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Action, Buddy Film, Komödie, Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, thriller film
Murderer and robber Albert Ganz escapes from prison with the help of a member of his gang, Billy Bear. The criminals travel to San Francisco to recover money from Ganz's last robbery. Searching for the cash, they kill Henry Wong, a former …
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American football film, Drama, drama film
On the evening of November 14, 1970, Southern Airways Flight 932, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 chartered by Marshall University to transport the Thundering Herd football team back to Huntington, West Virginia following their 17–14 defeat to th…
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Drama, drama film, teen film
In 1951, Norman Dale arrives in rural Hickory, Indiana. His old friend, high school principal Cletus Summers, has hired him as the civics and history teacher and as head basketball coach. The townspeople, passionate about basketball, are d…
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comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, sport film, teen film
During the final minutes of a Hockey World Cup match in Delhi, India trails Pakistan 1–0. Indian team captain Kabir Khan misses a crucial penalty stroke, costing India the match. Soon after, the media circulates a photograph of Khan shakin…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, boxing film, drama film, prison film
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a promising and top-ranked middleweight boxer from Paterson, New Jersey, who was expected by many fans to become the world's greatest boxing champion. However, a bartender and two customers were shot t…
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American football film, Komödie, Sitcom, Sport, comedy film
A professional football league is hit with a players' strike with four games left in the season. Washington Sentinels owner Edward O'Neil calls a former coach of his, Jimmy McGinty, telling him that the league's going to finish the regular…
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Komödie, Sport, buddy film, comedy film
At the 2002 World Winter Sport Games, raunchy sex addict Chazz Michael Michaels and sheltered, effeminate Jimmy MacElroy tie for the men's single skating gold. Standing together on the podium, the two argue and begin fighting. They are str…
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American football film, Destiny, Psychodrama, Sport, drama film
The Miami Sharks, a once-great American football team, are struggling to make the 2001 Affiliated Football Franchises of America (AFFA) playoffs. The team is coached by thirty-year veteran Tony D'Amato, who has fallen out of favor with you…
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Biographical picture, Marital Tragedy, Political Drama, Romance Film, biographical film, boxing film, drama film
Before his championship debut against the heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay Jr. taunts Liston then dominates the early rounds of the match. Between rounds, Liston asks his corner to apply a substance to his gloves.
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Drama, Historie, Sport, drama film, sport film
In the early 20th century, as America enters the automobile age, Charles S. Howard opens a bicycle shop in San Francisco. He is soon selling automobiles, becoming the largest car dealer in California and one of the Bay Area's richest men.
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Sitcom, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, ice hockey film
In the fictional Rust Belt city of Charlestown, Pennsylvania, the impending closure of the steel mill, which will force layoffs of 10,000 workers, threatens the town's minor league ice hockey team. The Charlestown Chiefs is struggling with…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, sport film
Living in Katwe, a slum in Kampala, the Capital City of Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), her mother Nakku Harriet (Lupita Nyong'o) and younger members of her family. She and her younger brothe…
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Komödie, comedy film, fantasy film
Young foster children Roger Bowman and his friend, J.P., enjoy sneaking into the baseball games of the California Angels. Still in limited contact with his widowed father, Roger asks when they will be a family again. He replies sarcastical…
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Crime, Thriller, action film, drama film, erotic thriller, neo-noir, romance film
Professional football player Terry Brogan is released by his team, the Outlaws. Aging, injured and in need of money, he is contacted by an old acquaintance, gambler and nightclub owner Jake Wise. Jake wants Terry to locate his girlfriend, …
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
As elderly Joe Rantz watches his grandson rowing a fiberglass boat, he recalls his glorious rowing days. In 1936, Joe is a poor engineering student at the University of Washington (UW), living in an abandoned car and eating canned food, wi…
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Drama, comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film
In old age, having had his sixth heart attack while playing golf, Hardy Greaves contemplates how his late wife used to ask him why he kept playing "a game that seems destined to kill him". Explaining his love for the game, the story begins…
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Sport, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
In Texas in the fall of 1980, college freshman Jake Bradford, an all-state pitcher in high school, moves into an off-campus house with other members of the college baseball team including his roommate Billy, nicknamed "Beuter" for his Deep…
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American football film, Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In September 1955, working-class 17-year-old David Greene receives a scholarship to exclusive prep school St. Matthew's Academy because of his grades and football prowess. Before arriving at school, David gets into a fight with a motorcycl…
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Action, Drama, Sport, action film, boxing film, drama film, teen film
Tommy Riley and his father John have just moved to start a new life. John has accumulated many gambling debts, but has found a new job that requires him to travel extensively, leaving Tommy alone at home. Tommy also has a hard time fitting…
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Sport, drama film
Jim Morris is the son of a career Navy man who moves the family from Hollywood, Florida, to Big Lake, Texas. Jim is a skilled pitcher, though his father disapproves of his dream of making it to Major League Baseball. The town to which Jim'…
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Komödie, Sport, comedy film, coming-of-age film
In 1976, Morris Buttermaker, an alcoholic pool cleaner and former minor-league baseball pitcher, accepts a secretive cash payment from lawyer Bob Whitewood to coach his son Toby's youth baseball league expansion team, the Bears. The team i…
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Drama, drama film, sport film
Aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout Gus Lobel believes his latest scouting assignment may be his last unless he can prove his value to the organization. He's viewed as unadaptable to changes within the game, especially advanced statistical…
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American football film, Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, historical drama
In 1976, Philadelphia is in chaos as portions of the city protest the shutdown of several job sites while their NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles, endure a string of losing seasons. Vince Papale, a 30-year-old substitute teacher, comes hom…
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Biographical picture, Justice Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Sport, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, lesbian-related film
In 1970, pro-tennis player Billie Jean King and her manager, Gladys Heldman, confront promoter Jack Kramer, who has organized a tennis tournament for which the top prize for women is one-eighth of the men's prize despite equal ticket sales…
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