20 best movies like Million Dollar Arm (2014)

List of the best movies like Million Dollar Arm (2014): Pelé: Birth of a Legend, Over the Top, Chak De! India, Southpaw, See You in Montevideo, Trouble with the Curve, Moneyball, A Fighting Man, Pride, The Boy in Blue.

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

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: 8.1
Genredrama, family, sport
CountryIndia
Duration02:33

Chak De! India follows a team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda who form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?

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: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history, sport
CountrySerbia
Duration02:21

A football team from Belgrade, former Republic of Yugoslavia gets a chance to go to the First World Football Championship, but things get complicated along the way.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:06

    The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryCanada

    Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.

    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: 5.3
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:40

    Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world.

    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: 6.1
    Genredrama, history, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no US team has yet won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, crime, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:56

    Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.

    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: 7.6
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

        Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genredrama, history, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

        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: 6.5
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA

        The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

        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: 6.1
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:18

        Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

        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: 6.8
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ...

        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: 6.4
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:08

        Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, family, sport
        CountryVenezuela
        Duration01:37

        Two brothers fight to escape a violent and poor neighborhood in Caracas by playing soccer. Daniel wishes to play professionally while Julio supports the family with dirty money. The opportunity of a lifetime comes when a talent scout invites them to the Caracas Football Club. The boys' mother dies in a shootout forcing each brother to decide what it is more important to them:family, revenge, or achieving their dreams.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

        In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

        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: 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: 6.6
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:37

          The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantasy, drama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.

          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: 7.7
          Genredrama, biography, history, sport
          CountryUSA

          In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?

          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: 5.9
          Genredrama, biography, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game. His amazing career included seven American League pennants, four World Series championships, two tempestuous marriages and a wild lifestyle that earned him numerous suspensions.

          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.

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