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29 titles with this tag

Napoleon Dynamite
Cast
Jon Heder Jon Heder
Efren Ramirez Efren Ramirez
Tina Majorino Tina Majorino
Aaron Ruell Aaron Ruell
6.8 2.2K votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 95 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Plot:  underdog, high school, sibling relationship, chat, friends, school dance, social outcast, aftercreditsstinger, ...
Place:  idaho
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Chariots of Fire
Cast
Ben Cross Ben Cross
Ian Charleson Ian Charleson
Cheryl Campbell Cheryl Campbell
Alice Krige Alice Krige
6.8 1.0K votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 123 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Plot:  underdog, sports, missionary, olympic games, jewry, patriotism, mayor, praline, ...
Time:  1920s
Place:  scotland
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Step Up 2: The Streets
Cast
Briana Evigan Briana Evigan
Robert Hoffman Robert Hoffman
Will Kemp Will Kemp
Cassie Ventura Cassie Ventura
6.7 2.4K votes
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets.
Plot:  underdog, hip-hop, street gang, scholarship, competition, breakdance, insurgence, heart-throb, ...
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Over the Top
6.5 1.9K votes
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 94 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  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. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
Style:  absurd
Plot:  underdog, sports, bad father-in-law, father-in-law, road trip, truck, on the road, truck driver, ...
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Taking Lives
6.4 1.8K votes
Genre: Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 103 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Plot:  underdog, undercover agent, strangeness, investigation, special unit, montreal, canada, special capabilities, ...
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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Cast
Vince Vaughn Vince Vaughn
Christine Taylor Christine Taylor
Ben Stiller Ben Stiller
Rip Torn Rip Torn
6.4 3.9K votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
Plot:  underdog, sports, love at first sight, competition, gymnasium, bodyguard, oddball, cheerleader, ...
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Turbo
Cast
Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds
Paul Giamatti Paul Giamatti
Michael Peu00f1a Michael Peu00f1a
Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson
6.3 3.7K votes
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: United States of America
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.
Plot:  underdog, dreams, car race, sports, speed, villain, fast, anthropomorphism, ...
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Not Another Teen Movie
Cast
Chyler Leigh Chyler Leigh
Chris Evans Chris Evans
Jaime Pressly Jaime Pressly
Eric Christian Olsen Eric Christian Olsen
5.8 2.3K votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 89 min.
Audience: R
Story:  On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movies of the 1980s and '90s.
Plot:  underdog, high school, cheerleader, kiss, satire, parody, school party, jock, ...
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Pet Sematary II
Cast
Edward Furlong Edward Furlong
Anthony Edwards Anthony Edwards
Clancy Brown Clancy Brown
Jared Rushton Jared Rushton
5.5 607 votes
Genre: Horror
Country: United States of America
Duration: 100 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
Plot:  underdog, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, veterinarian, villain, resurrection, stepfather, woods, ...
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