Moneyball
2011USA★ 7.35.5 pt match
Both films sit with redemption, injustice, and guilt. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and corrupt institutions. Same energy: hopeful, melancholic, and escalating.
Chak De! India
चकदे! इंडिया
2007IndiaLanguage: hiDirected by Shimit Amin★ 7.2
Available in English: subtitled
A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?
Themes and style
Tone
hopefulwarmmelancholic
Pacing
escalatingepisodicslow build to explosion
Story
competitionjourney
Emotion
guiltredemptioninjusticebelongingthe family you chooseshame
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsnational identitycorrupt institutionsclass and moneyfear of the outsider
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaseremotionally wreckingdiscussion starter
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Chak De! India
If Chak De! India hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.