Movies Like The Pride of St. Louis

If you liked The Pride of St. Louis (1952), a drama movie directed by Harmon Jones, 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
Eight Men Out (1988)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with…
2
Home Run (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
3
42 (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.
4
The Hill (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player.
5
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.
6
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
7
Hardball (2001)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
8
61* (2001)
★ 7/10Also drama
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe…
9
Hoodlum (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and…
10
Where Hope Grows (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life…
11
The Natural (1984)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
12
The Perfect Game (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
13
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.
14
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
15
Mank (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
16
Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
17
Foxcatcher (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
18
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
19
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.
20
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II…