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    Strictly Ballroom (1993)

    An Australian ballroom dancer (Paul Mercurio) makes an ugly duckling his partner (Tara Morice) and...

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    Bring It On Again (2004)

    Two college cheerleaders (Anne Judson-Yager, Faune A. Chambers) form their own squad and prepare to...

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    All the Marbles (1981)

    Director Robert Aldrich's last film, All the Marbles stars Peter Falk as a "win-at-all-costs" type...

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    Young Giants

    In this syrupy drama, a terminally ill priest continues trying to keep his orphanage from closing....

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    The Coolangatta Gold (1985)

    A young man enters a race to win back his girlfriend and his father's respect.

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    The Longest Yard (1974)

    A warden (Eddie Albert) forces an ex-football star (Burt Reynolds) to lead fellow inmates in a game...

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    Jocks (1986)

    A Los Angeles college coach (Richard Roundtree) takes his misfit tennis team to Las Vegas for a...

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    The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)

    Sinister producer attempts to thwart a special effects wizard's big film.

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    Josephine and Men

    A woman's maternal approach to relationships causes her problems with men.

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    Brutal Glory (1990)

    An young street fighter turned up-and-coming boxer, unwilling to throw fights, travels to Africa...

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    Capture the White Flag

    A coming-of-age drama about a teenager's attempts to cope with the onslaught of adult problems.

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    True Blue (1998)

    American rowers make waves at the 1987 Oxford-Cambridge boat race.

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    A Soccer Story

    The "trading-card" dreams of being on the National Brazilian League bring disappointment and...

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    Banchik Wang

    Dae-Ho is the ultimate loser, a lazy, klutzy bank clerk who is the deserving target of his manager's...

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    The Game of their Lives

    The North Korean soccer team arrived in Middlesbrough, England in 1966 as the underdogs of the World...

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    The Hammer (2008)

    A famous boxing coach offers a 40-year-old underachiever (Adam Carolla) another chance to train for...

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    The Great Mike

    A boy (Robert Henry), his dog and a trainer (Stuart Erwin) turn a milk-wagon horse into a champion.

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    The Set-Up (1949)

    An aging boxer (Robert Ryan) leaves his crying wife (Audrey Totter), then crosses the street for a...

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    The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

    Director John Ford, notoriously difficult to please, regarded The Sun Shines Bright as his favorite...

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    Come on George

    British Writer/director Anthony Kimmins was willing to expand his range from drawing room comedy to...

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    Down the Stretch

    This minor racetrack drama was directed by King Baggot, at one time a prominent silent-film leading...

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    High School Hero

    High School Hero is all about a high school hero (what else?), played by Monogram musical star...

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    The Kick-Off

    H. H. Van Loan, a specialist in sports yarns (he scripted the first feature-length baseball movie,...

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    The Kid Comes Back

    In this boxing drama, a prizefighter spies a young man during a street fight. Deciding that the lad...

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    The Kid from Left Field

    A big-league bat boy (Billy Chapin) ends his team's slump with tips from his washed-up ex-player...

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    The Leather-Pushers

    In this boxing drama, the trouble begins when a fight breaks out at a local gym. When a boxing...

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    Loyal Lives

    This drama glorified the lowly postman, which probably warmed the heart of Will H. Hays, the head of...

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    The Man I Love

    Bearing no relation to the popular torch song of the same name, The Man I Love is a prizefight...

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    Mind over Motor

    Plus-size vaudeville star Trixie Friganza stars in this independently made comedy. Tish Carberry...