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Komödie, comedy film
Former Las Vegas showgirl Rachel Phelps inherits the struggling Cleveland Indians baseball team from her deceased husband. She intends to move the team to Miami by exploiting an escape clause in their contract with the city of Cleveland: i…
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Biographical picture, Destiny, Social Drama, biographical film, boxing film, drama film
James J. Braddock is an Irish-American boxer from New Jersey, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. This is both a relief and a burden to his wife, Mae.
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Dramedy, crime film, drama film, independent film, road movie, romantic comedy film
Having just served five years in the Gowanda Correctional Facility, Billy Brown returns home to Buffalo, New York, and is preparing to meet with his parents, who do not know he has been in prison. He kidnaps Layla, a tap dancer, and forces…
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Drama, Historie, Political Drama, Social Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, historical film, sport film
On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years in captivity. Four years later, he is elected President of South Africa at a time of enormous challenges in the post-apartheid era, including rampant…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
A montage depicts the end of the Second World War and the importance of baseball in the United States, a sport where African Americans play in segregated Negro leagues. The 1946 Major League Baseball season, meanwhile, featured 400 white p…
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Drama, High School Comedy Film, Sport, romantic comedy, teen film
Britney Allen is the new captain of her high-school cheerleading squad, the Pacific Vista Pirates. She is the girlfriend of Brad Warner, the star quarterback at Pacific Vista High School, and one of the richest girls in school. When her fa…
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Action, Sport, action film, drama film, sport film
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in ONE Championship against its champion Xavier Grau.
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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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Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
In 1987, high school football coach Jim White loses his temper and accidentally injures a player in the locker room. As a result, White is fired and has to relocate his family from Boise, Idaho to his new job at McFarland High School in Mc…
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Social Drama, action film, association football film, crime film, drama film
Matt Buckner, an American college student studying journalism, is expelled from Harvard University after cocaine is discovered in his room. Though it belongs to his roommate Jeremy, Matt is afraid to speak up because Jeremy comes from a po…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, sport film
Psychodrama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
In 1987 Olympic wrestling champion Mark Schultz speaks at an elementary school in place of his older brother Dave. Both won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but Mark feels overshadowed by Dave. Mark is contacted by philanthropist a…
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Computeranimation, comedy film
Teenage northern rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick, living in Shiverpool, Antarctica, with his mother Edna and his older brother Glen, has dreamed of becoming a professional surfer ever since meeting the famous surfer emperor penguin Zeke "…
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Action, Komödie, Road Movie, action comedy film, road movie, sport film
A diverse group of racers gathers in Connecticut to participate in the Cannonball Run, an illegal, cross-country road race from the East Coast to California. The goal is simple: reach the West Coast in the shortest elapsed time. Participan…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Motor-Bike Film, biographical film, drama film, road movie
In 1967, Burt Munro is a sort of folk hero in Invercargill, known for his friendly easy-going personality, for having the fastest motorcycle in New Zealand and Australia, and for being featured in Popular Mechanics magazine. However, that …
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Action, Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film
Gordon Bombay is a successful but arrogant Minneapolis defense attorney. After winning his 30th case, his boss Gerald Ducksworth gives kudos, but also reproves Bombay for his lack of decorum in court. Bombay shrugs it off and celebrates by…
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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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Fantasy, Komödie, Sport, comedy film, coming-of-age film, sport film
Henry Rowengartner, an unskilled Little Leaguer who dreams of playing in the Major Leagues, lives with his mother, Mary, who is dating sports agent Jack Bradfield. One day, Henry breaks his arm catching a fly ball. When the doctor removes …
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Action, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film, teen film
In the Dogtown area of Santa Monica/Venice in the mid-1970s, teenagers Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams enjoy the life of skating and surfing the pier with board designer Skip Engblom and other locals. One day, Skip is given polyure…
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Coming Of Age, Criminal Comedy Film, Komödie, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1961 London, Jenny Mellor is a bright and attractive 16-year-old schoolgirl who aspires to attend the University of Oxford. Her studies are controlled by her strict father, Jack. After youth orchestra rehearsals, Jenny waits at a bus st…
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Komödie, Sport, comedy drama, family film
After the death of his father, twelve-year-old Josh Framm, his mother Jackie, and his two-year-old sister Andrea have relocated to Fernfield, Washington. One day after school, Josh practices basketball by himself in a makeshift court that …
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, Sport, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, sport film
Wrestlers Ricky and Julia Knight raise their children, Saraya and Zak, to follow in their footsteps; as young adults, the siblings apply to join the WWE, and are evaluated by veteran trainer Hutch Morgan, who agrees to let them try out bef…
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Action, Adventure, Thriller, action film, survival film, thriller film
Mountain rescue rangers Gabe Walker, his girlfriend Jessie Deighan, and Frank attempt to rescue their fellow ranger Hal Tucker and his girlfriend Sarah, stranded in the Colorado Rockies. Sarah's harness breaks loose, and she falls to her d…
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Drama, Romantic Drama, drama film, sport film
"Fast Eddie" Felson is accompanied by his partner, Charlie, at a pool room in a small town. Pretending to be salesmen on their way to a convention, Eddie and Charlie convince onlookers that Eddie is a drunk blowhard, and induce them to bet…
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