Movies Like Messi

If you liked Messi (2017), a movie directed by Arnab Riingo Banerjee, 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
Lionel Messi: Destiny (2023)
★ 7.8/10
Behind-the-scenes documentary about how Lionel Messi succeeded in lifting the World Cup – the only trophy to have eluded him in an incredible career.
2
Brotherly Love (2015)
★ 7/10
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
3
Fast Girls (2012)
★ 6/10
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
4
The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…
5
Marvellous (2014)
★ 7.1/10
Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustible ability to see the good in any…
6
Gracie (2007)
★ 6.2/10
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
7
Blue Chips (1994)
★ 6.1/10
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the…
8
The Class of ‘92 (2013)
★ 7.1/10
A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville)…
9
F.I.S.T. (1978)
★ 6.5/10
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts…
10
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
11
The Air Up There (1994)
★ 6.1/10
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home…
12
Jungleland (2020)
★ 6.4/10
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
13
Somewhere in Queens (2023)
★ 6.3/10
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it…
14
Hounds of War (2024)
★ 6.4/10
After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.
15
Above the Rim (1994)
★ 7.1/10
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
16
Hands of Stone (2016)
★ 6.6/10
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
17
Back of the Net (2019)
★ 6.6/10
A new student at a soccer academy is determined to beat her rival's team in the national tournament.
18
El Chicano (2019)
★ 6.6/10
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
19
Pimp (2018)
★ 6.2/10
An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and…
20
White Men Can't Jump (2023)
★ 6.4/10
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams.