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Cast

Masako Nozawa

Chikao Ohtsuka

Mayumi Tanaka

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Dragon Ball (1986) TV Show

8.3 3.4K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 153

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Young Goku sets off on a quest with his teenage friend Bulma to find the seven Dragon Balls, which grant whoever possesses them a single wish.

Plot: competition, flying, martial arts, kung fu, monster, karate, wish, army, ...

Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Yuto Uemura

Masaaki Mizunaka

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Bungo Stray Dogs (2016) TV Show

8.3 441 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Crime

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 60

Audience: TV-14

Story: Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai. Together, they tear through mafia-muddled mysteries while enemies keep an eye on the tiger’s lofty bounty.

Plot: detective, literature, supernatural, rivalry, mafia, conspiracy, gang, gunfight, ...

Cast

William Zabka

Ralph Macchio

Courtney Henggeler

Xolo Maridueu00f1a

Cobra Kai (2018) TV Show

8.2 6.9K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 65

Audience: TV-14

Story: This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: martial arts, karate, sensei, rivalry, dojo, martial artist, father figure, frenemies, ...

Place: california

Cast

Piper Perabo

8.2 17.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

Style: shocking, bittersweet

Plot: dying and death, suicide, class society, magic, competition, obsession, hostility, class, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: london, england

Crash Course in Romance (2023) TV Show

8.2 130 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: South Korea, Solomon Islands

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Story: The series follows the bittersweet relationship between a banchan shop owner whose daughter enters the war of Korea's college entrance exams, and a top hagwon instructor.

Style: romantic

Plot: education, high school, entrance examination, romcom, rivalry, romance, university, mental illness, ...

Free! (2013) TV Show

8.2 246 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 37

Audience: TV-PG

Story: The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways. Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.

Plot: training, friendship, sports, high school, rivalry, slice of life, school, tournament, ...

Cast

Caleb McLaughlin

Gabrielle Union

Stephen Curry

Aaron Pierre

GOAT (2026)

8.1 903 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A small goat with big dreams gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball, a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world.

Style: heartwarming

Plot: underdog, friendship, sports, allies, ambition, bullying, challenge, basketball, ...

Cast

Ayrton Senna

Alain Prost

Frank Williams

Ron Dennis

Senna (2010)

8.1 1.2K votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.

Plot: sports car, competition, champion, biography, rivalry, archive footage, teammate, driver, ...

Boarding School Juliet (2018) TV Show

8.1 186 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: Grigio Academy Boarding School. Students who attend this school in two countries and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are rival dormitory leaders, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep their relationship a secret from their dorm mates, or ruined things will happen to them.

Plot: dormitory, romcom, rivalry, romance, school, based on manga, high school rivalry, school life, ...

Doctor Slump (2024) TV Show

8.1 145 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-14

Story: Once rivals in school, two brilliant doctors reunite by chance — each facing life’s worst slump and unexpectedly finding solace in each other.

Style: romantic

Plot: depression, workaholic, professor, friendship, romcom, rivalry, romance, teacher, ...

Cast

Pedro Infante

Luis Aguilar

Rosita Arenas

Gloria Mange

¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951)

8.1 47 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: Mexico

Duration: 100 min.

Story: This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.

Plot: friendship, jealousy, girlfriend, rivalry, sequel, motorcycle, traffic cop, buddy cop, ...

Cast

Toshiru014d Mifune

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yu014dko Tsukasa

Isuzu Yamada

Yojimbo (1961)

8.1 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Japan

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Plot: samurai, swordplay, gambling, sword, bodyguard, black and white, fighting, period drama, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: japan

Cast

Yang Zi

Li Xian

Lee Hong-Chi

Hu Yitian

Go Go Squid! (2019) TV Show

8.1 170 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: China

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 41

Story: Tong Nian is a genius 19-year-old student with high IQ and low EQ, who is also a famous anime cosplay person and sings well. She’s falls in love at first sight with Han Shang Yan, who is a game genius in the e-sports world and never pays attention to the girls.

Plot: competition, love at first sight, rivalry, romance, older woman younger man relationship, esports, gaming, 로코, ...

Cast

Manaka Iwami

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Yuma Uchida

Yuichi Nakamura

Fruits Basket (2019) TV Show

8.0 177 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 63

Audience: TV-14

Story: After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!

Style: whimsical

Plot: friendship, supernatural, high school, bullying, remake, romcom, rivalry, romance, ...

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2016) TV Show

8.0 62 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 25

Audience: TV-14

Story: When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro." As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right—but that path is not available for women.

Plot: training, friendship, rivalry, coming of age, bromance, based on manga, art, historical, ...

Place: japan

Cast

Tom Hanks

Tim Allen

Don Rickles

Jim Varney

Toy Story (1995)

8.0 20.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 81 min.

Audience: G

Story: Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: rescue, friendship, mission, jealousy, villain, bullying, elementary school, rivalry, ...

Cast

Luo Yunxi

Bai Lu

Gao Hanyu

Xiao Yan

Love is Sweet (2020) TV Show

7.9 41 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: China

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 36

Story: Jiang Jun, a driven woman with a background in economics and psychology, leaves philanthropy to fulfill her late father’s wish by joining a top investment firm. There, she faces intense competition and reunites with her childhood friend-turned-rival, Yuan Shuai. With her intelligence and resilience, she navigates workplace challenges, uncovering hidden schemes while finding success in both her career and love.

Plot: based on novel or book, secret love, rivalry, romance, first love, office romance

Kid vs. Kat (2008) TV Show

7.9 329 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 104

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Ten-year-old Coop Burtonburger's life takes a turn for the worse when his little sister, Millie, brings home a mysterious stray cat who, in reality, is an evil cybernetic alien in disguise. To make matters worse, neither his family nor anyone else believes him, except for his best friend, Dennis. Now, Coop risks his life every day as he attempts to foil the cat's diabolical schemes and prove to the world that the family pet is an evil mastermind.

Plot: rivalry, alien, cartoon cat

Cast

John Goodman

Billy Crystal

Mary Gibbs

Steve Buscemi

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

7.9 19.9K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: G

Story: Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

Plot: monster, panic, cheating, kidnapping, door, infant, villain, portal, ...

Cast

Clint Eastwood

Marianne Koch

Gian Maria Volontu00e9

Wolfgang Lukschy

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

7.8 4.8K votes

Genre: Western

Country: Germany, Italy

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

Plot: gunslinger, based on novel or book, hostility, greed, gang war, remake, murder, gun battle, ...

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