Movies like Chasing 3000
If Chasing 3000's mix of sibling relationship, sports and 1970s stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Chasing 3000's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Field of Dreams
1989 · Directed by Phil Alden Robinson · 105 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Ray Liotta · Shares: sports, baseball, road trip
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…
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Paris, Texas
1984 · Directed by Wim Wenders · 145 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship, road trip
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
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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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42
2013 · Directed by Brian Helgeland · 128 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: sports, baseball · From the same decade (2010s)
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.
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Over the Top
1987 · Directed by Menahem Golan · 94 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: sports, road trip
Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship.
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Joseph
1995 · Directed by Roger Young · 185 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: brother brother relationship
Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt.
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Cars
2006 · Directed by John Lasseter · 117 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: sports, road trip
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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Where Hope Grows
2014 · Directed by Chris Dowling · 95 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: baseball · From the same decade (2010s)
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life…
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Stand by Me
1986 · Directed by Rob Reiner · 89 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: road trip
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but…
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Into the Wild
2007 · Directed by Sean Penn · 148 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: road trip
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the…
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The Hill
2023 · Directed by Jeff Celentano · 121 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: baseball
The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player.
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East of Eden
1955 · Directed by Elia Kazan · 115 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father.