Movies like Captain
If Captain's mix of sports stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Captain's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Rise
2022 · Directed by Akin Omotoso · 113 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: sports
After emigrating to Greece from Nigeria, Vera and Charles Antetokounmpo struggled to survive and provide for their five children, while living under the daily threat of deportation.
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Rudy
1993 · Directed by David Anspaugh · 114 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: sports
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.
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Pelé: Birth of a Legend
2016 · Directed by Jeff Zimbalist · 107 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: sports · From the same decade (2010s)
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
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The Express
2008 · Directed by Gary Fleder · 130 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: sports
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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We Are Marshall
2006 · Directed by McG · 131 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: sports
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.
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Eight Men Out
1988 · Directed by John Sayles · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: sports
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with…
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Million Dollar Arm
2014 · Directed by Craig Gillespie · 124 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: sports · From the same decade (2010s)
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India.
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Resurrecting the Champ
2007 · Directed by Rod Lurie · 112 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: sports
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away.