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   The Swimmers

   Film · 2022 · also drama and history

   From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

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   The Chronology of Water

   Film · 2025 · also drama

   Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her vo...

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   Causeway

   Film · 2022 · also drama

   A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James,...

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   The Color of Money

   Film · 1986 · also drama

   Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. A...

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   The Novice

   Film · 2021 · also drama

   A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cos...

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   Men of Honor

   Film · 2000 · also drama

   Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming t...

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   I Am Woman

   Film · 2020 · also drama

   In 1966, Helen Reddy landed in New York with her three year old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within months, she was in love....

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   Unbroken

   Film · 2014 · also drama

   A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

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   Frankie & Alice

   Film · 2010 · also drama

   A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the myste...

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    The Smashing Machine

    Film · 2025 · also drama and history

    In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence an...

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