a boat in Florida with his father, Ken. Ken is a single father who runs a charter fishing business, and is frequently away from Hutch and keeps missing Hutch's baseball games. As a result, Hutch has ma…
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Komödie, Sport, sport film
Frank Maguire is an ace ballplayer whose error costs the Brooklyn team the pennant and his place in the lineup. Though still reviled by the fans, seven years later the team owner brings him back as its manager. He takes charge of the team …
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biographical film, drama film
Raised in the Northeastern Pennsylvania mining town of Nanticoke, Pete Gray loses his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his immigrant parents, Antoinette and Peter Wyshner Sr., and the constant coaching of…
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Action, Drama, Komödie, Sport, action film, sport film
Johnny Dark and his pal Duke Benson work for Fielding Motors, where owner James Fielding manufactures family-friendly automobiles. Chief engineer Scotty overhears the guys complaining about the company and spots a sportscar design that Joh…
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independent film
Stevie Castle is a Las Vegas showgirl whose teen daughter K.C. demonstrates a promising aptitude for tennis. When K.C.
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Drama, comedy film
The film begins with Thomas and Wayne playing a game of pool against two English men. They almost win but Wayne loses the game on the last shot due to overconfidence. Their friend Jack then arrives.
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Documentation, Sport, association football film, documentary film
boxing film, drama film
A disfigured street kid, a member of the Billy Goat Gang, is shown how to box by parish priest Father Callahan, who also makes him part of the church choir. The priest introduces him to Emily. During a fight with the other members of the B…
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