Movies Similar to We Are Marshall

7 Days in Entebbe(2018)

In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.

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Running(1979)

An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.

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Nancy, Please(2012)

A graduate student's vengeful ex-roommate refuses to let him retrieve an important book that he needs for his dissertation on Charles Dickens.

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Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu(2012)

The romantic lives of two people – Varun (Nani) and Nithya (Samantha), are chronicled in this film from their school days until their adult lives. They fall in love multiple times and keep breaking up over minor issues. But deep down, they are so madly in love with each other that they keep giving themselves another chance.

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Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!(1992)

Yawara helps a group of timid grade school kids overcome their fears and compete in a judo competition.

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Greater(2016)

The incredible true story of the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.

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The Boxer and Death(1963)

Concentration camp commander Kraft finds out that prisoner Kominek is a former professional boxer. Overnight, the prisoner is made Kraft's exercise partner and unwillingly rises to a privileged position at the camp. His anger over the death of his friend and co-prisoner leads to open revolt. The film brings a new view of human degradation during fascism by a tragic story of one man whose only chance for survival is to accept the rules of an unequal game.

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Stargirl(2020)

An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves…and their world.

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Diving In(1990)

A high school diver fights his fear of heights and diving to get onto the team. He gets onto the team, only to find that he must dive the high platform in order to compete. His problems are further compounded by social issues out of the pool. His sister is being taken advantage of by the local tough-guy, and his coach writes him off as a loser. To aid in his overcoming of his phobia, he enlists in a previous women's olympic coach, whom he falls for and crosses the line between business and pleasure. During his training with the new coach, he experiences a bad diving accident and is warned not to dive in the championship. He ignores these warnings, and enters the competition.

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Porn to Be Free(2016)

Italy, 1970. An increasing legion of harmless warriors begins a peaceful struggle for sexual freedom through pornography, shaking and shocking religious authorities and conservative political institutions. They are ironic, happy, crazy. They are dreamers, defenders of definitive communion between body and soul. But they were censored and humiliated. They were mistreated and arrested for demanding loud a new cultural renaissance.

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Spirit of the Game(2016)

In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

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The Champions: Faster. Higher. Stronger(2016)

The story of three Russian Olympic champions. Ordinary people, who have become the pride of their family and country, and made history of world sports.

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Ain't Them Bodies Saints(2013)

Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.

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A Fighter's Blues(2000)

After a 13-year imprisonment in Hong Kong, a kickboxer challenges the current champion in order to restore his honor.

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Sultan(2016)

The ageing wrestler Sultan Ali Khan decides to try his luck on the mat again; to do this, he wants to represent his country at the Olympic Games, but first has to overcome personal issues.

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Nine Circles of Hell(1988)

As the Khmer Rouge carves a path of death throughout the land, a Czech doctor falls in love with a Cambodian woman. Their relationship, though sorely strained by the war's horrors, produces a child. The doctor is separated from his family once Pol Pot assumes control.

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Truth Hall(2008)

College friends reunite for their best friends' wedding, only to discover that the lies of their past are about to collide with the truths of their present.

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The Blot(1921)

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.

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Night of the Warrior(1991)

A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nightclub.

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The Confrontation(1969)

In post-WWII Hungary, a group of Communist college students arrive at a Catholic seminary hoping to engage in peaceful debate with its students.

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