Movies Like The Greatest Game Ever Played

If you liked The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), a drama movie directed by Bill Paxton, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Long Game (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
In a segregated Texas, five Mexican-American teenage caddies were prohibited from playing at the country club where they worked. Against all odds, they formed their own team, built a one-hole course in the fields, and…
2
Something the Lord Made (2004)
★ 8/10Also drama
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
3
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
4
Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
5
Tenzing (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
A determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
6
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the…
7
Queen of Katwe (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
8
Elvis (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
9
The Man Without a Face (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of…
10
Radio (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend…
11
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
12
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory days he misses.
13
Life (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama
In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
14
The Express (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
15
My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
16
We Are Marshall (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
17
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
★ 7/10Also drama
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on…
18
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
19
The Blue Max (1966)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
20
The First of the Few (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined…