Movies like Three Seconds
If Three Seconds's mix of sports, olympic games and 1970s stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Three Seconds's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Big George Foreman
2023 · Directed by George Tillman Jr. · 129 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: sports, 1970s
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to…
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Air
2023 · Directed by Ben Affleck · 112 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: sports, basketball
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
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The Boys in the Boat
2023 · Directed by George Clooney · 123 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: sports, olympic games
The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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September 5
2024 · Directed by Tim Fehlbaum · 94 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: olympic games, 1970s
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
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Cars
2006 · Directed by John Lasseter · 117 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: sports, dedication
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator…
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009 · Directed by Thomas Carter · 86 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
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The Hurricane
1999 · Directed by Norman Jewison · 146 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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Glory Road
2006 · Directed by James Gartner · 118 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: basketball
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.
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Rocky IV
1985 · Directed by Sylvester Stallone · 91 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: sports
Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
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Creed III
2023 · Directed by Michael B. Jordan · 116 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: sports
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is…
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Creed II
2018 · Directed by Steven Caple Jr. · 130 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: sports · From the same decade (2010s)
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.
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Pawn Sacrifice
2015 · Directed by Edward Zwick · 115 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · From the same decade (2010s)
During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.