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Cast

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Mario Lu00f3pez

Dustin Diamond

Lark Voorhies

Saved by the Bell (1989) TV Show

7.8 716 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 86

Audience: TV-G

Story: Lovable schemer Zack Morris leads his pals on adventures at California's Bayside High School. The friends navigate relationships, final exams, school dances, breakups and more while frequently frustrating their principal, Mr. Richard Belding, who does his best to keep them in check.

Plot: high school, rivalry, romance, school, best friend, teen comedy, classmate, young love, ...

Run with the Wind (2018) TV Show

7.8 70 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 23

Audience: TV-14

Story: Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.

Plot: competition, based on novel or book, training, dormitory, sports, rivalry, tournament, track and field, ...

Sanctuary (2023) TV Show

7.8 60 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and upsetting an industry steeped in tradition.

Style: gritty

Plot: infidelity, sports, revenge, rivalry, coming of age, death, sumo, furyo, ...

Cast

Shugo Nakamura

Jun Kasama

Kenta Miyake

Shinichiro Kamio

The First Slam Dunk (2022)

7.8 543 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

Style: inspiring

Plot: high school, competition, basketball, rivalry, high school sports, romance, tournament, based on manga, ...

Cast

Patricia Pillar

Clu00e1udia Raia

Murilo Benu00edcio

Mariana Ximenes

A Favorita (2008) TV Show

7.8 40 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: Brazil

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 197

Story: Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?

Plot: prison, revenge, rivalry, whodunit, injustice, telenovela

Cast

Christian Bale

Michael Caine

Liam Neeson

Katie Holmes

Batman Begins (2005)

7.7 22.8K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

Plot: martial arts, undercover, loss of loved one, secret identity, crime fighter, superhero, based on comic, rivalry, ...

Hikaru no Go (2001) TV Show

7.7 52 votes

Genre: Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 75

Audience: TV-G

Story: Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal kid with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. His life completely changes when he finds an old bloodstained go board in his grandfather's attic. The ghost of an ancient go master named Fujiwara-no-Sai was trapped in the board and soon becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness. Together Hikaru and Sai make an unstoppable go-playing team!

Plot: rivalry, board game, coming of age, bromance, based on manga, go, yurei, shounen, ...

Cast

Matt Damon

James Cromwell

Daniel Studi

Chopper Bernet

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

7.7 5.0K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: G

Story: A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

Plot: freedom, villain, mustang, rivalry, wildlife, animals, cavalry, indian war, ...

Cast

Mahesh Babu

Bhumika Chawla

Prakash Raj

Mukesh Rishi

Okkadu (2003)

7.7 45 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 170 min.

Story: Ajay, a fiery Kabaddi player from Hyderabad, visits Kurnool for a tournament and rescues Swapna from a faction leader Obul Reddy, who wants to force her into marriage. He secretly hides her in his home and assists her in planning her escape abroad for her higher studies. But, fate has other plans.

Plot: rescue, police, sports, kidnapping, rivalry, tension, tournament, falling in love, ...

Cast

Dechchart Tasilp

Suvijak Piyanopharoj

Patchara Silapasoonthorn

Bhobdhama Hansa

Head 2 Head (2025) TV Show

7.7 16 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: A rivalry turns upside down when Jerome’s strange new ability shows him a shocking future—one where his enemy becomes his soulmate.

Plot: future vision, loving, enemies to lovers, boys' love (bl), hilarious, cheerful, joyful

Cast

Natsuki Hanae

Ayaka Ohashi

Inori Minase

Suzuko Mimori

Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017) TV Show

7.7 374 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: "I've returned to this town for revenge!" Eight years ago, Makabe Masamune, a weak and chubby boy, was harshly rejected by the beautiful Adagaki Aki. Now, he's lost a ton of weight, changed his name, and returned as a handsome teenage boy... all to make the "Brutal Princess" Aki fall in love with him so that he can reject her just as harshly as she did.

Plot: high school, bullying, harem, revenge, romcom, rivalry, romance, school, ...

Cast

Antonio R. Frausto

Mercedes Soler

Cantinflas

Manuel Medel

Así es mi tierra (1937)

7.6 36 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: Mexico

Duration: 82 min.

Story: With revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the war to the praise of townsfolk, and "El General" is ready to take a wife. However the senorita of choice already has fallen for a secret admirer, and a boyhood rival who is threatened by the General's popularity in turn plots against his life.

Plot: general, ranch, mexican revolution, rivalry, celebration

Cast

Sam Worthington

Zoe Saldau00f1a

Sigourney Weaver

Stephen Lang

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

7.6 3.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 198 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.

Plot: witch, clone, space war, tribe, sequel, alien, transhumanism, family, ...

Cast

Kaycie Chase

Oggy and the Cockroaches (1999) TV Show

7.5 377 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: France, Canada

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 579

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Oggy, an anthropomorphic cat, would prefer to spend his days watching television and eating, but is continuously pestered by three roaches: Joey, Marky and Dee Dee. The cockroaches' slapstick mischief ranges from plundering Oggy's refrigerator to hijacking the train he just boarded. In many situations Oggy is also helped by Jack, who is more violent and short-tempered than him and is also annoyed by the cockroaches. Bob, a short-tempered bulldog, also appears in the show, and is Oggy's neighbor.

Plot: cat, cartoon, cockroach, slapstick comedy, rivalry, cartoon cat, animation, comedy, ...

Cast

Mahesh Babu

Ileana D'Cruz

Prakash Raj

Nassar

Pokiri (2006)

7.5 72 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 163 min.

Story: Pandu is a contract killer and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only Pandu who knows his real identity, and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone.

Plot: corruption, undercover, gangster, anti hero, gang war, crime boss, mafia boss, rivalry, ...

Cast

David Tennant

Aidan Turner

Danny Dyer

Alex Hassell

Rivals (2024) TV Show

7.5 84 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 14

Audience: TV-MA

Story: It is 1986 and Britain is booming. "Rivals" dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of TV where hair-dos are big and ambitions are even bigger. Deals are brokered in boardrooms, as well as bedrooms. Nobody can be sure who will come out on top. With every man and woman out only for themselves, can true love really blossom?

Style: lighthearted, romantic

Plot: based on novel or book, rivalry, television producer, polo, member of parliament, thatcherism, television, dramatic, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Emma Stone

Olivia Colman

Rachel Weisz

Nicholas Hoult

The Favourite (2018)

7.5 6.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Country: Ireland, United Kingdom

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

Plot: queen, rivalry, rabbit, lgbt, cousin relationship, duchess, palace intrigue, aristocracy, ...

Time: 18th century

Place: great britain

Cast

Margot Robbie

Sebastian Stan

Allison Janney

Julianne Nicholson

I, Tonya (2017)

7.5 6.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Plot: sports, competition, olympic games, portland, oregon, biography, based on true story, rivalry, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Yuki Kaji

Sachika Misawa

Ayako Kawasumi

Kenichi Suzumura

Accel World (2012) TV Show

7.5 153 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: A short, overweight student uses the Neuro Link, an evolution of the Nerve Gear, to escape himself from the reality. But his skills in the virtual world brings him to the attention of Kuroyukihime, a popular student who introduces him to the Brain Burst.

Plot: competition, technology, anti hero, virtual reality, virtual fight, friendship, bullying, rivalry, ...

Time: future

Cast

Greta Lee

7.4 601 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime.

Style: shocking

Plot: farm, island, pig, horse, rescue mission, rivalry, sequel, love, ...

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