Movies like Brian Banks: 20 to watch next
If you loved Brian Banks (2019) — a drama film directed by Tom Shadyac — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Brian Banks most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like sports, american football and biography. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Paterno 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Queen of the Ring 2025★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Most Hated Woman in America 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
Stream in India on Netflix
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All Eyez on Me 2017★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Any Given Sunday 1999★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jungleland 2020★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hands of Stone 2016★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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National Champions 2021★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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All Day and a Night 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B 2014★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
The story of R&B singer and actress Aaliyah; namely, the highs and lows of her career, her romantic pursuits, and the events leading up to her death in 2001 at the age of 22.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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12 Mighty Orphans 2021★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Mo' Better Blues 1990★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Raging Bull 1980★ 7.9
Shares: Drama
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Puncture 2011★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Based on a true story. Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a brilliant but self-destructive Houston attorney whose drug addiction threatens to destroy his career. When he and his law partner Paul Danziger (Mark Kassen) take on a case involving a nurse injured by a contaminated needle, they uncover a $130 billion medical supply monopoly that has been blocking a life-saving safety
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel
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The Road Dance 2022★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lawn Dogs 1997★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Amateur 2018★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Hardball 2001★ 6.5
Shares: 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Swiped 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Whitney Wolfe uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Strange Weather 2016★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now