20 best movies like A Warrior's Heart (2011)

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, family, sport
CountryUSA

When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, adventure, family, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:42

Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will's mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool's trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA

A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, family, biography, history, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

    Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:35

    Alexis Winston is a young girl who dreams of becoming a champion figure skater. While practicing, Alexis suffers a terrible accident that takes her sight and threatens to destroy her dreams. In the midst of feeling sorry for herself she falls in love with a handsome young man named Nick who (with help from her family) helps her to realize that she can still fulfill her dreams.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, drama, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, family, sport
    CountryUSA

    A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history, sport
    CountryUSA

    Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
    Duration02:27

    Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA

    Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:50

      A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama, family, sport
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:38

      With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:02

      A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, family, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration01:44

      In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genreaction, drama, sport
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:49

      On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the reward great...but should he lose, it will cost him his life.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

      The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:11

      When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, family, sport
      CountryIndia

      Hawaa Hawaai is a story of the triumph of the human spirit; friendship and enjoying the journey of making ones dream come true. Arjun moves to the big city along with his mother and little sister. Out there he discovers a hidden world of in-line skating through coach Lucky, who mentors kids to become skating champions. While Arjun starts nursing the dream to learn skating under Lucky, his four friends get together to make this dream come true for him. In this endearing story of hope and aspirations, will Arjun's dreams take flight?

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, family, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

        Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.Bethany (AnnaSophia Robb) was born to surf. A natural talent who took to the waves at a young age, she was leading an idyllic life on Kauai, participating in national surf competitions with her best friend Alana (Lorraine Nicholson), when everything changed. On Halloween morning, a 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and seemed to shatter all her dreams.Soul Surfer reveals Bethany's fight to recover from her ordeal and how she grappled with the question of her future. Strengthened by the love of her parents, Tom (Dennis Quaid) and Cheri (Helen Hunt), and supported by her youth group leader Sara (Carrie Underwood), Bethany refuses to give in or give up, and begins a bold return to the water.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
        CountryUSA, India
        Duration02:33

        A poor New York resident, who is of Indian origin, dreams of becoming a fast car race driver. He endeavors, and his efforts are rewarded when he selected by a little-known group called 'RACING SADDLES'. He joins them and soon becomes their ace race driver. This man, whose name is Rajveer, then meets with a rich American woman, also of Indian origin, whose name is Radhika. Both fall in love with each other. They cannot get married, because Radhika's family hates Rajveer mainly because he is very poor. But Radhika is very stubborn, so she marries him. She loses all her rights to her family's wealth. They get married and become parents of two children. They also become very rich. Then Rajveer has an accident which changes their lives forever. They get into debt and stand to lose everything. Will Radhika be forced to return back to her family?

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genreaction, comedy, drama, family, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        The film centers on a fight promoter (Mark Feuerstein) deeply in debt to his crooked rival. Desperate for a new fighter that will help him win back everything he owes, the promoter catches a break when a 450-pound church handyman (Paul "Big Show" Wight) who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
        CountryUSA

        Story revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels, who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary, however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man discovers a hidden passion for jump roping

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genredrama, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, drama, biography
        CountryUSA, China, Canada

        Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:01

        The more you love, the harder you fight.The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. He knows his flawed but loving father is, was and always will be The Champ.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, family, sport
        CountryNetherlands
        Duration01:35

        Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. On the verge of going to high school, Akkie has to allow love to enter her life, and thus gain courage to accept the inevitable.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, history, sport
        CountryMacedonia, Czech Republic, USA
        Duration01:53

        Spitz is the German-Jewish coach of the football team Macedonia during World War II. Under his leadership, the team fights to become the champion of Bulgaria's National Football League

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, drama, sport
        CountryIndia

        A fierce wrestler becomes the symbol of hope for his people when he rises against the odds and fights the brutal oppression.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, drama, family, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genredrama, family, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Heaven is for Real recounts the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Four-year-old Colton shares the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth... things he couldn't possibly know.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly practices, she is discouraged by everyone except her elder brother, Johnny. Her father does not believe that girls should play soccer and tells her that she is neither tough enough nor talented enough to play with the boys team. Undeterred, Gracie finds reserves of strength she never knew existed, and persists in changing everyone's beliefs in what she is capable of, including her own. She faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer. But as the beautiful and strong person that she has always been but she also brings her family together in the face of their own tragedy.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genreaction, family
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:35

        Steve Austin is Dan Barnes, a former heavyweight boxer who hangs up his gloves to escape his violent lifestyle. Dans life is quickly turned upside down when the resident boxing champion makes his presence felt by dominating all opponents who stand in his way. In order to put the title holder in his place, Dan prepares an unseasoned newcomer for the biggest challenge of his life.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genreaction, drama, biography, sport
        CountryBrazil

        The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
        CountryUSA, India
        Duration02:26

          Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, family, biography, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins(Forest Whitaker), gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs. A very honest look at what can be done with the right people having the desire and fortitude to pick up and

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama, biography, history, sport
          CountryTaiwan

          A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrefantasy, drama, family, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genremelodrama, drama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:50

          A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, drama, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genreaction, drama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, musical
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          The chance to shine in a singing competition offers much-needed hope for a Southern middle-schooler who's drowning in worries, from bullies in the halls to turmoil at home -- and the news that his reservist father has been called back to Afghanistan.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genremelodrama, drama, sport
          CountryUSA

          After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.




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