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Miracle (2004)
SIM Rating: 8.74
Cast: Billy Schneider, Eddie Cahill, Eric Peter-Kaiser, Kurt Russell, Michael Mantenuto, Nathan West, Noah Emmerich, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick O'Brien Demsey
Rating: PG
Length: 135 minutes
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Rocky (1976)
SIM Rating: 8.69
Cast: Aldo Silvani, Bill Baldwin, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Frank Stallone, Jimmy Gambina, Joe Frazier, Joe Spinell, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Thayer David
Rating: PG
Length: 119 minutes
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Brian's Song (1971)
SIM Rating: 8.62
Cast: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, Shelley Fabares
Rating: G
Length: 73 minutes
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Coach Carter (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.56
Cast: Antwon Tanner, Ashanti, Debbi Morgan, Ramsey Gbelawoe, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Samuel L. Jackson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 136 minutes
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
SIM Rating: 8.54
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Hernandez, Lee Jackson, Lee Thompson Young, Lucas Black, Tim McGraw
Rating: PG-13
Length: 118 minutes
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Rocket, The (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.54
Cast: Roy Dupuis, Julie LeBreton, Stephen McHattie
Rating: NR
Length: 124 minutes
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Seabiscuit (2003)
SIM Rating: 8.53
Cast: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens, Jeff Bridges, Tobey Maguire, William H. Macy
Rating: PG-13
Length: 141 minutes
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Hoosiers (1986)
SIM Rating: 8.53
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Neidorf, Dennis Hopper, Gene Hackman
Rating: PG
Length: 115 minutes
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Field of Dreams (1989)
SIM Rating: 8.52
Cast: Amy Madigan, Burt Lancaster, Dwier Brown, Frank Whaley, Gaby Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield
Rating: PG
Length: 106 minutes
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Slap Shot (1977)
SIM Rating: 8.51
Cast: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean Jennifer Warren
Rating: R
Length: 123 minutes
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
SIM Rating: 8.50
Cast: James Earl Jones
Rating: R
Length: 120 minutes
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We Are Marshall (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.50
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie
Rating: PG
Length: 127 minutes
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61* (2001)
SIM Rating: 8.48
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Barry Pepper, Bruce McGill, Chris Bauer, Christopher McDonald, Donald Moffat, Richard Masur, Thomas Jane
Rating: PG-13
Length: 128 minutes
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Glory Road (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.47
Cast: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight
Rating: PG
Length: 106 minutes
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Natural, The (1984)
SIM Rating: 8.45
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford
Rating: PG
Length: 138 minutes
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Caddyshack (1980)
SIM Rating: 8.45
Cast: Bill Murray, Brian Doyle Murray, Chevy Chase, Cindy Morgan, Dan Resin, Michael O'Keefe, Rodney Dangerfield, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Ted Knight
Rating: R
Length: 98 minutes
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Bull Durham (1988)
SIM Rating: 8.44
Cast: Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Robert Wuhl
Rating: R
Length: 108 minutes
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Sandlot, The (1993)
SIM Rating: 8.44
Cast: Arliss Howard, Chauncey Leopardi, Dennis Leary, Grant Gelt, James Earl Jones, Karen Allen, Marley Shelton, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Tom Guiry, Victor Dimattia
Rating: PG
Length: 101 minutes
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Greatest Game Ever Played, The (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.43
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Elias Kuteas, Josh Flitter
Rating: PG
Length: 120 minutes
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National Velvet (1944)
SIM Rating: 8.41
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury
Rating: G
Length: 123 minutes
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Damned United, The (2009)
SIM Rating: 8.39
Cast: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman and David Roper
Rating: R
Length: 98 minutes
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Breaking Away (1979)
SIM Rating: 8.39
Cast: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie
Rating: PG
Length: 100 minutes
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Rocky Balboa (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.37
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Antonio Tarver
Rating: PG
Length: 102 minutes
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Long Gone (1987)
SIM Rating: 8.37
Cast: William L. Peterse, Virginia Madsen
Rating: NR
Length: 110 minutes
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Invictus (2009)
SIM Rating: 8.36
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon and Tony Kgoroge
Rating: PG-13
Length: 134 minutes
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Remember the Titans (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.36
Cast: Craig Kirkwood, Denzel Washington, Donald Faison, Ethan Suplee, Hayden Panettiere, Kate Bosworth, Kip Pardue, Nicole Ari Parker, Ryan Hurst, Will Patton, Wood Harris
Rating: PG
Length: 113 minutes
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Moneyball (2011)
SIM Rating: 8.36
Cast: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill
Rating: PG-13
Length: 133 minutes
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Finding Forrester (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.35
Cast: Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, F. Murray Abraham, Lil' Zane, Michael Nouri, Rob Brown, Sean Connery, Tom Mullica
Rating: PG-13
Length: 136 minutes
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Love & Basketball (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.35
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Debbi Morgan, Dennis Haysbert, Glenndon Chatman, Harry J. Lennix, James DuMont, Kyla Pratt, Monica Calhoun, Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Tyra Banks
Rating: PG-13
Length: 124 minutes
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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
SIM Rating: 8.34
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Jack Dempsey, Stanley Adams
Rating: PG
Length: 95 minutes
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Rad (1986)
SIM Rating: 8.33
Cast: Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Ray Walston
Rating: PG
Length: 91 minutes
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Harder They Fall, The (1956)
SIM Rating: 8.33
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott
Rating: NR
Length: 109 minutes
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Bronx is Burning, The (2007)
SIM Rating: 8.33
Cast: Oliver Platt, Kevin Conway, Daniel Sunjata, John Turturro
Rating: NR
Length: 360 minutes
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Swimming Upstream (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.32
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl
Rating: PG-13
Length: 114 minutes
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Gentleman Jim (1942)
SIM Rating: 8.32
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson
Rating: NR
Length: 104 minutes
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Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.31
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane
Rating: PG-13
Length: 118 minutes
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Express, The (2008)
SIM Rating: 8.31
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown, Rob Brown, Geoff Stults
Rating: PG
Length: 130 minutes
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Pride of the Yankees (1942)
SIM Rating: 8.31
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan
Rating: NR
Length: 127 minutes
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Major League (1989)
SIM Rating: 8.29
Cast: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton
Rating: R
Length: 107 minutes
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Hurricane, The (1999)
SIM Rating: 8.29
Cast: Dan Hedaya, David Paymer, Deborah Kara Unger, Denzel Washington, Harris Yulin, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber, Rod Steiger, Vicellous Shannon
Rating: R
Length: 145 minutes
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Without Limits (1998)
SIM Rating: 8.28
Cast: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto, Matthew Lillard
Rating: PG-13
Length: 117 minutes
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Horse Feathers (1932)
SIM Rating: 8.28
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd
Rating: NR
Length: 68 minutes
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Jericho Mile, The (1979)
SIM Rating: 8.26
Cast: Peter Strauss, Richard Lawson, Roger E. Mosley, Brian Dennehy
Rating: NR
Length: 120 minutes
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Invincible (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.25
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear
Rating: PG
Length: 105 minutes
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Win Win (2011)
SIM Rating: 8.25
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and Jeffrey Tambor
Rating: R
Length: 106 minutes
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Blind Side, The (2009)
SIM Rating: 8.25
Cast: andra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates, and Quinton Aaron
Rating: PG-13
Length: 129 minutes
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Big Lebowski, The (1998)
SIM Rating: 8.24
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Rating: R
Length: 117 minutes
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Saint Ralph (2004)
SIM Rating: 8.24
Cast: Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer Tilly, Shauna MacDonald
Rating: PG-13
Length: 98 minutes
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Body and Soul (1947)
SIM Rating: 8.21
Cast: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer
Rating: NR
Length: 104 minutes
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Net Worth (1995)
SIM Rating: 8.21
Cast: Aidan Devine, Kevin Conway, Robin Gammell, Carl Marotte
Rating: NR
Length: 120 minutes
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Cinderella Man (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.20
Cast: Bruce McGill, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Paul Giamatti, Renée Zellweger, Russell Crowe
Rating: R
Length: 144 minutes
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He Got Game (1998)
SIM Rating: 8.20
Cast: Bill Nunn, Denzel Washington, Jim Brown, Milla Jovovich, Ray Allen, Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Rating: R
Length: 136 minutes
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Hammer, The (2007)
SIM Rating: 8.20
Cast: Adam Carolla, Harold House Moore, Jonathan Hernandez
Rating: R
Length: 88 minutes
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Damn! Yankees (1958)
SIM Rating: 8.20
Cast: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown
Rating: NR
Length: 111 minutes
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Pistol: The Birth Of A Legend (1991)
SIM Rating: 8.20
Cast: Millie Perkins, Nick Benedict, Adam Guier, Murrell Garland
Rating: G
Length: 90 minutes
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Rocky II (1979)
SIM Rating: 8.19
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Joe Spinell, Leonard Gaines, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Tony Burton
Rating: PG
Length: 119 minutes
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Home of the Giants (2007)
SIM Rating: 8.18
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman, Danielle Panabaker
Rating: N/A
Length: 0 minutes
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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.17
Cast: John Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay
Rating: PG-13
Length: 107 minutes
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Radio (2003)
SIM Rating: 8.17
Cast: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Brent Sexton, Debra Winger
Rating: PG
Length: 109 minutes
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Gridiron Gang (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.17
Cast: The Rock, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell, Leon Rippy
Rating: PG-13
Length: 120 minutes
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Chasing 3000 (2007)
SIM Rating: 8.16
Cast: Ray Liotta, Rory Culkin, Trevor Morgan, Tania Raymonde
Rating: N/A
Length: 0 minutes
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Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
SIM Rating: 8.14
Cast: Robert Bear, Lucas Black and Madison Burge
Rating: G
Length: 0 minutes
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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.13
Cast: Amy Smart, Nick Nolte, Scott Mechlowicz
Rating: PG-13
Length: 120 minutes
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Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.13
Cast: Charlize Theron, Harve Presnell, Jack Lemmon, Joel Gretsch, Karen Moncrieff, Matt Damon, Michael O'NeillWill Smith
Rating: PG-13
Length: 126 minutes
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Rookie, The (2002)
SIM Rating: 8.12
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox, Jay Hernandez
Rating: G
Length: 127 minutes
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Brian's Song (2002)
SIM Rating: 8.12
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Elise Neal, Janessa Crimi, Mekhi Phifer, Sean Maher
Rating: NR
Length: 87 minutes
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Forever Strong (2008)
SIM Rating: 8.12
Cast: Sean Faris, Penn Badgley and Gary Cole
Rating: PG-13
Length: 112 minutes
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Fear Strikes Out (1957)
SIM Rating: 8.11
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adams Williams
Rating: NR
Length: 100 minutes
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Eight Men Out (1988)
SIM Rating: 8.08
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, Clifton James, D.B. Sweeney, David Strathairn, John Cusack, John Mahoney, Michael Lerner
Rating: PG
Length: 120 minutes
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Raging Bull (1980)
SIM Rating: 8.06
Cast: Cathy Moriarty, Frank Adonis, Frank Vincent, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto, Robert DeNiro, Theresa Saldana
Rating: R
Length: 129 minutes
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Set-Up, The (1949)
SIM Rating: 8.06
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford
Rating: NR
Length: 72 minutes
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League Of Their Own, A (1992)
SIM Rating: 8.05
Cast: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell
Rating: PG
Length: 128 minutes
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Motocrossed (2001)
SIM Rating: 8.04
Cast: Alana Austin, Riley Smith, Mary-Margaret Humes, Trevor O'Brien
Rating: NR
Length: 88 minutes
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Rudy (1993)
SIM Rating: 8.03
Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Jon Favreau, Lili Taylor, Ned Beatty, Sean Astin
Rating: PG
Length: 116 minutes
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It Happens Every Spring (1949)
SIM Rating: 8.03
Cast: Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia
Rating: NR
Length: 87 minutes
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Cutting Edge 3, The: Chasing the Dream (2008)
SIM Rating: 8.01
Cast: Matt Lanter, Francia Raisa, Ben Hollingsworth
Rating: PG-13
Length: 0 minutes
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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
SIM Rating: 8.00
Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane
Rating: PG
Length: 114 minutes
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Stratton Story, The (1949)
SIM Rating: 8.00
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead
Rating: NR
Length: 102 minutes
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Any Given Sunday (1999)
SIM Rating: 7.99
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Al Pacino, Ann-Margret, Bill Bellamy, Cameron Diaz, Charlton Heston, Dennis Quaid, Elizabeth Berkley, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, Jim Caviezel, LL Cool J, Lauren Holly, Lawrence Taylor, Matthew Modine
Rating: R
Length: 150 minutes
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Nadia (1984)
SIM Rating: 7.99
Cast: Simon Adams, Bozidar Alic
Rating: NR
Length: 100 minutes
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Soul Surfer (2011)
SIM Rating: 7.97
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt
Rating: PG
Length: 106 minutes
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Diggstown (1992)
SIM Rating: 7.97
Cast: Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Platt, Orestes Matacena
Rating: R
Length: 98 minutes
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Bad News Bears, The (1976) (1976)
SIM Rating: 7.97
Cast: Walter Matthau, Chris Barnes, Tatum O'Neal, Ben Piazza, Vic Morrow, Erin Blunt, Jackie Earle Haley
Rating: PG
Length: 102 minutes
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Program, The (1993)
SIM Rating: 7.97
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Halle Berry, James Caan, Kristy Swanson, Omar Epps
Rating: R
Length: 112 minutes
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Cool Runnings (1993)
SIM Rating: 7.94
Cast: Doug E. Doug, John Candy, Leon Robinson, Malik Yoba, Rawle Lewis
Rating: PG
Length: 98 minutes
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Le Mans (1971)
SIM Rating: 7.93
Cast: Angelo Infanti, Carlo Cecchi, Elga Andersen, Hale Hamilton, Luc Merenda, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Siegfried Rauch, Steve McQueen
Rating: G
Length: 106 minutes
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
SIM Rating: 7.93
Cast: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Anupam Kher
Rating: PG-13
Length: 112 minutes
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Goal! 2: Living The Dream (2007)
SIM Rating: 7.92
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane
Rating: PG-13
Length: 115 minutes
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Ping Pong (2002)
SIM Rating: 7.91
Cast: Yosuke Kubozuka, Arata, Sam Lee
Rating: NR
Length: 114 minutes
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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
SIM Rating: 7.90
Cast: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
Rating: R
Length: 102 minutes
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Vision Quest (1985)
SIM Rating: 7.90
Cast: Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling
Rating: R
Length: 105 minutes
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Big Wednesday (1978)
SIM Rating: 7.90
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville
Rating: PG
Length: 108 minutes
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Kingpin (1996)
SIM Rating: 7.90
Cast: Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Lin Shaye, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Woody Harrelson
Rating: R
Length: 117 minutes
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North Dallas Forty (1979)
SIM Rating: 7.89
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon, Bo Svenson, John Matuszak
Rating: R
Length: 119 minutes
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Perfect Game, The (2008)
SIM Rating: 7.89
Cast: Clifton Collins Jr., Jake T. Austin, Moises Arias, Cheech Marin, Jansen Panettiere
Rating: G
Length: 88 minutes
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Stick It (2006)
SIM Rating: 7.88
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Nikki SooHoo
Rating: PG-13
Length: 103 minutes
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Mickey (2004)
SIM Rating: 7.87
Cast: Harry Connick Jr., Mark Joy, Michelle Johnson, Mike Starr
Rating: PG
Length: 104 minutes
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For The Love Of The Game (1999)
SIM Rating: 7.87
Cast: Bill Rogers, Brian Cox, Hugh R. Ross, John C. Reilly, Kelly Preston, Kevin Costner, Steve Lyons, Ted Raimi, Vin Scully
Rating: PG-13
Length: 137 minutes
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Angels in the Outfield (1951)
SIM Rating: 7.87
Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran
Rating: G
Length: 99 minutes
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
SIM Rating: 7.86
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris
Rating: PG-13
Length: 112 minutes
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