20 movies like Overcomer, ordered by similarity : The Way Back(2020), Fast Girls(2012), Kai Po Che!(2013), Donald Cried(2016), Wheeler(2017), Borg vs. McEnroe(2017), McFarland, USA(2015), Tracktown(2016), Dream Horse(2020), Same Kind of Different as Me(2017), Hoop Dreams(1994), The Hate U Give(2018) ...
Drama
USA
2019
115 Minutes
Alex Kendrick Shari Rigby Aryn Wright-Thompson Priscilla C. Shirer Cameron Arnett Ben Davies Jack Sterner Kendrick Cross Holly A. Morris Denise Armstrong Elizabeth Becka
basketball coach teammate runner friend emotional passionate uplifting positive town basketball court plant track coach/athlete relationship business racing faith prayer training discovery pursuit
A high-school basketball coach volunteers to coach a troubled teen in long-distance running.
Drama
USA|Canada
2020
108 Minutes
Ben Affleck Al Madrigal Janina Gavankar Jeremy Radin Brandon Wilson Melvin Gregg Michaela Watkins Will Ropp T.K. Carter Glynn Turman Hayes MacArthur
basketball coach basketball player alcoholic team member inspiring passionate intense moving emotional basketball court high school house hometown basketball alcoholism failed marriage hope redemption fall discovery
Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.
Drama
UK
2012
91 Minutes
Lenora Crichlow Lily James Noel Clarke Rupert Graves Bradley James Philip Davis Lorraine Burroughs Lashana Lynch Dominique Tipper
girl runner team member coach father physical therapist confident dreamy emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring london united kingdom racetrack locker room council estate family home sports team
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Jesse Wakeman Kris Avedisian Louisa Krause Ted Arcidi Shawn Contois Kate Fitzgerald Patrick Languzzi Robby Morse Levy Alexander Cook Kyle Espeleta
man childhood friend neighbor family member co-worker businessman cheeky emotional creative new york city wall street rhode island train boat funeral going home childhood friends loss memories self-discovery
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
Drama, Music
USA
2017
100 Minutes
aspiring musician texan friend musician townsperson cowboy charming confident emotional engaging inspiring positive texas nashville, tenn. town stage music stage aspirations country music big break
An aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music.
Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Finland
2017
108 Minutes
Sverrir Gudnason Shia LaBeouf Stellan Skarsgård Tuva Novotny Ian Blackman David Bamber Jane Perry Roy McCrerey Robert Emms Scott Arthur
tennis player rival coach girlfriend emotional gripping intense rousing shocking wimbledon monaco tennis court bar coach tennis training championship coach/athlete relationship perseverance discipline
The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
Biography, Drama
USA
2015
129 Minutes
Kevin Costner Maria Bello Morgan Saylor Michael Aguero Sergio Avelar Hector Duran Rafael Martinez Martha Higareda Johnny Ortiz Carlos Pratts Ramiro Rodriguez
coach student runner teacher principal parent confident cool uplifting tense emotional california high school track gym car house track and field school winning
Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Alexi Pappas Alexi Pappas Chase Offerle Rachel Dratch Andy Buckley Rebecca Friday Sasha Spencer Remy Teicher Nick Symmond
athlete coach teammate fan baker confident emotional engaging passionate olympics track house oregon city training work-life balance physical transformation discovery growing up love
A young, talented, and lonely long-distance runner twists her ankle as she prepares for the Olympic Trials and must do something she's never done before: take a day off.
Drama
UK
2020
102 Minutes
Toni Collette Damian Lewis Joanna Page Nicholas Farrell Raj Paul Peter Davison Owen Teale Darren Evans
cleaner bartender neighbor friend husband accountant passionate confident engaging incredible racetrack horse track horse racing financial scheme investment championship horse breeding pursuit rise sacrifice
Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.
Drama
2017
119 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Renée Zellweger Djimon Hounsou Jon Voight Olivia Holt Stephanie Leigh Schlund Geraldine Singer Dana Gourrier Ann Mahoney John Newberg Lara Grice
businessman wife volunteer homeless person husband heartwarming emotional cheery uplifting positive moving homeless shelter house kitchen unlikely friendship marriage friendship new life homelessness discovery
Ron Hall and his wife, Deborah, discover a renewed sense of purpose when they volunteer at a local mission. Their lives change forever when they develop an unlikely friendship with a homeless man who inspires them to save their struggling marriage.
Documentary, Drama
USA
1994
174 Minutes
William Gates Arthur Agee Sheila Agee Isiah Thomas Bill Gleason
basketball player teenager mother father coach teacher uplifting powerful gutsy emotional chicago westchester, ill. basketball court family home basketball ambition high school racism class distinctions growing up
A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Drama
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Stephen Lang Alexa PenaVega Mark Hapka Max Adler Kimberly Jo Zimmer Bram Hoover Timothy Busfield Fred Dalton Thompson Becky Ann Baker Dylan Baker Kevin Cooney
teen boy athlete parent physical therapist coach best friend emotional inspiring uplifting small town kentucky school football field hospital office blindness perseverance football family love
When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
Drama, Romance
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Graham Rogers Billy Crudup Liana Liberato Stefanie Scott Tim Roth Melanie Lynskey Peter Coyote Elizabeth Canavan Peter Holden
teen boy girlfriend bus driver dead person coach uplifting emotional moving small town farm track trail house grief love running overcoming the odds challenge love growing up
After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
Drama, Romance
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Jane Seymour Nia Peeples Parker Stevenson William Shockley Ellen Travolta Joel Brooks Patrick Bristow Parker Croft Jack Bannon Dan Shaked
woman mistress love interest lover best friend friend amusing engaging charming passionate emotional relationships friendship passion attraction sexual conquests sexual identity adventure discovery love
Having no commitments and never being vulnerable, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. She comes to realize her best friend holds the key to her heart and is the only one capable of extracting her emotions.
Drama
India|UK|USA
2015
116 Minutes
Radhika Apte Sayani Gupta Adil Hussain Surveen Chawla Tannishtha Chatterjee Sumeet Vyas Mahesh Balraj Chandan Anand Riddhi Sen Lehar Khan Tanya Sachdeva
young woman indian father mother friend man intense emotional melodramatic inspiring disturbing heartwarming india big city family traditions religious traditions women's rights confrontation friendship love
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Drama
USA
2018
99 Minutes
Helen Hunt William Hurt Erin Moriarty Danika Yarosh Tiera Skovbye Jason Gray-Stanford Burkely Duffield Jillian Fargey Rebecca Staab Nesta Cooper Natalie Sharp
volleyball player coach teammate high-school student engaging inspiring moving passionate rousing high school court small town iowa volleyball accident death banding together championship winning love
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
Drama
Sweden
2019
94 Minutes
Pernilla August Vera Vitali Peter Haber Malin Levanon Anders Mossling Mahmut Suvakci Olle Sarri Lancelot Ncube
woman divorcée housewife swede uplifting emotional gutsy inspiring sweden small town new job small-town life coach/athlete relationship discovery rise transformation 2010s
Britt-Marie, 63 years old, has just left a 40 year old marriage and her long life as a house wife. Being told she is a nagging passive aggressive aunt, the new, only job, in small town Borg... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Ireland
2016
81 Minutes
Michael Flynn Paul Kelly
sales manager business owner father friend colleague eccentric amusing cheeky endearing heartwarming lighthearted offbeat house ireland shop club computer world desperation failing business debt
Trying to save his struggling mattress business, Michael Flynn reinvents himself as the eccentric online persona 'Mattress Mick', under the guidance of his friend Paul Kelly. As business begins to grow, their friendship starts to implode.
Drama
USA|Germany
2018
114 Minutes
Laura Dern Elizabeth Debicki Laura Allen Jason Ritter Ellen Burstyn Common Frances Conroy John Heard Tina Parker Isabella Amara Isabelle Nélisse
journalist professor mother coach boyfriend emotional disheartening moving profound uneasy intense house farm childhood home school child abuse molestation going home past crimes repression
A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.