20 movies like Trouble Along the Way, ordered by similarity : College Coach(1933), Rise and Shine(1941), Over the Goal(1937), Navy Blue and Gold(1937), Mario(2018), Goodbye, My Fancy(1951), The Express(2008), Husband Material(2018), The Longshots(2008), A Cry From the Streets(1959), Saving Face(2004), Carol(2015) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
110 Minutes
John Wayne Donna Reed Charles Coburn Tom Tully Sherry Jackson Marie Windsor Tom Helmore Dabbs Greer Leif Erickson Douglas Spencer Lester Matthews
coach daughter ex-wife priest football player social worker melodramatic rousing charming college new york city pool hall courtroom college athletics financial crisis trial custody father/daughter relationship football sports
An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.
Comedy
USA
1933
75 Minutes
football player college student football coach wife college president husband rousing inspiring emotional university football field household classroom restaurant ethics college athletics college life marital problems infidelity football
Coach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Jack Oakie George Murphy Linda Darnell Walter Brennan Milton Berle Sheldon Leonard Donald Meek Ruth Donnelly
gangster professor college president college student football player daughter amusing lighthearted tender college household football field classroom kidnapping final exams student-teacher relationship college athletics football sports betting rise
Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited.
Drama
USA
1937
63 Minutes
football player football coach college sweetheart roommate lawyer police officer rousing suspenseful confident college campus stadium football field jail football college athletics friendship college life responsibility gambling sports
Injured Carlton College quarterback Ken Thomas makes a promise to his girlfriend that he won't play again. Then, when she relents, crooks hoping to make money from the big game, kidnap him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Robert Young James Stewart Florence Rice Lionel Barrymore Billie Burke Tom Brown Samuel S. Hinds Paul Kelly Frank Albertson Barnett Parker Minor Watson
cadet football player student roommate naval officer coach spirited patriotic rousing naval academy maryland football field football college navy family history secret sports quest rivalry
Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.
Drama, Romance, Gay & Lesbian
2018
119 Minutes
Max Hubacher Aaron Altaras Jessy Moravec Jürg Plüss Doro Müggler Andreas Matti Scherwin Amini Fabrizio Borsani Julian Koechlin
football player team member football coach friend lover moving emotional football field football game germany locker room coming out sports football career love gay couple discovery growing up love
Two young football players are caught between the politics of the game and their growing feelings for each other.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Young Frank Lovejoy Eve Arden Janice Rule Lurene Tuttle Howard St. John Ellen Corby Morgan Farley Virginia Gibson John Qualen
congresswoman secretary college president photographer daughter old flame confident lighthearted amusing washington, d.c. college office dormitory auditorium college life romantic dilemma values father/daughter relationship power struggle unrequited love
Congresswoman Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for commencement, although she's more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who's now the college president. Their ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
USA|Germany
2008
129 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Rob Brown Clancy Brown Omar Benson Miller Charles S. Dutton Darrin Dewitt Henson Nelsan Ellis Nicole Beharie
college student football player coach teammate uplifting engaging new york state college football field football college civil rights racism heisman trophy sports transformation quest 1950s
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
94 Minutes
Ice Cube Keke Palmer Tasha Smith Jill Marie Jones Dash Mihok Miles Chandler
teen girl uncle coach football player father inspiring amusing emotional illinois small town football field football family teamwork coming of age sports underdog growing up love 2000s
The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1959
99 Minutes
Max Bygraves Barbara Murray Colin Petersen
social worker orphan electrician poor boy poor girl love interest heartwarming charming melodramatic engaging london orphanage orphans unlikely romance childcare love poverty work discovery love
A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with her charges, a group of adorable, homeless orphans. Music by Larry Adler. (1959; B&W)
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Comedy
USA
1991
108 Minutes
Scott Bakula Héctor Elizondo Robert Loggia Harley Jane Kozak Larry Miller Sinbad Fred Dalton Thompson Rob Schneider Jason Bateman Andrew Bryniarski Duane Davis
football player coach college student quarterback professor girlfriend hilarious lighthearted texas college football field football team college competition sports quest transformation underdog 1990s
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
Biography, Drama
USA
2015
118 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Finn Wittrock Robin Tunney Sarah Bolger Michael Reilly Burke Rett Terrell Juston Street
football coach football player college student college president teammate family member confident gripping emotional texas football field dorm locker room classroom college campus football college determination challenge teamwork
Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.
Drama
USA
1932
104 Minutes
football player football coach rival sister roommate doctor melodramatic spirited gary, ind. new haven, conn. yale university dorm football field college athletics college life football friendship illness class conflict rivalry
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
109 Minutes
Milo Ventimiglia Amanda Seyfried Kathy Baker Martin Donovan Gary Cole Ryan Kiera Armstrong McKinley Belcher III Andres Joseph Ian Lake Al Sapienza Donald Heng
race car driver wife daughter best friend dog inspiring positive charming heartwarming racetrack auto race family home college wedding big city auto racing everyday life career love best friends
Through his bond with his owner, aspiring Formula One race car driver Denny, golden retriever Enzo learns that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life.
Romance, Drama
India
2017
138 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Alia Bhatt Sahil Vaid Ritu Raj Singh Yash Sinha Shweta Basu Prasad Anupama Kumar Gauhar Khan Gaurav Pandey
father daughter young man young woman mother family member amusing charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving india town city college wedding reception chasing dreams marriage proposal love-hate relationship
Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota belong to small towns but have diametrically opposite opinions on everything. This leads to a clash of ideologies, despite both of them recognizing the goodness in each other.
Drama
USA
1993
113 Minutes
Sean Astin Ned Beatty Charles S. Dutton Robert Prosky Lili Taylor Jon Favreau Jason Miller Christopher Reed Greta Lind Scott Benjaminson Ron Dean
football player student father tutor best friend coach uplifting charming rousing university of notre dame indiana small town factory football college athletics ambition father/son relationship perseverance growing up underdog
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1919
85 Minutes
Mary Pickford Milla Davenport Percy Haswell Fay Lemport Mahlon Hamilton Lillian Langdon Betty Bouton Audrey Chapman Marshall Neilan Carrie Clark Ward Wesley Barry
orphan suitor wealthy man emotional touching boarding school college america love triangle love college love forbidden love mystery growing up 1910s
An orphan discovers that she has an anonymous benefactor who is willing to pay her college tuition, unaware he's the same man who has been romantically pursuing her.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
106 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Amy Ryan Bobby Cannavale Jeffrey Tambor Burt Young Melanie Lynskey Alex Shaffer Margo Martindale David Thompson Mike Diliello Nina Arianda
attorney coach wife daughter young boy wrestler charming heartwarming new jersey high school household courtroom wrestling aspirations competition teen angst family law growing up rivalry
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.